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NBC News Profiles Asian Women Giving Circle at Ms. Foundation

Release Date:

01/29/2016

... for her cause. Korean-American immigrants, Lee found, were new to the idea of American-style philanthropy, and domestic violence was not a topic the community seemed to want to publicly discuss. Lee also .....

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Ms. Foundation for Women

Bank of America Charitable Foundation Gives $500K to Support Solar Energy in Developing Countries

Release Date:

10/20/2016

... that uses solar energy technologies to deliver essential community services to the developing world, was awarded a ... million in grant funding in the past year. Funds from the new grant will support GivePower...

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18 Sep 2014

Inequality, Democracy and Corporate Power

Thursday, September 18, 2014 -

2:45pm to 5:00pm

... 5 to 6 PM. Jeff Clements will be signing copies of the new edition of his book, Corporations Are Not People. ...

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16 Jul 2015

IT Security: Combat Advanced Persistent Threats

Thursday, July 16, 2015 -

11:30am to 1:00pm

... of remaining vigilant and flexible in confronting these new threats. Presenters David Roth , Chief Technology ... at the Simons Foundation, 160 Fifth Avenue, 9th Floor, New York, NY 10010. Members: To register...

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07 Apr 2022

Legal Series - Making Grants to Individuals

Thursday, April 7, 2022 -

10:00am to 11:30am

... and capacity within civil society; seed organizations, social enterprises, and movements; and enable creative works ...

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Professional Development

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

United Philanthropy #ForumCon18 Highlights

Release Date:

09/07/2018

... Attendees spent three days fostering relationships, building skills and making connections. Participants left ...

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United Philanthropy Forum

Your VISION for 2025 – A Report on Year One

... A Report on Year One At the start of 2014, Philanthropy New York faced two separate challenges. The first was the ... September 10, 2015 we welcomed the Philanthropy New York community to our...

Foundations and Peer Review: Time to Reconsider the Process?

Release Date:

05/02/2017

... group acknowledged that doing so can create significant new burdens and management challenges to an already taxed ... participants agreed that peer review has served the community well. One person observed...

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Doris Duke Foundation

President Of Montauk-Based Environmental Advocacy Organization Stepping Down

Release Date:

02/02/2017

... noted. "It has been my honor to be a part of the Montauk community and to work with CCOM's members and Board of Directors in protecting our natural resources ." While at CCOM, Samuelson helped...

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Environment and Climate Change

13 Aug 2015

Passing the "Mirror Test": Ethics and Family Philanthropy - Webinar

Thursday, August 13, 2015 -

12:00pm to 1:30pm

... for Family Foundations . Presenter Michael Rion, Founder, Resources for Ethics and Management Designed for The National ...

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Family Foundation

Private Foundation

Board & Trustees

Millions of Dollars From Corporations and Individuals Flow to Flood-Ravaged Texas

Release Date:

08/29/2017

... Steve Maislin, chief executive of the Greater Houston Community Foundation, said he expects the philanthropic ...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Nursing Home Evacuations Should Not Be “All or Nothing,” Says GSA Member in Senate Testimony

Release Date:

09/21/2017

Speaking before the U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging today, University of South Florida professor Kathryn Hyer, PhD, MPP, FGSA, urged lawmakers to support actions that enable nursing homes and assisted living communities to better serve their...

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Health

09 Dec 2021

Racial Inequities in Medical Debt: Causes and Potential Solutions - A Webinar Hosted by Grantmakers in Health

Thursday, December 9, 2021 -

3:00pm to 4:00pm

... debt and the people most at risk Potential points of engagement for philanthropy Speakers Keith Hearle , Special ... Network, Economic Opportunity Funders, or Philanthropy New York, or otherwise need...

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Finance & Asset Management

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Economic Security

Health

Next Antibiotic May Come From Dirt Bacteria, Work Funded by Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Finds

Release Date:

08/02/2019

... scaffolds construct in nature can help prospect for new classes of antibiotics through DNA sequencing and genome ... in St. Louis. “In the long term, we really need new structural classes of antibiotics that...

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Wait—What is Venture Philanthropy, Again?

Release Date:

02/27/2014

... and individual philanthropists are increasingly blazing new trails in funding models designed to yield social impact as well as a financial return on their ...

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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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The Rockefeller Foundation

Darren Walker, President of the Ford Foundation, to Participate in Facebook QA

Release Date:

10/26/2015

... QA Want to know more about the Ford Foundation’s new focus on inequality? Have questions about how we’re ... our approach to grant making to tackle 21st-century social justice problems? On Wednesday, October...

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Ford Foundation

Twenty Cities Advance in Bloomberg Philanthropies' Latin American and Caribbean Mayors Challenge

Release Date:

06/20/2016

... implementation support. The ideas reflect creative new approaches to some of the most pressing issues facing ... youth unemployment, waste management, obesity, and social and economic inclusion for immigrants...

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Community Development

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Bloomberg Philanthropies

Why Ford Foundation Is Underwriting Black Lives Matter

Release Date:

08/08/2016

... planning on studying and underwriting what it calls a “ new and dynamic form of social justice leadership and infrastructure,” by investing ...

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Justice Reform

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Ford Foundation

Markle Foundation Study Finds Women in Sweet Spot of U.S. Economy

Release Date:

10/07/2016

... gap because they tend to work in jobs that require more social and analytical skills, a new study from the Pew Research Center finds. Those jobs are ...

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Gender Justice

Workforce Development

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John & Mary R. Markle Foundation

Foundation for Child Development Sponsors Study that Finds Children Learning English Require Better Support for Academic Success

Release Date:

03/01/2017

... because schools do not provide adequate instruction and social -emotional support to acquire English proficiency or ... academic subjects at the appropriate grade level, says a new report from the National...

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Children, Youth and Families

Immigration

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Foundation for Child Development

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