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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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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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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

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Brooklyn Org

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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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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Ms. Foundation for Women

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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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

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Ford Foundation

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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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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Professional Development

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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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The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Awards More Than $72 Million to Teams Led by Humanities Scholars to Ensure “Just Futures” and Expand National Cultural Narratives

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01/13/2021

... Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Awards More Than $72 Million to Teams Led by Humanities Scholars to Ensure “Just ... — The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the largest funder of the arts and...

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Education

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Mellon Foundation

Our Path to a Just and Equitable New Jersey - The long and winding road of transformation

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06/16/2021

Our Path to a Just and Equitable New Jersey - The long and winding road of transformation By: Tanuja M. Dehne, President and CEO, ... for decades, as well as those who are newly supporting issues...

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Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation

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Social Justice

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11 Jun 2015

Funding Where Poverty Lives: City and Suburban Realities

Thursday, June 11, 2015 -

8:45am to 11:00am

... the New York metro region faces pervasive challenges of poverty and inequality - and lacks substantial state ... strategies that focus on redesigning and moving policies to provide resources for metro areas...

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The New York Women’s Foundation Honors DeAnna Hoskins, President & CEO of JustLeadershipUSA, and Bryan Stevenson, Founder & Executive Director of The Equal Justice Initiative, at 2019 Radical Generosity Dinner

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10/08/2019

... effort that introduced a family-centered paradigm to help dismantle mass incarceration in New York City and ... of Senior Policy Advisor (Corrections/Reentry) for the Department of...

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LaVerne Evans Srinivasan named Program Director for Teaching and Human Capital Management at Carnegie Corporation

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03/25/2014

... Srinivasan , an expert on employing talent strategies to strengthen urban education , has joined Carnegie Corporation of New York as Program Director for Teaching and Human ... serving as a...

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

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14 Dec 2016

Unconnected Prisoner Re-Entry Services? There’s a Collaborative Solution For That

Wednesday, December 14, 2016 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

This program is a part of our ongoing series of Justice Reform programs, following ... leave federal and state prisons each year (U.S. Department of Justice, Prisoners in 2014...

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A Sense of Urgency: Promoting Child and Family Well-being for Homeless Families

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05/30/2018

... next generation of New Yorkers demands that we all do more to prevent homelessness in the first instance, and when ... shelters each night, including those administered by the Department...

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Citizen's Committee for Children of New York, Inc.

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The New York Women’s Foundation and Ms. Foundation Announce Year Two Results of $100M Collective Fund

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03/26/2018

... Foundation and Ms. Foundation Announce Year Two Results of $100M Collective Fund The New York Women’s Foundation ... foundations located in 26 states and Washington, D.C., to announce Year 2 Two (2017) results...

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Economic Security

Gender Justice

Solon E. Summerfield Foundation, Inc. Announces Two New Board Members

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10/14/2020

... Inc. Announces Two New Board Members The board and staff of the Solon E. Summerfield Foundation, Inc. are thrilled to announce the election of Cynthia Rivera Weissblum, ... Summerfield...

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Solon E. Summerfield Foundation

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Toward a New Gospel of Wealth

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10/01/2015

... third year at the Ford Foundation’s helm, I am reminded of how privileged I am—and we all are— to serve this institution. For my colleagues and me, these ... class biases. We have made impressive progress on...

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