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Target, General Mills, McKnight foundations top list of Minnesota grantmakers

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10/30/2013

... The Target Foundation and Corporation topped Minnesota’ s grant making list for 2012, donating $147 million ... $26 million for charities and nonprofits in Minnesota, a new study found. Second place went to...

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Brooklyn Community Foundation Moving to Crown Heights this Summer

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04/09/2014

... to Crown Heights this summer. This August, Brooklyn’ s community foundation will have a memorable new address in the heart of the borough: 1000 Dean Street. ... DUMBO to Crown Heights, Brooklyn Community...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Dodge Foundation Awards $4.4 Million In Grants For Arts, Education, Environment, Media

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07/16/2014

... environment and media nonprofit organizations throughout New Jersey. “We are pleased to support nonprofit ...

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Brooklyn Community Foundation Announces 10-Fold Increase in Grant Distributions

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07/25/2014

... or pledged an additional $1.8 million through its new Donor Advised Fund Program.... Brooklyn Community ...

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Gender Justice

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Andy Warhol Foundation to Exhibit Unseen Work, Increase Focus on Grantmaking

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01/04/2015

... not just at auction. About 40 exhibitions of that artist’ s work — much of it previously unseen by the public — ... of a record-breaking program of donations, and entering a new , mature phase, focused solely...

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Mellon Foundation Gives Inaugural National History Teacher of the Year Award

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03/13/2015

... the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History. “It’ s unbelievable,” said Anderson, 43, of New Boston, who is the recipient of the 2014 National History ...

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Three Key Roles Funders Can Play in a CEO Transition

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04/2015

... whether planned or unplanned, impact the organization' s staff, its board, and potentially how the organization will ... achieve its goals in the future. With so much at stake, it' s important that funders work with their nonprofits to ensure ... transition—and help sustain the organization until a new leader is found. Through our experience with executive .....

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Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Selected as Fiscal Sponsor of My Brother’s Keeper Alliance

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05/08/2015

... Advisors Selected as Fiscal Sponsor of My Brother’ s Keeper Alliance Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors (RPA), one of the world’ s leading nonprofit philanthropic consulting services, has been selected to...

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Ford Freezes $4 Million in India Funding Amid Clampdown

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07/15/2015

... to organizations in India as Prime Minister Narendra Modi' s government scrutinizes foreign donors viewed as meddling in domestic affairs, Reuters reports. New Delhi has placed the $12.5-billion...

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Elmezzi Foundation Increases Funding for Free Queens Programs

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07/29/2015

... Island City and Astoria is now allowing the foundation’ s Adult Learning Center to offer new sessions of adult literacy, high school equivalency, and ...

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Lavelle Fund for the Blind Backs Program to Assist Blind and Visually Impaired College Students

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08/17/2015

... Ally, a national nonprofit organization, has announced its new College Success Program, designed specifically for ...

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Lavelle Fund for the Blind

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Q&A with Sreenivasan: The Met Engages Audiences with Digital Technology (Bloomberg Philanthropies)

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02/02/2016

... arts program increases access to culture using new technologies. It aims to strengthen and empower artists ... for a wide-ranging conversation with the foundation’ s staff about how digital technology is...

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Technology

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Peace and Security Funding Index Tracks More Than $280M in Grantmaking

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04/05/2016

... Funding Index Tracks More Than $280M in Grantmaking A new research project by the Peace and Security Funders Group ...

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Rockefeller Brothers Fund

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Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation President Says Jersey Water Works Initiative is a Powerful Collaboration

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04/27/2016

... collaborative formed to address the problems of New Jersey’ s aging urban water infrastructure, today released ...

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Russell Sage Foundation Study Finds Gaps in Educational Attainment Among Students of Different Incomes

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05/04/2016

... Attainment Among Students of Different Incomes A new NYU Steinhardt study published in the journal AERA Open ...

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Century Foundation Report Analyzes 'Identity Threat' Some College Students Face

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05/18/2016

... Analyzes 'Identity Threat' Some College Students Face A new report from the Century Foundation considers the issue .....

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Lawyer Seeking $22M in Final Dissolution of Irene Diamond Fund

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05/20/2016

... scout and her husband, the Manhattan philanthropist’ s foundation charges in a new lawsuit. The Irene Diamond Fund — established by the ...

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Mellon Foundation Gives $1M to Launch Iterative Learning Fellowship

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07/08/2016

... of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has been awarded a new four-year, $1 million grant from The Andrew W. ...

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Mellon Foundation Gives $500K to UC Merced for Humanities Undergrad Research

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07/19/2016

... into graduate studies and scholarly careers, thanks to a new program that will serve 60 students over the next ... will be a humanities-based expansion of UC Merced’ s Undergraduate Research Opportunities...

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