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Five Questions for Pamela Shifman, Executive Director, NoVo Foundation

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04/01/2016

... Jennifer and Peter Buffett that has long worked in the U. S . and Global South, last week announced a $90 million commitment to support and deepen the movement for girls and young women of color here in the U...

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Women & Girls

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Ms. Foundation for Women Spearheads Initiative to Develop a National Blueprint for Women’s Economic Agendas

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05/06/2016

... Initiative to Develop a National Blueprint for Women’ s Economic Agendas The push for an increase in the minimum ... policies must address the full spectrum of women’ s lives, including access to comprehensive...

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18 Jan 2017

Homeownership and the Racial Wealth Gap – Webinar

Wednesday, January 18, 2017 -

1:00pm to 2:00pm

As the movement to understand and address income inequality gains ... future minority homebuyers for success A review of today’ s housing policy landsape Promising strategies which can ...

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Longtime Director June Makela Steps Down as Lorraine Marasigan Promoted to Lead the Norman Foundation

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12/12/2016

... and activism to help shape the family foundation’ s strategic vision. Under her leadership, the Norman ... grantmaking on economic justice, environmental justice and movement building; supported groups...

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Schott Welcomes Mark Paley and Roger Vann to the Board of Directors

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08/15/2017

... NAACP where he planned and directed the organization’ s successful 2012 civic engagement campaign, which secured ... grassroots effort to win passage of one of the nation’ s first laws addressing racial...

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The 2017 National Center for Responsive Philanthropy Impact Awards Winners Announced

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09/05/2017

... 2017 NCRP Impact Awardees have been announced. This year’ s awards are special because of the challenging environment ... in Oakland, the largest funder of the reproductive justice movement in the U. S...

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Five Foundation Leaders Join National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy Board

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09/28/2017

... Missouri, was elected unanimously as the new chair of NCRP' s board, succeeding Sherece West-Scantlebury. ... who leads Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation, served as NCRP' s board chair for four years...

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The Nathan Cummings Foundation

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Markle Foundation President and CEO Zoë Baird Writes About Where Amazon Should Build Their New Headquarters

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12/05/2017

... to Amazon in an effort to woo its new headquarters. As it eyes a home for HQ2, Amazon should focus less on tax ... the quality of a skilled local workforce and a state’ s support for constantly developing...

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The New York Community Trust Awards $600K Grant for NYC Creative Aging Initiative

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01/05/2018

... Arts to lead major effort to advance Creative Aging movement in NYC. Lifetime Arts, Inc. announced today the ... Hunter College, efforts will focus on SU-CASA, the city’ s community arts engagement initiative...

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Tell Them We Are Rising: A Documentary Film Breaks New Ground, Andrew W. Mellon Program Associate Emma Taati Interviews Director Stanley Nelson

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02/13/2018

... the history of higher education. Director Stanley Nelson’ s new film, Tell Them We Are Rising: The Story of Black ... intersections between the university and the civil rights movement ; changing attitudes...

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04 Jun 2018

Philanthropy New York’s 39th Annual Meeting - Democracy, Demographics & Destiny: All in the Details

Monday, June 4, 2018 -

1:00pm to 6:00pm

... professions. We will center race and gender in the day’ s explorations of cross- movement building, and dive deep into the new tools that are ... The use of The Paley Center for Media’ s...

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Open Society Foundations Announce Inaugural Soros Arts Fellows

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05/09/2018

... Democratic Republic of Congo; and a cultural resistance movement against the privatization of natural resources in ...

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NoVo Foundation Announces Grantees of $34 Million Radical Hope Fund

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06/13/2018

... change?” said Jennifer and Peter Buffett, NoVo’ s co-presidents. “The answer has been overwhelming: ... to social justice. What might be possible, NoVo asked, if movement leaders had the support they needed...

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Backed in Part By The Ford Foundation, Nina Simone’s Childhood Home Named a National Treasure by National Trust

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06/19/2018

Backed in Part By The Ford Foundation, Nina Simone’ s Childhood Home Named a National Treasure by National Trust ... she became an integral part of spreading the Civil Rights Movement across the country through...

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With Support from The Andrus Family Fund, Firelight’s Impact Producer Fellowship Announces 2018 Cohort

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06/21/2018

With Support from The Andrus Family Fund, Firelight’ s Impact Producer Fellowship Announces 2018 Cohort Firelight ... strategists, digital communications professionals and movement organizers that can influence...

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Conrad N. Hilton Foundation Announces the 2018 Hilton Humanitarian Prize Recipient

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08/22/2018

... Humanitarian Prize. Based in Nairobi, Kenya, SHOFCO’ s mission is to build urban promise from urban poverty. ... first free school for girls. Today, SHOFCO is a grassroots movement that catalyzes large-scale...

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Dr. Cassie Schwerner Selected as Next Executive Director of the Morningside Center for Teaching Social Responsibility

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08/23/2018

... Morningside Center for Teaching Social Responsibility It ' s with joy and sadness that Schott announces that our friend, ... the whole greater than the sum of its parts. Cassie’ s...

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