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Edwin Gould Foundation Supporter Online Tool Quill Connect Helps Students Become Better Writers

Release Date:

11/29/2017

... help, the writing assistant’s algorithms get smarter the more they practice. The nonprofit’s Quill Connect tool, ... help them create better sentences. As Quill Connect gains more data, its algorithms morph...

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Edwin Gould Foundation | EGF Accelerator

Propel Capital’s Sarah Williams Honored by The Center for Court Innovation

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03/19/2018

... Wright, will help the Center continue its work to create a more effective and humane justice system. The honorees were: ... loops that lead to incarceration … so that they lead to more productive and full...

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Propel Capital

08 Nov 2023

Funder Collaboratives that Support Shifting Power to Communities

Wednesday, November 8, 2023 -

3:00pm to 6:00pm

... increasingly acknowledging the importance of integrating more equitable and racially-just grantmaking practices, including investing in the vision of ... can funding collaboratives be leveraged as a tool...

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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

NYSHealth Foundation Testimony on Maternal Mortality and Morbidity in New York City

Release Date:

12/09/2020

... half (49%) of all deliveries in the State, including more than half of all Black and Hispanic deliveries. There ... of all New Yorkers, especially the most vulnerable. Our grantmaking and research has provided...

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09 Apr 2014

Shaping the Nature of Work in the New Economy

Wednesday, April 9, 2014 - 2:45pm

... corporate structures, community capital investment and more — that can incentivize quality jobs and sustainable ... President and Executive Director, Race Forward Series Part of Can Philanthropy Help Shape the...

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Economic Security

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William T. Grant Foundation Announces Support for Research on Reparations for Black American Descendants of Enslaved Persons

Release Date:

07/27/2021

... endorsed reparations, today that figure is 30 percent, and more than half of Americans would favor a Congressional ... A. Gennetian, and a team of researchers will conduct a series of macro-simulation...

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Sharnita C. Johnson Has Been Named Arts Program Director at Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation

Release Date:

12/12/2014

... Johnson, a Detroit native, brings to the position more than 20 years of experience with community-focused ... Michigan. Since 2012, Johnson has managed a $25 million grantmaking portfolio in education, health...

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Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation

Rockefeller Brothers Fund President Stephen Heintz to Receive Philanthropy’s Highest Honor

Release Date:

10/10/2018

... and convener. He has led discussions on some of the more challenging issues of our time, including climate ... family foundation that advances social change for a more just, sustainable, and peaceful world. He...

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Arcus to Unveil Social Justice Request for Concepts on Dec. 3

Release Date:

11/05/2018

... and funders alike to rethink how we work together more effectively. Like most in social justice philanthropy, ... year, staff across the foundation have prepared for a new grantmaking process that aligns with...

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Brooklyn Community Foundation Increases Investment in Youth Initiatives to $2.8M in 2018

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12/14/2018

... represents an increase of over $250,000 from last year’s grantmaking . Brooklyn Community Foundation—the first and ... in the youth of our communities is an investment in a more fair and just future for...

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Brooklyn Org

Philanthropy New York's Listserv Policy

... nature, please send your email directly to the individual. Legal Disclaimer Listservs are provided as a service of ...

ACA Subsidies Are for All States—I Should Know, I Was There

Release Date:

03/04/2015

... to insurance. That’s the truth, and no amount of legal maneuvering by opponents of the ACA can change that. ...

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The Century Foundation

Weinberg Foundation Establishes New Grants Area Supporting Veterans and their Families

Release Date:

02/24/2016

... or removing barriers, including discharge status or legal issues, which may allow the individual or family to ...

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"Rosa Parks: In Her Own Words," a New Exhibition Supported by the Ford Foundation, Offers Intimate View of Seminal Figure's Life

Release Date:

11/12/2019

Opening Dec. 5, this will be the first exhibition of the Rosa Parks Collection, which includes her personal writings, reflections, photographs, records and memorabilia.

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Bloomberg Philanthropies: Partnership for Healthy Cities Launches Online Platform to Support City Leaders Responding to COVID-19

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04/15/2020

... challenges, ranging from maintaining city services to legal guidance on implementing critical public health ...

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With Support From The Howard Gilman Foundation and Tow Foundation, Atlantic Theater Company to Present IMMIGRANT MIXFEST

Release Date:

07/30/2019

... Theater Company will present Immigrant MixFest, a series of free readings co-produced by director Saheem Ali ... Co-producer Saheem Ali says, "I can't think of a more pertinent moment to be...

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The Tow Foundation

The Century Foundation, Robin Hood, and Next100 Have Developed 'From Crisis to Opportunity: A Policy Agenda for an Equitable NYC'

Release Date:

07/22/2021

... agenda for the incoming mayoral administration to create a more fair, equitable, and just New York City. The agenda was ... human services. Across the six issue areas, we convened a series of roundtables to...

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Philanthropy New York 36th Annual Meeting

... hosted by J.P. Morgan Chase , focusing on international grantmaking , human rights and economic development worldwide. ... events and detailed speaker bios. Click here to learn more about the International...

5 Questions for…Kimberleigh J. Smith, Board President, Paul Rapoport Foundation

Release Date:

06/28/2012

... no longer support or sustain the foundation’s existing grantmaking and staffing levels. So we decided to turn the ... facing but continue our years of innovative and responsive grantmaking as long as we could...