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E-Learning: Philanthropy Fundamentals

Philanthropy Fundamentals is an on-demand, online course for staff in the philanthropic sector.

E-Learning Public Course.png Course Overview Philanthropy Fundamentals ... at foundations who are new to philanthropy as well as more experienced staff who want to deepen their knowledge of ... provider, and its...

Research Funded by the William T. Grant Foundation Finds Bonding Exercises Cut Discipline Disparity for Students of Color

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04/04/2019

... Social Psychology , found that guided exercises in two or more 25-minute class sessions early in sixth or seventh grade ... Office, in 2013-14, black boys represented 7.9 percent of public school students but...

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Supported by Simons Foundation, ‘Video Game’ Study Identifies Kids With Attention Deficits

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09/21/2016

... to look and feel like a video game may successfully flag children with attention disorders, according to the results ... being developed as a medical device, researchers studied children with a genetic...

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15 Jun 2021

Leveraging Philanthropy to Build a Responsive Small Business Ecosystem

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9:00am to 10:30am

... and they were blocked at every turn from getting fair access to government and other relief. These injustices and ... new, but they were harder to ignore, and the consequences more dire. The only silver lining...

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The Mosaic Network and Fund in The New York Community Trust Grants $4.5 million to Arts Nonprofits of Color in New York

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02/04/2020

... – A first-of-its-kind collaborative that aims to provide more equitable funding for African, Latinx, Asian, Arab, and ... and build meaningful relationships that could lead to more resources...

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The New York Community Trust

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William T. Grant Foundation Names Ten William T. Grant Scholars Finalists

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12/12/2018

... researchers, and these ten finalists each show great promise for research careers that will bring rigorous ... support the applicant’s research goals with sufficient resources during the grant period, so the...

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Carnegie Prize Honoring Genocide’s Unsung Heroes Profiled in NYTimes

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03/16/2016

... Catholic priest in the Central African Republic who saved more than 1,000 Muslims, mostly women and children , from fatal persecution. An international ... by humans — like war and ethnic strife — puts them in...

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Latest Installation of OSF’s Annual Moving Walls Series Depicts Migrants ‘As They’d Rather Be Seen’

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10/09/2018

... City and runs until July 2019. The Foundation received more than 400 submissions and chose 13 photographers, artists ... familial and community ties that exist amidst stories of great risk and pain,” said co-...

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Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund Announces Request for Proposals for COVID-19-related Arts & Mental Health Program

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07/14/2021

... private foundation whose grantmaking seeks to increase access and opportunity for all New Yorkers and to build ... addressing food insecurity, access to the arts, and public service. In 2018...

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Our Move

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10/10/2018

... and a decision we believe will build a stronger, more collaborative and uniquely inspired community as PNY ... would increase the capacity of our membership to serve the public good. Similarly, the Board...

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The Doris Duke Charitable Foundation announced grant funding through its Creative Inflections program to support leading jazz artists

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02/08/2022

... the genre’s listenership by attracting younger and more diverse audiences. Each grant of up to $200,000 enables ... Initiatives like Creative Inflections are critical to providing artists with the ...

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Markle Foundation and Microsoft Partner to Accelerate a Skills-Based Labor Market for the Digital Economy

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06/29/2017

... enable job seekers to learn what skills are in demand, and access professional training at any stage of their career. At ... brings to the partnership decades of experience in providing digital skills training...

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The Century Foundation Has Obtained New Data Showing 99 Percent of Student Fraud Claims Concern For-Profit Colleges

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11/13/2017

... has never before released a comprehensive list of schools accused of predatory behavior. Now, in response to a ... 2017, by school. 2 The data represents the first-ever public record of the number of claims...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Insights from Indonesia: Protecting Our Coral Reefs

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02/08/2018

... is working to replenish fish populations and create a more sustainable and fruitful environment for all fishers. As ... reefs on the planet, behind Australia and its sprawling Great Barrier Reef. Indonesian...

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Brooklyn Community Foundation Launches Brooklyn COVID-19 Response Fund

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03/17/2020

... Response Fund to provide immediate and longer-term resources to vulnerable residents across our borough. We ... may experience food insecurity, loss of wages, and limited access to healthcare and paid sick...

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Amalgamated Foundation Launches the Frontline Workers Fund in Response to COVID-19

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04/01/2020

... and we are proud to stand in support of their needs. Resources will go to support: Charitable Funds initiated by ... who have lost their jobs National and local organizations providing personal protective...

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20 Apr 2020

Living with Dignity and Community in the Wake of the Coronavirus Pandemic

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12:00pm to 1:15pm

... direct service support, research, policy work and more . Supportive housing provides vulnerable, formerly ... disabilities - with a dignified place to live and access to quality services and health care on site...

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Simons Foundation Names Boyana Konforti Director of Education & Outreach

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09/02/2014

... lead an expanding program initiative designed to enrich public understanding of science and mathematics. Konforti ... lay and scientific, as well as a longstanding interest in public education and outreach. An...

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Technology

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How Rapid Assessments Can Help the Shift from Response to Recovery

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05/13/2021

... humanitarian: to increase our support and to provide it in more flexible ways. Now, as we see that COVID-19’s impact ... working to understand how to most effectively deploy our resources beyond crisis...

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