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Long Island Community Foundation Provides At-Risk Seniors With Fresh Produce And Nutrition Education

Release Date:

01/25/2017

... Fresh Produce And Nutrition Education Many residents in New Cassel living below the federal poverty line have limited ... to fresh food at a reasonable price. EAC Network’s new Fresh from the Garden Senior...

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Member News

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Food Systems

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Long Island Community Foundation

61% Of Women And 46% Of Men Think Kids Should Be Raised Without Gender Stereotypes

Release Date:

09/21/2017

... other marketing communications–including advertising, new research published this week suggests. A worldwide shift ... toward gender is revealed by The Future is FeMale, a new survey of more than 12,000 men...

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Sector News

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Gender Justice

Simons Foundation Genomic Database Tool Used in Breakthrough Autism Study

Release Date:

10/13/2017

... Database Tool Used in Breakthrough Autism Study In the new study, researchers used a huge genomic database created ... these family members, researchers hoped to identify new mutations that were more likely to...

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Health

Science

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The Simons Foundation

23 Oct 2018

The Art of Knowledge-in-Action: Building Your Reflective Practice as a Funder

Tuesday, October 23, 2018 -

9:00am to 11:00am

... observe what is happening during challenging situations, make new sense of what you see, and adjust your approach to get to ... will help you and others observe with greater clarity, make...

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Professional Development

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Workshop

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All Funders

Topic(s)

Leadership Development

09 Sep 2021

Support thriving families and increase equitable access to the improved Child Tax Credit - A Webinar Hosted by Asset Funders Network

Thursday, September 9, 2021 -

1:00pm to 2:00pm

... of these credits. Doing so offers an opportunity to make the case for unrestricted cash and to fundamentally ... for action now and learn how your investments now can make lasting change. Explore How funders...

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Issue-Based

Tools & Strategies

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Webinar/Teleconference

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All Funders

Topic(s)

Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

Funding Area

Children, Youth and Families

Disaster Relief

Economic Security

Public Policy

Marc Benioff to Dedicate Salesforce Tower With Speech on Civic ‘Priorities’

Release Date:

05/22/2018

Benioff and his wife, Lynne, have donated millions of dollars to causes from schools to hospitals, with $250 million alone going to the UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospitals in San Francisco and Oakland. Salesforce and Salesforce.org, the foundation arm...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Salesforce

07 May 2020

Intro to Adaptive Leadership: Leading in Times of Great Change - A Webinar Hosted by NCFP

Thursday, May 7, 2020 -

1:00pm to 2:00pm

This program is the first of a two-part series that will include content sharing, small group time with peers, large group reflections and Q&A. Attendance is not mandatory for both sessions, but together, they certainly build a more coherent set...

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Professional Development

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Webinar/Teleconference

Audience

Family Foundation

Topic(s)

Leadership Development

24 Feb 2021

Building a Better Ecosystem for Business Owners of Color - A Webinar Hosted by Asset Funders Network

Wednesday, February 24, 2021 -

1:00pm to 2:00pm

Small businesses are the backbone of the U.S. economy, employing nearly half of the private sector workforce. Join us to hear what we have learned about the effects of specific investments and strategies to support entrepreneurs of color and what...

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Issue-Based

Tools & Strategies

Format

Webinar/Teleconference

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All Funders

Topic(s)

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

Funding Area

Economic Security

Workforce Development

NoVo Foundation Announces Grantees of $34 Million Radical Hope Fund

Release Date:

06/13/2018

... activism, and organizing are thriving across the globe, new partnerships are growing, and justice leaders everywhere are planting the seeds for a radical new world based in equity, possibility, power, and...

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Member News

Funding Area

Social Justice

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NoVo Foundation

RISE Together Fund, an Initiative of the Proteus Fund, Receives Largest Grant in the Rise Together Fund History

Release Date:

11/15/2022

... creativity of the BAMEMSA field are only limited by the resources afforded to it. This gift goes a long way to ...

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Proteus Fund (NYC Office)

To Get to the Good, You Gotta Dance With the Wicked

Release Date:

09/19/2013

Four nonprofit leaders — including Gail B. Nayowith, founding Executive Director of the Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund — respond to a recent SSIR article on how the nonprofit sector sets its goals and achieves impact.

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Member News

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund

17 Foundations Join Forces to Divest Fossil-Fuel Stocks

Release Date:

01/30/2014

... global warming requires foundations to do more than merely make grants to charities that are focused on the problem…. ...

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Member News

Funding Area

Environment and Climate Change

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Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation

The Educational Foundation of America

A Nobel Peace Prize Nomination for the National Priorities Project

Release Date:

02/28/2014

The National Priorities Project, a Rockefeller Brothers Fund grantee, has been nominated for the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize.

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Member News

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Rockefeller Brothers Fund

Impact Investing: Not Just For Billionaires

Release Date:

06/04/2014

... Investing: Not Just For Billionaires Foundations just make grants, correct? Not necessarily. Grants are becoming ...

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Member News

Topic(s)

Impact Investing

Funding Area

Children, Youth and Families

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The Rockefeller Foundation

Instead of Retiring, Many Seek 'Encore' Jobs

Release Date:

07/07/2014

A trend first spotted in a MetLife Foundation survey in 2011 seems to be on the rise as millions of Americans are making plans to work instead of retiring and with many opting for social sector jobs.

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Member News

Funding Area

Aging

Workforce Development

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MetLife

Bloggers Falsely Accuse JPMorgan Chase of Employee "LGBT Loyalty Test"

Release Date:

07/07/2014

JPMorgan Chase appears to be the victim of right wing bloggers who have been making erroneous posts alleging the bank requires its employees to take an "LGBT loyalty" test.