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10 Dec 2019

"All Immigration Is Local": Philanthropy's Role in State and Local Advocacy - A Webinar Hosted by GCIR

Tuesday, December 10, 2019 -

1:00pm to 2:15pm

... for long-term advances in immigrant inclusion and justice . There are many opportunities across the country ...

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How Grantmakers Can Respond to the State Budget Crises

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09/28/2011

... Foundation Chair of the Board of Directors, Philanthropy New York ( This essay originally appeared in Foundation Leaders ... and regulations on advocacy are clear; we know exactly what we can...

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Donn Weinberg Concludes Term as Weinberg Foundation Chairman, Judge Ellen Heller Assumes Board Leadership Role

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03/01/2013

... million commitment over four years to the Weinberg Library Project ; and a total $3 million investment in ... of the Board, and I congratulate Ellen as she begins what I know will be another three years of...

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22 Mar 2016

Philanthropic Assistants & Coordinators Network: Navigating Different Communication Styles in Your Workplace

Tuesday, March 22, 2016 -

8:30am to 10:30am

... (PACNET) . In your role both as support staff and project managers, effective communication is critical. For ... process involving peers and affiliates Understanding what makes your colleagues effective in...

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Executive Support Staff

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Wanted: Hartford Change AGEnts with Red Pens

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03/13/2014

... the then-Senior Program Officers a giant cup filled with new red pens. It seemed to me at the time that the program ... say “Thank you,” reflect on the input, and incorporate what is helpful…. Wanted: Hartford...

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Aging

It’s Time to Face the Long-Term-Care Dilemma

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06/09/2014

... Fund, says that the United States needs "creative new solutions to protect the avalanche of boomers against a ... become eligible for Medicare. But Medicare doesn’t cover what can be the largest cost to...

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Health

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Donors to Gay Causes Consider Their Next Steps

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11/03/2014

... equality has already been won? In an attempt to chart a new course for the movement and keep its momentum, the Arcus ... asked gays, lesbians, and their allies to articulate what they hope the movement will...

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From Poverty to Giving Away Millions: Darren Walker Shares His American Dream

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11/11/2014

... even at a young age, he tells PEOPLE, "I had a thirst for what was beyond the horizon." His life changed in 1965, ... Spencer, a nurse's aide, enrolled the 5-year-old in a new educational...

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Rockefeller Foundation Finds Major Issues for Women in the Workplace

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10/13/2015

... Finds Major Issues for Women in the Workplace What are the top five challenges you face at work? Ask ... the same question and the answers will be very different. New research from The Rockefeller Foundation...

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Rockefeller Funding of Resilience Officer in Chicago Makes News

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05/03/2016

... in Chicago Makes News After announcing and filling the new job bankrolled by the Rockefeller Foundation, Mayor Rahm Emanuel struggled to explain just what it is that former Deputy Water Management Commissioner...

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Three Ways Ford Foundation's Shift To Inequality Will Affect Nonprofits Everywhere

Release Date:

05/24/2016

... its efforts entirely on inequality. This shift introduces new funding opportunities for nonprofits that work to combat ... executives from Forbes Nonprofit Council discuss what Ford Foundation’s public shift...

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Economic Security

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Ford and #ReasonsforHope Foundations Want You To Know They Make A Difference—Not Just Write Checks

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08/10/2016

... "HOPE." That’s the one-word message at the center of a new awareness campaign backed by 39 charitable groups in ... collective concern that we all have in philanthropy about what ’s happening in our...

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Century Foundation Report Criticizes Student Loan Guaranty Agencies

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09/29/2016

... Agencies When the federal government stopped guaranteeing new bank-based student loans on June 30, 2010, it left behind ... they were designed to serve is in the rear-view mirror, what should happen with the...

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Wallace Selects Seven Universities to Participate in $47M Initiative

Release Date:

10/13/2016

... and their state and district partners to participate in a new $47-million initiative to develop models over the next ... years of Wallace-supported research and experience about what makes for effective...

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Supported by Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation, Story Explores Trump's Immigration Policies on Turkish Communities

Release Date:

01/05/2017

... Altay says he doesn't think Trump will be able to do what he said he would in regards to immigration, and added ... of Muslims. Altay says he is paying attention to how the new president will contribute...

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Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation

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Immigration

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Ford-Backed Poll Finds that Young Americans Fear They Will Be Worse Off Post-Trump

Release Date:

01/17/2017

... Latinos and Asian Americans particularly concerned about what ’s to come in the next four years. That’s according to a new GenForward poll of Americans aged 18 to 30, which found ...

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A Start-Up Slump Is a Drag on the Economy. Big Business May Be to Blame.

Release Date:

09/21/2017

... found in a start-up slump — a decline in the creation of new businesses — and a growing understanding of what ’s behind it. A total of 414,000 businesses were formed ...

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CEP Study, Commissioned by Mid-Hudson Valley Nonprofits & the Dyson Foundation, Paints Stark Picture for Valley Nonprofits

Release Date:

04/27/2020

... other philanthropic foundations have responded by creating new COVID-19 related grant programs and other funding ... findings from the CEP survey include: 60% have added new services or projects to focus on a...

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