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Open Society Foundations Announce Young Feminist Leaders Fellows

Release Date:

10/28/2019

... that contribute to advancing open society values, women’ s rights, and gender justice in Latin America . “Around the world, feminist, queer, and youth ... against patriarchal, authoritarian governments. In...

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Accessibility Takes a Community

Release Date:

10/31/2019

... reform —Are you aware that almost 40 percent of the U. S . incarcerated population has some form of disability? Do ... it requires relatively little in terms of additional funding . While some physical...

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The New York Community Trust

Korean American Community Foundation Distributes First Wave of COVID-19 Relief Grants Totaling $60,000

Release Date:

04/15/2020

... owners about COVID-19 relief measures. Asian Women’ s Christian Association (AWCA) : $10,000 to deliver Korean ...

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Participate in the 2014 Grantmakers Salary & Benefits Survey

Release Date:

06/18/2014

... designate a survey contact person. Email the Council’ s Research Department at research@cof.org with the survey ... online benchmarking tool to generate a customized report for our members on compensation at...

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The Rockefeller Foundation Commits to Divesting from Fossil Fuels

Release Date:

12/18/2020

... Foundation announces a commitment to divesting its $5 billion endowment from existing fossil fuel interests while ... from future fossil fuel investments. The Foundation’ s Board of Trustees recently approved...

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We Could Not Accomplish All We Do Without Our Board of Directors

Release Date:

06/03/2015

Please join me in thanking our term-limited departing Board members for their service.

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PNY News

08 Jun 2016

Legal Series: Fiscal Sponsorships - Best Practices and Common Pitfalls

Wednesday, June 8, 2016 -

9:00am to 11:00am

... fund projects, develop new grantmaking programs and build funding collaboratives. However, the dos and don’ts are ...

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Unitarian Universalist Veatch Program at Shelter Rock Announces New Program Officer Faron McLurkin

Release Date:

06/06/2016

... with the networks and institutions that comprise today’ s progressive landscape. Prior to joining the staff of the ... Director of CTWO, McLurkin doubled the organization’ s funding by...

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Unitarian Universalist Veatch Program at Shelter Rock

10 Oct 2018

Can Strategic Service Design Disrupt the Poverty-to-Prison Pipeline?

Wednesday, October 10, 2018 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

... persons identified as low income, if you are poor in America there’ s a good likelihood that you may become justice involved. ... needs of those in poverty but is inadequately trained or supported...

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Assessing the How of Grantmaking

Publication date:

04/2014

This GMN guide helps funders measure the effectiveness of current practices by assessing five core questions every grantmaker should be able to answer about how it makes grants.

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Russell Sage Publishes First Book on Court Fines and Fees Exposes Lifetime of Debt Faced by Poor Americans

Release Date:

06/08/2016

... of felonies. In contrast to the Department of Justice report on municipal practices in Ferguson, MO, this book ... sociologist Alexes Harris —who is one of the nation’ s leading experts on fines and fees and...

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Ford Releases Investment Returns; More Grant Makers May Be On the Way

Release Date:

10/02/2017

... investment performance of its $12.1 billion endowment , saying it generated a return of 7 percent ... foundation averages. What that means is that as a group, U. S . foundations, which have a collective $800...

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Brian Byrd, Program Officer at the New York State Health Foundation Joins The 2020 Justice Launch Committee

Release Date:

01/31/2018

... a national model of what a truly progressive prosecutor’ s office can be. I plan to achieve that goal by consulting a ... measurable progress towards achieving the committee’ s recommendations by 2020.” Dr...

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Edward W. Hazen Foundation Welcomes Isabel Sousa-Rodriguez As New Program Officer

Release Date:

04/17/2019

... and implement the final, culminating phase of Hazen’ s grantmaking. The Hazen Foundation is dedicated to ... immigrant rights movement with FLIC straight out of high school . In 2010, Isabel was one of the...

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Edward W. Hazen Foundation (Closed)

24 Mar 2015

Administrative Relief and Philanthropy Webinar Series - Making the Case for Immigrant-Related Grantmaking: A Funder Conversation on Messaging and Communication Strategies that Work

Tuesday, March 24, 2015 -

2:00pm to 3:30pm

... five million undocumented immigrants, mostly parents of U. S . citizens and lawful permanent residents, to apply for ... for using communications to enhance the impact of funding initiatives in this dynamic...

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United States

PNY Signs Asian Americans/Pacific Islanders in Philanthropy's (AAPIP) Open Letter to Philanthropy: The Cure to Viral Racism Is Within Our Hands

Release Date:

04/08/2020

PNY Signs Asian Americans/Pacific Islanders in Philanthropy 039 ; s (AAPIP) Open Letter to Philanthropy: The Cure to Viral ... is ravaging Asian American communities in the U. S . alongside the...

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Asian Americans/Pacific Islanders in Philanthropy (AAPIP)

All Investing is Impact Investing

Release Date:

01/12/2015

Denver Post lists Rockefeller Brothers Fund and F.B. Heron Foundation as examples of utilizing social impact investing.

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F.B. Heron Foundation

Women on the Front Lines of ACA Implementation

Release Date:

03/28/2014

by Ellen Liu , Director, Women’ s Health, Ms. Foundation for Women Women have a lot to ... this month. March is Women’ s History Month, and March 23 marks the fourth anniversary of the passage of...

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William T. Grant Foundation Announces Three New Rapid Response Research Grants to Combat Youth Inequality Exacerbated by the COVID-19 Pandemic

Release Date:

10/22/2020

... of New York Urban Food Policy Institute and Hunger-Free America to address food insecurity among children and youth ... youth outcomes amid the changing social contexts in the U. S . during the COVID-19...

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William T. Grant Foundation

17 Sep 2024

Youth Power Now: Lessons from Youth Organizers in New York

Tuesday, September 17, 2024 -

3:00pm to 4:30pm

Philanthropy New York, 320 East 43rd Street

... Youth organizers have played a critical role in New York’ s organizing history. Today, young people are leading ... launch of North Star Fund’ s first ever youth organizing report — register...