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39th Annual Meeting Recap: Democracy, Demographics & Destiny: All in the Details.

... Demographics & Destiny: All in the Details . The day was spent focused on fair representation and active ... The Public Interest Law Center "Everyone knew there was something wrong they just...

The Perpetuity Debate

Release Date:

04/29/2014

... degree toward the argument for perpetuity, and in so doing was a disservice to the philanthropic community and the issue ... to measure the rate at which projects are funded. In just 25 years, the number of...

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The Andrea and Charles Bronfman Philanthropies [Closed]

The Rockefeller Foundation

Why Philanthropy Should Help Strengthen Community Colleges

Release Date:

04/17/2014

... New York, “CUNY: The Road to College Success” was just as informative and engaging as the ones that came before ... out of remediation. Be comprehensive in our approach to making the most...

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Education

How Social Innovation Labs Contribute to Transformative Change

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11/07/2014

... convened 20 leading lab thinkers and practitioners to do just that. Although the group represented immense diversity ... serves as a means to increasing confidence levels before making big investments. 3...

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Communications/Media

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The Rockefeller Foundation

On the Occasion of the New York Foundation’s 100th Anniversary

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11/05/2009

... in this room), New York is a more tolerant, generous, just , and welcoming city. With more struggle, there will be ... issues. He won a MacArthur Fellowship in 1989, and he was a Charles H. Revson Fellow on the...

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Standby Letters of Credit: The Underdog of Charitable Financing

Release Date:

06/25/2009

... have created unnecessary costs and eroded quality. This was an organizational risk that required an immediate ... through future years’ contributions to that grantee— just as a grandmother who goes to Atlantic...

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New York Community Trust Funds Leading Racial Justice Nonprofit Race Forward in Racial Equity in the Arts Innovation Lab

Release Date:

04/05/2017

... within the arts and culture sector. The Lab is launching just as the city’s most ambitious intervention in the ... metrics to taking concrete actions for equity in art- making , arts presenting and producing,...

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Arts

Peter G. Peterson, Bloomberg & Others Give $10 Million to Launch Financial Crisis-Response Project at Yale School of Management

Release Date:

05/17/2017

... said, “Our goal is to improve the quality of decision making by governments and central banks in financial crises. ... crises.” The Yale Program on Financial Stability was founded in 2013 by Professor Metrick...

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Economic Security

International/Foreign Affairs

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Bloomberg Philanthropies

Peter G. Peterson Foundation

Our Democracy, Philanthropy and What’s Next

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06/21/2017

... Policy & Communications, Philathropy New York This piece was originally published as the feature article of the June ... very clear over the course of our five hours together was that funders of every...

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PNY News

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Five Reasons to #PressforProgress and Develop More Female Health Leaders

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03/08/2018

... Global Community Impact, Johnson & Johnson. This article was originally published on March 7, 2018 , by Global Daily. ... Ellen Johnson Sirleaf , who made history in 2005 when she was elected President of...

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Johnson & Johnson

How Can Philanthropy Elevate Entrepreneurialism Through Crisis?

Release Date:

07/22/2020

... mismatch gap. The Grace Farms Relief Fund for Connecticut was launched to accomplish this critical work. Our ... foundation and new kind of institution to advance good, was the catalyst to procure, donate, and...

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Grace Farms Foundation

Three Actions Philanthropic Funders Can Take to Advance Equity for Immigrant and Refugee Workers

Release Date:

07/30/2020

... service workers in the state. Development of this program was funded by a grant from the World Education Services’ ... and refugees—particularly those in low-wage jobs— was vital, and in need of more...

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World Education Services / WES Mariam Assefa Fund

Surdna Foundation President Don Chen Named Co-Chair of Presidents' Council on Impact Investing

Release Date:

11/30/2020

... President of the Ford Foundation. The Presidents' Council was founded by Julia Stasch, former President of the ... Before joining Surdna, Chen was the Director of the Just Cities and...

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What It Takes: Supporting New BIPOC Executives

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05/19/2021

... social and racial equity in ways that were hard to imagine just a few years ago. As these new leaders step in, major ... Transitions Funders Working Group. In this panel, I was in conversation with two leaders...

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Open Society Foundations

Bloomberg Philanthropies, Zegar Family Foundation Among Leading Philanthropic Organizations to Partner and Commit Over $223M to Reducing Methane Emissions

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10/11/2021

... at which potent hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) were removed was accelerated and led to the widespread adoption of more ... impact on methane reduction like never before and ensure a just and sustainable future for...

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Zegar Family Foundation

Burke Foundation Executive Director Atiya Weiss Selected as a 2021 Aspen Institute Ascend Fellow

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10/07/2021

... extensive global network of such individuals who are doing just that.” said Dan Porterfield, President and CEO of the ...

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Co-Impact Launches New $1 Billion Gender Fund to Advance Global Equality and Women's Leadership, with Support from The Estée Lauder Companies Charitable Foundation and The Rockefeller Foundation

Release Date:

03/17/2022

... underlying norms, laws, practices, sanctions, and decision- making processes that lead to systematic barriers and ... on the ambition of a world where systems and societies are just and inclusive, and where...

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The Estée Lauder Companies

The Rockefeller Foundation

Meet DaLyah Jones, the new Program Officer of the Racial Equity in Journalism Fund at Borealis Philanthropy

Release Date:

03/22/2022

... the Program Officer of the REJ fund. In my role, I’ll be making sure that organizations not only have the funding but ... not addressing things structurally then are we really making a difference? And if we’re...

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Borealis Philanthropy

Creating a ‘Movement-Led Family Foundation’: A Conversation with the Kolibri Foundation

Release Date:

01/14/2026

... This piece and podcast from the Fund for Shared Insight was originally published by Listen to Community on November ... boardroom as full participants in organizational decision- making . Join us on February...