Russell Sage Foundation Invites LOIs for Immigration Research
Release Date:
05/12/2017
... innovative research on the effects of race, citizenship, legal status, politics and political culture, and public ...
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The Rockefeller Foundation Announces Grants to Organizations Supporting and Defending LGBTQ Community
Release Date:
06/23/2017
... use the funds at their discretion to provide a variety of legal , advocacy, and social services to the LGBTQ community ...
Rockefeller Foundation Supports A “Carbon Yield” Methodology to Compare Environmental Impact of Investments in Renewable Energy
Release Date:
06/23/2017
The tool, which is publicly available online, relies on estimating how much carbon-dioxide pollution is avoided as buyers want to know real environmental benefits of investments.
New York City March Held Ahead of President Trump's DACA Decision
Release Date:
08/31/2017
Thousands are marching in New York City Wednesday to defend DACA following reports that President Donald Trump may soon announce the end to protections for 800,000 young immigrants in the United States.
Trump's DACA Decision Could Strip Thousands In New York Of Medicaid Coverage
Release Date:
09/06/2017
... Tuesday that the Obama-era program, which granted legal status to approximately 800,000 children brought to the ...
A Top State Education Policymaker Benefited From Integration. Now, He Wants To Bring It Back.
Release Date:
09/06/2017
If Vice Chancellor Andrew Brown had been born a few years earlier, his schooling — and possibly his life — could have been very different.
LGBT History Gets Short Shrift in Schools. There's an Effort to Change That
Release Date:
09/06/2017
... detailing how, in the absence of any other way to secure legal protection for their relationship in the 1970s, Rustin ...
Nonprofit Offers Guidance for Charities Worried About Deportation Raids
Release Date:
09/11/2017
Increased efforts by federal immigration agents to deport undocumented immigrants have nonprofit officials worried that those clients may stop seeking services for fear of being swept up in a deportation raid. President Trump’s decision to end...
Mellon Supports Vanderbilt University's Workshop on TV News Preservation
Release Date:
09/28/2017
... with participants to examine and address the technical, legal and economic challenges of preserving broadcast ...
Learn About The Isivivana Centre, An Atlantic Philanthropies Grantee
Release Date:
01/22/2018
... the library, watch films in the cinema or visit the free legal advice centre . This short film tells the story of this ...
Ford Foundation Appoints Nishka Chandrasoma as Vice President and General Counsel
Release Date:
04/04/2019
... distinction for 23 years, working in various roles on the legal team. Chandrasoma joined the Ford Foundation in 2015 as ...
How Can We Apply a “Lens” That Doesn’t Distort?
Release Date:
12/17/2014
... needs. So, how do you apply a population-focused lens to grantmaking while also recognizing great variations among ...
Into the Public Policy Deep End
Release Date:
08/18/2015
... Chrispin reported. “PolicyWorks provided me with a great overview of the myriad ways philanthropy and government can work together to influence policymaking to be more inclusive of the social sector.”...
What Does It Take to Spend Down Successfully?
Publication date:
08/2015
... Others see spending down or sunsetting as a way to become more agile and flexible in their grantmaking . But most hope that by exhausting their resources ... short order, they will be able to have a larger and more immediate impact on problems they see as simply too ...
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May
2011
Successful Advocacy -- and Its Challenges: What's "Public" About Public Education?
Wednesday, May 18, 2011 -
2:45pm to 5:00pm
... by email no later than two business days before the event . A program presented by Philanthropy New York’s ... policy committee Philanthropy Connects , in its new series Foundation Advocacy 2011 , in...
05
Dec
2023
Enhancing Mental Wellbeing in NYC: A Briefing on the New York City Council’s Mental Health Road Map
Tuesday, December 5, 2023 -
10:00am to 11:30am
... with the administration. Following, there will be an overview of the City Council's Mental Health Roadmap, ... to engage in informed discussions, contributing to a more inclusive and comprehensive mental...
12
Jul
2016
Using Advocacy to Support Mission: What Your Foundation Can and Can’t Do, Can and Can’t Fund
Tuesday, July 12, 2016 -
3:00pm to 4:30pm
... to make grants that are used for public policy or legal advocacy Your foundation grants cannot fund nonprofits ...
Ford Foundation Appoints Ai-jen Poo to Board of Trustees
Release Date:
06/19/2017
... labor protections such as overtime pay, paid leave, and legal protections from harassment and discrimination. Joining ... six-year terms. Trustees set broad policy relating to grantmaking , geographic focus,...
Meet the New Grantees of the Black-Led Movement Fund at Borealis Philanthropy
Release Date:
05/27/2020
... to build the liberatory future we all need. The Fund’s grantmaking is guided by priorities set in alignment with the ... land and community food infrastructure, and responsive legal advocacy for Black...
Alli Jernow Joins Arcus Foundation as Social Justice Program Vice President
Release Date:
08/24/2022
... Arcus comprehensive global experience in human rights and legal advocacy. She has worked as a civil rights prosecutor ... in 2000 by Jon Stryker, the Arcus Foundation is a private grantmaking institution...