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Century Foundation Publishes Report on Reducing Economic Inequality

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08/11/2016

... on Reducing Economic Inequality Income inequality in the United States has not been this bad in almost a century—not since the end of the 1920s, just before the country crashed into the Great ... national...

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Economic Security

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Ms. Foundation for Women Announces Grant to Access Reproductive Care-Southeast on 49th Anniversary of Roe v. Wade

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01/24/2022

Ms. Foundation for Women Announces Grant to Access Reproductive Care-Southeast on 49th Anniversary of Roe v. Wade NEW YORK – Today, the Ms. Foundation for ... first received a grant through the Ms. Foundation’s...

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Gender Justice

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14 Sep 2017

Time of Opportunity: Best Practices in Summer Learning (Part 2)

Thursday, September 14, 2017 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

This program is the second part of a two-part series. The first part was a site visit to a model summer learning program at PS 48 in Jamaica, ... higher income peers, and one of the strongest...

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Who Are the One Million New Yorkers Still Without Healthcare?

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06/25/2014

... was roundly lauded as a major success story in the rollout of the Affordable Care Act. Compared to other states, New York had much higher enrollment rates ... with highly motivated nonprofit partners working...

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PNY News

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Health

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26 Mar 2015

Using Social Media to Engage Your Stakeholders in Corporate Social Responsibility Efforts

Thursday, March 26, 2015 -

9:15am to 11:15am

... responsibly. Social media is a primary medium that is used to deliver CSR messages to well-parsed groups of stakeholders. CSR‘s core purpose is to give back and, in ...

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29 Apr 2015

Can Capacity Building Impact Be Quantitatively Assessed? Lessons from an Emerging Evaluation Method - Webinar

Wednesday, April 29, 2015 -

9:00am to 10:00am

... here . As funders we intuitively understand the value of capacity building - to institutions, fields, and movements. However, ... by WINGS (Worldwide Initiatives for Grantmaking Support) to...

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14 Jan 2016

Discovering All of the Roles You (and Your Team) Play

Thursday, January 14, 2016 -

2:45pm to 5:00pm

Developing a personal work strategy is critical to achieving success in your job. Learn how to recraft your job into roles promoting leadership and ... into the roles you enjoy playing in the non-work hours...

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

13 Oct 2016

Why is Wage Theft on the Rise as the Minimum Wage Increases to $15?

Thursday, October 13, 2016 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

Despite recent minimum-wage hikes around the country to $15 an hour, why are workers facing more wage theft than ... a year is stolen from workers' wages, affecting workers of all types of...

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21 Jul 2016

Documenting Impact featuring “The Look of Silence” (OVEE screening, featuring clips and live chat)

Thursday, July 21, 2016 -

12:00pm to 1:00pm

... from from the Academy Award-nominated documentary The Look of Silence . Documenting Impact is a series that features ... youngest son, an optometrist named Adi, who decides to do something unimaginable in a...

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International/Foreign Affairs

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Social Justice

27 Feb 2018

The Evidence Base for Asset Building: Moving Families Toward Economic Security

Tuesday, February 27, 2018 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

... Building strategies shift the focus from a deficit model to one that helps people build financial security and ... Tom Shapiro from Brandeis University IASP and funder peers to discuss the asset building...

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09 May 2019

Newsrooms & Philanthropy: Is There a Shared Playbook for Impact and Social Change?

Thursday, May 9, 2019 -

9:00am to 11:00am

... a powerful tool and information source for funders seeking to amplify the causes they are investing in. Over the last ... receives nearly $350 million in total annual revenue, of which 57% of...

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21 May 2019

The Turmoil in Four-Year Private Colleges and Why Foundations Should Care

Tuesday, May 21, 2019 -

3:30pm to 5:30pm

... unprecedented pressure. Hampshire College, the College of New Rochelle, Sweet Briar, Mount Ida and many others have ... into other institutions, or announced their intention to "explore strategic options...

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25 Jul 2019

Hashtag Strategy: Social Media As An Effective Advocacy Tool

Thursday, July 25, 2019 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

... social justice. Social media platforms have become places of work, of stump speeches, of social and political ... our communities. If you are in the business of trying...

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16 Jan 2020

Moving Towards Grantmaking with a Racial Justice Lens

Thursday, January 16, 2020 -

2:30pm to 5:00pm

Drawing on insights and lessons from decades of work and specifically, in-depth interviews with more than ... on how foundations can move beyond a racial equity lens to grantmaking with a racial justice lens. This...

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Tools & Strategies

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Announces 2021 Sloan Research Fellows

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02/17/2021

... NY) – The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation today announces the names of the 128 early career researchers who have been selected to receive a 2021 Sloan Research Fellowship. Awarded annually ...

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12 May 2021

Children’s Aid Recovery Labs: Lessons Learned and Implications for this Summer and Beyond

Wednesday, May 12, 2021 -

12:00pm to 12:45pm

In April 2020, after learning of the total elimination of all summer camps and summer jobs ... Children’s Aid launched Recovery Lab – an initiative to mitigate the devastating effects we feared...

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16 Jun 2021

Equity Means All, Not Some: Lessons from the Past 20 Years of Education Reform in New York City, and What Should Come Next

Wednesday, June 16, 2021 -

12:00pm to 12:30pm

... has released this timely report , which takes stock of the reform efforts of the de Blasio and Bloomberg ... the next city leaders build on their successes and commit to ensuring that all...

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The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Announces the 2022 Sloan Research Fellows

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02/15/2022

... NY) – The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation today announces the names of the 118 early-career researchers who have been selected to receive a 2022 Sloan Research Fellowship. Awarded annually ...

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