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A Right to Know: School Environmental Health Hazards

Release Date:

07/20/2015

... Foundation For any funder who wants to prove that a grant made a positive impact, and for grantees who want to show results, a grant ’s short timeframe can feel more like a burden than a ... some parents and...

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Moody’s Corporation Provides $1 Million in Funding for COVID-19 Relief

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03/26/2020

... to the health and economic security of people around the world ,” said Raymond McDaniel, President and CEO of ... $550,000 of funding for humanitarian aid to support global efforts to alleviate food insecurity...

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Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Funds Digitization Of 19th Century Navy Deck Logs

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01/29/2018

... years ago remain relevant even in the technological era. A grant recently awarded to the University of Washington will ... the university by the Council on Library and Information Resources , which is supported...

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02 May 2013

Philanthropy in Emerging Markets: Russia as a Case Study

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... country (or in any emerging-market country or the global south), or if you’re just starting to consider such ... impact. At the same time, Russia is now the world ’s sixth largest economy and has the third-...

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Evaluating a Culture

Release Date:

05/22/2019

... appearance. We are continually exploring, with the help of resources like Vu Le’s Nonprofit AF blog, David Grant ’s The Social Profit Handbook , and Edgar ... are doing the Foundation a favor by making...

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Ford Foundation Appoints Hilary Pennington as Executive Vice President

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01/19/2018

... Martín Abregú and Xavier Briggs, to better align grant making across all program areas and regional offices. The ... of up to 300 social justice organizations around the world . Pennington...

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Philanthropy Can Help Build a Thriving Democracy by Building Up Programs and Places That Fuel Civic Involvement

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01/20/2022

... on local issues, public meetings, and elections, making it easier for residents to stay informed and engage ... NED has sent billions of dollars to countries around the world to shore up their democracies by...

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Gates Foundation, Open Society Foundations, and The Rockefeller Foundation Announce New Recipients of Multilateral Development Banks Challenge Fund

Release Date:

06/20/2023

... selected to help increase efficiency and innovation in the world ’s development finance system, advance the Fund’s ... finance research to promote ways in which MDB’s unique resources can be maximized. With...

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Land Rights: From Awareness to Action; Ford Recognized For Long Support of Sustainable Development

Release Date:

12/14/2015

... Recently, land rights issues have been getting a lot of global attention. At the 2015 climate change conference in ... forests on indigenous lands as an important element of global emission reduction efforts...

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Rockefeller Foundation Managing Director Robert Garris Heads to Schwarzman Scholars

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08/27/2014

... Director of the Rockefeller Foundation, has been appointed Global Director of Admissions for Schwarzman Scholars. ... also responsible for a dynamic program of international conferences , convening thought...

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TED: Exceptional Media and Ideas for Change

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05/28/2013

... Beach, California, TEDx events that take place around the world and TED Talks at TED.com , TED is quickly moving into the ranks of global media brands that are able to proclaim “billions and ... in our meeting...

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What Am I Doing Here?

Release Date:

03/01/2016

... in Washington where advocates on both sides were making their case to legislators and their key policy ... the program development and execution of Local to Global : Efforts to Address the Increasing Prevalence...

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Hurricane Sandy Giving Stories

... Neighborhood Recovery Donors Collaborative and a $100,000 grant toward the total cost of a New York Academy of Medicine ... Army, Save the Children, United Way of America and World Vision. The rebate, which...

Atlantic Philanthropies Gives $177 Million to Study Dementia

Release Date:

11/17/2015

... The Atlantic Philanthropies, which will conclude its grant - making commitments next year, announced on Monday the ... institute to study dementia. The new organization, the Global Brain...

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Arcus Foundation Supports Efforts to Protect Forest Habitats Through Local and International Strategies

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01/20/2021

... under threat everywhere they live. As people around the world consume more and more products relying on resources that come out of their tropical forest homes, ... habitats. The International Rivers Network...

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University of San Diego Chosen for The Rockefeller Foundation-Acumen Student Social Innovation Challenge

Release Date:

09/19/2019

... 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- The University of San Diego's Fowler Global Social Innovation Challenge announced today that it ... received funding and access to an exclusive set of student resources that leverage...

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Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Announces $20 Million Natural Climate Solutions Initiative

Release Date:

09/11/2018

... commitment is in addition to its existing $70 million in grant making to address climate change. “It is essential to act ... Celsius for the safety of humankind and the natural world ,” said...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Shares 2020 Annual Report

Release Date:

03/17/2021

... that we can apply to other major challenges facing our world … and here are five of the most important: Elect ... became even more important – while the information and resources they were receiving was scarce...

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Ikea Foundation and The Rockefeller Foundation Join Forces to Set up a Historic $1 Billion Initiative to Catalyze Investments in Distributed Renewable Energy

Release Date:

06/21/2021

... energy The initiative will be operated through a new global platform, launching in 2021 New York, Leiden | June ... that the current approach is not delivering the impact the world needs in the time that we...