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Pennsylvania Joins Skillful State Network, Initiative of the Markle Foundation

Release Date:

04/18/2019

... economy. “Pennsylvania businesses are hiring, and new and growing industries cannot find enough skilled ... with innovative education and job training to prepare people for those emerging careers. “...

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Workforce Development

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John & Mary R. Markle Foundation

The Century Foundation Rallies Against "Turnkey Tyranny" With Presidential Transition

Release Date:

11/18/2016

... against “turnkey tyranny.” One day, he said, “a new leader will be elected” and “they’ll find the ...

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Public Policy

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Big Names, Big Funding: Why Are MIT and IBM Joining Forces on AI Research?

Release Date:

09/14/2017

... algorithms work, and the potential of quantum computing. A new lab, dubbed the MIT-IBM Watson AI Lab, is planning to use ...

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IBM Corporation

Research Supported by The Tow Foundation Reveals Small Part Brain That Steadies The Body

Release Date:

02/06/2018

... Foundation Reveals Small Part Brain That Steadies The Body New scientific research has revealed how a small part of the ...

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The Tow Foundation

Michael Bloomberg Will Spend $80 Million on the Midterms To Flip the House for the Democrats

Release Date:

06/25/2018

... Michael R. Bloomberg, the billionaire former mayor of New York City, has decided to throw his political clout and ... millions of dollars in an effort to expel Republicans from power . Mr. Bloomberg — a...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Bloomberg LP

Emmett Carson Steps Down as Silicon Valley Fund Admits Missteps

Release Date:

06/28/2018

... the foundation as it conducts a nationwide search for a new permanent chief... Emmett Carson Steps Down as Silicon ...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Silicon Valley Community Foundation

Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Foundation Supports Play in Michigan Schools

Release Date:

08/22/2018

... Playworks , the leading national nonprofit leveraging the power of play to transform children's social and emotional ... schools in the community and roll out existing services to new schools. Over 1,095...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Foundation

Inside Philanthropy Covers Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Foundation’s Big Investment in City Parks

Release Date:

10/30/2018

... between parks and neighborhoods. It’s one of several new , high-dollar city parks projects powered by private ...

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Bloomberg Launches Beyond Carbon Campaign

Release Date:

06/10/2019

... coal plant closures, and a stop to the building of new gas plants, as well as the election of candidates who are ... of the Beyond Coal campaign to retire all coal-fired power plants by 2030 and extend that...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Bloomberg Philanthropies

Open Society Pledges Support for African Cultural Heritage Restitution

Release Date:

11/12/2019

... Pledges Support for African Cultural Heritage Restitution NEW YORK—The Open Society Foundations today announced a $15 ... implications for the ways that racism and imbalances of power are perpetuated today...

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Arts

International/Foreign Affairs

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Open Society Foundations

William T. Grant Foundation Opens Applications for Two Research Grants Programs: Improving the Use of Research Evidence and Reducing Inequality

Release Date:

11/21/2019

... is to support research to improve the lives of young people ages 5-25 in the United States. The William T. Grant ... incentives within the research community to encourage deep engagement with decision makers...

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RFPs Etc

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07 Nov 2013

"MEDIACRACY" - A Dialogue with Experts on the Troubled Intersection of Media and Democracy

Thursday, November 7, 2013 -

12:45pm to 4:00pm

... grantmakers and individual philanthropists. This fall Low- Power FM radio is celebrating a long-fought victory to expand ...

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Issue-Based

Soros Says Attacks Won’t Alter His Charitable and Political Giving

Release Date:

06/11/2018

The 87-year-old Holocaust survivor, who has poured much of his fortune into promoting liberal values around the globe, is now confronting a wave of nationalist sentiment washing against issues he has championed.

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Open Society Foundations

14 Jul 2022

Impact Investing: Aligning All Capital for Good - A Webinar Hosted by NCFP

Thursday, July 14, 2022 -

12:00pm to 1:15pm

... Audette , Senior Vice President, Member and Partner Engagement , Mission Investors Exchange Erika Seth Davies , ...

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Tools & Strategies

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Webinar/Teleconference

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Family Foundation

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Impact Investing

19 Oct 2015

Learning From Transformational Women Leaders: Leymah Gbowee & Sophia Bracy Harris

Monday, October 19, 2015 -

2:45pm to 5:00pm

... strategic thinking and patient community-building is a model for leadership everywhere. Michael Seltzer will serve ... and phone number. In collaboration with Daphne Foundation New World Foundation Learning...

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Panel

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All Funders

Nonprofit Staff/Grantseekers

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Leadership Development

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Funding Area

Gender Justice

Report From Century Foundation: English Learners and School Choice: Helping Charter Schools Serve Multilingual Families

Release Date:

04/30/2019

... immigrant-arrival states, such as California, Texas, New York, Florida, and Illinois, but also in less-traditional ... barriers persist? How can the flexibility of the charter model help schools accommodate EL...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Immigration

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The Century Foundation

Spelman College Receives Funding from Alfred P. Sloan Foundation to Help Fuel the Field of Black Women Economists

Release Date:

08/29/2019

... in economics, the grant will fund the creation of a new distinguished speaker series that focuses on alumnae, and ... the College. “Adapting the Women in STEM Summer Program model for economics and bringing...

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Burke Foundation Co-Funds Inaugural Class of Safer Birth Cities: Tackling the U.S. Maternal Mortality Crisis

Release Date:

09/26/2019

... with community-based organizations which are pioneering new integrated care models in which community health workers ...

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Children, Youth and Families

Gender Justice

Health

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The Burke Foundation

Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust Awards Avera eCare Grant to Establish National Telehealth Certificate Program

Release Date:

10/21/2019

... be able to earn a certificate in telehealth as a delivery model for healthcare as well as a specialty certificate for ... overseen by a board of telehealth experts. Next Steps This new grant funding expands on...