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2025 Filmmaking Grantees Announced

12/10/2025 | Arts

SFFILM announced the recipients of the 2025 SFFILM Rainin Grant and the 2025 SFFILM Rainin Filmmakers with Disabilities Grant.

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Foundation Awards Over $2.4 Million In Education Grants 

08/20/2025 | Education

This grantmaking round reflects our updated strategies that aim to strengthen early literacy education and complement existing resources and people power to raise literacy rates.

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Community And Shared Purpose Enrich Our 2025 Symposium

10/08/2025 | Health

Our 2025 Innovations Symposium drew researchers, clinicians and industry professionals for two and a half days of presentations and poster sessions to encourage new ideas in Inflammatory Bowel Disease research.

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