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Ford Foundation Awards 25 Fellowships to US Artists Driving Social Change

Release Date:

10/02/2017

... Social Change The Ford Foundation today announced 25 new Art of Change fellowships that will support visionary ... and possibility, and inspire us to make those societies more just and more...

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Arts

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Millions In Grants Have Gone to Teacher Preparation. What's Needed Now?

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09/29/2017

... funders have spent many millions of dollars supporting new teacher preparation programs and trying to strengthen ... conclusions are summarized in the title: " America Needs More Teachers of Color and a...

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Education

The Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Awards Second Round of Grants Through Sickle Cell Disease/Advancing Cures Program

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09/10/2019

... Grants Through Sickle Cell Disease/Advancing Cures Program New York , September 10, 2019 – The Doris Duke Charitable ... other two researchers were awarded grants to investigate new drug-like...

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Health

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Dr. Renée Boynton-Jarrett Joins the Burke Foundation Board

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05/20/2021

... expertise to the Board. She is a champion of children and families as a practicing primary care pediatrician at Boston ... childhood initiatives to foster the healthy development of families and communities in...

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Rockefeller Provides Capital for Start-Up Aiming to Increase Worker Savings

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12/09/2015

... threw himself into studying the finances of lower-income families . By 2008 he was testifying before Congress and ... need of help wouldn’t use. But his idea morphed into a more promising approach: use big data...

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The Rockefeller Foundation

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Economic Security

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Commonwealth Fund Finds Both 'Private Option' and Traditional Medicaid Expansions Improved Access to Care

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01/06/2016

... Medicaid eligibility under the Affordable Care Act, were more likely to be insured and less likely to have problems ...

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Health

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Down to the Wire: Indecision on ACA Cost-Sharing Reduction Payments Creates Confusion for States

Release Date:

09/08/2017

... Trump administration’s first promises was to give states more flexibility and control over their health insurance ...

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Health

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Applying Social Enterprise to Refugee Settings

Release Date:

09/29/2017

... bad one. War and political turmoil have brought more than one million Syrians to this tiny Mediterranean ...

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Surdna Foundation Announces Refined Program Strategies

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09/26/2018

... believes it can have the greatest impact in achieving a more just and sustainable society by addressing the ...

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Support From JPMorgan Chase and Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation Aids Launch of Hudson County Workforce Leadership Academy

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04/19/2019

... is May 24, 2019. Interested applicants can learn more about the Academy on an informational webinar to be held ...

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The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation

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Workforce Development

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20 Oct 2021

Impact Investing, Picking Up Where Philanthropy Leaves Off

Wednesday, October 20, 2021 -

2:00pm to 4:00pm

... of impact investing. Over time, this should translate into more place-based investment into nonprofits and social ...

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Open Society Foundations Accepting Applications for Soros Justice Fellowships

Release Date:

10/23/2019

... criminal justice policies on the lives of individuals, families , and communities in the United States by challenging ... may range from litigation to public education to coalition building to grassroots...

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RFPs Etc

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Social Justice

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Your Foundation in Crisis: Will You Be Ready?

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06/18/2013

... CEO, Temin and Company Crisis is turning into the “ new normal” for most organizations and corporations in this ... a new social media “crisis case” at Philanthropy New York...

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Hispanics in Philanthropy COVID-19 Rapid Response Migration Fund- Funder Note

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03/18/2020

... help bring front-line migrant serving organizations the resources they need to develop and launch emergency ... response measures; it is believed there are many more cases than have been officially identified...

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9 Leading Nonprofit Groups Urge Foundations to Dig Into Endowments to Support Charities

Release Date:

04/02/2020

... to get back to where they were." Digging Deeper Already more than 400 foundations have signed a pledge to make their grant making more grantee-friendly. Among other things, they have promised ... Said...

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Schott and Arcus Foundations Partner to Empower Trans Students with Super Powers

Release Date:

06/17/2016

... of the LGBTQ community specifically, and our humanity more broadly. The hatred exhibited in Orlando calls into question what more our country can do to limit unnecessary gun violence and ... and schools can...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Education

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The Ford Foundation's $1.0 Billion Bond - A Briefing Note from SeaChange Capital Partners

Release Date:

06/22/2020

... alternative assets—private equity, hedge funds, natural resources , etc.—using outside managers. As of 4/30/2020, ... Ford appears to be under-leveraged (i.e., it should borrow more money). The risks it would...

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Finance & Asset Management

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SeaChange Capital Partners

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14 May 2024

Food Waste Reduction: Philanthropy for People and the Planet - A Webinar Hosted by Community Food Funders

Tuesday, May 14, 2024 -

12:00pm to 1:30pm

... food in the United States is wasted along with all of the resources used to produce, distribute, and prepare it. ... issues including food access, local food systems, and many more . Addressing food waste is a...

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Appointments & Transitions

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Food Systems

Proteus Fund President Meg Gage Steps Down, Paul Di Donato Will Be Interim President

Release Date:

12/03/2015

... a fellowship to continue her thought leadership from a new perch at a university or philanthropic support ... areas, ranging from HIV/AIDS and public health to LGBT and women ’s rights, as well as other social...

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LGBTQ