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Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation and Social Justice Impact Investing

Release Date:

07/05/2018

... just as with grantmaking, the value in impact investing all comes down to the details. For many institutions, ... for social change—and a $55 million endowment it’ s trying to put to best use. The funder...

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Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation

Funders’ Network for Smart Growth and Livable Communities (TFN) RFP for Round 13 of the Partners for Places Grant Program

Release Date:

07/19/2018

... is a successful matching grant program that improves U. S . and Canadian communities by building partnerships between ... a healthy environment, a strong economy and well-being for all residents. Through these...

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RFPs Etc

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Community Development

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The Funder's Network

Ford Foundation’s Build Initiative is Hitting Its Stride

Release Date:

08/14/2018

Ford Foundation’ s Build Initiative is Hitting Its Stride In 2016, the Ford ... $1 billion to social justice nonprofits, with all funds going to a combination of general operating support ... short-term, project-...

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MTV Plans to Partner With Ford Foundation to Create a Mobile Voting Registration Unit

Release Date:

08/20/2018

... to the phrase for bringing a guest to a party—and it’ s designed around the notion that young people place ... even include special appearances by musicians. “MTV’ s mission is to engage and entertain and...

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Civic Engagement

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Ford Foundation

Inside Rockefeller Foundation’s $20 Million Plan to Improve Energy Access in India

Release Date:

09/05/2018

Inside Rockefeller Foundation’ s $20 Million Plan to Improve Energy Access in India The ... are known in India, figure prominently in the foundation’ s plans. Smart Power India , a program launched by the ... six...

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International/Foreign Affairs

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The Rockefeller Foundation

Open Society Foundations Announce Puerto Rico Youth Fellowships Program

Release Date:

09/05/2018

... build a pipeline to develop the leaders of Puerto Rico’ s future, the Open Society Foundations are pleased to ... help create more resilient and self-sustaining communities all across the island.” The program...

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Disaster Relief

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Open Society Foundations

United Philanthropy #ForumCon18 Highlights

Release Date:

09/07/2018

... #ForumCon18 Highlights #ForumCon18 was the Forum’ s largest-ever conference with more than 325 participants ... from 145 organizations—a 26% increase from last year’ s record-high Forum conference. Attendees...

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United Philanthropy Forum

Inside Philanthropy Looks at The Helmsley Charitable Trust Work to Improve Stroke Outcomes in Rural America

Release Date:

09/11/2018

... they need emergency medical care—say, for a stroke— all that wide open space may work against them: They're that .....

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Health

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The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust

OSF Turns to Strasbourg Court to Get Hungary's NGO Law Repealed

Release Date:

09/24/2018

OSF Turns to Strasbourg Court to Get Hungary' s NGO Law Repealed U. S . billionaire George Soros’ s Open Society Foundations ... civil society groups, in another step toward silencing...

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Open Society Foundations

Remembering Paul Newman

Release Date:

09/26/2018

... seen footage as the actor gives a tour of the Newman’ s Own office, pointing to the outdoor furniture he brought ... So we brought it in here.” The business of doing good all began with a salad dressing, back...

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Newman's Own Foundation

Simons and Alfred P. Sloan Foundations Fund Study That Reveals How the Brain Overcomes Its Own Limitations

Release Date:

10/24/2018

... name so that it can be read in a mirror. Your brain has all of the visual information you need, and you’re a pro at ... Still, this task is very difficult for most people. That’ s because it requires the brain...

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Science

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Funding from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Launches Chicago Music Pathway Initiative to Diversify the Next Generation of Musicians

Release Date:

10/25/2018

... the next generation of musicians. Ultimately, CMPI’ s goal is to prepare these musicians to excel at the nation’ s finest music schools, and, eventually, to perform with the ... to develop vital critical...

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Arts

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Mellon Foundation

Alfred P. Sloan Foundation-Supported Art Exhibition "Programmed" On View at the Whitney

Release Date:

10/31/2018

... and computational art. The pieces in the exhibition are all “programmed” using instructions, sets of rules, and ... image sequences. Featuring works drawn from the Whitney’ s collection, Programmed looks back...

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

11 Jul 2019

Money, Values, and Culture - A Webinar Hosted by NCFP

Thursday, July 11, 2019 -

12:00pm to 1:30pm

... and information, your house value and other factors are all available online easily to everyone. The family table ...

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Tools & Strategies

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Webinar/Teleconference

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Family Foundation

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Commonwealth Fund Survey Shows Coverage Gains Under ACA Have Stalled

Release Date:

02/13/2019

... skip care because of cost. Among adults who were insured all year, 29 percent were underinsured in 2018, up from 23 ... in 2014, according to results from the Commonwealth’ s Fund’ s latest...

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The Commonwealth Fund

20 Mar 2019

Collaborative Grantmaking for Early Childhood: The Raising Childcare Fund - A Webinar Hosted by the NY Funders Alliance

Wednesday, March 20, 2019 -

2:00pm to 3:00pm

... from birth to 8 years old, for over 20 years. ECFC' s Child Care Subcommittee has developed the Fund to invest in ... Early Childhood Funders Collaborative Designed for All interested funders...

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Issue-Based

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Webinar/Teleconference

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All Funders

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Children, Youth and Families

The Estée Lauder Companies Partners With Humane Society to End Global Animal Testing

Release Date:

06/21/2019

... testing is still a very real issue. Although almost no U. S cosmetics companies test their products on animals anymore, ... more than 30 years ago, however, many of the company' s brands are sold in...

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Animal Welfare

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The Estée Lauder Companies

Pfizer Invites Proposals for Psoriatic Arthritis Educational Projects

Release Date:

05/15/2019

... of unmet medical need that are aligned with the company’ s medical and/or scientific strategies. To that end, Pfizer ... different institutions /organizations/associations, all institutions must have a...