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Edna McConnell Clark Foundation’s Blue Meridian Partners Profiled in New York Times

Release Date:

10/16/2017

... hedge fund manager, wanted his charitable dollars to do more to reduce childhood poverty. He had been deeply involved ... around Washington State. The Ballmers, with a net worth of more than $34 billion,...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Blue Meridian Partners, Inc.

Action Plan Released to Conserve One of Africa’s Richest Sites for Biodiversity with Support from the Arcus Foundation

Release Date:

02/14/2018

... important site for vertebrate conservation in Africa, with more endemic and globally threatened vertebrates than any ... case of eastern gorillas (one of the endemic species). A more comprehensive program...

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Animal Welfare

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Arcus Foundation

Afterschool Alliance Welcomes Afterschool Champion Heather Nesle to Its Board of Directors

Release Date:

05/08/2018

... as we work to create quality afterschool opportunities for more children and families. We know she shares our conviction ... Since its founding in 1979, the Foundation has made more than $250 million in...

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JPMorgan Chase and Citi Foundation Are Key Players in Creating Hubs of Opportunity

Release Date:

05/15/2018

... major corporations these days , the big banks are adopting more strategic approaches to giving that draw on their assets and are more in sync with company-wide objectives, including the ...

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Citi Foundation

Joan Mitchell Is Having A Moment

Release Date:

06/11/2018

... “She’s a phenomenal artist, and people recognize it more and more .” Mitchell, an Abstract Expressionist, was among just ...

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Arts

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Joan Mitchell Foundation

With Support From the Leona M. And Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust, the Genetic, Environmental, Microbial (Gem) Project Has Reached Its Goal of 5,000 Participants

Release Date:

06/20/2018

... inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), which could lead to more targeted, and more effective, treatments. "The challenge of finding the .....

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Health

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The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust

Inside Philanthropy on the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation's Impact on Climate-Conscious Conservation in the South

Release Date:

09/20/2018

... private and public funds. The ongoing effort has protected more than 30,000 acres in the Southern Cumberlands, and it ... state of Tennessee. “The pace of conservation has more than doubled in the region,...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Doris Duke Foundation

22 Jul 2019

How CEOs and Trustees Build a Culture of Trust - A Webinar Hosted by Philanthropy Northwest

Monday, July 22, 2019 -

10:30am to 11:30am

... practices? And how can a trust-based culture lead to more authentic dialogue, genuine learning and a more effective approach that helps address the inherent power ...

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Tools & Strategies

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Webinar/Teleconference

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Board & Trustees

Executive Leadership

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Leadership Development

12 Sep 2019

Always in Season - Documentary Film Screening and Conversation with Filmmaker Jacqueline Olive

Thursday, September 12, 2019 -

5:30pm to 9:00pm

... search for justice for her son. Winner of 7 Jury Prizes at more than 30 film festivals, Always in Season , opens ... racial justice and reconciliation The lingering impact of more than a century of lynching...

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Film Screening

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All Funders

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

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Social Justice

Continue Reframing Philanthropy With PNY

Release Date:

09/12/2019

... over the next forty years, will help to create a more just and equitable society. I spent this summer ... this dialogue with colleagues in the sector and learn more about how you and your work has been...

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Insights

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Korean American Community Foundation

Dear Colleges: Take Control of Your Online Courses - New Report by The Century Foundation

Release Date:

09/12/2019

... nearly every respect, including financial considerations. More often than not, more than half of the programs’ tuition revenue goes ...

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Education

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The Century Foundation

NYPL Mid-Manhattan Branch to Reopen in May as Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library

Release Date:

01/16/2020

... the NYPL’s largest and busiest circulating library, with more than 1.7 million visits a year and an annual circulation ... access, technology training, English language classes, and more , which is why it...

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Stavros Niarchos Foundation

Study Supported by Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Finds Genetic Link to Extinct Relative of Humans in Four Modern West African Populations

Release Date:

02/13/2020

... that branched off from the hominid evolutionary tree more than 600,000 years ago — about 100,000 years earlier ... intermixture took place. The UCLA research reveals much more of that story for the four modern...

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Science

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Mellon Foundation Appoints Jonathan Holloway to its Board of Trustees

Release Date:

03/17/2020

... the arts and humanities, Mellon’s mission is needed now more than ever to tell the untold stories and use the ... and support Mellon’s work to ensure we deliver a more just society.” Holloway received a...

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Surdna Foundation Announces Nearly $13 Million Investment in Artists of Color to Advance Racial Justice

Release Date:

04/29/2020

... and by articulating alternatives that can make communities more sustainable.” This truth is foundational to Surdna’s ... are uniquely positioned to help us imagine and build a more just future in which we all...

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Arts

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Surdna Foundation

19 May 2020

Mobilizing Change: Scenario Planning and Choice Making for a Better Future - A Webinar Hosted by NCFP

Tuesday, May 19, 2020 -

1:00pm to 2:00pm

... for both sessions, but together, they certainly build a more coherent set of tools and strategies for our current ... need to move forward. Facing the future is both easier and more productive when we can plan...

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Professional Development

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Webinar/Teleconference

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Family Foundation

Topic(s)

Leadership Development

05 Jun 2020

Cash Transfers as an Emergency Response to Housing Instability - A Webinar Hosted by Funders Together to End Homelessness

Friday, June 5, 2020 -

1:00pm to 4:00pm

... COVID-19 crisis, Direct Cash Transfers (DCT) have become more and more a topic of discussion. With unemployment rates ...

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Issue-Based

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All Funders

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Children, Youth and Families

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Housing and Homelessness

Arabella Advisors Adds Chief Information Officer, Vince L'Erario

Release Date:

07/27/2020

... practice at several similarly-sized organizations for more than 14 years. This work has given him firsthand, ... faster disbursements to communities in need, which is more critical now than ever given COVID-19...

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Arabella Advisors

Mark Baumgartner Joins Carnegie Corporation of New York as Chief Investment Officer

Release Date:

12/02/2020

... CIO search in September and were gratified to hear from more than 200 exceptional applicants,” said Martin ... he was an investment director with the Ford Foundation for more than four years, helping to...

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Appointments & Transitions

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

04 Feb 2021

No Going Back: Building for a Better Future - A Webinar Hosted by Economic Opportunity Funders

Thursday, February 4, 2021 -

3:00pm to 4:30pm

... organizing, and civic engagement strategies to build a more inclusive and equitable economy and democracy. ... organizing, and civic engagement Strategies to build a more inclusive and equitable economy and...