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Creating a ‘Movement-Led Family Foundation’: A Conversation with the Kolibri Foundation

Release Date:

01/14/2026

... community leaders they were already working with and two more movement folks. Together, supported by three staff ...

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Insights

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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

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Children, Youth and Families

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Fund for Shared Insight

Forget Spending Cuts, the U.S. Economy Really Needs a $2 Trillion Stimulus

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03/05/2013

... by Century Foundation Fellow Andrew Fieldhouse argues for more targeted stimulus spending instead of economic austerity. More than five years after the start of the Great Recession ...

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Leadership for Education Innovation

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05/24/2014

... in the New York City work and in high school reform more generally, and with more than forty years of experience in K-12 and higher ...

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

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Education

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The Ford Foundation Joins the Reporting Commitment

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08/19/2014

... interactive map on Glasspockets now displays more than 22,000 grants totaling nearly $17 billion, including more than 2,700 of the Ford Foundation’s grants totaling $1 ...

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Carnegie Praised for Preserving the Spirit of Philanthropy

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04/13/2015

... to use his considerable wealth to establish a system of more than 2,000 public libraries, or if he hadn’t donated ... established what is now Rockefeller University and donated more than $500 million to...

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

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RPA Forms Partnership to Combat Poverty in Indonesia

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04/14/2015

RPA Forms Partnership to Combat Poverty in Indonesia More than one billion people have been lifted out of extreme ... Advisors, will assist philanthropists in playing a more active role in the planning and...

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International/Foreign Affairs

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Community Development

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Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors

Helmsley Charitable Trust Grants Over $2 Million for Medical Research in Israel

Release Date:

10/01/2015

... M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust has announced more than $2 million in grants to support medical research ... the Jerusalem College of Technology come on the heels of more than $25 million granted by...

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International/Foreign Affairs

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The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust

Century Foundation Study Finds Explosion in the Number of School Districts Working on Integration

Release Date:

10/14/2016

... socioeconomic diversity plans — a number that has more than doubled since 2007. Among the districts profiled is ... but also home to a growing number of advocates pushing for more diverse school... Century...

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Education

Why De Blasio's Affordable Housing Plan Is in Trouble [In 5 Steps]

Release Date:

10/19/2016

... Affordable Housing Plan Is in Trouble [In 5 Steps] More than half of New York City’s 3 million apartments are ... apartments and renew rent-capping agreements for 120,000 more by 2024... Why De Blasio's...

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Housing and Homelessness

GCIR Seeks Foundation Signatories for Statement on Immigration

Release Date:

02/03/2017

... Seeks Foundation Signatories for Statement on Immigration More than 30 local, state, regional, and national foundations ... a statement in support of immigrants and refugees, and more signatories are expected...

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RFPs Etc

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Immigration

Putting Racism on the Table

Release Date:

02/07/2017

... Table series is a learning series for philanthropy. Learn more about this work, and download discussion guides that accompany some of the videos. Check out more viral videos like this, video produced by...

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Caught Our Attention

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Social Justice

Open Society Foundations Hosts Artistic Activism: Connecting Social Activism and Artistic Practice

Release Date:

04/07/2017

... interest to their causes, to varying degrees of success. More recently, activists have turned to the arts for ... connections, to bring about change. At the same time, more artists are imbuing their work with...

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Arts

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Open Society Foundations

CEO Pay: Top Earners From Across the Country

Release Date:

09/05/2017

... The Chronicle examined Internal Revenue Service data for more than 500 organizations that raised $35 million or more from individuals, foundations, and corporations in 2014. ...

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City Schools Buy Marked-Up Supplies Thanks To DOE System

Release Date:

09/26/2017

... Marked-Up Supplies Thanks To DOE System City schools pay more for many basic classroom goods than they would at ... Information System, or FAMIS. The massive inventory of more than 400,000 goods is priced...

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Education

Simons Foundation Genomic Database Tool Used in Breakthrough Autism Study

Release Date:

10/13/2017

... researchers hoped to identify new mutations that were more likely to appear in the affected child and more likely to be associated with an increased risk of ...

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Science

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The Simons Foundation

Salesforce.org And United Way Are Teaming Up To Change Corporate Giving

Release Date:

02/27/2018

... but a social networking app that allows you to learn more about causes, suggests new ways for you to get involved, ... donations, and offer a platform to encourage more giving, more...

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Appointments & Transitions

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Technology

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Salesforce

Donald Moulds to Join Commonwealth Fund as Executive Vice President for Programs

Release Date:

11/01/2013

... for Planning and Evaluation for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. In that post, and as Principal ... this time of transition for the Fund and for American health care," said Commonwealth...

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ACA May Be Modified, But Based On Enrollments, It's Here To Stay

Release Date:

07/02/2014

... coverage expansions will depend on our ability to control health care costs for consumers, employers, and the ... They add that the use of narrow networks—in which health plans require enrollees to use lower-...

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Appointments & Transitions

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Mitchell J. Blutt, M.D., Elected to Commonwealth Fund Board of Directors

Release Date:

08/01/2014

... and chief executive officer of the New York–based health care investment firm Consonance Capital, has been ... of Pennsylvania and Penn Medicine, its medical school and health system. In addition, he has...

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