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The Transformative Power of Philanthropy

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05/09/2013

The fourth in a series of Rockefeller Foundation President Judith Rodin’s reflections on the unique strengths and enduring lessons of 100 years of strategic philanthropy.

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Our Schools, Cut Off From the Web

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06/16/2013

... to be “hooked up to the Information Superhighway by the year 2000.”... Our Schools, Cut Off From the Web ...

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Teagle Foundation President Offers Advice to Campus Officials Meeting With Foundations

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12/14/2016

A former president of Barnard College who now directs the Teagle Foundation, Judith Shapiro has seen meetings from both sides of the table.

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14 May 2015

Earning Stories for Good – Big Rewards for Your CSR Programs

Thursday, May 14, 2015 -

9:00am to 11:00am

... engagement initiatives. Join us for a Philanthropy New York panel with leading experts from the media, from the ... your pitch to reporters. Presenters Susan Can , Senior Director , Corporate Equity and...

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Arcus Foundation's Support of Mighty Earth Has Major Impact on a Destructive Cacao Industry

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03/29/2018

... deeply damaging sourcing. Enter the Arcus Foundation. This New York- and Cambridge-based funder, focused on great ape ... says Etelle Higonnet, Mighty Earth’s campaign and legal director . “These companies need...

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Environment and Climate Change

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28 May 2019

Technology, Inequality and the Future of Work(ers)

Tuesday, May 28, 2019 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

... American jobs facing "high exposure" to automation, to new jobs being created, to the changing relationship between ... and Commercial Workers Michelle Miller, Co-Founder and Co- Director of Coworker...

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Corporate Social Responsibility

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Workforce Development

Research for a 21st Century Child Welfare System

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03/24/2022

... Services, Casey Family Programs, and Krik O'Brien, Senior Director of Research, Casey Family Programs. The outcomes for ... this goal. You can hear more about why we need this new research agenda in this...

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William T. Grant Foundation

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29 Mar 2023

Sustaining the Unsustainable: The Imperative for Innovative Financing for Child-Care Facilities - A Webinar Hosted by AFN and NYWF

Wednesday, March 29, 2023 -

1:00pm to 2:00pm

... and our broader economy. To do this we must test out new models for investments that support a sustainable ... Foundation Bevin Parker-Cerkez , National Program Director , Local Initiatives Support Corporation...

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Why Are Foundations Often Absent From Major Policy Shifts?

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08/13/2009

... policy shifts, whatever their past level of success. But first , a bit of the anecdotal evidence. As economic ... regulatory changes affecting homeownership that have led, first , to the largest increase and,...

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13 Jun 2019

Utilizing TANF for Families Experiencing Homelessness - A Webinar Hosted by Funders Together to End Homelessness

Thursday, June 13, 2019 -

2:30pm to 3:30pm

... to PNY members. Space is limited and will be granted on a first come, first served basis.* This program is a part of the Employment ... can leverage these funds Presenter Elizabeth Lower-Basch , ...

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Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Grants Duke University $3M to Grow Liberal Arts Colleges and HBCU Visiting Faculty

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05/07/2018

... colleges and universities. The grant will fund a five- year initiative called Humanities Unbounded, which will include roughly a dozen two- year visiting faculty fellowships, according to Gennifer ... – known...

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Social Justice

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How Social Innovation Labs Contribute to Transformative Change

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11/07/2014

... is relatively small—approximately $150 million per year —and fragmented, with a majority of the labs in the ... the Small-Scale Fisheries Innovation Summit earlier this year . In both instances, the diverse...

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The Rockefeller Foundation

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Communications/Media

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The William T. Grant, Spencer, and Doris Duke Charitable Foundations Announce Winners of the 2020 Institutional Challenge Grant Competition

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04/16/2020

... is for foundations to work together to incentivize new ways of working to advance goals for social change. In ... about these partnerships, and we anticipate that this year ’s grants will advance research...

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Community Development

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Housing and Homelessness

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Private funders should fund full project costs too

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03/11/2016

This piece is reposted with the permission of New York Nonprofit Media , where the piece originally ... project costs too by Aimée Simpierre, Editor-at-Large, New York Nonprofit Media There is an opportunity that...

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Insights from The Mechanics of Working Through Grantmaking with a Racial Justice Lens - A Workshop Led by PRE

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12/06/2022

... led by Philanthropic Initiative for Racial Equity (PRE) Executive Director Lori Villarosa , our members surfaced the power ... on a racial equity grantmaking framework, adding critical new...

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15 Jul 2025

Fostering Citizen Engagement and Trust, 21st-Century Style - A Webinar Hosted by Democracy Funders Network

Tuesday, July 15, 2025 -

3:00pm to 4:00pm

... of InnovateUS , Chief AI Strategist for the State of New Jersey, and professor and director of GovLab at Northeastern University, will provide ... Carnegie California, will discuss California’s ambitious...

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Gun Violence, Advocacy, and Leadership

Release Date:

04/05/2018

... takes 96 lives every day, reduce the 21,000 suicides a year from shooting, help the 4.5 million women in the US who, ... were ready and organized, with opportunities for new recruits to pitch in. Not sure...

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Take It From the Nonprofits: Even in a Crisis, Funders Are Falling Short on Equity

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07/29/2021

... of 2020 on nonprofits — and how the crises of the past year hit some nonprofits much harder than others. While many ... communities, most reported that no foundations provided new funding in 2020. Moreover,...

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Federal Judge Sides With TCF Against DeVos's Education Department

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02/20/2018

... morning, U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of New York Paul A. Crotty issued a temporary restraining order ... Association (ABA). The TRO—which is thought to be the first ruling of its kind against...

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