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Former President of the Surdna Foundation, Phillip Henderson, Appointed as CEO of The Robert H. N. Ho Foundation

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09/02/2019

The Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation appoints Phillip Henderson as Chief Executive Officer.

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With Support From the Surdna Foundation, This Organization Is Focused on Creating a National Black Tech Ecosystem

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07/31/2019

The first grant awarded was from the Surdna Foundation whose mission is to support social justice reform, healthy environments, inclusive economies, and thriving cultures across the United States. The grant will support the building of an API tool...

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Surdna Foundation, JPMorgan Chase, Prudential, Among Foundations Leading the Way in Impact Investing and Racial Equity

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02/26/2019

It has been inspiring to be part of the rapidly growing impact investing movement over the last several years, as foundations and their partners have committed more of their assets to social and environmental change. In the midst of this growth,...

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Robert Smith III Joins the Surdna Foundation as Program Officer, Thriving Cultures

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02/06/2019

The Surdna Foundation is pleased to announce its hire of Robert Smith III as Program Officer of the Thriving Cultures program.

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04 Dec 2018

Seeding Power: Leadership for Justice-Based Movements in Food and Farming

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3:30pm to 5:00pm

Over the past two decades, food has emerged as a central strategy and focus of nonprofits worldwide concerned with environmentalism and climate change, public health and hunger, community and economic development, human rights, and racial and social...

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Surdna Foundation Announces Refined Program Strategies

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09/26/2018

The Surdna Foundation announced today refined strategies for its grantmaking programs, intended to reflect the Foundation’s belief that racial justice must underpin social justice.

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Don Chen, Social Justice Veteran, Selected as Surdna Foundation’s Third President

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08/20/2018

The Surdna Foundation’s board of directors announced today its unanimous and enthusiastic selection of Don Chen as the foundation’s new president.

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A Look At How Surdna Foundation is Backing Water Infrastructure in American Cities

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06/25/2018

For Surdna’s environment program, that focus is uniquely all about infrastructure, including sustainable and equitable water infrastructure in American cities, ranging from Los Angeles to New Orleans.

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Novo and Surdna Foundations Key Backers in Push to Build Community Wealth

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04/04/2018

The NoVo Foundation, Surdna Foundation, and Kendeda Fund are key backers BALLE’s flagship program, the Local Economy Fellowship

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Bloomberg Philanthropies, Surdna, Andrew W. Mellon and Ford Foundation Sign Joint Statement Defending NEA Against Proposed Trump Budget

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03/01/2018

Trump has twice suggested that the NEA be shut down, but for the first time, 11 foundations signed a joint statement of opposition.

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Surdna Foundation and Andrus Family Show Commitment to Next Generation of Progressive Philanthropists

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02/20/2018

This month, the Surdna Foundation and the Andrus Family Fund pledged $800,000 to 21 organizations representing “next-generation social justice philanthropy.”

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Surdna Foundation & Andrus Family Fund Pledge $800,000 to Next-Generation Social Justice Philanthropy

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02/06/2018

Through the initiative, the Surdna Foundation and Andrus Family Fund are providing resources for family foundations, community foundations and donor-advised funders to pursue next-generation social justice philanthropy.

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How The Funders Youth Collaborative Sees the Prospects for Youth Organizing

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01/18/2018

When a working group of progressive foundations came together in the late 1990s to launch what would become the Funders’ Collaborative on Youth Organizing (FCYO), youth organizing was having a moment in the sun. Leading the charge were funders like...

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How Surdna Foundation Is Using its Grantmaking to Champion Impact Investing

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01/18/2018

The funder just announced $650,000 in grants to organizations that strengthen the field by providing resources and otherwise helping institutions that want to take the plunge.

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Surdna Foundation Announces Over $600,000 in Impact Investing Grants

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01/11/2018

Five national organizations awarded grants, advancing the Foundation's $100 million commitment to impact investing

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Surdna Foundation Funds Exhibit Mapping 150 Years of Activism in New Orleans

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01/05/2018

Points on a large "resistance map" in the Albert and Tina Small Center for Collaborative Design show the locations of more than 300 rallies, demonstrations and marches across New Orleans.

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Surdna Foundation, Open Society Foundations and Ford Foundation Collaborate to Start Amplify Fund

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01/05/2018

In 2018, Neighborhood Funders Group (NFG), a social justice-focused membership organization of community development grantmakers, will roll out its own grants through its latest project, the Amplify Fund which aims "to shift local power structures...

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Surdna Foundation Celebrates Centennial Year with $4.5 Million Commitment to Equitable Community Development

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12/06/2017

The Surdna Foundation announced a new, $4.5 million investment in equitable community development led by community members. Surdna's catalytic contribution to the Amplify Fund will seed a multimillion-dollar pooled fund to put neighborhood...

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