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University of Montana Receives Mellon Foundation Grant to Expand Native American Humanities

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07/13/2023

... “This award can help to transform NAS and to create a new vision for Indigenous studies at UM. As we all seek to ... of Native American Studies and professor of community and public health sciences, and Dr...

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Education

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08 Oct 2024

Reimagining Access: Philanthropic Leadership in the Post-Affirmative Action Era

Tuesday, October 8, 2024 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

Philanthropy New York, 320 East 43rd Street

... Foundation Shawn Dove (Moderator) , Managing Partner, New Profit Who should attend? All interested funders in higher education, public policy, and related roles. What to expect: panel ...

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How We Can Advance Support for Racial Equity and Racial Justice Funding

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03/03/2022

... clear and standard definitions of categories. Without this new standard for data, funders lack the information needed to ...

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NY Community Trust Is Raising $1M to Combat President Trump’s Policies Of ‘Fear’

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03/06/2017

... philanthropy is raising $1 million to fund programs for New Yorkers under siege from President Trump’s new policies. From legal assistance to racial justice training, the benefactors behind the new...

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The New York Community Trust

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Social Justice

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08 May 2019

Are Housing Vouchers Contributing to Racial and Economic Segregation for Families with Children? - A Webinar Hosted by Funders Together to End Homelessness

Wednesday, May 8, 2019 -

1:00pm to 2:00pm

... who has extended an invitation to PNY members. Space is limited and will be granted on a first come, first ... lower-poverty, higher-opportunity neighborhoods and help public housing agencies meet their legal...

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Understanding Risk Tolerance in Grantmaking

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08/10/2015

By applying behavioral economics theory to philanthropy, we can better manage grantmaker tendencies toward loss and risk aversion, and the effects of other decision-making patterns.

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The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust

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Gender and Transformative Giving

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05/23/2013

... improve gender equity. In fact, USAID no longer funds new programs that lack a strong gender analysis, and PEPFAR ... designed to help busy philanthropic officers that links to new reports and programs with a...

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Moving to An Earned Knowledge Model of Philanthropy

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03/24/2020

... cell phones pinged with the latest alerts from CNN and the New Yorker. Yet time and again during our week-long trip to ... penitentiary system—inspired him to give this history new meaning and take...

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A Better Starting Point for Foundation Communications

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10/19/2015

... In September, I helped facilitate a session a Philanthropy New York organized by Exponent Philanthropy’s Local Engagement ... or nonprofit asks me is, “Can you get me into the New ...

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Silicon Valley Community Foundation Joins More Than 80 Philanthropic Leaders to Achieve Sustainable Development Goals

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02/15/2018

... North American Community Foundations Summit in Mexico City last week where more than 200 philanthropic leaders ... change. During the event, partners also launched the new report Local Leadership, Global...

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How Foundations Can Make a Difference After Puerto Rico’s Latest Natural Disaster

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02/26/2020

... of Philanthropy on February 13, 2020. Soon after the New Year, Puerto Ricans woke up to a new reality: The earth had shaken so hard it pushed most of ...

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Annie E. Casey Foundation and TCC Group Collaborate on Nesting to Achieve Impact: Lessons for Family Funders from a National Foundation

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10/26/2021

... Nesting refers to the process of embedding any new investment in a community within a pre-existing ... preexisting community infrastructure (if any) into which new grant-supported work can integrated Be...

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Hartford Foundation Awards Nearly $2.3 Million in Grants

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03/20/2014

The John A. Hartford Foundation awards $2.275 million in grants to the areas of palliative care and aging-related philanthropy, reports Philanthropy News Digest.

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Simons Foundation Gives University of Hawaii $40M—Largest Gift of its Kind Ever

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06/16/2014

The Simons Foundation has given the University of Hawaii at Manoa $40 million—the largest gift of its kind the university has ever received—for marine life research.

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