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20 Sep 2011

School Transformations III: Practices and Programs that Are Transforming Schools & Policies that Support Them

Tuesday, September 20, 2011 -

2:30pm to 5:00pm

... The first session noted the tremendous challenges involved in turning around schools and highlighted instructional ... session identified four “conditions of learning” that constitute a positive school climate...

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Foundation for a Just Society Supports Report on LGBTQ Organizing in West Africa

Release Date:

03/07/2016

... for a Just Society Supports Report on LGBTQ Organizing in West Africa "We Exist: Mapping LGBTQ Organizing in West ... identities and issues, inclusion of youths' concerns, support...

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International/Foreign Affairs

LGBTQ

Social Justice

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Foundation for a Just Society

02 Apr 2024

Philanthropic Assistants and Coordinators Network (PACNET) - Elevating Support Roles in Philanthropy

Tuesday, April 2, 2024 -

2:00pm to 4:00pm

... development and networking needs of individuals serving in an administrative support function to senior leadership in their organization. ... How do you sign up? 1:45 PM - 2...

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Leadership Development

20 Jul 2021

Can Knowledge Management Support the Path Towards Racial Equity?

Tuesday, July 20, 2021 -

2:00pm to 4:00pm

... of whether you have a Knowledge Management function in your organization. A presentation will be followed by ... into specific knowledge management practices and tools that can help advance racial equity...

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Tools & Strategies

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All Funders

Topic(s)

Communications

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Transparency

09 Apr 2015

More Bang for Your Buck: Supporting Locally Led Peacebuilding - Webinar

Thursday, April 9, 2015 -

11:00am to 12:00pm

Locally led peacebuilding efforts are proving to be impactful and cost efficient. Join us for this webinar, ... his 10+ years funding locally-led peacebuilding programs in West Africa. Drawing on examples from the...

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Webinar/Teleconference

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All Funders

Board & Trustees

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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

Kress and Mellon Support First Academic Art Museum and Library Summit

Release Date:

12/09/2015

Kress and Mellon Support First Academic Art Museum and Library Summit The ... collaboration. The Summit will focus on the ways that new pedagogical models and technologies are transforming ... Summit, which will...

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Arts

Education

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Samuel H. Kress Foundation

Mellon Foundation

Revson Foundation Supports Steinem Program to Address Underrepresentation of Women In Media & Technology

Release Date:

03/28/2016

Revson Foundation Supports Steinem Program to Address Underrepresentation of Women In Media & Technology When Monica Rozenfeld graduated from Rutgers in 2007, she left with a degree ...

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Education

Gender Justice

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Charles H. Revson Foundation

With Support from the Arcus Foundation, Study of Transgender Preschoolers Assesses Preferences and Identity

Release Date:

04/25/2017

With Support from the Arcus Foundation, Study of Transgender ... may be the earliest identity and social category to emerge in development, research suggests, and acquiring knowledge ... among...

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Children, Youth and Families

Gender Justice

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Arcus Foundation

New Research Supported By Simons Foundation Points to Cellular Roots of Autism

Release Date:

12/05/2017

... a new genetic model of autism, using neurons created in the lab from patients’ own skin cells. Their experiments suggest that abnormalities in the electrical firing of neurons may .....

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Health

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The Simons Foundation

01 Feb 2018

Supporting Local Organizations: Challenges and Opportunities for U.S. Foundations - Webinar

Thursday, February 1, 2018 -

1:00pm to 2:00pm

... Network for a funders-only discussion on the challenges to “locally-led” grantmaking and recommendations for how to overcome them. American Jewish World Service and Peace ... email register@philanthropynewyork...

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Tools & Strategies

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Webinar/Teleconference

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All Funders

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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Alfred P. Sloan Foundation-Supported Art Exhibition "Programmed" On View at the Whitney

Release Date:

10/31/2018

... the Whitney Programmed: Rules, Codes, and Choreographies in Art, 1965–2018 establishes connections between works ... of conceptual, video, and computational art. The pieces in the exhibition are all “...

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Arts

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Mississippi Architects Take on Citywide Hunger Problem With Support From Bloomberg Philanthropies

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05/06/2019

Mississippi Architects Take on Citywide Hunger Problem With Support From Bloomberg Philanthropies By more than one ... , is one of the nation’s unhealthiest cities. In 2017, it was named the fattest city ...

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Children, Youth and Families

Community Development

Health

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Bloomberg Philanthropies

NoVo Foundation Supports The New Start for Women program at SUNY Ulster

Release Date:

09/09/2019

... just academic courses; currently, 16 area women enrolled in the program will receive a bevy of tuition-free ... workshops. Program director Jordan Scruggs was appointed to the post earlier this summer. Scruggs...

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Community Development

Education

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NoVo Foundation

17 Apr 2013

The “Grit” Factor: How Community Organizations Support Students for College Success

Wednesday, April 17, 2013 -

8:15am to 10:30am

Philanthropy New York, 79 Fifth Ave., 4th floor, NYC

... grantmakers — have learned over the last few years is that a high school diploma is no longer an adequate ... about whether the high school graduate can succeed in and graduate from college. In...

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Five Borough Farm: Supporting Urban Agriculture in New York City

Release Date:

11/08/2012

... York is one of the most vibrant urban agriculture cities in the United States, with more than 700 existing sites (there are nearly 3 times as many farms and gardens in the city as there are Starbucks locations...

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Insights

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Environment and Climate Change

Food Systems

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Doris Duke Foundation

North Star Fund

Top Education Official Supports More Teacher Professional Development

Release Date:

10/08/2013

Beth Fertig reports from the Education Funders Research Initiative launch event at Trinity Wall Street for The Times’ SchoolBook blog.

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Education

RPA, Ford and MasterCard Support Bogata Convening on World Philanthropy

Release Date:

03/12/2015

... from government and civil society will convene at an event in Bogota organized by the Post-2015 Partnership Platform for ... The event is the second in a planned series of workshops to...