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Sheryl Goldstein Joins the Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation

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07/01/2013

... her work as Director of the Mayor’s Office on Criminal Justice in Baltimore. Additional prior positions include ...

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The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation

New Nonprofit Leaders to Receive Boost From Open Society

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06/16/2014

... support leadership transitions at human rights and social justice organizations are part of the $2 million New ...

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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

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Social Justice

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Open Society Foundations

Heintz Named To NonProfit Times Power & Influence Top 50 List

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08/01/2014

... the words Irish philosopher Edmund Burke who wrote, " Justice itself is the great standing policy of civil society, .....

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Environment and Climate Change

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Rockefeller Brothers Fund

New Class of Nathan Cummings Foundation Fellows Tackles Economic and Social Inequality

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08/12/2014

... Jennifer Bailey, who will equip multi-faith movements for justice with the resources to harness the power of story; and ...

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The Nathan Cummings Foundation

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Community Development

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

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01/29/2015

... students with a broad overview of food policy, social justice , environment, health, science and business. It aims ...

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Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund

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Food Systems

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Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Grants $4.1 Million to 41 Theater Programs

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07/06/2015

... of color. Fourteen of the orgs focus primarily on social justice , or on artists and communities of color, women and ...

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Arts

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Mellon Foundation

NoVo Foundation Looks to Girls As Change Agents

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07/10/2015

... suspended from school or become involved with the criminal justice system. Furthermore, even when they perform well in ...

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Gender Justice

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NoVo Foundation

Smart Donors Are Putting Nonprofits Back in Charge

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07/20/2015

... inequality, aiming to use its capital to create a "social- justice infrastructure." This fits our changing times like a .....

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Morgan Stanley Launches Perspectives in Philanthropy, Vol. 13, 'The Advancement of Women and Girls'

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08/26/2015

... and dissemination of knowledge; the International Justice Mission, a global organization committed to rescuing ...

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Gender Justice

Are Student Debt Forgiveness Scams The Next Mortgage Meltdown?

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09/22/2015

... focuses on research surveillance, privacy, and economic justice , experienced how borrowers are targeted firsthand ...

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Housing and Homelessness

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Ford Foundation Spells Out Cuts to Make Way for Its Shift in Focus to Inequality

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11/09/2015

... $1 billion over five years toward strengthening social- justice organizations. At the same time, it will cut its ...

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The Nation Details Eric Holder’s Appearance at Ford Foundation

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12/14/2015

... as part of a fascinating symposium on “Reimagining Justice in the 21st Century” with Congressman John Lewis, ...

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Atlantic Philanthropies Joins Black Foundation Executives In Sharing Grief Over Police Shootings

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07/08/2016

... Black Lives Matter tweeted that it "advocates dignity, justice , and freedom. Not murder." The conference call .....

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Appointments & Transitions

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Justice Reform

NY Community Trust Announces Three Staff Promotions to Program Director

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07/28/2016

... program; and Shawn Morehead covers Education and Human Justice in our Promising Futures program. Michele Kumi Baer ...

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The New York Community Trust

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Ford Sponsors Memorial to Confront South's Troubled History of Lynchings

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09/29/2016

... A memorial to black lynching victims. The nonprofit Equal Justice Initiative has announced it is building a memorial in ...

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

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Arts

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Hazen Foundation's Bezahler in EdWeek: Are We Criminalizing Our Students?

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12/09/2016

... investing trillions of dollars to expand a criminal- justice system that has incarcerated millions while states ...

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Edward W. Hazen Foundation (Closed)

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Education

Justice Reform

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How Cuomo's Special Prosecutor Order Is Playing Out, 19 Months Later

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02/28/2017

... impetus, Cuomo said, was to restore faith in the criminal justice system... How Cuomo's Special Prosecutor Order Is .....

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Justice Reform

North Star Fund Announces 2017 North Star and Frederick Douglass Awardees

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04/12/2017

... and organizations for their fierce commitment to the justice and safety of all New Yorkers,” said Jennifer ... of Color Of Change , the nation's largest online racial justice organization, is being...

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