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Policy Core Series 2020 - A Recap

... – have considerable legal rights to exercise their voice in public policy discussions, but there are limitations. ... and grassroots organizations: Prepare for and commit to a long -term strategy that...

Communities in Schools: Putting Quality Considerations First (Wallace Foundation, EMCF)

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11/12/2015

... When a federated network decides to prioritize quality over scale, it’s not hard to foresee that toes will get ... struggled with those questions as we went through a decade- long effort to emphasize quality...

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Blue Meridian Partners, Inc.

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Centering Racial Equity for Generational Impact

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06/24/2021

... (see #2 and #3 above). As a community of funders for over two decades, Grantmakers for Effective Organizations ... as initiatives such as the Racial Equity in Philanthropy Fund (REP) , Trust-...

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

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06/25/2018

... At How Surdna Foundation is Backing Water Infrastructure in American Cities A medium-sized family foundation with big ... on some important locations, but grants have gone all over the...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Scaling Effectively: Create a Plan, Support the Vision and Manage the Risks

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06/17/2015

... which wanted to help Sadie Nash expand to Astoria and Long Island City. Other times, the funder might add more value ... when Chitra talked about SNLP’s internal “innovation fund ,” a pool of...

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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

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Why Helping Pets Helps People

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12/05/2013

... areas of 2012 charitable giving, increasing by 6.8 percent over 2011 to a total of $8.3 billion, yet grant dollars for ... families , seniors and adults . And while guide dogs have long helped the blind, a...

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Animal Welfare

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ASPCA

Citi and Citi Foundation Expand Global Job Skills-Building Initiative to Improve Employability and Economic Opportunity for Underserved Communities

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09/17/2020

... skills and confidence they need to make a positive impact in their lives and their communities, and also access ... 2023, the Citi Foundation expects to cumulatively impact over a million young people around...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Economic Security

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Rockefeller Foundation, J.P. Morgan Chase and Goldman Sachs Noted As Supporters of Impact Investing

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11/17/2015

... institutions can help solve some of the world’s social problems. Over the past decade, there has been significant growth in socially responsible investing. Just as the formation of ...

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The Rockefeller Foundation

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The Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation Welcomes Marianna Schaffer, Vice President of Programs and Jennene Tierney, Vice President of People, Culture, Equity

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01/11/2021

... who will help guide the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation in embedding racial justice and anti-racism within the ... Foundation and a program director at the David Rockefeller Fund . “I am excited to embark on this...

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Brooklyn Community Foundation Shares Findings from the Brooklyn Insights 2020 Process

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04/01/2021

... our Brooklyn Insights 2020 process , which is informing over $3 million in new grants through the next phase of the Brooklyn COVID-19 Response Fund . The COVID-19 pandemic...

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The New York Women's Foundation

Disaster Relief

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CSR in Focus: What did we learn in 2020?

In 2020, Philanthropy New York created a series on Corporate ... The transformations resulting from Covid-19 will continue over the foreseeable future, and the changes are impacting ... play an important role...

24 Jan 2018

Through the Eyes of the Caregiver: “Care” Screening & Panel with Ai-jen Poo

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3:00pm to 5:00pm

... rely upon it. Tracking caregivers and their clients over two years, Care depicts a system of home care that ... who support their independence. Care invites us to engage in public discourse and consideration...

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The New York Women’s Foundation and the YWCA of the City of New York Partner for Girls IGNITE! Grantmaking Fellowship

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11/22/2016

... Women’s Foundation has engaged members of the community in grantmaking since its inception. We believe that ... million people in more than 120 countries. The YW serves over 2,500 women and...

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RFPs Etc

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Gender Justice

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New Nonprofit Leaders to Receive Boost From Open Society

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06/16/2014

... The Open Society Foundations today announced it will fund nine nonprofits—from the U.S. to Ghana—to help their ... to support leadership transitions at human rights and social justice organizations are part of...

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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

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Social Justice

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Brooklyn Community Foundation President Marilyn Gelber to Leave in June

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04/01/2013

... of the newly-formed Independence Community Foundation. Over the next decade, the foundation awarded $70 million in ... Superstorm Sandy, she co-created the Brooklyn Recovery Fund to be a high...

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Pershing Square Foundation

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Brooklyn Org

Six NYC Scientists Win Pershing Square Sohn Prize for Young Investigators in Cancer Research

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05/08/2017

... WIN PERSHING SQUARE SOHN PRIZE FOR YOUNG INVESTIGATORS IN CANCER RESEARCH The Pershing Square Sohn Research Alliance ... explorative, high-risk/high-reward cancer research. The awards will be presented on May...

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Teagle Foundation Gives $2M for College/Community Partnerships

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03/14/2016

... The Teagle Foundation’s Board of Directors has approved over $2 million in grants across 11 projects under its “College-Community ... of college access programs. In addition...

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Education

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Member Input on Official Statements on Indirect Costs

... separate but related statements concerning indirect costs in government contracts. The next stage in our policy ... rules could be game-changing for the fiscal stability and long -term health...

Newsmakers: Darren Walker, President, Ford Foundation

Release Date:

12/23/2013

In September, Darren Walker became the tenth president of the ... people. PND : The Ford Foundation has been a long -distance runner when it comes to addressing social ... DW : There are some...

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