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Grant Foundation Shifts Research Focus, Invites Studies that Improve Use of Research

Release Date:

12/17/2015

... sense of research evidence and produce research that is responsive to the concerns of decision makers. A New Direction Understanding the problem of research use is ...

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Children, Youth and Families

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William T. Grant Foundation

The Rockefeller Foundation Joins Hotel Industry To Reduce Food Waste

Release Date:

11/14/2017

... menu planning, staff training and education, and customer engagement . Overall, participating properties reduced food ... by three percent or more after increasing measurement and engagement . These findings...

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Food Systems

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Simons Foundation Announces Launch of the Center for Computational Mathematics

Release Date:

10/02/2018

... computational center launched as part of the foundation's new Flatiron Institute . The center, led by mathematician Leslie Greengard, will develop new mathematical approaches, algorithms and software to...

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Atlantic Philanthropies Final Grant Supports Cornell Tradition

Release Date:

01/10/2017

The Atlantic Philanthropies, the foundation established by entrepreneur Charles F. Feeney '56, has made a $7 million grant to The Cornell Tradition, a fellowship program offering distinctive service, work and scholarship opportunities to some of the...

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The Atlantic Philanthropies

Edwin Gould Foundation Accelerator's BEAM Addresses Equations & Inequality in NY Times Feature

Release Date:

02/17/2017

... nation where racial equality in the basic institutions of civic life — schools, housing, health care, policing — ...

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Edwin Gould Foundation | EGF Accelerator

JPMorgan Chase’s Investment in Detroit to Reach $150 Million

Release Date:

05/11/2017

... Detroit’s recovery due to strong collaboration between civic , business, and nonprofit leadership, as well as ...

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Community Development

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JPMorgan Chase & Co.

NYPD Releases Video of Fatal Police Shooting of Armed Mentally Ill Man

Release Date:

09/15/2017

... Video of Fatal Police Shooting of Armed Mentally Ill Man CIVIC CENTER — The NYPD released footage Thursday afternoon ...

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Justice Reform

The Future of ‘Zipcode as Destiny': Three Scenarios

Release Date:

01/14/2016

... and inequity, such as racial discrimination, inadequate social services, and poor quality jobs—greatly influences ... place-based education and as the basis for entirely new forms of education, such as massive...

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Insights

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Economic Security

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The Rockefeller Foundation

MetLife Foundation Launches $200 Million Campaign for Financial Inclusion

Release Date:

10/28/2013

... it serves and share them with the financial inclusion community ... MetLife Foundation Launches $200 Million ...

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International/Foreign Affairs

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MetLife

The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust Supports the ALYN Hospital to Establish the First Research Center in Israel for Pediatric and Adolescent Rehabilitation

Release Date:

01/24/2022

... to help fight the coronavirus pandemic. ALYN Hospital's new research center will focus on several relevant fields, ... developmental issues (such as cerebral palsy). With the new research center, ALYN...

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Children, Youth and Families

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The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust

10 Jul 2017

Countering State Preemption and Protecting the Power of Local Government - A Webinar Hosted by FCCP

Monday, July 10, 2017 -

3:00pm to 4:00pm

... program is hosted by our partner, Funders' Committee for Civic Participation (FCCP), who has extended an invitation to ... Grantmakers Association Funders' Committee for Civic Participation...

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Issue-Based

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

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Civic Engagement

Community Development

Public Policy

Social Justice

10 Jun 2021

Supporting Critical Election Infrastructure for the Long Term - A Webinar Hosted by FCCP

Thursday, June 10, 2021 -

1:00pm to 2:00pm

... program is hosted by our partner, Funders' Committee for Civic Participation (FCCP), who has extended an invitation to ... , Founder and Executive Director, Center for Tech and Civic Life Marc Solomon ,...

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Tools & Strategies

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All Funders

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Finance & Asset Management

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Kresge Foundation, NCB Capital Impact Launch $30 Million Detroit Revitalization Fund

Release Date:

09/18/2013

With support from MetLife and the Max M. & Marjorie S. Fisher Foundation, among others, the fund will provide long-term fixed-rate loans to mixed-use, mixed-income, transit-oriented projects that promote density, diversity, vibrancy and...

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A Big STEM Gift from Simons Foundation Grabs Attention in the Field

Release Date:

08/24/2016

Morehouse College in Atlanta recently secured $2.5 million from Jim and Marilyn Simons towards educating math and science students.

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Education

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Russell Sage Fellow in NYTimes on The End of Identity Liberalism

Release Date:

11/18/2016

... Liberalism It is a truism that America has become a more diverse country. It is also a beautiful thing to watch. ...

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Russell Sage Foundation

UU Veatch's Molly Schultz Hafid joins NCRP's Board of Directors

Release Date:

09/25/2015

Molly Schultz Hafid Elected to National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy Board of Directors In her role at ... newly elected board members of the National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy. UU Veatch...