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For Noyes Foundation, Fixing Food Means Racial and Economic Justice

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11/09/2016

For the Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation, a better food system is about equity as much as it is sustainability. It's working to help marginalized communities lead the way to a better system.

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Food Systems

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Ford’s Darren Walker Writes About Why Foundations Need to Pay Attention to What Grantees Are Saying

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12/07/2016

... in all of its forms. Yet we constantly are confronted with an unfortunate irony: All too often, the very ...

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Social Justice

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Ford Foundation

Inside Pinkerton, a Low Profile Anti-Poverty Foundation

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12/21/2016

What's in a name? Well, the Pinkerton Foundation in New York City draws its name from what was once the nation's oldest and largest security company.

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Economic Security

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The Pinkerton Foundation

Can Theology Move the Needle on Environmental Issues? Henry Luce Foundation Thinks So

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01/18/2017

... initiative. It’s a three-year grant in partnership with the Interfaith Center for Sustainable Development in ...

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The Henry Luce Foundation

A Closer Look at NY Fund for Women and Girls, Co-Founded by NoVo and New York Women’s Foundation

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02/09/2017

The NYC Fund for Girls and Women of Color brings together 16 funders. This collaboration isn’t brand new, but it’s the first fund of its kind in the nation and is worth watching closely, especially for how it makes grants.

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The New York Women's Foundation

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Gender Justice

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NoVo Foundation

Proteus Fund Announces a New Funder Collaborative to Oppose the Use of Religious Exemptions to Undermine Fundamental Rights

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03/16/2017

The Rights Faith & Democracy Collaborative (RFDC) is a newly created grantmaking fund that opposes the inappropriate use of religious exemptions to curtail reproductive health, rights and justice, discriminate against members of the LGBTQ...

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Proteus Fund (NYC Office)

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Social Justice

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Why NoVo is Funding Young Women’s Freedom in California

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05/11/2017

One of the Novo Foundation's first big grants will go to help young women and girls of color involved in the juvenile justice system.

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Gender Justice

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08 Sep 2017

Philanthropy 101: Speaking the Same Language

Friday, September 8, 2017 -

8:30am to 11:00am

... Attendees will also learn about key terms, types of grantmakers , trends in giving, and learn to "speak the ... foundations are and what they do Identify the types of grantmakers and trends in giving...

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03 Nov 2017

Philanthropy 101: Foundation Governance and Legal Issues

Friday, November 3, 2017 -

8:30am to 11:00am

... last 12-18 months; open to the entire range of disciplines with the field, e.g., Assistant to the President, Program ... (no fee) Please email register@philanthropynewyork.org with any questions. Philanthropy...

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The Overbrook Foundation Tries to Cure What Ails Environmentalism

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08/11/2017

... set out to broaden the environmental movement to connect with other progressive issues like social and economic ... strategies—using grantmaking power to connect groups with shared interests and making...

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Environment and Climate Change

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The Overbrook Foundation

Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Notes Ways Foundations Can Step Up to Scale Solutions for the Sustainable Development Goals

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09/25/2017

... structures, the way they fund, and their relationship with grantees make those goals a challenge. A new report ... Solutions Toward Shifting Systems, based on interviews with leading NGOs and ...

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International/Foreign Affairs

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Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors

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The Heumann Perspective: Ford Foundation

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01/05/2018

... rights advocate Judy Heumann investigates how our grantmakers are including a disability lens in their areas of ...

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Disabilities

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Ford Foundation

28 Sep 2018

Philanthropy 101: Speaking the Same Language

Friday, September 28, 2018 -

9:00am to 11:00am

Philanthropy New York; 1500 Broadway, 7th Floor; NYC

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09 Nov 2018

Philanthropy 101: Foundation Governance and Legal Issues

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9:00am to 11:00am

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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

03 Apr 2019

The Road to Capital Is Well Before The Brick

Wednesday, April 3, 2019 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

... a capital campaign or run for the hills. In partnership with New York Grantmakers in the Arts, join us for this session to hear ... Now link above. (no fee) Guests/Members of New York Grantmakers...

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All Funders

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Technical Assistance & Capacity Building

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Arts

08 Oct 2019

Considering a New Grants Management System? Navigating the Potential Pitfalls

Tuesday, October 8, 2019 -

9:00am to 11:00am

... We will present actual case studies of issues that grantmakers and IT professionals face regularly when ... and timelines How to choose and manage vendors with security, reliability, performance, remote access...

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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

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