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Spelman College Announces $2 Million Match From Philanthropist Jon Stryker, Founder and President of Arcus Foundation, for Endowed Queer Studies Chair Named After Audre Lorde

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10/29/2019

Spelman College, the global leader in the liberal arts education of Black women, today announced the creation of a chair in Queer Studies backed by a matching gift from philanthropist Jon Stryker of up to $2 million.

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15 Jan 2020

FCCP Census Operations Series: Part 8 – Counting in the Wake of Natural Disasters & Counting on College/University Campuses - A Webinar Hosted by FCCP

Wednesday, January 15, 2020 -

1:00pm to 2:00pm

This installation of the Census operations webinar series will cover natural disaster scenarios and how Census Bureau updates population.

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29 Mar 2023

Building Immigrant Women's Economic Power - A Webinar Hosted by GCIR

Wednesday, March 29, 2023 -

1:00pm to 2:00pm

... this session will focus on entrepreneurial strategies as well as labor union efforts to improve economic opportunity. What ...

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Gender Justice

17 Jun 2025

Content, Content, Content. A Persuasive Writing Workshop for Influencers

Tuesday, June 17, 2025 -

10:00am to 12:00pm

... engaging, accessible, and persuasive writing piece - such as an op-ed or blog post - that will motivate a target ... who write, or would like to write, for external audiences as part of accessing their power...

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28 May 2025

Solidarity in Action: Strategies for Power-Building in Anti-Immigrant Environments - A Webinar Hosted by GCIR

Wednesday, May 28, 2025 -

1:00pm to 2:00pm

*This program is hosted by our partner, Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees (GCIR), who has extended an invitation to PNY members.* The federal administration’s consolidation of power and scapegoating of migrant...

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A Message from the Funders Census Initiative

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04/01/2020

... organizations and their census campaigns, the day serves as an opportunity for education, mobilization, celebration, and reflection. Philanthropy has organized and invested in unprecedented ways ... funder...

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Funders' Committee for Civic Participation

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Long Island Community Foundation

Chosen by Librarians, 2016 Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction Announced

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01/12/2016

... published by Grove Press, an imprint of Grove Atlantic, as the winner of the 2016 Andrew Carnegie Medal for ... by Little, Brown, and Company, Hachette Book Group, as the winner of the 2016 Andrew Carnegie...

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

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Rauch Foundation Co-Sponsors Long Island Delegation to Attend “Reimagining Education Summer Institute”

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07/12/2018

... (Greenport) H. Frank Carey High School (Franklin Square) New Hyde Park Memorial High School ( New Hyde Park) Northern Parkway Elementary School (Uniondale) ...

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Census 2020: Focus on the Real Work in Communities, Not the Legal/Political Morass

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07/11/2019

... question). Getting such practical information dispersed ( as opposed to a partisan framing that can alienate a lot of ... in federal district courts in California, Maryland, and New York concerning the 2020...

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National Council of Nonprofits

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Research to Prevent Blindness Grantee Dr. Gregg Semenza Wins Nobel Prize in Medicine

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10/10/2019

... Gregg Semenza Wins Nobel Prize in Medicine Newswise — NEW YORK, NY, October 10, 2019 —Research to Prevent ... Peter J. Ratcliffe of Oxford University—were selected as Nobel Laureates for “seminal discoveries...

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Research to Prevent Blindness

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Brooklyn Community Foundation Announces 20 Finalists Selected for 2021-22 Spark Prize

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10/21/2021

... our Spark Prize Committee: Arab American Association of New York Arab-American Family Support Center Black Women's ... Responsibility Neighborhood Housing Services of Brooklyn New York City Network of...

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The Rockefeller Foundation and CrossBoundary Launch Mini-Grid Innovation Lab in Nairobi, Kenya

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04/24/2018

... Kenya The lab is the first research and development fund for sub-Saharan Africa that focuses exclusively on ... Working with over 15 minigrid developers across Africa , as well as with the...

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The Ford Foundation's $1.0 Billion Bond - A Briefing Note from SeaChange Capital Partners

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06/22/2020

... in each of the next two years. This is terrific as the immense challenges of the present moment require this ... so it is useful to consider it in the context of Ford as a financial entity. As...

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SeaChange Capital Partners

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28 Feb 2018

Tackling Implicit Bias and Microbehaviors in Your Philanthropic Practice

Wednesday, February 28, 2018 -

9:00am to 11:00am

... can be used in powerful ways to promote inclusion. Join us as we explore how implicit bias and microbehaviors impact the ... biases and microaggressions impact our decision-making as individuals and...

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Jessie Smith Noyes Report Finds Gaps, Opportunities in Impact Investment Field

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06/26/2018

... search for a mission-driven investment advisor as part of an effort to better align its endowment with its ...

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Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation

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23 Feb 2021

Preview of the Knight Media Forum: Polarization in America - A Webinar Hosted by Media Impact Funders

Tuesday, February 23, 2021 -

12:30pm to 1:30pm

The impact of polarization on American society cannot be overstated. It is increasingly affecting what we do (masks or no masks?), who we listen to (CNN or OANN?), and even how we think (fair or rigged election?). And the division is only deepening.

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23 Feb 2023

Pushing Philanthropic Practice to Support Black Migrants - A Webinar Hosted by GCIR

Thursday, February 23, 2023 -

1:00pm to 2:00pm

... than other immigrants to be admitted to the United States as refugees or asylees. The removal of discriminatory ... In addition to economic reasons, natural disasters such as hurricanes, earthquakes, floods,...

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MLK50 Justice Through Journalism Receives Grant from the Ford Foundation

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01/26/2023

Investment allows nonprofit newsroom to create ‘even more firm foundation’

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09 Jun 2025

On Hope in a Time of Maximum Fear: A Conversation with Norma Wong - A Webinar Hosted by GCIR

Monday, June 9, 2025 -

1:00pm to 2:30pm

... to PNY members.* Our current context has been described as a polycrisis - a “larger kind of instability… or ... ... Indigenous Hawaiian leader Norma Wong describes this time as an era of collective...

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