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Jean Ross Has Joined the Bernard and Anne Spitzer Charitable Trust As Senior Program Officer

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04/22/2019

... national, and global policy matters, with a focus on fiscal and economic policy. Previously, she was a program officer with the Open Society Foundations’ Fiscal Governance Program, focusing on natural resource...

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Bernard and Anne Spitzer Charitable Trust

Give Generously—You Can’t Help It!

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12/18/2009

... million in assets and administers donor-advised funds, fiscal sponsorships , and an Agency Loan Fund. Prior to his work with ...

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All Funders

02 Nov 2017

Understanding NY City & State's Legislative Landscape: An Overview for Funders with the Advocacy Institute

Thursday, November 2, 2017 (All day) to Thursday, November 16, 2017 (All day)

A Special Training Series Designed for Philanthropy New York members by the ... (1) their own role in supporting advocacy and (2) the legal parameters that affect funders’ ability to be direct ...

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21 May 2019

First Responders at the Border:The Vital Role and Untapped Potential of a Reception System for Families and Asylum Seekers - A Webinar Hosted by GCIR

Tuesday, May 21, 2019 -

4:00pm to 5:00pm

... this edition of our Monthly Immigration Policy Call series has been moved to a Tuesday. Future calls will ... how best to coordinate onward movement with support for legal services and other needed wrap around...

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Immigration

Public Policy

Kelly Granat and Sherrilyn Ifill Join Mellon Foundation's Board

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05/26/2021

... Ifill is the president and director-counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), the ... where she taught for more than 20 years and established a series of pioneering law clinics. In...

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Arnold Ventures Pledges $7.4M for Nationwide Prosecution Research

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11/03/2022

... efforts to reduce racial disparities in the criminal legal system. “Until now, prosecutorial discretion has been ... impact it has on the rest of the corrections system. This series of studies will provide a...

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Arnold Ventures

The Andrea and Charles Bronfman Philanthropies and the Foundation Center Partner to Share Knowledge on Foundations Spending Down

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09/23/2013

A new blog series brings transparency to a little-explored topic. New ... (ACBP) and the Foundation Center launched a new blog series today, "Making Change by Spending Down." The series...

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The Andrea and Charles Bronfman Philanthropies [Closed]

39th Annual Meeting Recap: Democracy, Demographics & Destiny: All in the Details.

... professions. We centered on race and gender throughout the event 's explorations of cross-movement building, and touched .....

United Hospital Fund Literacy Project, funded by the Mother Cabrini Health Foundation, Makes Lasting Difference at East Harlem Health Center

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09/27/2023

At Settlement Health center in East Harlem, the proof of a post-pandemic literacy drive is on the bookshelves.

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Mother Cabrini Health Foundation

Working with Vendors

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03/2012

... all types of vendors from facilities to IT to benefits to legal counsel to staffing. At this FAN meeting , we shared ... relevant solutions, advice, and learnings. Notes from event : Members were asked to write a phrase(s) on flipcharts ...

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NYC Cultural Agenda Fund Places Marker on Racial Justice Initiative Ahead of City’s Cultural Plan Release

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10/12/2016

... $400,000 to Race Forward to conduct an 18-month training series and technical assistance program. The agency will ... policy recommendations that advance cultural, social, and fiscal equity in the cultural...

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Arts

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The New York Community Trust

Stavros Niarchos Foundation

Rockefeller Brothers Fund

Century Foundation Scholar Releases Report on The Future of Statewide College Promise Programs

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03/07/2018

The report provides guiding principles for state policymakers considering new Promise programs.

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The Century Foundation

Two Emblematic Markers of Policy Progress

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10/24/2018

... from the impact systems-integration could have on the fiscal stability and efficacy of major segments of the ... another year and a half of working group programs and a series on “The Criminalization of...

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Philanthropy New York

26 Apr 2013

Philanthropy New York's 34th Annual Meeting, with Shaun Donovan

Friday, April 26, 2013 -

12:30pm to 6:30pm

... Gould Foundation Moderator: Linda Manley, Legal Director, Lawyers Alliance ... Special thanks to the Ford Foundation for hosting this event . Designed for Philanthropy New York members and ...

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Open Society Foundations Announce 2021 Soros Justice Fellows

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03/31/2022

... the leadership of Black women impacted by the criminal legal system. Carlos Alejandro Bracamontes Norzagaray will ... will create a network of women impacted by the criminal legal system to help challenge the...

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Social Justice

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Open Society Foundations

We are In a Time of New Suns

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10/19/2022

... an Unbound grantee partner, is utilizing existing legal pathways, and working with other organizational partners to establish a new legal framework, to support climate-displaced people. You can ... as well as...

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Unbound Philanthropy

The New York Women’s Foundation Announces Its Resilience NYC Grants

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11/20/2017

... their children's long-term care. The program will offer a series of Parents’ Rights Workshops along with training and ... the spike in demand for Know Your Rights information, legal services, and...

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Gender Justice

We Cannot Let COVID-19 Be a Death Sentence For Refugees

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08/12/2020

... While our team continued to provide the most up-to-date legal information to our clients to ensure they were aware of ... Most recently, a new rule that would have eliminated the legal status of foreign...

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Hillary Rodham Clinton to Address Philanthropists on Women and Girls Issues

Release Date:

05/05/2014

... to women and girls. The discussion is the culminating event of Philanthropy New York’s 35 th Annual Meeting, a ... the world. The previous hour’s programming – a series of rapid-fire talks featuring three...