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14 May 2024

21st-Century Governance Part Three: Family Philanthropies as Stewards of a Public Trust - A Webinar Hosted by NCFP

Tuesday, May 14, 2024 -

2:00pm to 3:00pm

... and stewardship and ensuring equitable distribution of resources . Who should attend? The National Center for Family ...

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04 Nov 2015

Dear Board...Are You Reading This?

Wednesday, November 4, 2015 -

8:45am to 11:00am

... exercise that responsibility, the individuals who make up the board must be engaged and informed, even though ... the COO’s office, the Communications Department? Can new technologies and communications...

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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 ... of the Foundation as the Board plans FCD's search for a new president...

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27 Sep 2012

Mapping: Data visualization tools to convey knowledge and bring your foundation’s work to life

Thursday, September 27, 2012 -

12:00pm to 1:00pm

Webinar

... tips for managing the flow of information, a variety of new tools will be examined. Explore Practical strategies ... that integrate and synthesize multiple data streams New mapping applications that allow you...

29 Nov 2012

Social Media: Promising techniques used by social media-savvy funders

Thursday, November 29, 2012 -

11:00am to 1:00pm

Webinar

... tips for managing the flow of information, a variety of new tools will be examined. Explore Practical strategies ... that integrate and synthesize multiple data streams New mapping applications that allow you...

Simons Foundation Launches Simons Collaboration on the Many Electron Problem

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03/03/2014

... a program focused on developing, implementing and applying new methods for determining the quantum mechanical behavior ... together scientists who have developed the most exciting new approaches. It addresses...

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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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Arcus Foundation

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 ... Liberties Union, Amnesty International, Free Press, the New America Foundation's Open...

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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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Arcus Foundation

Century Foundation Announces Janice Nittoli "Forward Thinking" Award

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11/03/2014

... doubling the foundation’s endowment and adding sixteen new policy experts to TCF’s roster. Under her watch, TCF ... led to a change in U.S. policy in Afghanistan, and major new work on community colleges, on...

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The Century Foundation

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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Arcus Foundation

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

Release Date:

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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Children, Youth and Families

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Ford Foundation

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

Release Date:

08/03/2015

... Insights, which surveyed over 1,000 people. As part of its new core program strategy focused on Youth, Neighborhoods, ... Brooklyn’s under-served neighborhoods, starting in its new home of Crown Heights and...

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Housing and Homelessness

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Hartford and Atlantic Funded Study Finds Four in Ten Older Adults Have Trouble Managing Health Needs

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10/14/2015

... requirements of their health care are too much to handle, new Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health research ... must be aware that when they ask older adults to take a new medication or suggest they...

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The John A. Hartford Foundation

The Atlantic Philanthropies

Ford Foundation Launches Arts in a Changing America With Webcast

Release Date:

10/23/2015

... America (ArtChangeUS) launch event. ArtChangeUS is a new national five-year project based at the California ... brought, both to arts and cross-sector tables, to catalyze new collaborative possibilities? The...

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Jerome Foundation

JPB Foundation-Funded Research Examines Children’s Menu Choices

Release Date:

11/04/2015

... restaurants might seem like a pipe dream. But according to new research published today in the November issue of Health ... to measure outcomes more than one and two years later. The new research shows that...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Tufts University

Tech Companies Lead the Way on Paid Family Leave, and the Rest of the Country Should Catch Up - Century Foundation Study

Release Date:

11/13/2015

... on family leave policies: the technology sector. In a new report on paid family leave in the tech industry, TCF ... companies like Netflix, Google, and Facebook are setting new standards for family-forward...

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Children, Youth and Families

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The Century Foundation

Study: Metabolism Protein Found to Also Regulate Feeding Behavior in the Brain (JPB Foundation)

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02/26/2016

... are not yet fully understood by scientists. However, new research from The Rockefeller University reveals an important new component of the system responsible for regulating food ...

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Helmsley-Supported Research Finds Protein Structure That Shows How Viruses Take Over Cells

Release Date:

02/29/2016

... but also for improving gene therapy methods to deliver new DNA to patients with genetic mutations. “The ... Dmitry Lyumkis, a Salk Fellow and co-senior author of the new paper, published in Nature on February...

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The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust

Supported by Tiffany & Co. Foundation, Riveting Short Film Takes You Under the Sea in 360 Degrees

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06/21/2016

... visit eastern Indonesia's remote Bird's Head region, but a new immersive film brings the crystalline waters and ... diverse marine life directly to you. Valen's Reef, a new 360-degree short film...

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Environment and Climate Change

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The Tiffany & Co. Foundation

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