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National Service and Grassroots Youth Organizing Groups: A Strategy for Building Diverse Nonprofit and Civic Leadership for New York

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01/14/2010

... The fiscal 2010 budget includes an appropriation of $1.49 billion for the Corporation for National and ... focused on the potential opportunities for philanthropy to support the development of...

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Hurricane Sandy Recovery Funds

... Federation has created a Hurricane Sandy Relief Fund to assist individuals and families in need in the New York ... until funds are depleted. The average amount of any one grant is $5,000...

Three Will Share $625,000 From Reader's Digest Partners for Sight Foundation

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06/09/2014

... Foundation has announced the three winners of the Special Grant Initiative to help further its charge to devote resources to assist ... Investigator: Dr...

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14 Jun 2022

A Fireside Chat on “True Cost” of Nonprofits

Tuesday, June 14, 2022 -

3:00pm to 4:00pm

How can we strengthen nonprofits and build their capacity to combat the “ nonprofit starvation cycle ”? Project ... to inform funders to better understand equitable grant making...

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Christine Heenan Joins The Rockefeller Foundation as Vice President for Policy, Partnerships and Communications

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03/19/2018

... announced that Christine Heenan, founder and president of Clarendon Group and former vice president of public ... In the role, Heenan will lead the Foundation’s efforts to partner with...

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Centro de Economía Creativa and Mellon Foundation Announce "Maniobra" in Puerto Rico

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05/02/2022

... launched $8 million cultural employment initiative created to facilitate stable employment opportunities for artists while strengthening the administrative bandwidth of community-based cultural organizations...

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

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Arts

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Mellon Foundation

06 Apr 2016

New Pathways for Building Immigrant Women’s Leadership

Wednesday, April 6, 2016 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

Women are more than half of the immigrant population in the United States. They start ... Immigrant women are leaders. But with limited access to networks of power, and at times facing strict...

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Foundation for Child Development Announces Appointment of Deborah A. Phillips as New President

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07/02/2012

... a national, independent grantmaking foundation dedicated to the well-being of America’s children, has announced the ... the University of Virginia before being hired to lead...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Why U.S. Foundations Should Take the Global Sustainable Development Goals Seriously

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06/21/2016

... Development Goals Seriously By Ed Cain, Vice President, Grant Programs, Conrad N. Hilton Foundation Reprinted with ... broadest, most ambitious development agenda ever agreed to at the global level for getting...

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Environment and Climate Change

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National Progressive Advocate Heather McGhee Receives Brooklyn Community Foundation’s Inaugural Fair and Just Fellowship

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05/16/2018

... Brooklyn Community Foundation announces the appointment of Heather McGhee, the outgoing president of the public ... publication of a major book on the high costs of racism...

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Kelly Granat and Sherrilyn Ifill Join Mellon Foundation's Board

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05/26/2021

... Andrew W. Mellon Foundation today announced the election of Kelly Granat and Sherrilyn Ifill to its Board of Trustees. Granat is a portfolio manager and ... visibility and engagement in...

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Ms. Foundation Announces Promotion of Ellen Liu to Vice President of Grantmaking and Capacity Building

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03/16/2022

Ms. Foundation Announces Promotion of Ellen Liu to Vice President of Grantmaking and Capacity ... first grantmaking and capacity building program on sex education in the U.S...

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Commentary: “Visibility” and Corporate Foundations

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10/22/2009

A goal of Smart Assets is to present ideas and develop discussions about issues in philanthropy. Those issues can be sensitive or ... invest a lot in communications. In fact,...

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Ford’s Walker Named to Independent Sector Board

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11/18/2014

Ford’s Walker Named to Independent Sector Board Independent Sector members ... then shifting to global work on an array of social justice issues , including human rights, urban...

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16 Nov 2015

Neighborhoods Count: Using Data to Transform High Poverty Neighborhoods

Monday, November 16, 2015 -

8:45am to 11:00am

... and government increasingly require quantitative data to demonstrate the success of program investments. Community-based nonprofits offering ... Associate , MDRC Matthew Klein , Executive Director , ...

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An Open Letter to Philanthropy, from People of Color-led, Movement-Accountable Public Foundations

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10/21/2021

An Open Letter to Philanthropy, from People of Color-led, ... people of color staff and board teams are important. The issues that impact communities of color...

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Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice

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19 Jun 2019

Using Advocacy to Support Mission: What Your Foundation Can and Can’t Do, Can and Can’t Fund

Wednesday, June 19, 2019 -

2:30pm to 5:00pm

... True or false: It’s permissible for your foundation to make grants that are used for public policy or legal ... allows your foundation to take a stance on a piece of legislation...

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