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WES Mariam Assefa Fund Announces First Impact Investments to Support the Success of Immigrant and Refugee Workers

Release Date:

12/15/2020

... to be newcomers; the remaining 20 percent will come mostly from neighboring communities. “Cell-Ed and ... Services. “We are excited to add impact investing to our toolkit for driving positive social change,...

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World Education Services / WES Mariam Assefa Fund

Research Yields Game Changer for Improving Understanding of Ebola

Release Date:

09/19/2014

... Tropical Diseases, describes the use of fecal samples from wild great apes to identify populations likely to have ... change the way Ebola virus is studied and improve our understanding of the virus'...

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Arcus Foundation

New After School Programs and Professional Development Bring Digital Literacy with Grants Totaling $414,000

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10/31/2014

... $414,000 Nearly half a million dollars in grants from the Hive Digital Media Learning Fund will help teens and ... example, lets kids create hands-on projects with guidance from professional scientists and...

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The New York Community Trust

Ford’s Walker Weighs in on New Rules Allowing Pension Funds to Invest with Conscience

Release Date:

10/22/2015

... Funds to Invest with Conscience "Today’s announcement from the Department of Labor to allow pension funds to ... and using the power of markets to help solve some of our most urgent social problems...

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Study: Metabolism Protein Found to Also Regulate Feeding Behavior in the Brain (JPB Foundation)

Release Date:

02/26/2016

... yet fully understood by scientists. However, new research from The Rockefeller University reveals an important new ... of Molecular Genetics at Rockefeller. “Amylin caught our attention when we were profiling...

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Freedom Together Foundation

Arabella Advisors Noted in NPR Report: Solutions that Could Help The U.S. Slash Food Waste

Release Date:

03/16/2016

... billion pounds of food that farmers grow never makes it to our plates. That's enough to fill 44 skyscrapers. And tons of ... as we've reported, there are lots of efforts underway — from sales of ugly...

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Food Systems

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Arabella Advisors

NY Women's Foundation and NoVo Foundation Noted for Investments Supporting Women

Release Date:

03/29/2016

... 2016 draws to a close, some might be tempted to think that our work is done – it is not. Although women's equality has seen significant gains throughout the 20th century, from women securing the right to...

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NoVo Foundation

The New York Women's Foundation

Bloomberg Philanthropies: Six Things Cities Need to Know About the Future of Autonomous Vehicles

Release Date:

05/08/2017

... Vehicles could change the way we live and the shape of our communities in the coming decades. Cities will be the ... and change the way cities respond to complex challenges, from aging populations to economic...

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The Aspen Institute

BoardSource 2017 Finds a New Platform for Action in the Face of Declining Diversity

Release Date:

09/06/2017

... Diversity The 2017 version of Leading with Intent from BoardSource is a treasure trove of information about ... pieces to further both exploration and action, so look for our webinar series that will launch...

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More Than 10 Million Children Live In Caribbean Countries Threatened By Hurricane Irma

Release Date:

09/07/2017

... the countries that are likely to be exposed to the damage from Hurricane Irma, UNICEF warned today. Based on the ... for UNICEF in the Eastern Caribbean, speaking from Barbados. "As the extent of the...

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Harrowing Journeys: Children and Youth on The Move Across The Mediterranean Sea, At Risk of Trafficking and Exploitation

Release Date:

09/12/2017

... back home meant the choice was clear: “We risked our lives to come here,” he says, “we crossed a sea. We ... Most vulnerable of all are those who, like Mohammad, come from sub-Saharan Africa. These findings...

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“Arabella Advisors Partners with Fannie Mae to Announce Sustainable Communities Innovation Challenge”

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12/20/2017

... housing issues. The company expects to receive proposals from across the public, private, and nonprofit sectors. ... the affordable housing crisis in America. It supports our broad mission to increase housing...

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RFPs Etc

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Community Development

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Arabella Advisors

Farhad Asghar Joins Carnegie Corporation of New York as Program Officer for Pathways to Postsecondary Success

Release Date:

11/29/2018

... Pathways to Postsecondary Success, overseeing part of our education portfolio. Farhad’s work experience ... of Arts in English Literature and Secondary Education from CUNY’s Brooklyn College and a Masters in...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

Tribeca Film Institute Announces 2019 Sloan Filmmaker Fund Grantees

Release Date:

04/04/2019

... “The 2019 slate of TFI Sloan grantee teams represents our most international year yet,” said TFI executive ... of compelling science, economics, and technology.” From filmmaker Andrew Reid, “Asia A” portrays a...

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Arts

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Morgan Stanley Launches Program to Provide 60 Students with Full-Four Year Scholarships to Howard University, Morehouse College and Spelman College

Release Date:

10/21/2020

... their on-campus curriculum “This program reflects our intention to invest in communities of color and support ... aspirations of black students, consistent with one of our core values, Commit to Diversity and...

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Morgan Stanley

17 Jun 2019

Philanthropic Assistants & Coordinators Network (PACNET) Spring Meeting

Monday, June 17, 2019 -

3:00pm to 5:30pm

... Assistants and Coordinators Network (PACNET) . Our spring meeting topic is project management! Assistants ... for the purpose of sharing questions, experience and resources among peers in a confidential...

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Surdna Foundation Commits $100 Million to Impact Investing

Release Date:

02/06/2017

... in BOC leveraged an additional $2.8 million in capital from Goldman Sachs's 10,000 Small Businesses program. ... current focus on impact investing - alongside many of our peer foundations and an...

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Surdna Foundation

Ford Foundation Appoints Samantha Power to Board of Trustees

Release Date:

10/19/2020

... of Practice in Human Rights at Harvard Law School. From 2013 to 2017 she was the U.S. Permanent Representative ... and a member of President Obama’s Cabinet. Power served from 2009 to 2013 as special assistant...

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

Release Date:

01/20/2022

... and the beginning of a mass mobilization to rescue our nearly 250-year-old system of self-government. Instead, ... democratic decline. The summit brought together leaders from more than 100 countries to...

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Public Policy

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Rockefeller Brothers Fund

Ian H. Solomon and Sewell Chan Join the Luce Foundation Board of Directors

Release Date:

11/16/2023

... Board. Their experience and expertise are intrinsic to our mission. The Foundation is fortunate to have the benefit ... my insights and experiences with the Board while learning from their great work."...

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