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Aetna Foundation Awards Grants to Support Healthy Eating and Exercise in Local Communities

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12/18/2015

... Aetna Foundation today announced that they have awarded more than $3 million in community grants to 75 nonprofit ... time when there is a great need to make healthy foods more available, accessible and...

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Aetna Foundation

26 Jun 2025

Service for Impact - Summer Meeting

Thursday, June 26, 2025 -

9:30am to 11:00am

... and challenges, brainstorm on solutions, and explore new opportunities to make a difference in society while ... Real-world corporate case studies Methods to optimize resources and budget strategies Corporate...

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Pfizer, Global Partners Announce Donation of 500 Millionth Dose of Azithromycin, Marking Progress to Help Alleviate the Suffering from Trachoma

Release Date:

11/16/2015

... committed to supporting national program efforts in more than 30 countries to eliminate trachoma using the SAFE ... this ancient, preventable disease on affected individuals, families and communities.” The...

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Blue Meridian Partners, Inc.

25 Apr 2022

Risk, Reward, and the Reality: What Don't We Know About Intermediaries?

Monday, April 25, 2022 -

2:00pm to 3:30pm

... intermediaries are entites which stand between one or more foundations and grantee organizations, and which ... where projects may have failed, and where there is still more exploring to be done. What will you...

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When the Biomedical Industry Can’t Prioritize Diseases, Private Money Can Save Lives

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09/19/2014

... the U.S. suffer from type 1 diabetes (T1D), and millions more are affected worldwide. The global community affected by ... Given the expense of research, development, and bringing a new device or drug to...

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The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust

Five Foundation Leaders Join National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy Board

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09/28/2017

... Philanthropy (NCRP) board of directors today elected new officers and welcomed five new esteemed members during its board meeting. Reverend ... Akonadi Foundation "The work of NCRP is needed now ...

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The Nathan Cummings Foundation

13 Dec 2012

Awarding Prizes: A Unique Tool for Philanthropic Impact

Thursday, December 13, 2012 -

8:00am to 11:00am

... and challenges they faced in developing and launching new prize programs. Explore Ways to utilize prizes to ... that have garnered media coverage and fostered innovative new work A Philanthropy New...

ASPCA Assists in Helping Hundreds of Animals Displaced by Devastating Wildfires

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11/15/2018

... We have been on the ground since Sunday providing resources and personnel to help hundreds of displaced animals ... Woolsey fire has already claimed lives and forced more than 200,000 residents to evacuate...

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ASPCA

Progress Update on Stavros Niarchos Foundation's €25 Million Grant to the Hellenic Fire Department

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05/06/2019

... citizens, and the preservation of Greece’s natural resources , and to reinforce, at the same time, the ... needs and, by extension, the main axes of the grant. As more precisely defined in November 2018, these...

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Stavros Niarchos Foundation

23 Apr 2026

Where Has Certainty Got Us? Let's Try Clarity - A Conversation for CEOs, Sr. VPs, and Trustees

Thursday, April 23, 2026 -

10:00am to 12:00pm

... shapes it? What might you hold a bit lighter to afford you more clarity? Imagine that your end game was not to be as ... an increasingly dynamic ecosystem. We spend much of our resources -- time, emotional,...

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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

BNY Mellon Supports Australia’s First Commercial Thermal Waste-To-Energy Plant

Release Date:

11/14/2018

... Mellon has announced its appointment as Facility Agent & Security Trustee for an A$400m project finance facility by ... construct, and operate the facility. As Facility Agent and Security Trustee in a...

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Restoring and Extending Tax Incentives

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11/17/2014

... wide, bi-partisan margin in the House in the America Gives More Act . That bill also expands the food inventory ... of all of the expired provisions to give themselves more leverage for changes when the...

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National Council of Nonprofit Associations

Ella Baff will Join the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation as Senior Program Officer

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07/15/2015

... the Arts. Under her tenure Jacob’s Pillow, which hosts more than 50 dance companies from around the world each year, ... the foundation brought together last year to foster more interdisciplinary work...

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Mellon Foundation

Peterson Center on Healthcare and Three Other Funders Unite to Support Access to Clinical Notes for 50 Million Patients

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02/24/2016

... nurses, and other clinicians can prompt patients to be more active in their own health and healthcare, and greater ... to their visit notes. Neither a software program nor a new technology, experts say this...

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Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

09 Mar 2017

Secret Film Screening & Funder Discussion of Sundance Award-Winning Documentary

Thursday, March 9, 2017 -

4:30pm to 7:00pm

This program is a part of our new Climate Change Series. We invite you to join ... of documentaries in shifting public debate Want to learn more ? Contact us for more details. Designed for By...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Arts

Environment and Climate Change

Science

Ex-Googlers Stir Up Controversy With Bodega Pantry Concept

Release Date:

09/18/2017

... Everyone covets convenience. Whether physical or digital, more concepts are rolling out these days intended to upend ... conventional retail with an ultimate goal: make shopping more convenient. Bodega has...

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Food Systems

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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Ford Foundation

Council on Foundations Names Vikki N. Spruill President and CEO

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04/02/2012

... organization headquartered in Washington, D.C., that has more than a half-million members and volunteers. While ... and policy advocate and is well known for her work in building effective teams and coalitions...

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The Rockefeller Foundation and CrossBoundary Launch Mini-Grid Innovation Lab in Nairobi, Kenya

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04/24/2018

... minigrids based in Africa so that they can provide more power , to more people, at a lower cost. It aims to demonstrate to ... Mini-Grid Innovation Lab at a time when momentum is building for...

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The Rockefeller Foundation

23 Oct 2018

Making The Case For Equity And Grassroots Organizing: Funder Stories and Strategies - A Webinar Hosted by HEFN

Tuesday, October 23, 2018 -

2:00pm to 3:00pm

... of $1 invested in organizing and advocacy yielding $115 or more in societal benefits. Amidst the buzz, we also see funders facing challenges in actually moving more money into impacted communities. Join us for...