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A New Guide Helps Foundations Become More Transparent

Publication date:

04/2014

... for greater transparency have some help in the form of a new guide. “Opening Up: Demystifying Funder Transparency” was produced by GrantCraft, an arm of the Foundation Center, which provides resources to grant makers. The guide offers concrete steps on ...

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MasterCard Foundation Launches $50 Million Fund to Help Smallholder Farmers in Africa

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01/21/2015

MasterCard Foundation Launches $50 Million Fund to Help Smallholder Farmers in Africa The MasterCard Foundation today launched a $50 million challenge fund to ... Roy, President and CEO of The MasterCard ...

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Food Systems

Wallace Foundation Funds Research on Summer Academic Programs for Poor Children

Release Date:

09/07/2016

Wallace Foundation Funds Research on Summer Academic Programs for ... have time or money for camps or enrichment activities. Now new research suggests that school districts can stave off the ... their broader...

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Brooklyn Community Foundation Accepting Applications for Immigrant Rights Fund Advisory Council

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03/04/2021

Brooklyn Community Foundation Accepting Applications for Immigrant Rights Fund ... our Immigrant Rights Fund Advisory Council to lead a new participatory grantmaking process at Brooklyn Community ... and centering...

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Weinberg Foundation Announces Grants as Part of $3M Summer Funding Collaborative

Release Date:

03/30/2016

Weinberg Foundation Announces Grants as Part of $3M Summer Funding Collaborative The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation , one of the largest private foundations in the ...

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Nigeria Youth Futures Fund Launches with Seed Funding from the Ford and MacArthur Foundations

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09/13/2021

Nigeria Youth Futures Fund Launches with Seed Funding from the Ford and MacArthur Foundations Lagos, Nigeria (September 13, 2021) —Today the Ford Foundation and MacArthur Foundation announced the...

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Agnes Gund Sells a Lichtenstein to Start Criminal Justice Fund; Ford Foundation to Manage Fund

Release Date:

06/12/2017

... Sells a Lichtenstein to Start Criminal Justice Fund; Ford Foundation to Manage Fund In January, rumors swirled that the ... to reduce mass incarceration in the United States. This new Art for Justice Fund — to...

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07 Jun 2016

Peace and Security Funding Index: An Analysis of Global Foundation Grantmaking

Tuesday, June 7, 2016 -

12:00pm to 2:00pm

... of the Index and future trends in peacebuilding and in the funding world. Presenters Stephen Del Rosso , ... Peace and Security, Carnegie Corporation of New York Gianluca Rampolla, Chief, Office of the...

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Ford Foundation Joins Funders To Launch The Racial Equity in Philanthropy Fund

Release Date:

08/13/2018

Ford Foundation Joins Funders To Launch The Racial Equity in ... grants are a bid to change that. The W.K. Kellogg Foundation contributed $14 million over the next three years to the new fund...

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Ford Foundation to Support Ongoing Work of Generation Indigenous Response Fund

Release Date:

02/21/2019

Ford Foundation to Support Ongoing Work of Generation Indigenous ... announce that it has received a $450,000 grant from Ford Foundation to support the Generation Indigenous Response Fund ... supporting advocacy,...

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A Look At The Building Bridges Program, Funded by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation

Release Date:

04/10/2018

... Bridges Program, Funded by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Building Bridges is one of the arms of the Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Art, which in turn is part of the larger, New York...

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Overdeck Family Foundation Funded Research on ‘Bedtime Math’ Featured in the Journal Science

Release Date:

10/16/2015

Overdeck Family Foundation Funded Research on ‘Bedtime Math’ Featured in the Journal Science The Overdeck Family Foundation supported research appeared in the Oct. 9 edition ... towards math to their students’...

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Harvard Endowment Reports ‘Disappointing’ 8.1 Percent Return

Release Date:

09/20/2017

... return for its most recent fiscal year. The endowment’s new chief executive, N. P. Narvekar, said that the fund was ... many of the nation’s largest endowments have yet to report returns, this month the...

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Funded Research Makes Water Purification Breakthrough

Release Date:

04/03/2018

Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Funded Research Makes Water Purification ... said. The Texas Engineering researchers have developed a new hydrogel-based solar vapor generator that uses ambient ... volume of water that...

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William T. Grant Foundation Announces Three New Rapid Response Research Grants to Combat Youth Inequality Exacerbated by the COVID-19 Pandemic

Release Date:

10/22/2020

William T. Grant Foundation Announces Three New Rapid Response Research Grants ... the next presidential term, the recent National Academies report A Roadmap to Reducing Child Poverty, and the...

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New Report From Arabella Advisors says More Than $6 Trillion Pledged to Fossil Fuel Divestment

Release Date:

09/12/2018

New Report From Arabella Advisors says More Than $6 Trillion ... from nearly a thousand institutional investors, a report from DivestInvest and Arabella Advisors finds. ... commit to divest its...

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Citi Foundation 2017 Community Progress Makers Fund Request For Proposal Available

Release Date:

11/01/2017

The Citi Foundation has announced the expansion of the Community ... Progress Makers , the Fund will provide unrestricted grant funding to community-based organizations working to tackle ... be available to...

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30 Jan 2018

Exchanges, Scholarships, and Fellowships: Examining a Century of Foundation Funding of Individuals

Tuesday, January 30, 2018 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

... of this long history of support for individuals. A new book, Global Exchanges: Scholarships and Transnational ... share their insights into the historical effectiveness of funding individuals and the issues...

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NYSHealth Publishes New Report for Improving Access to Primary Care for Adults with Physical Disabilities

Release Date:

12/21/2016

NYSHealth Publishes New Report for Improving Access to Primary Care for Adults with ... living with a disability... NYSHealth Publishes New Report for Improving Access to...

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