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Ford Foundation Provides Initial Funding for Black Feminist Fund

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03/25/2021

... led to brainstorming an idea to move significant resources “unapologetically” to Black feminists. “We ... talking about something that was so meaningful to us— why is it difficult to get resources...

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Declare Overhead Dead

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03/18/2014

... zero; it defies common sense. In fact, I think one of the many sad lessons of the Three Cups of Tea scandal is that the ... a sudden infusion of general operating support? Hardly. Many donors still...

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Better Prepared for Tomorrow: Youth, Media, Technology and the Future of Education and the Workforce

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08/01/2013

... its impact on education and workforce development and why it is so important for foundations to better understand ... skill (such as coding or writing) and is being embraced by many , given Mozilla’s launch of...

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Burke Foundation and the New Jersey Health Care Quality Institute Launch the Maternal Infant Health Hub Advisory Board

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12/05/2022

... students, and others for sharing maternal health policy resources . To enable midwives to play a larger role in New ... die of pregnancy-related complications than a white woman. Many experts believe greater...

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Stavros Niarchos Foundation and Basketball Legend Join Forces for Youth Empowerment and Establish Field of Life

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12/18/2019

... welcoming physical and social space that encourages growth , development, and transformation by offering a ... young people by also offering programs in public spaces in many different neighborhoods, such as...

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The Case for Using a Social Justice Lens in Grantmaking

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09/18/2012

... Executive Director, served as a mentor and guide for many of these funds. The word justice also appeared in the ... communications; and the ability to mobilize additional resources over the long term? If the...

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16 Feb 2012

Funders Supporting Veterans

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7:30am to 10:00am

Philanthropy New York, 79 Fifth Ave., 4th floor, NYC

... are not ready to commit to collaborative funding, you may still benefit from this conversation. Veterans are a ... as veterans return to communities across the nation, many different institutions will need to...

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05 Dec 2013

Ripple Effects: DACA’s Impact on DREAMers and Their Families

Thursday, December 5, 2013 -

11:45am to 3:00pm

Philanthropy New York

... immigrants have not yet applied for relief under DACA. Many do not meet the educational requirements. Others cannot afford the application and legal fees. Still others have simply not heard of the program—or...

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Life and Work of Robert Rauschenberg Profiled in NYTimes

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06/04/2015

... A similar “R.R.” sign is at his side, one of many he collected. Since 2012, the Foundation has ... cans and the flatbed printer he called “Janis Joplin” still remain. They also turned the artist’s former ...

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09 Jun 2016

"The Trans List" - A Special Film Sneak Preview

Thursday, June 9, 2016 -

5:00pm to 8:00pm

... the transgender community is more visible than ever—yet many Americans struggle to understand what it means to be ... to secure rights and recognition, transgender people still face deep discrimination and...

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Unusual Times Lead to Unusual Grants from the Rockefeller Foundation

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06/28/2017

... aren't the Rockefeller Foundation’s usual fare. Like many other big foundations, it avoids ideological language ... when some of the nation’s other major foundations were still reticent to directly...

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Ford Foundation's Darren Walker on the Perils of Meritocracy

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06/30/2017

... on the Perils of Meritocracy American culture nurtures many myths about the moral value of hard work. The phrase “by the bootstraps,” still widely used to describe those Americans who have found ...

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Ford Foundation President Darren Walker Highlights The Role Of Innovative Partnerships In New Orleans' Recovery

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10/20/2017

... her promising new career. Danielle is just one of many beneficiaries of the innovative partnerships between the ... biosciences and technology have fortified its workforce. Still , it's no secret that this...

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Research Supported by The Helmsley Charitable Trust Grant Provides New Insight Into Neurological Disorders

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04/17/2018

... Grant Provides New Insight Into Neurological Disorders Many neurological disorders—Alzheimer’s, schizophrenia, ... and therapeutic purposes, these model systems are still a long way from representing the...

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New York State Health Foundation Publishes Study on Doctor-Drugmaker Relationship

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06/13/2018

... physicians and opioid manufacturers _ entanglements that many say were and still are a contributing factor to the nation's deadly and .....

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New York Health Foundation

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Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation and Social Justice Impact Investing

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07/05/2018

... and Social Justice Impact Investing Impact investing is still a fledgling practice in mainstream philanthropy, but ... in impact investing all comes down to the details. For many institutions, especially those...

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Open Society University Network Launches to Transform Higher Education

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01/23/2020

... conducting joint research projects in which people from many universities collaborate. Mr. Soros said: “I believe ... my life and I should like to see it implemented while I am still around... Open Society...

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Mellon President Elizabeth Alexander is one of the TIME 100 most influential people of 2022

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05/26/2022

... writes in the special issue: " Elizabeth Alexander is many things. She’s a poet , a philanthropist , an ... and amplify the voices of others. Of course, she’s still as creative as she ever was. It’s just...

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Proactive Support Pays Off: The American Art Renewal Fund

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04/11/2012

... museums’ strategic retrenchment and acclimation to fewer resources . When the AARF initiative concluded , 85 of the ... organizations with budgets under $10 million a year. Many directors, curators, and...

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