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“It will strengthen the foundation of our scholarships, research and programming and change the trajectory of our school.”
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PND Newsmaker: "There is a real power imbalance between philanthropy and nonprofits and communities....It’s never too early to bring in community partners....hearing their ideas and their needs and asking what we can do together improves results"
Job of the Day: Vice President, People, Values and Culture, StriveTogether
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"The catalyst we needed to really accelerate this work." Gould Center will "allow to expand ongoing research and launch new studies with the goal of developing better treatments for asthma.
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New in PND Commentary: We saw "structural racism within a system allegedly designed to keep all Americans healthy and safe—a system in desperate need of change. And it is up to us in philanthropy to make that change possible." @NCFMas
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#RFP of the Day: WES Foundation invites applications for innovative leukemia research Due 6/1
The province of Alberta declared a state of emergency after 88 active wildfires were burning across nearly one million acres, which resulted in the evacuations of approximately 24,000 people.
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The Open Access Fund will support the MIT Press’s efforts to publish open access books and journals in fields ranging from science and technology to the social sciences, arts, and humanities.
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The grant will support the phase one clinical development of the vaccine.
Top story: The gift will establish the Giovanis Institute for Translational Cell Biology, which is dedicated to studying how cancer metastasizes through the body. #medicalresearch
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The climate and gender-focused endowment fund launched last month by Suzanne Biegel and her husband, Daniel Maskit, now holds nearly $2 million. #climatechange
"[We] are building a respectful community that encourages creative thinking, leadership, dialogue, and acceptance of others in order to strengthen communities in [Israel's] periphery.” will expand to 60 high schools in five years.
New RFPs posted from the Native American Agriculture Fund, the RTW Charitable Foundation, and the Carter Center.
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“By providing substantial support focused on specific research challenges, these environments have the potential to revolutionize fields and provide maximum possible benefit for researchers around the world.”
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Conversations around "learning from one another (for example, how to collect attendance data, what databases are most conducive to storing data)...challenges related to hiring early-career professionals who are well trained and data savvy."
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Job of the Day: Associate General Counsel, Kresge Foundation
“Our goal is to support [more] affordable housing, so we can have neighborhoods and a city reflective of our values.” Program will build and preserve 20,000 housing units across .
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New in PND Newsmakers: "philanthropy, nonprofits, and communities can lift up more equitable solutions, but we know we need government and public institutions to step in, scale things up, make institutional changes, and make solutions stick."
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#RFP of the Day: Native American Agriculture Fund invites applications for programs dedicated to the success of Native farmers and ranchers Due 6/1
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Grants through TD’s Housing for Everyone grant program range from $150,000 to $250,000.
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The grant will support Kallyope’s efforts to use its gut-focused screening and validation capabilities to identify bioactive compounds that can be developed and delivered to undernourished pregnant and lactating #women. #maternalhealth
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The naming gift supports additional scholarships and fellowships, as well as expanded immersive study experiences for both undergraduate and graduate students.
Top story: “This…investment [from Gene Lay] will allow some of the best immunologists of our time to address [the inflammatory disease] epidemic head-on...preventing and treating immune-mediated diseases.”
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“Triad’s investment will fund a full range of grassroots economic development activities across Northern New Mexico.”
PND Commentary: "The funding community typically has a three-to-five year timeline for its initiatives, but when it comes to solving the housing crisis, we must prepare for a marathon, not a sprint." #affordablehousing
“Cases not going to trial effectively removes a critical check on our legal system.”
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New RFPs posted from the Smith Richardson Foundation, the Brookdale Foundation Group, and the United States-Japan Foundation.
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Looking for a nonprofit conference? Philanthropy News Digest has got you covered. Check out the Black Women Nonprofit Leaders Forum on 5/25, Los Angeles, California. #nonprofits #philanthropy
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“It’s appropriate that [the Sackler] name be scrubbed from the walls of our public institutions.” plans to redirect funds back to programs, “but without the Sackler name attached.”
Law enforcement professionals were more likely than the general public to believe that ERPOs would help keep the community safe (74% vs. 66%), prevent firearm suicide (71% vs. 63%), and help prevent mass shootings (67% vs. 59% ).
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Job of the Day: Senior Program Officer, Education Grantmaking, Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Philanthropies
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“Each of our Freeman Hrabowski Scholars has demonstrated their unique potential to advance cutting-edge science and carve out pathways for the inclusive development of postdocs, students, and other researchers.” bit.ly/3nJdLrG #medicalresearch
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New in PND Commentary: "Data gathering is a relatively nascent part of our field, and...it is important to nurture and develop the professionals who fill them, to help them feel connected to a growing and important field."
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#RFP of the Day: Smith Richardson Foundation invites applications for policy analysis research, writing Due 6/15
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The climate and gender-focused endowment fund launched last month by Suzanne Biegel and her husband, Daniel Maskit, now holds nearly $2 million. #climatechange #women
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