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Marion Nestle Challenges Funders to Be More Strategic and Political

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08/08/2013

... to learn, network, ideate, collaborate and celebrate CFF’ s accomplishments. The second annual CFF gathering included ... practitioners who were engaged to help inform CFF’ s new working...

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Nudge Your Grantmaking: Applying Behavioral Science Insights to Enhance Program Impact

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12/13/2017

... awarded behavioral economist Richard Thaler this year’ s prize for economics for “integrating economics with ... they received their harvest earnings. Shoppers at a New Jersey mall were presented with...

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Open Society Foundations Announce 2021 Soros Justice Fellows

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03/31/2022

... Society Foundations Announce 2021 Soros Justice Fellows NEW YORK —The Open Society Foundations today announced an award ... on a range of issues at the core of the Open Society’ s work such as...

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Deborah A. Phillips, Ph.D. Resigns as President of Foundation for Child Development

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08/22/2013

... in the PreK-3rd arena and to extend this work in exciting new early learning directions," said Ruth Ann Burns, Chair of ... to thank Deborah for her energy and hard work on FCD’ s strategic planning...

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Simons Foundation Launches Simons Collaboration on the Many Electron Problem

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03/03/2014

... physics and everyday life. The Simons Foundation’ s Mathematics and Physical Sciences (MPS) division is pleased ... a program focused on developing, implementing and applying new methods for determining the...

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Wallace Foundation Invests $30 Million to Strengthen Supervisors Of School Principals

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06/24/2014

... Will Miller. “To strengthen this critical role, this new initiative will require districts to rethink how their ... on bureaucratic compliance,” added Jody Spiro, Wallace’ s director of education leadership. “...

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Research Yields Game Changer for Improving Understanding of Ebola

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09/19/2014

... to have been exposed to the virus. This represents a new tool for performing large, population-scale field ... both the human health and conservation communities. The new methodology exploits the fact that,...

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Ford Foundation Partners with Mozilla to Draw Young Engineers into Nonprofit Sector

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09/30/2014

... tech geeks working for nonprofits and in government. New research from Mozilla and its partner, the Ford ... percent — go to big, wealthy tech companies. While that' s great for Google and Facebook,...

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Arcus Awards Grant to Alliance of Baptists to Support Inclusion and Racial Justice

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10/09/2014

... announced Oct. 8 receipt of a $104,400 grant to support a new initiative promoting LGBT inclusion and racial justice ... that promote LGBT equality around the world, will fund the new “Congregational...

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Century Foundation Announces Janice Nittoli "Forward Thinking" Award

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11/03/2014

... of a policy paper on a topic that is central to TCF’ s agenda. Ms. Nittoli served as The Century ... doubling the foundation’ s endowment and adding sixteen new policy experts to TCF’...

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Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund Backs Food Studies Program at Hostos College

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01/29/2015

... and will enroll students this fall for the first time. The new program will go beyond the traditional culinary classes ... the Hunts Point food markets, and elsewhere. Hostos’ s program is intended to train a...

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MetLife Foundation Increases Access to Online Capital for Small Businesses

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02/27/2015

... to Online Capital for Small Businesses The Accion U. S . Network, the largest nonprofit micro- and small business ... content marketing and advertising; test and develop new loan products to meet the diverse...

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Citi and Goldman Sachs Launching Projects with NYC to Boost Women Business Owners

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03/12/2015

The de Blasio administration and Citi are launching a new program to expand the number of women entrepreneurs with ... and business services over the next three years. Here’ s Deputy Mayor Alicia Glen’ s...

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Arcus Develops Action Plan to Save Great Apes in Africa

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04/08/2015

... Wildlife Conservation Society, WWF, and partners in a new conservation plan. A new report--titled "Regional Action Plan for the Conservation .....

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Citi Releases 2014 Global Citizenship Report

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06/11/2015

... and philanthropic efforts, as well as partnerships and new approaches to address pressing needs. “Given ... be underestimated. Access to financing, innovation and new partnerships are needed now more than ever...

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Survey Shows Afterschool Participation Grows but Unmet Demand Nears 20 Million Children

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07/07/2015

... Nears 20 Million Children “America After 3 PM,” a new survey commissioned by the Afterschool Alliance, finds ... an increase in participation over the last decade, the new survey of 30,000 American households...

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Bank of America Funds of U.S. Fish and Wildlife Conservation Program

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07/29/2015

Bank of America Funds of U. S . Fish and Wildlife Conservation Program The U. S . Fish and Wildlife Service is launching new partnerships in cities across the nation to boost ... and nurture an...

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Brooklyn Community Foundation Launches Resident-Led Grantmaking Program in Crown Heights

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08/03/2015

... the Crown Heights Grants Program of the Foundation’ s Neighborhood Strength initiative. The importance of ... Insights, which surveyed over 1,000 people. As part of its new core program strategy focused on...

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Rebuild By Design Joins Rockefeller's 100 Resilient Cities Initiative

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10/01/2015

Rebuild By Design Joins Rockefeller' s 100 Resilient Cities Initiative 100 Resilient Cities ... to address the resilience challenges of cities. This new structure also combines two powerful Rockefeller .....

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Ford Foundation Launches Arts in a Changing America With Webcast

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10/23/2015

... America (ArtChangeUS) launch event. ArtChangeUS is a new national five-year project based at the California ... shift? What is not on the institutional arts sector' s radar? How do we learn from different...

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