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Third Wave Fund, New York Women's Foundation and Ms. Foundation Pen Open Letter to Foundations and Donors Calling for Increased Funding to People of Color

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03/09/2017

... Pen Open Letter to Foundations and Donors Calling for Increased Funding to People of Color Prominent ... “intensifying xenophobia and white supremacy.” “ It ’s going to take all of us, working together in a...

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The New York Women's Foundation

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Gender Justice

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Commits Up to $15 Million to Fill the Budget Gap Left by Trump’s Revoking U.S. Support For U.N. Climate Treaty

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06/02/2017

... the Budget Gap Left by Trump’s Revoking U.S. Support For U.N. Climate Treaty Michael R. Bloomberg, the United ... bottom up – and there isn’t anything Washington can do to stop us.” Patricia Espinosa, the...

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Carnegie Names Nine Philanthropists as Recipients of the 2017 Carnegie Medal of Philanthropy

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06/26/2017

... D. Wolfensohn U.S.A. and Australia; Wolfensohn Center for Development "The recipients of the 2017 Carnegie Medal of Philanthropy were selected for their distinguished and longstanding contributions to the...

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

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Dianne S. Harris Appointed Senior Program Officer at The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation

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08/16/2017

... yet to plan." Mariët Westermann, executive vice president for programs and research, noted, "Dianne brings to the ... in and outside universities." Harris has been dean for the College of...

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Education

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What Benefits One Might Benefit Us All

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11/01/2017

... about how their concerns figure into other program areas. For example, Funders for Gender Equity has been producing programs for the four years that explore the intersections of gender ...

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Brian Byrd, Program Officer at the New York State Health Foundation Joins The 2020 Justice Launch Committee

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01/31/2018

... justice system by ensuring fairness and equal justice for all . Justice 2020 will rely initially on a Launch ... creating a set of guidelines that will focus on those who do the most harm, while reducing...

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Social Justice

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How to Win the Lottery

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02/27/2018

... Susan Olivo, Executive Director, Reader's Digest Partners for Sight Foundation That’s what my colleague suggested ... that I title this short piece – because if I gave it a title more descriptive of its...

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Reader's Digest Partners for Sight Foundation

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Disabilities

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Loren Harris of the Nathan Cummings Foundation and Don Chen at Ford, Weigh In On The 7 Deadly Sins of Philanthropy

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03/15/2018

... On the dark side of global philanthropy, bad things do happen. The accumulation of wealth and advanced ... Loren Harris of the Nathan Cummings Foundation calls it a “knowledge hierarchy” where community...

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The Nathan Cummings Foundation

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Reveals 45 Atlanta Cultural Orgs Selected as part of $43M Training Program

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08/13/2018

... investing in the arts also makes good business sense. It unleashes the creative synergies that bring people ... communities and blend them all into a tapestry of success for everyone. We thank Bloomberg...

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Arts

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What Is Effective Philanthropy?

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06/05/2019

... a fundamental level, our grants have to enable grantees to do their work. In a larger sense, our grants need to ... own organizational capacity.¹ This means that support for critical infrastructure in areas...

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Technology

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International Grantmakers Unite: Grappling with the State of the World

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11/06/2019

... Officer, International Program, Carnegie Corporation It is easy today to be distressed, or even overwhelmed, by ... part of community building we often don’t make the time for , but is as essential as our work...

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International/Foreign Affairs

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Kavelman Group Philanthropic Advisors

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William T. Grant Foundation Opens Applications for Two Research Grants Programs: Improving the Use of Research Evidence and Reducing Inequality

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11/21/2019

William T. Grant Foundation Opens Applications for Two Research Grants Programs: Improving the Use of ... reducing inequality grew out of our view that research can do more than help us understand the problem of...

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RFPs Etc

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New York Life Foundation Supports Creation of The Speaking Grief Project at WPSU Penn State

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01/27/2020

... a national conversation around grief by creating a space for the journey toward recovery. Maria Collins, vice ... is always hope. I believe I would not be where I am if it were not for the...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Human Services

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Doubles Support To Prevent Global Road Traffic Deaths

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02/18/2020

... Philanthropies today announced a doubling of its support for global road safety, committing another $240 million from ... reinvestment in the Bloomberg Philanthropies Initiative for Global Road Safety is...

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Civic Engagement

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William T. Grant Foundation 2021 Institutional Challenge Grant Finalists

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01/13/2021

... Grant Foundation is very pleased to announce the finalists for its 2021 Institutional Challenge Grant competition. ... in order to reduce inequality in youth outcomes. To do so, research institutions will need...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Public Policy

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Nathan Cummings Report Offers Insights into Mission-Aligned Investing

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04/19/2021

... Foundation examines the challenges of and opportunities for mission-aligned investing and offers resources for ... such a strategy. The foundation announced in 2018 that it would "align...

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