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Jul
2021
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Jul
2022
Climate Refugees: Supporting Receiving Communities - A Webinar Hosted by CDP
Thursday, July 14, 2022 -
2:00pm to 3:00pm
The Center for Disaster Philanthropy (CDP) is hosting a webinar to provide funders with information about the issue of climate migration, focusing on the new communities and countries that climate-displaced individuals find themselves in through...
18
Oct
2012
Creating New Approaches to Community-Based Family Support: Where is Innovation Happening?
Thursday, October 18, 2012 -
1:45pm to 4:00pm
Please join prominent researcher Dr. Peter Pecora, Managing Director of Research Services at the Casey Family Programs, for an intimate brownbag conversation. Peter will cover highlights from his research in various states and counties, as well as...
Change Captial Fund Launches Initiative to Support Community Development
Release Date:
06/02/2014
[Altman Foundation; Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ; Brooklyn Community Foundation; Capital One; Citi Foundation; Deutsche Bank Americas Foundation; F.B. Heron Foundation; Goldman Sachs; Mizuho Bank USA; M & T Bank; New York Community Trust; New...
Advocacy Group Supporting NYC Pre-K Expansion Raised $1.76 Million
Release Date:
07/15/2014
An advocacy group that helped NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio's push for expanded pre-kindergarten received its largest donations from unions, a political action committee and the Rockefeller Family Fund.
09
Apr
2015
More Bang for Your Buck: Supporting Locally Led Peacebuilding - Webinar
Thursday, April 9, 2015 -
11:00am to 12:00pm
Locally led peacebuilding efforts are proving to be impactful and cost efficient.
Kress and Mellon Support First Academic Art Museum and Library Summit
Release Date:
12/09/2015
The Summit will focus on the ways that new pedagogical models and technologies are transforming the work of the academy, and the potential for art museums and libraries to engage more fully with faculty, students, and each other.
Revson Foundation Supports Steinem Program to Address Underrepresentation of Women In Media & Technology
Release Date:
03/28/2016
The nine-month pilot program, which organizers hope to extend, is funded by a $35,000 grant from the Charles H. Revson Foundation and addresses the underrepresentation of women and minorities in leadership, production and creative roles across all...
Bloomberg Philanthropies Supports National Geographic Documentary About the Coal and Mining Industry
Release Date:
04/14/2017
From the Ashes captures Americans in communities across the country as they wrestle with the legacy of the coal industry, and what its future should be under the Trump administration.
With Support from the Arcus Foundation, Study of Transgender Preschoolers Assesses Preferences and Identity
Release Date:
04/25/2017
In one of the first examinations of early gender development among transgender preschoolers, a new study has found that these children were just as likely as nontransgender children to have preferences associated with their gender, and to have as...
New Research Supported By Simons Foundation Points to Cellular Roots of Autism
Release Date:
12/05/2017
Researchers at UC San Francisco have developed a new genetic model of autism, using neurons created in the lab from patients’ own skin cells. Their experiments suggest that abnormalities in the electrical firing of neurons may lead to behavioral and...
01
Feb
2018
Supporting Local Organizations: Challenges and Opportunities for U.S. Foundations - Webinar
Thursday, February 1, 2018 -
1:00pm to 2:00pm
Join PSFG and the Human Rights Funders Network for a funders-only discussion on the challenges to “locally-led” grantmaking and recommendations for how to overcome them.
Helmsley Charitable Trust Supports UC San Diego to Study Crohn’s Disease
Release Date:
05/11/2019
Dr. Pradipta Ghosh, Soumita Das, Larry Smarr and Jürgen Schulze will aim to improve surgical outcomes and therapeutics for Crohn’s disease patients through $4.7 million in new grants from The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust.
04
Nov
2021
All the Tools in the Toolbox: Philanthropic Support for (C)4 Campaigns - A Webinar Hosted by GCIR
Thursday, November 4, 2021 -
1:00pm to 2:00pm
Join Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees (GCIR) for a discussion with Alliance for Justice and leading immigrant justice organizations to understand how philanthropy can fund in this space while also learning about active...
23
Feb
2023
Pushing Philanthropic Practice to Support Black Migrants - A Webinar Hosted by GCIR
Thursday, February 23, 2023 -
1:00pm to 2:00pm
Join GCIR and movement leaders in this webinar for an analysis of the root causes of migration for Black immigrants and refugees, how they are working to build power domestically and transnationally, and how funders can support this diverse...
29
May
2019
No Housing Support for Mixed Status Families? - A Webinar Hosted by GCIR
Wednesday, May 29, 2019 -
1:30pm to 2:30pm
No one should be denied support because of their loved ones’ immigration status. Yet a newly introduced regulation from the U.S Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) would force U.S. citizen children and their families out of public...
09
Sep
2019
Hurricane Dorian: Supporting the Bahamas - A Webinar Hosted by Center for Disaster Philanthropy
Monday, September 9, 2019 -
12:00pm to 1:00pm
Hurricane Dorian slammed into the northern Bahamas as a powerful Category 5 hurricane, with winds in excess of 185 mph and a storm surge of 18-23 feet.
Five Borough Farm: Supporting Urban Agriculture in New York City
Release Date:
11/08/2012
New York is one of the most vibrant urban agriculture cities in the United States, with more than 700 existing sites (there are nearly 3 times as many farms and gardens in the city as there are Starbucks locations).
Open Society Announces Fund to Support New Nonprofit Leaders
Release Date:
06/14/2013
Open Society Foundations has established a $2-million fund to help new nonprofit chief executives put their ideas to work quickly.
Top Education Official Supports More Teacher Professional Development
Release Date:
10/08/2013
Beth Fertig reports from the Education Funders Research Initiative launch event at Trinity Wall Street for The Times’ SchoolBook blog.