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

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08/06/2015

The $800,000 grant will support a three-year initiative that will disseminate best practices in the integration of arts practice at research universities.

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Arts

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30 Mar 2016

The IRS Form 990 as a Tool for Understanding Organizational Capacity

Wednesday, March 30, 2016 -

8:45am to 11:00am

Nonprofit organizations face increasing challenges in today’s operating environment. In order to better understand the realities facing nonprofits and make sound funding decisions, grantmakers must have a firm grasp of the story told by the numbers...

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Reader's Digest Partners for Sight and Research to Prevent Blindness Launch Low Vision Research Initiative

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08/07/2015

Research to Prevent Blindness (RPB) is launching a new research initiative to address urgent needs in understanding and treating low vision. The $1.2 million, two-pronged initiative involves funding partnerships with Lions Clubs International...

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Reader's Digest Partners for Sight Foundation

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Aging

Health

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NY Charities Bureau Launches Searchable Database of Non-Profit Dissolutions Approved by Attorney General

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08/07/2015

New York’s Nonprofit Revitalization Act of 2013 made changes to the procedures concerning transactions that previously required court approval. Now, petitions for approval of most transactions – disposition of assets (other than by religious...

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Understanding Risk Tolerance in Grantmaking

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08/10/2015

By applying behavioral economics theory to philanthropy, we can better manage grantmaker tendencies toward loss and risk aversion, and the effects of other decision-making patterns.

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The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust

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What We Learned from the Failure of the Rikers Island Social Impact Bond

Release Date:

08/10/2015

Goldman Sachs lent $7.2 million to New York City and Bloomberg Philanthropies guaranteed $6 million.

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Justice Reform

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To Boost Job Prospects, Younger Americans Seek Dentures

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08/10/2015

For many, tooth lost is a symptom of poverty. Statistics from the Commonwealth Fund report that nearly one in five working age adults in some Southern and Appalachian states have lost at least one tooth.

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Health

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OSF to Continue Grantmaking in Russia

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08/10/2015

Even after being placed on a "patriotic stop list," Open Society Foundations will still support grantees located in Russia.

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EdFunders Case Study Identifies Unusual Model for Philanthropic Collaboration

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08/11/2015

“We felt it was important to support the creation of this case study to advance the conversation about collaboration in philanthropy, demonstrate just how much work it really is and encourage funders who believe that finding common ground on...

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Education Funders Research Initiative

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Trinity Wall Street

Bank of America and JPMorgan Work to Find Social Enterprise Solutions to Break Down Employment Barriers

Release Date:

08/11/2015

Independent research shows that every $1 social enterprises spend returns $2.23 in benefits to society.

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Bank of America [Corporate]

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Community Development

Workforce Development

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Aetna Foundation Encourages Using Data to Help Tackle Healthcare Disparities

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08/11/2015

If population-level healthcare disparities were eliminated, up to 80,000 early deaths in the United States would be prevented each year.

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Health

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04 Nov 2015

Dear Board...Are You Reading This?

Wednesday, November 4, 2015 -

8:45am to 11:00am

Foundation and nonprofit boards have an important responsibility: They advise and ultimately decide on the major polices, goals and governance of the organization.

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Century Foundation Explores the 'Double Burden' of Poverty

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08/12/2015

The report examines racial disparity in concentrated poverty.

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Community Development

Economic Security

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Carnegie-Backed Teacher Training Program Shows Early Signs of Success

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08/12/2015

The fellowship program created by Leading Educators is showing promising results on student achievement, according to a preliminary evaluation.

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