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Mellon Foundation President Explores The Haunting Shadow of Slavery

Release Date:

04/13/2017

As the 400th anniversary of the importation of the first Africans into colonial Jamestown approaches in 2019, Earl Lewis — president of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation — argued that it is important to acknowledge that “slavery still haunts us today...

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Mellon Foundation

14 Jun 2017

Social Impact Exchange: 2017 Conference on Scaling Impact

Wednesday, June 14, 2017 - 8:30am to Thursday, June 15, 2017 - 2:45pm

At the 2017 Conference on Scaling Impact, funders, advisors and leaders from across the social sector gather to share knowledge, hear about co-funding opportunities and cultivate a community to help scale successful, evidence-based initiatives.

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Professional Development

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Conference

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All Funders

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Finance & Asset Management

Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

Impact Investing

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Behind the Billion: The Ford Foundation and Mission-Related Investments

Release Date:

04/13/2017

Xavier de Souza Briggs , the foundation’s vice president for Economic Opportunity and Markets, discusses the foundation's work on mission-related investments with Lenora Suki , head of sustainable finance product...

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Bloomberg [Corporate]

Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation

Farhana Khera of Muslim Advocates Talks About The Fight Against Discrimination After 9/11

Release Date:

05/07/2014

Hate rallies, political witch hunts, discriminatory policing - together, these activities send a message that Muslims should be feared.

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PhilTalks

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Immigration

Phil TV This Week April 14

Release Date:

04/14/2017

PhilTV This Week features guest anchor Prachi Patankar of the Brooklyn Community Foundation, and stories about Mellon, Bloomberg Philanthropies, Educational Foundation of America and some Jedi action from the Altman Foundation. Plus, Thousands of...

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PhilTV This Week

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Brooklyn Org

Simons Postdoctoral Fellowships in Marine Microbial Ecology Request for Applications Opens

Release Date:

04/14/2017

The foundation is particularly interested in applicants with training in different fields who want to apply their experience to understanding the role of microorganisms in shaping ocean processes and vice versa, including applicants with experience...

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RFPs Etc

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Science

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The Simons Foundation

Two Weeks Left to Apply to The J.M.K. Innovation Prize

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04/14/2017

The Prize is an exciting initiative of The J.M. Kaplan Fund, a New York-based family foundation. In 2017, up to ten Prizes will be awarded to those tackling our country's most pressing needs through social innovation.

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RFPs Etc

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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The J.M. Kaplan Fund

Carnegie Supports Report on Incentives to Attend Private Colleges

Release Date:

04/14/2017

States could save money and increase college-graduation rates by providing modest financial incentives for students to choose private colleges over comparable public ones, according to a report released this week.

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Education

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

Bloomberg Philanthropies Supports National Geographic Documentary About the Coal and Mining Industry

Release Date:

04/14/2017

From the Ashes captures Americans in communities across the country as they wrestle with the legacy of the coal industry, and what its future should be under the Trump administration.

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Arts

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Bloomberg Philanthropies

Markle Foundation Collaborates With LinkedIn, Arizona State and edX to Address Technology’s Impact on Jobs

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04/14/2017

The U.S. needs new tools to measure and monitor technology, jobs and skills to cope with the advance of artificial intelligence and automation, according to a group of economists and computer scientists.

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Workforce Development

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John & Mary R. Markle Foundation

Value, Time, and Time-Limited Philanthropy

Publication date:

04/2017

Can limiting a foundation's life increase its ability to have impact? In “Value, Time, and Time-Limited Philanthropy,” Tony Proscio of the Duke Center for Strategic Philanthropy and Civil Society tackles that question by applying a theory of time and value in philanthropy to three real cases that show what’s possible.

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Report

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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The Atlantic Philanthropies

Anu Bhagwati of Service Women's Action Network Joined the Marines and Faced Daily Harassment

Release Date:

05/07/2014

In this PhilTalk at Philanthropy New York's 35th annual meeting, Anu Bhagwati saw so much harassment during her service that she filed an independent investigation, which led to her work with Women's Action Network, a collective effort to heal from...

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Gender Justice

Janet Mock, Trustee at Arcus Foundation and Author of 'Redefining Realness,' Talks About Gender Identity

Release Date:

05/07/2014

In this PhilTalk at Philanthropy New York's 35th annual meeting, Janet Mock, Trustee at Arcus Foundation and author of "Redefining Realness," tells the story of her upbringing in Hawaii, where she and her family struggled with homelessness and...

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PhilTalks

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Gender Justice

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Arcus Foundation

17 May 2017

The Price of Justice: America’s Unfair Bail and Prosecution System

Wednesday, May 17, 2017 -

9:00am to 11:00am

The justice reform system in the United States has made one thing clear: the constitutional principle of “innocent until proven guilty” is only reserved for those who can afford it.

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Community Development

Justice Reform

Social Justice

NY Times Common Sense Columnist Says Ford Foundation Is an Unlikely Convert to ‘Impact’ Investing

Release Date:

04/17/2017

Last week, the foundation announced that it would commit $1 billion to investments that “earn not only attractive financial returns but concrete social returns as well,” as it said in a news release.

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Ford Foundation

Sloan Foundation Contributes to Harvard Research Program on Solar Geoengineering

Release Date:

04/17/2017

Harvard scientists have launched the largest-ever research program into “solar geoengineering,” a controversial technique involving the injection of aerosols into the stratosphere with the goal of cooling the planet and reversing climate change.

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Environment and Climate Change

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Mellon Foundation Supports Digitization Project for the American Numismatic Society’s Back List of Monographs

Release Date:

04/17/2017

The digitization project for the American Numismatic Society’s back list of monographs has gained funding from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

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Communications/Media

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Mellon Foundation

Supported by Capital One, Bloomberg and Other Funders, Apache Recognizes Innovations Integral to Panama Papers Investigation

Release Date:

04/17/2017

The Apache Software Foundation (ASF), the all-volunteer developers, stewards, and incubators of more than 350 Open Source projects and initiatives, announced today the role played by several Apache projects in the investigation of the Panama Papers.

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Technology

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Capital One [Corporate]

Bloomberg [Corporate]

NY Foundation Releases 'Engage to Change' Video on Henry Street Settlement

Release Date:

04/17/2017

This conversation features Talia DeRogatis , Public Policy and Community Engagement Liaison & Gabriella Marrero, student at Henry Street Settlement.