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The New York Women's Foundation

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Gender Justice

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21 Nov 2013

Education Funders Research Initiative - Building Better Schools

Thursday, November 21, 2013 -

7:45am to 11:00am

Ford Foundation

... driven by one question: How can we improve on what' s working in NYC? This program is the Initiative’ s second in-person event . Our first in-person event on October 8th...

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08 Oct 2015

Making Space for Tinkering, Design-Thinking and Technology in Education

Thursday, October 8, 2015 -

8:45am to 10:30am

Over the past five years, the “maker movement ” has generated significant buzz, and ... museums and schools. Proponents believe that the movement will transform education and close the digital ... design and...

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Children, Youth and Families

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New York City

Twelve Emerging LGBT Leaders Selected for Arcus Leadership Fellowship

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06/28/2017

... transgender or non-binary. “Now more than ever, the LGBT movement needs adept leadership responsive to the intensified ... facing our communities,” said Desiree Flores, Arcus’ U. S . Social Justice Director. “...

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LGBTQ

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Arcus Foundation

New Report From Arabella Advisors says More Than $6 Trillion Pledged to Fossil Fuel Divestment

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09/12/2018

... Than $6 Trillion Pledged to Fossil Fuel Divestment The movement to divest from fossil fuels and invest in renewable ... Global Fossil Fuel Divestment and Clean Energy Investment Movement (28 pages, PDF) found...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Arabella Advisors

17 Jun 2020

Support, Sustainability, and Succession - A Conversation on Supporting Leadership Transitions

Wednesday, June 17, 2020 -

10:00am to 11:30am

... Kunreuther and Sean Thomas-Breitfeld of the Building Movement Project with Hez Norton, who led transition work at ... between how leadership transitions are supported (or not ) and the racial leadership gap in...

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

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Leadership Development

Technical Assistance & Capacity Building

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Social Justice

Ford Foundation Provides Initial Funding for Black Feminist Fund

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03/25/2021

... Fund The Ford Foundation announced on Thursday that it ’ s providing US$15 million to help launch a philanthropic ... us—why is it difficult to get resources for this kind of movement...

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

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Gender Justice

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Ford Foundation

08 Nov 2023

Funder Collaboratives that Support Shifting Power to Communities

Wednesday, November 8, 2023 -

3:00pm to 6:00pm

... the name of shifting power and accelerating philanthropy’ s movement towards more equitable and just practices How ... happy hour. Speakers Julia Beatty , Director, Black-Led Movement Fund /...

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Tools & Strategies

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All Funders

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15 May 2024

Securing Our People, Securing the Future - A Webinar Hosted by GCIR

Wednesday, May 15, 2024 -

1:00pm to 2:15pm

... physical and digital safety. As indicated in Maslow’ s hierarchy of needs, safety and security are foundational to higher-level activities, be it offering humanitarian relief, providing legal assistance, .....

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

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Webinar/Teleconference

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All Funders

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Immigration

20 Sep 2012

Luncheon Program with John Feather, Grantmakers in Aging

Thursday, September 20, 2012 -

12:00pm to 2:00pm

... Grantmakers in Aging and GIA plans for the coming year and beyond . John will also announce an exciting new initiative ...

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TCF Senior Fellow Barton Gellman Wins Third Pulitzer

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04/30/2014

... Washington Post coverage of the National Security Agency' s massive surveillance program. Century Foundation senior fellow Barton Gellman shared journalism’ s top prize today. The Pulitzer committee...

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The Century Foundation

Investment in Light Rail Program Helps Create Jobs, Stimulate Economy

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06/17/2014

... resilient communities. In a post on the foundation’ s website, Amy Kenyon, program officer for the Connecting ... aimed at encouraging collaboration and investment ‘ beyond the rail.’ It ’...

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Community Development

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Ford Foundation

When It Comes To Building Resilient Cities, Everyone Wants In

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06/24/2014

When It Comes To Building Resilient Cities, Everyone Wants In ... being conducted as part of the Rockefeller Foundation' s 100 Resilient Cities Challenge, people from all walks of ... --Community leaders have...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Disaster Relief

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The Rockefeller Foundation

Laboratory Announces $50 Million Gift To Establish Simons Center for Quantitative Biology

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07/07/2014

... research and education programs at one of the world’ s leading independent biomedical research institutions, a ... discoveries at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory and beyond . We are deeply grateful for this...

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Health

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McConnell Says Wife Won't Resign From Bloomberg Over Coal Policy Stance

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08/14/2014

... Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) said his wife, former U. S . Secretary of Labor Elaine Chao, has no plans to leave the ... his wife would resign from the foundation saying, "She' s not...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Bloomberg Philanthropies

Atlantic Philanthropies Offers Best Practices For Winding Down

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08/13/2014

... Philanthropies is working on giving away all its money, it ' s taking in a great deal of knowledge that could be helpful ... opportunities—big bets whose impact will endure beyond the...

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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

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The Atlantic Philanthropies

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Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Accepting Grant Proposals to Strengthen Performing Arts

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10/30/2014

... for entire professional nonprofit performing arts fields ( beyond traditional national annual conferences) and efforts ... to projects that improve the health of the foundation' s priority performing arts...

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Arts

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Doris Duke Foundation

New After School Programs and Professional Development Bring Digital Literacy with Grants Totaling $414,000

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10/31/2014

... new and exciting ways to learn, create, and participate beyond the classroom.... New After School Programs and ...

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Children, Youth and Families

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The New York Community Trust

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How Public Policy Can Support Collective Impact

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12/2014

... education, and health. These public policies extend beyond electoral cycles and outside of partisan debates to ...

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Report

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Public Policy

Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund Backs Food Studies Program at Hostos College

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01/29/2015

... this fall for the first time. The new program will go beyond the traditional culinary classes offered at many ... social justice, environment, health, science and business. It aims to prepare them for jobs as...

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