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Arcus Foundation Launches New Website

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10/21/2014

... tools that allow users to access and search historical grant records. The site introduces a new design that supports ... the courage of Arcus grantees and partners across the world who are pushing boundaries...

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The Wallace Foundation Names Thomas P. Lenehan as Chief Investment Officer

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11/02/2020

... Officer at The Rockefeller University, one of the world ’s leading biomedical research institutions, through ... private equity, venture capital and real assets on a global basis. “While I am truly sad to be...

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Saying Yes/Saying No: Strengthening Your Decision-Giving Skills

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06/2004

Most grant makers review more proposals than they can recommend for funding. Decision making about what to fund is challenging and so is decision ... to hopeful applicants. How do you say Yes, or No, so that grant applicants understand your foundation's rationale, feel .....

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Simons Foundation Announces Historic Gift to Stony Brook University Endowment

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06/01/2023

... dream big and engage in transformative research.” “A world -class, public education has the ability to transform ... with the highest level of educational excellence and with world -class resources...

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Education

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CSR, the Arts, and the Double Bottom Line

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04/14/2015

... & the Arts discusses how the arts fit into the changing world of corporate philanthropy that aims for a double bottom line of healthy business and society. This world requires corporations to be strategic...

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Corporate Social Responsibility

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Arts

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Arcus Announces 13 Executive Directors to Participate in Arcus Leadership Fellowship

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05/15/2015

... in Arcus Leadership Fellowship The Arcus Foundation, a global foundation promoting respect for diversity among ... (ALLI), the fellowship is designed to support early- stage executive directors of LGBT and...

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Three Ways Funders Delude Themselves About Equity

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04/26/2017

... and partners – and in doing so, prevent themselves from making the greatest impact. In the worst cases, they can do ... itself in seemingly benign ways, such as making a grant application and...

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Mapping Change: Using a Theory of Change to Guide Planning and Evaluation

... to the guide also describe how a theory of change sets the stage for evaluation by clarifying goals, strategies, and ...

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Report

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Autonomous Driving Will Transform Cities: Is Philanthropy Paying Attention?

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05/23/2017

... or even wiping out revenue streams. The shift to a world with autonomous vehicles is already underway, yet it is ... fastest growing city Austin, tech hubs like Tel Aviv, and global megacities with strong...

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Community Development

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The Rockefeller Foundation Invests in Satellite Data & AI to Accelerate Economic Development and Climate Resilience in Africa

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08/29/2022

... with deep learning AI technologies to monitor changes to global economic and societal wellbeing. Atlas AI has ... said Abe Tarapani, CEO of Atlas AI . "Real- world investment decisions don't fit as...

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Technology

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The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Supports Expansion of Arts and Education Programs and Social Impact Initiatives at Silkroad

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03/25/2021

... for their trust in our vision,” said Giddens. “This grant is hugely meaningful at a time during which we are ... number of participants and with the ultimate goal of making these initiatives tuition-free...

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Rockefeller Foundation Announces Campaign to Achieve Workplace Equality

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05/16/2016

... achieving workplace equality, only 21 women helm the world ’s largest corporations today, according to a survey ...

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The Rockefeller Foundation

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Gender Justice

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5 Questions for…Kimberleigh J. Smith, Board President, Paul Rapoport Foundation

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06/28/2012

... in order to continue to reach those least likely to access resources from mainstream sources—those being communities ... downturn into an opportunity by pivoting our focus and making larger grants to fewer...

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Owning My Expertise & Embracing My Leadership

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02/10/2022

... dance, traveling, and enthusiastically sampling the world ’s cuisines. Embracing My Leadership By Jenny Negron ... contributions matter. I have written papers, presented at conferences and joined local and...

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Rockefeller Foundation Launches YieldWise, a $130 Million Initiative to Halve Post-Harvest Loss

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05/26/2016

... Initiative to Halve Post-Harvest Loss The earth’s global food system is facing a quiet crisis—one-third of ... economic losses mount into the trillions. This year at the World Economic Forum in Davos,...

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Food Systems

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Salesforce Gives $19M to Support Five School Districts Across the US and Education Nonprofits

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09/20/2021

... – September 20, 2021 – Salesforce [NYSE: CRM], the global leader in CRM, today announced $17.25 million in new ... Superintendent Dr. Alessia Johnson. “These additional resources will help IPS address the...

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John Ruskay, Ph.D., to Step Down in June 2014 as Executive Vice President and CEO of UJA-Federation of New York

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05/01/2013

... York has grown as the largest Jewish philanthropy in the world . UJA-Federation's network of nearly 100 beneficiary ... "John has ensured that UJA-Federation has the financial resources to support the...

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Fitting The Image To The Spirit

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06/26/2018

... by and for communities from myriad diasporas around the world might find an audience among the mainstream ... the magazine trying to convey with this graphic? A typical grant recipient? Poverty, instability or...

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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

... partners also launched the new report Local Leadership, Global Impact: Community Foundations and the Sustainable ... and use the SDGs to develop and share local solutions to global problems. The shared...

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