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New Report From Silicon Valley Community Foundation Helps Companies Align With the U.N.’s Sustainable Development Goals

Release Date:

12/11/2017

... with the SDGs. Although experts say achieving the SDGs can unlock trillions of dollars in new market value, the ... catalyze real change. With the right tools, businesses can harness their capacity for...

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Corporate Social Responsibility

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Silicon Valley Community Foundation

A New Study Supported by Research to Prevent Blindness Reveals that Antioxidant Therapy Prevents Vision Loss in Rare Birth Defect

Release Date:

02/07/2018

... that resulted in preventing the retinal degeneration that can occur in babies born with Smith-Lemli-Opitz Syndrome ... disabilities, including vision loss. In severe cases, it can be fatal. “Using our...

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Research to Prevent Blindness

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Health

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Supported By The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, Scientists Create New Therapeutic Gel That Shows Promise Against Cancerous Tumors

Release Date:

02/22/2018

... NC State have created an injectable gel-like scaffold that can hold combination chemo-immunotherapeutic drugs and ... surgically removed. “We’ve created a simple method to use chemotherapy while leveraging the...

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

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Health

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09 Apr 2018

Participate. Convene. Invest.: A Call to Action for Philanthropy - A Webinar Hosted by FCCP

Monday, April 9, 2018 -

2:00pm to 3:00pm

... why the census matters and the role that philanthropy can play in ensuring a fair and accurate count. Data from the ... policy landscape on important census issues How funders can use their...

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Tools & Strategies

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Public Policy

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Civic Engagement

MasterCard Foundation Commits 100 million to Projects Within Its Young Africa Works Strategy

Release Date:

04/16/2018

... each year than in the rest of the world combined. Can that high-stakes challenge be solved with better training and education, savvy use of technology, and wider financial inclusion? By the look of it, the...

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Children, Youth and Families

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MasterCard Foundation

Century Foundation and the 74 Present Case Studies on Diversity-Driven Classrooms

Release Date:

05/29/2018

... of diversity in the public charter school sector . You can read more of our previous coverage on the ...

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Education

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The Century Foundation

14 Feb 2019

Balancing Power Dynamics - A Webinar Hosted by NCFP

Thursday, February 14, 2019 -

12:00pm to 1:30pm

... and family foundation staff and trustees only.* How can you use your privilege to address the power imbalances that exist between funders and community partners? How can your board members...

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Tools & Strategies

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Family Foundation

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Lack of Diversity Hurts Science: Doris Duke Conservation Scholars Program Is Changing That

Release Date:

06/10/2019

... Clancy believes her blind boa constrictor and a tarantula can help her change that. The 2016 graduate of Marjory ... are high. Too little human diversity in wildlife science can limit what we learn about the...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Science

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Doris Duke Foundation

04 May 2021

What's the Role for International Grantmakers in Decolonizing Philanthropy?

Tuesday, May 4, 2021 -

2:00pm to 3:30pm

... philanthropy? Why is this idea gaining traction? What can it look like? What does it mean for international philanthropy? While this can be a complex and multifaceted issue, this discussion will ... in...

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Network Building

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Roundtable Discussion

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

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International/Foreign Affairs

20 Oct 2021

Impact Investing, Picking Up Where Philanthropy Leaves Off

Wednesday, October 20, 2021 -

2:00pm to 4:00pm

... different types of impact investing a private foundation can pursue Why impact investing may feel intimidating and how you can develop your confidence and overcome the barriers What ...

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Finance & Asset Management

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Impact Investing

New York Health Foundation Modifies Organization Name - A Letter from David Sandman

Release Date:

05/17/2022

... levels of government) when our agendas overlap and we can combine efforts for greater impact. On a practical level: our website can now be found at www.nyhealthfoundation.org And our email addresses will now...

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New York Health Foundation

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The Rockefeller Foundation Announces Grant to Expand Access to Covid-19 Testing and Tracing in Africa

Release Date:

01/28/2021

... increase testing of asymptomatic persons, and reduce community transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in the ... the globe to mobilize technical, material, and financial resources to support its Member States in expanding...

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International/Foreign Affairs

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The Rockefeller Foundation

From Possibility into Practice – Post-Annual Meeting Series

... an overview of their research and explore how grantmakers can support their grantees to “practice what they ...

16 Mar 2017

Brown Bag: Financial and Regulatory Challenges Facing Nonprofits Working Internationally

Thursday, March 16, 2017 -

12:00pm to 1:00pm

... access and derisking problems, including how civil society can leverage the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) ...

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Network Building

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Roundtable Discussion

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Finance & Asset Management

Grants Managers

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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

Legal Issues

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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International/Foreign Affairs

07 Nov 2017

Protecting Our Precious Waters: New York City’s Impacts on the Long Island Sound and the Hudson River Estuary

Tuesday, November 7, 2017 -

3:00pm to 4:30pm

... with local and state environmental regulators can help to document and improve ecological outcomes. As ...

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Issue-Based

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Panel

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Environment and Climate Change

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Dalio Philanthropies, Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, ELMA Investments Ltd,.and Ford Foundation Join Venture Fund Designed to Improve Public Health

Release Date:

02/18/2021

... largest foundations—all hope their balance sheets can increasingly support the march toward a safer, healthier, ...

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Health

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Ford Foundation

Eligibility & Policies

... section of our website. Each Philanthropy New York member can edit and limit the information that appears in its ... : A tax-exempt organization that uses the bulk of its resources to provide charitable...

With Support From the Tow Foundation, Soho Rep Gets a Safer Space for Its Dangerous Plays

Release Date:

02/05/2018

... cloth masks crowded around a table. It was good to be home . In September of 2016, Soho Rep, a downtown company with ... building regulations at variance with the company’s use of the space, resulting in what...

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Arts

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The Tow Foundation

Casey Family Programs Played Key Role In Changing Foster Care Forever

Release Date:

04/12/2018

... care, alongside segments of the multibillion-dollar, group- home industry that states use to house foster youth. “We know that federal policy ...

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