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William T. Grant Foundation Seeking Applications for Research Grants on Reducing Inequality

Release Date:

06/18/2019

... evidence. In our focus area of reducing inequality, we support research to build, test, and increase ... standing, language minority status, or immigrant origins. We are interested in research on programs,...

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Children, Youth and Families

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William T. Grant Foundation

A Message from Ronna Brown and Update on CEO Search

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12/15/2020

... Members, As I reflect back on 2020, I almost forget that we had two full and busy months before the pandemic exploded ... the Board finalizing our new values – the values that we have used to guide our work...

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President's Message

PNY News

Responding to Crisis/Opportunity: The F.B. Heron Foundation’s Opportunity Fund

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03/22/2010

... to create and preserve wealth for low-income families. We are pleased to have John Weiler, Heron’s Senior Program ...

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F.B. Heron Foundation

Philanthropy as Backer of Brains

Release Date:

05/02/2013

... biology, area studies, and public administration. We even had a role in launching the field of artificial ...

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The Rockefeller Foundation

Good Charity, Bad Charity

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08/10/2013

... But the prevailing assumption in their field is that we shouldn’t, or perhaps can’t, make objective judgments ...

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Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors

Why Don’t Corporations Give to Charity?

Release Date:

08/08/2013

... preschool field trip to the Maryland Science Center. As we entered the lobby, the kids were drawn to the artificial ...

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Nonprofits Join Forces to Give Black Men a Brighter Future

Release Date:

12/08/2013

... as those groups have faced ever-worsening troubles. “ We ’ve seen foundations duck into this issue for a few years ...

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

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Open Society Foundations

Who's Been the Biggest Superstar in the Fight for Health Reform?

Release Date:

05/28/2014

... the will of red states resisting Medicaid expansion, as we reported a few weeks ago. .. Who's Been the Biggest .....

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Health

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The Atlantic Philanthropies

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

The California Endowment

What Inequality Deniers Have In Common With Climate Change Skeptics

Release Date:

06/16/2014

... challenges to humanity in this century, it is critical we see the debates surrounding them for what they truly are: ...

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Ford Foundation

Private Funding Provides Lifeline For Stem Cell Researchers

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07/07/2014

... new stem cell lines. “Without philanthropy we would not have a single stem cell research program in this ...

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The New York Stem Cell Foundation

Keeping Covered: The Affordable Care Act’s First Reenrollment Period for Marketplace Plans

Release Date:

10/24/2014

... and it will be administratively complex for everyone.1 We take a look at the questions consumers should ask and what ...

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The Commonwealth Fund

Getting Beyond Philanthropic Colonialism

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11/05/2013

... both market and government failures are at work. However, we need to be more precise about what we mean if we are to address causes clearly. I would suggest, for ...

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Head of David Rockefeller Fund Aims to Help Small, Overlooked Nonprofits

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01/23/2015

... overlooked and give them money to help build momentum. " We can serve as a talent scout and a first-mover," he .....

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The David Rockefeller Fund

Cultivating Nonprofit Leadership: A (Missed?) Philanthropic Opportunity

Publication date:

03/2015

... structural barriers to sustainable, positive change. If we look at recent victories in a number of different issues, ...

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Report

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Leadership Development

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy

29 Apr 2015

Measuring Impact: Joys, Monsters and Opportunities in Peacebuilding Monitoring and Evaluation - Webinar

Wednesday, April 29, 2015 -

11:00am to 12:00pm

... continues to wrestle with questions of impact -how do we know that peacebuilding programs work? How do we measure the cumulative effect of programs in a given conflict area? Can we borrow M...

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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

What the Brooklyn Community Foundation is Looking for in Grantees

Release Date:

04/23/2015

... program strategy in early 2015. And a couple months ago, we tipped you off that anticipated program funding areas ...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Brooklyn Org

Ford's Walker Addresses a Solution for Inequality in CNN OpEd

Release Date:

06/18/2015

... while limiting opportunity for many others. Here's what we can do: Attack inequality at its roots.... Ford's .....

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Community Development

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Ford Foundation

Ford's VP of Communications Responds to WSJ OpEd

Release Date:

07/08/2015

Ford's VP of Communications Responds to WSJ OpEd We share Andy Kessler’s view that Henry Ford and other .....

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Ford Foundation

14 Jan 2016

Documenting Impact featuring “Chasing Ice” (OVEE screening, featuring clips and live chat)

Thursday, January 14, 2016 -

12:00pm to 1:00pm

... online cinematic social visual experience created by ITVS, we will host a series of online screenings and live chats ... that would put his career and his very well-being at risk. We ’ll screen the trailer,...