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To Build Community, Start with a Question

Release Date:

11/19/2014

... to discuss Brooklyn’s future, its challenges, and the opportunities for change. We wanted to hear about their experiences, the services and resources they need and desire, and their ideas for making ... all...

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Community Development

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Brooklyn Org

Ford Foundation Launches Effort To Diversify Art Museum Leadership

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11/29/2017

Walton Foundation and Ford Foundation announced today they are each committing $3 million over three years to support creative solutions to diversify curatorial and management staff at art museums across the United States.

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Arts

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William T. Grant Foundation Names Ten William T. Grant Scholars Finalists

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12/12/2018

... support the applicant’s research goals with sufficient resources during the grant period, so the nomination reflects the institution’s serious commitment to the ...

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William T. Grant Foundation

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Education

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Dumbarton Oaks and JSTOR award Plant Humanities Fellowships Supported by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation

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08/19/2019

... of rare books and manuscripts, herbaria specimens, online resources such as JSTOR Global Plants, and scholarly ...

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Mellon Foundation

10 Dec 2020

The Future of Family Philanthropy: Positioning Families for Greatness - A Webinar Hosted by NCFP

Thursday, December 10, 2020 -

12:00pm to 1:15pm

... There is further demand for philanthropic guidance and resources as donors and their families leverage multiple ...

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Tools & Strategies

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Webinar/Teleconference

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Family Foundation

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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

New Multi-Foundation Matching Fund Recognizes Public Transit’s Importance to Social Justice and Environmental Sustainability

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09/17/2020

... society, and equitable economic recovery all depend on better public transit. Environmental sustainability also ... greenhouse gas emissions in the U.S. But we won’t obtain better public transportation by...

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Community Development

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Social Justice

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TransitCenter

Salesforce.org Join Other Techies to Help Aid Groups Tackle the Global Refugee Crisis

Release Date:

03/16/2018

... says Ravi Gurumurthy, chief innovation officer of the International Rescue Committee speaking on a panel at the ... resource to help them access the employment and health resources they need when they arrive...

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Salesforce

Morgan Stanley Builds Digital Platform to Help Billion Oyster Project Speed Up Oyster Bed Growth

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06/08/2021

... transform how we operate. Digital data collection allows us to better manage contributions from community scientists, ...

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Corporate Social Responsibility

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Morgan Stanley [Corporate]

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So, You Want a Job in Philanthropy?

... your first job. Philanthropy New York provides valuable resources for grantmaking institutions in the New York ... to refer to it as you consider a job in philanthropy. Join us for our career series...

Bloomberg and CDC Foundation Explore Tobacco Use Covering 60 Percent of World's Population

Release Date:

06/01/2015

... Center for Global Health at CDC. "The Atlas allows us to rigorously quantify the impact of these interventions .....

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International/Foreign Affairs

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Health

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Bloomberg Philanthropies

Pete Peterson and Our Chaotic National Debates

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04/06/2018

... Our Chaotic National Debates Each person’s death gives us a moment to pause and ask what lessons their lives offer for us . Here is a lesson from the life of Peter G. (Pete) ... our current political chaos by...

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Peter G. Peterson Foundation

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Economic Security

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President Of Montauk-Based Environmental Advocacy Organization Stepping Down

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02/02/2017

... since 2012, will be stepping down at the end of March, 2017 , to join The Nature Conservancy as the Director of ... members and Board of Directors in protecting our natural resources ." While at CCOM,...

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Children, Youth and Families

Childcare Hasn’t Gained Much Traction with Funders. Who's Trying to Change That?

Release Date:

09/29/2017

Childcare is out of reach for working families, but few funders have stepped in to fill the gap.

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Bloomberg Commits $64 Million to Beyond Coal Campaign

Release Date:

10/12/2017

... 50 percent of the nation's coal-fired power plants by 2017 and will now work to reach 60 percent by the end of ... Fund, the League of Conservation Voters, and the Natural Resources Defense Council, will...

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The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust Grantee Brings Star Tortoise Back From Extinction

Release Date:

10/12/2017

... Tortoise Back From Extinction YANGON, MYANMAR (October 11, 2017 ) – The Burmese star tortoise (Geochelone platynota ), ... Conservation Division of the Myanmar Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental...

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The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust

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Elizabeth Good Christopherson of the Rita Allen Foundation and Adam Falk of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Join the Alliance Board of Directors

Release Date:

04/06/2018

... retired as president of the Sloan Foundation at the end of 2017 , on the Alliance board. The complete list of the ...

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Appointments & Transitions

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

In Partnership With Ford and Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors, Agnes Gund’s Art for Justice Fund Awards Nearly $10 Million in Second Round of Grants

Release Date:

07/02/2018

... auctioned off a prized work by Roy Lichtenstein in January 2017 and used $100 million of the proceeds to jump-start the ... against people from low-income communities, provide resources to groups advocating to...

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Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors

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Ford Foundation

A Message from CEO Kathryn O'Neal-Dunham

Release Date:

05/14/2021

... all. My colleague Marlon Williams frequently reminds us of the principle of Sankofa. This metaphorical symbol and ... that reinforce racial inequity, Sankofa inspires us to bring forth the difficult truths...

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President's Message

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How Foundations Can Be the Risk Takers They Want to Be

Release Date:

06/25/2014

... Foundations are in part to blame. We say, Bring us bold ideas, but we are loath to make a grant that might ... that spark innovation. One executive director says an international meeting of his peers is the...

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