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Funding From Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Helps Find First Evidence of Transitive Inference in Lowly Paper Wasp

Release Date:

05/14/2019

... may be shaped by the social environment in which behaviors are beneficial, rather than being strictly limited by brain ...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Science

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13 Feb 2020

Family Philanthropy: Tying Grantmaking Practices to Shared Values - A Webinar Hosted by NCFP

Thursday, February 13, 2020 -

12:00pm to 1:30pm

Connecting values to practice is key in family philanthropy — shared values can help family givers develop a grantmaking strategy that ties their vision and mission to real impact.

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Rockefeller Brothers Fund Aligns Investments with Mission: Diversifying Investment Managers

Release Date:

03/31/2020

The Rockefeller Brothers Fund has set a new goal to invest 25 percent of its endowment holdings with firms majority-owned by women and/or people of color.

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William Penn and Mellon Foundations Give $8 Million to Philly Arts and Culture Groups Hit by COVID-19

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12/02/2020

... known. The Philadelphia Orchestra and Barnes Foundation are receiving $400,000 each. North Philadelphia’s Village ...

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Arts

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ViacomCBS Leads 25th Annual Day of Service

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06/17/2021

... For the 25th year, on June 17th ViacomCBS employees are devoting their annual day of service to give back to ... In NYC specifically, nearly 400 ViacomCBS employees are coming together with 9 organizations to...

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Simons Foundation Accepting Applications for its Simons Early Career Investigator in Marine Microbial Ecology and Evolution Awards

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09/23/2021

... plants. Investigators with backgrounds in different fields are encouraged to apply. Eligibility Applicants must hold a ... if they hold such a grant in a closely related field AND are an author on a...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Abby Pitkowsky Joins The Covenant Foundation Staff as Program Director

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04/08/2022

... The Covenant Foundation Dear Covenant Community, We are thrilled to share that Abby Pitkowsky has joined The ...

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The Future of News

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05/08/2009

... Internet-based information services is undermining the health of an industry that has operated in roughly the same ... paper’s unions. Solutions to the crisis of journalism are elusive, with some observers...

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15 Apr 2015

NYCHA Goes Green: Urban Ag & Workforce Development

Wednesday, April 15, 2015 -

1:00pm to 2:30pm

... York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) and Green City Force are teaming up to expand upon their extremely successful ... hear about this dynamic partnership aimed at addressing health disparities and fresh food...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Food Systems

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30 Mar 2017

Artistic Activism: Connecting Social Activism and Artistic Practice

Thursday, March 30, 2017 -

9:00am to 12:30pm

... to bring about change. At the same time, more artists are imbuing their work with social and political messaging to ... like “socially engaged art” or“social practice” are commonly used, while activist-led...

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Carnegie Corporation of New York Celebrates 2019 Great Immigrants Honorees

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06/27/2019

... economist whose work offers insights into poverty and health issues, including rising mortality rates among ... surgeon at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences whose humanitarian service...

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

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Immigration

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Morgan Stanley Announces $10 Million to Support National Urban League Collaboration

Release Date:

06/29/2020

... to work alongside NUL’s executive management. “We are proud to further our commitment to our longstanding ... impact of the NUL on the communities it serves.” “We are excited to have Morgan Stanley’s support...

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Community Development

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Brooklyn Community Foundation Announces Multiyear Grantmaking for Justice and Social Change

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07/22/2021

... Grantmaking for Justice and Social Change Today, we are excited to announce over $4.4 million in multiyear ... to action . Additionally, 92% of grantee organizations are led by Black, Indigenous, and other...

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Ford Foundation Makes Widespread Commitments to Further Global Vaccine Access

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10/06/2021

... said Ford Foundation president Darren Walker . “We are proud to join other global funders to shine a light on the systems that are at the root of this crisis, and to make these critical ... the People’s...

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The Rockefeller Foundation and WFP Launch Initiative To Strengthen School Meals for Millions of Children

Release Date:

01/18/2023

... Food Initiative . “Ultimately, food systems that are nutritious, regenerative and equitable will have the ... hunger and malnutrition.” School feeding programmes are the most extensive social safety net in the...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Food Systems

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13 Mar 2019

Stronger Together Part II: Building the Capacity of Social Movements – A Webinar Hosted by HRFN

Wednesday, March 13, 2019 -

12:00pm to 1:00pm

... approaches provide critical guidance for assessing the health and capacity of social movements, and there is a need ... and others better understand and assess whether movements are effectively leveraging...

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Social Justice

CSR, the Arts, and the Double Bottom Line

Release Date:

04/14/2015

... . Arts organizations face a unique challenge, as they are often viewed as an extra or nice initiative to fund, ... Lynch notes that, “today’s most innovative businesses are partnering with arts organizations...

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Community Development

Travelers’ Philanthropy: A Growing Trend in Development Assistance

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07/02/2009

... the talk.” More than ever before, civic-minded travelers are volunteering and giving financial and material ... for communities in the Global South—can leverage more resources to augment their grant dollars...

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