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New Komen Head Says Organization's Mission is To Save Lives

Release Date:

07/18/2014

... Salerno also said increased participation at some fund -raising races this spring and a boost in giving in other ...

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Ford and MetLife Work to Measure Impact of Community Investing

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06/09/2015

The foundations will work with the Global Impact Investing Network.

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Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Backs Initiative to Increase Arts Integration in Research Cirricula

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08/06/2015

... from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. The grant will fund the SPARC Project: Supporting Practice in Arts, Research ...

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Ford Foundation Head in India Moves On, Hints at Discord with Government

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09/08/2015

The foundation has had its funding frozen after the government announced a probe into a $250,000 grant it had given to a vocal critic of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

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Statement on the Passing of David Rockefeller

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03/21/2017

... sadness, the Trustees and staff of the David Rockefeller Fund note the passing of our co-founder, David Rockefeller, ... years of age. For 28 years, Mr. Rockefeller served as the Fund ’s generous inspiration,...

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Rita Allen Supported Prize Goes In Part To Vanderbilt Project Intended To Combat Fake News

Release Date:

06/28/2017

... a share of a $1 million prize through the Knight Prototype Fund . After a call for entries in March, the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, along with the Democracy Fund and the Rita Allen Foundation,...

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To Improve Global Health, Bloomberg Looks to Cities to Lead

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07/05/2017

One of Michael Bloomberg's main contributions to the global fight against climate change has been to help mobilize cities to curb greenhouse gas emissions, improving the quality of life for ciitzens. Now, he is looking to do the same with improving...

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Third Wave is Blazing New Trails for Gender Justice

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09/08/2017

... serve, Third Wave has recently launched the Own Our Power Fund and will be announcing their first round of grantees this fall. This fund will make one and two-year capacity-building grants of ... are quite...

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Toward Liberation: A Staunch Social Justice Funder Puts Women of Color Up Front

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09/29/2017

... on its initial focus, reproductive justice, Groundswell Fund has expanded to support broader movement building by ... Groundswell was founded in 2003 as a $300,000 pooled fund at Tides, seeded by several...

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Could This Major Grant by Paul Allen Signal Deeper Climate Giving to Come?

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10/02/2017

The tech donor’s latest major grant is right in the sweet spot between the two fields, a $4 million commitment that will back the deep ocean probes monitoring how ocean temperatures are changing.

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Fast Company Names Ford Foundation As One of the World's Most Innovative Companies

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02/21/2018

... spend just 5% of their endowments, putting 95% back into fund -related investments. In 2017, Ford pledged that it would ...

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Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Grants Duke University $3M to Grow Liberal Arts Colleges and HBCU Visiting Faculty

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05/07/2018

... black colleges and universities. The grant will fund a five-year initiative called Humanities Unbounded, ...

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Arcus Opens Call for Social Justice Grant Applications

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12/04/2018

Arcus today publishes a Request for Concepts, the initial step in a streamlined process for organizations to apply for Arcus funding to support LGBTQ social justice work. The deadline for responses to this open call is January 22, 2019. Subsequent...

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30 May 2018

New York Foster Youth Funders Group – Spring Meeting

Wednesday, May 30, 2018 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

... recommendations, the jointly-funded Foster Care Excellence Fund for kin and foster parent recruitment/support, and of ...

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All By April: A Philanthropic Commitment to Defend and Strengthen American Democracy.

Release Date:

03/13/2024

... Sanjiv Rao, Managing Director, Movements & Media Democracy Fund In the face of the numerous challenges confronting our ... our strategic commitment to the field, Democracy Fund launched the All by April...

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Philanthropy New York Milestones: Our First 30 Years

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04/2009

From PNY's 2008 Annual Report — a list of some of the most important events from the past 30 years of Philanthropy New York (formerly the New York Regional Association of Grantmakers).

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11/14/2014 - The Science of Convening - Notes

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11/2014

View Notes from the program, " The Science of Convening. "

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Simons Foundation Autism Research Initiative Supports NeuroBioBank for Autism Research

Release Date:

11/18/2015

... in the NIH NBB network, located in academic research sites across the country, have accomplished this feat by ... the NIH NBB and ABN—a consortium of academic research sites that collect, store, and distribute...

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Kiva City Launches in Washington, D.C.

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01/11/2013

Kiva, the Latino Economic Development Center and Capital One Bank have announced the launch of Kiva City D.C., a website that will provide small business owners in the greater Washington, D.C., area with access to crowdfunded microloans.

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