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The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts Teams Up With Lin-Manuel Miranda to Aid Puerto Rico

Release Date:

10/18/2017

... which rendered an estimated 3.4 million people without power and all but destroyed the island’s energy grid. (As ... claimed at least 48 lives, and more than 80 percent of the power grid is still not...

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Disaster Relief

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The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts

Research Funded By Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Leads to a Method to Safely Charge a Smartphone Wirelessly Using a Laser

Release Date:

02/21/2018

... USB cable. To accomplish this, the team mounted a thin power cell to the back of a smartphone, which charges the smartphone using power from the laser. In addition, the team custom-designed ...

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Technology

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Foundation Backs Inclusive Innovation in a “Transitioning” Region

Release Date:

03/30/2018

The Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Foundation has thrown fully into the battle to turn around battered communities.

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Community Development

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Rockefeller Foundation To Invest $20M To Electrify Rural India

Release Date:

08/21/2018

... states in India in five years. India has targeted bringing power to every household in the country by March 2019 ... ...

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International/Foreign Affairs

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The Rockefeller Foundation

Russell Sage Foundation Grantees Cited in NY Times on Disputed Timeline for When Whites Will Assume Minority Status in US Population

Release Date:

11/29/2018

... dominance. For progressives who seek an end to Republican power , the year points to inevitable political triumph, when ...

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Census 2020

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Russell Sage Foundation

Simons Foundation Gifts UC San Diego Funds to Operate Simons Observatory in Chile to Explore Early Universe

Release Date:

07/09/2019

... secrets, we need significant funds to keep the electrical power flowing, keep roads free of snow, perform regular ... Simons Foundation to exploit the phenomenal technological power of the observatory and...

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Science

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Ford Foundation Appoints Michele Moore As Vice President of Global Communications

Release Date:

12/06/2019

... to her recognition on PR Week magazine’s 2017 and 2018 Power Lists as one of the top communications professionals in ...

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Appointments & Transitions

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Ford Foundation

Kimberly Walker Appointed as First Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at Arabella Advisors

Release Date:

03/11/2020

... State University. Her current Ph.D. research focuses on power dynamics and cross-sector partnerships, which she has ...

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Arabella Advisors

25 Mar 2021

Federal Immigration Policy Scorecard and Playbook - A Webinar Hosted by GCIR

Thursday, March 25, 2021 -

10:00am to 11:00am

... with funders how timely efforts to advance immigrant power and justice can be best supported. Explore The ... Where funders can play a role in advancing immigrant power and justice Speakers List of Speakers in...

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Issue-Based

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Webinar/Teleconference

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All Funders

Topic(s)

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Funding Area

Immigration

Social Justice

Insights from “Responding to the Moment: Participatory Approaches in Philanthropy”

Release Date:

09/19/2024

... of communities that funders seek to serve. They shift power from traditional power centers, like foundation boards and donors, to the ... collaborative that promotes funder listening to shift power...

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Insights

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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

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PNY Core: Impact Investing Series

... can have a social impact using all of their financial resources . Participants hear from insights of philanthropic ...

Key Facts on Mission Investing

Publication date:

10/2011

... assets— are extending the public benefit of their resources . The report also offers perspective from Stephen ...

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Report

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Finance & Asset Management

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation

Learn Foundation Law

Publication date:

04/2012

The legal staff at the David and Lucile Packard, Bill & Melinda Gates, William and Flora Hewlett, and Gordon and Betty Moore foundations have developed this free, first-of-its-kind online resource, which covers the basic legal rules around what staff are allowed to fund and engage in at a private foundation, including how lobbying laws apply to private foundations, who and what they can legally fund, the types of grants private foundations are allowed to provide and how to fund projects when advocacy and lobbying are involved.

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Young Black Males and the Urgency of Now

Release Date:

11/19/2012

... philanthropy can and must play a leading role in investing resources and support for young black males. Young Black ...

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Insights

Topic(s)

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Funding Area

Education

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The Schott Foundation for Public Education

Nourishing Strong Communities: Thoughts on Food Policy from Karen Karp

Release Date:

03/15/2010

... have one of the presenters, Karen Karp, President of Karp Resources , share her thoughts with us. Nourishing Strong ...

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Insights

Topic(s)

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Funding Area

Community Development

Food Systems

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Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation

Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund

Philanthropy New York

Carnegie Corporation Commits $15 Million for Rethinking School Design

Release Date:

03/25/2013

... schools use teaching, time, technology, money, and other resources to bring all students to the much higher levels of ...

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Education

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

Donor Collaborations: Size Matters Less Than You Think

Release Date:

05/24/2013

... shared multiyear vision around which donors pool talent, resources , and decision making,” but I fear that it leaves ...

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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

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SeaChange Capital Partners

07 Mar 2011

Foundation Administrators Network Meeting: Workplace Flexibility

Monday, March 7, 2011 -

9:30am to 12:30pm

... for foundation administration, including human resources , finance, and operations. PROGRAM DESCRIPTION ... In addition, FAN member Gail Pesyna, VP for Human Resources and Program Management at the Alfred P...