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Philanthropy As “Invisible Aid”

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08/31/2009

... Walter Gifford meant at the time (he was President of AT&T and Chair of the Organization on Unemployment Relief ... Grants in 30 Days” section of Philanthropy New York’ s...

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Freedom, Justice, and Immigrant Mentorships: Ford's Arts Strategy in Action

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10/23/2017

Freedom, Justice, and Immigrant Mentorships: Ford' s Arts Strategy in Action A few months after partnering with ... criminal justice reform in the United States, the Ford Foundation announced its 2017 #...

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Darren Walker on the Benefits for Men Who Live With Empathy

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10/31/2018

... Men Who Live With Empathy Darren Walker is in the business of hope. Raised in rural Texas with limited means, his career ... in philanthropy. Walker is the president of the Ford Foundation ,...

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University of Buffalo Receives $3 Million Mellon Grant in Support of Indigenous Studies

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01/13/2020

University of Buffalo Receives $3 Million Mellon Grant in Support of ... received a $3.174 million grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation in support of a new department...

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19 Jun 2013

Infrastructure at Risk: How to Protect Public Investments from Stronger Storms and Tidal Surges

Wednesday, June 19, 2013 -

8:45am to 11:00am

... Sandy and Hurricane Irene made New Yorkers painfully aware of the effects of tidal surges and storms on the transit, ... (view the video recording of that session). That session’ s...

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05 Jan 2017

Resistance and Resilience Strategy of the Climate Movement - Webinar

Thursday, January 5, 2017 -

2:00pm to 3:00pm

... all over the world are already feeling the impacts of a changing climate, we are at a crucial moment. What is ... the local and national actions planned by the People’ s Climate Movement to mark the first 100...

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Environment and Climate Change

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13 Sep 2017

New York City Workforce Funders Quarterly Meeting and Federal and State Workforce Policy Update

Wednesday, September 13, 2017 -

9:00am to 11:00am

Federal and state workforce funding of the workforce system has declined significantly over the ... the workforce issue a priority. The City of New York’ s workforce strategy remains fragmented,...

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14 Mar 2018

Indigenous Women Funders Working Group - Launch

Wednesday, March 14, 2018 -

2:00pm to 4:00pm

International Funders for Indigenous Peoples' (IFIP' s ) Indigenous Women’ s Funders Working Group will engage in peer learning, networking, and promote awareness of key issues, planning...

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12 Dec 2018

Effective Workforce and Entrepreneurship Strategies to Serve Older New Yorkers and the Quarterly Meeting of the Workforce Funders

Wednesday, December 12, 2018 -

9:00am to 11:00am

The New York City’ s older adult population has grown rapidly in recent years ... diversity. New York City now has more people over the age of 65 than children ages 10 or younger. Since 1965, the ... many adults...

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06 Feb 2019

2020 Census and the Current Immigration Landscape: Lasting Implications for Young Children in New York - A Webinar Hosted by the NY Funders Alliance

Wednesday, February 6, 2019 -

2:00pm to 3:00pm

... for a decade. Over 2 million children under 5 years of age were missed in the 2010 Census; here in NY, there was ... families afraid to respond to the census. New York’ s young child census count is...

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11 Jun 2019

Economic Security for Immigrants: Innovative Workforce Approaches - A Webinar Hosted by GCIR

Tuesday, June 11, 2019 -

12:30pm to 1:30pm

... immigrants can reach their full potential in our nation' s workplaces. Yet between increased workplace raids and ... accelerated I-9 employer audits, and the resumption of Social Security Administration...

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10 Dec 2019

"All Immigration Is Local": Philanthropy's Role in State and Local Advocacy - A Webinar Hosted by GCIR

Tuesday, December 10, 2019 -

1:00pm to 2:15pm

... border wall, the Muslim ban, public charge—many of the day-to-day realities of immigrants across the country ... From leading campaigns to expand access to driver’ s licenses and higher...

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19 Sep 2022

The Climate Crisis: Understanding the Promise and Pitfalls of Removing Carbon from the Skies and the Seas

Monday, September 19, 2022 -

3:30pm to 5:00pm

... modeling have suggested for some time that large amounts of carbon dioxide will need to be pulled out of the atmosphere and the oceans as part of humanity’ s efforts to...

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20 Jun 2023

After Title 42: Implications for the Americas - A Webinar Hosted by GCIR

Tuesday, June 20, 2023 -

1:30pm to 3:00pm

... governments in their search for safety. Militarization of borders, carceral strategies, and removal programs without ... served people seeking safety through asylum and a myriad of other pathways, and they...

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05 Feb 2025

The Threat of AI and Technology to Immigrant Justice - A Webinar Hosted by GCIR

Wednesday, February 5, 2025 -

12:45pm to 2:00pm

... society, BIPOC and immigrant communities face the threat of biases and outright hostilities being encoded and ... can deploy investments that build the movement’ s capacity to respond to emergent threats and...

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Your VISION for 2025 – A Report on Year One

... ended in June 2015 and renewing it wasn’t possible. Our Board and staff saw the situation as an opportunity to ... database platforms will continue to improve our member’ s abiltiy to convene and communicate...

Innovative Finance and the Search for the Next Big Idea

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10/17/2014

by Rehana Nathoo, Program Associate, Rockefeller Foundation In early September, The Rockefeller Foundation ... Capital Markets (SOCAP) Conference. A longtime supporter of SOCAP and a strong...

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Ins and Outs of Forming Early Childhood Education Research-to-Practice and Policy Partnerships

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01/11/2018

“Ins and Outs of Forming Early Childhood Education Research-to-Practice and ... Partnerships” By Sara Vecchiotti, Chief Program Officer, Foundation for Child Development Over the last decade, some ... approach in...

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Moving Interprofessional Education into the Mainstream of Health Professions Education

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06/20/2012

By George E. Thibault, M.D., President, Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation A growing body of evidence shows that health care delivered by ... and Collaborative Practice, initially funded by the U. S ...

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