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Two Distinct Types of NY Funders are Gearing Up for Redistricting, Here’s Why

Release Date:

03/03/2021

... A. Swann, Steering Committee Chair, New York State Census Equity Fund (NYSCEF) and Michael Hamill Remaley, consultant ... like education, health, economic development, and racial equity that depend on accurate...

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Housing and Homelessness

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Salesforce Gives $19M to Support Five School Districts Across the US and Education Nonprofits

Release Date:

09/20/2021

... education access and advancement, with a focus on racial equity . This series of grants brings Salesforce’s total ... positions, redesign middle schools, and offer additional equity -driven learning...

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Education

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Salesforce

JPMorgan Chase Announces $75 Million Commitment to Help Close the Racial Wealth Divide in Greater Washington

Release Date:

01/25/2022

... to source innovative and sustainable ideas to advance equity in communities across the U.S., the firm sourced ... is part of JPMorgan Chase’s $30 billion racial equity commitment to advance economic inclusion...

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Owning My Expertise & Embracing My Leadership

Release Date:

02/10/2022

... serves as a thought partner for the foundation’s Racial Equity Initiative to support BIPOC leaders. She is also ... the Rockwood Leadership Institute invited me to join the Equity in Philanthropy Fellowship...

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The Pinkerton Foundation

Heckscher Foundation for Children Announces their Newest Leadership Fellow

Release Date:

09/27/2022

... 1, 2022. Designed after similar programs in the private equity world where successful entrepreneurs are invited to ... Initiative, and another that established Hunter’s Gender Equity Project, which sought to...

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The Heckscher Foundation for Children

Borealis Philanthropy and Ford Foundation Launch $1 Million Disability x Tech Fund to Advance Leadership of People With Disabilities in Tech Innovation

Release Date:

02/28/2023

... and discrimination, but we are often siloed from broader equity and justice movements,” said Sandy Ho, director of ... to disability inclusion as part of improving diversity, equity and inclusion within...

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Disabilities

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Borealis Philanthropy

Robert Sterling Clark Foundation Welcomes Two New Board Members, Names New Chair

Release Date:

06/14/2023

... Maja D. Hazell is Managing Director and Head of Diversity, Equity , and Inclusion at the D.E. Shaw Group, a global ... beneficiary of the decades-long work of many to advance equity and provide opportunity to...

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Robert Sterling Clark Foundation

16 Sep 2015

Workforce Funders Quarterly Meeting: Industry Partnerships - Current and Future Strategies

Wednesday, September 16, 2015 -

8:45am to 11:00am

New York City has made significant progress in the past ten years in developing a more employer-driven workforce system. The New York City Department of Small Business Services (SBS) and the Workforce Funders have partnered on a number of sector-...

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All Funders

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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

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Workforce Development

How Rapid Assessments Can Help the Shift from Response to Recovery

Release Date:

05/13/2021

As funders, our immediate response to the onset of a global pandemic early in 2020 was humanitarian: to increase our support and to provide it in more flexible ways.

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Community Development

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EMPower - The Emerging Markets Foundation

The Rockefeller Foundation Commits to Making Healthy and Sustainable Foods More Accessible Around the World

Release Date:

03/24/2022

The Foundation’s largest-ever investment in food and nutrition aims to reach 40 million underserved people in three years with Good Food that benefits human health, protects the planet and creates equitable opportunity

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Food Systems

Health

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The Rockefeller Foundation

Engagement Snapshot: A Strategic Approach

Release Date:

11/28/2011

... profoundly affecting their approach to funding. A second event was held in conjunction with a Grantmakers In Aging ...

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All Funders

COVID-19 Could Mean Extinction for Many Charities

Release Date:

03/23/2020

... (CNN) Covid-19 is poised to become an extinction-level event for America's nonprofits. Cultural institutions have .....

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

06 Apr 2017

Beyond the Headlines: A Conversation about Immigration and Immigrants

Thursday, April 6, 2017 -

9:00am to 10:30am

Join us for a conversation with Ali Noorani, Executive Director, the National Immigration Forum and author of There Goes the Neighborhood , Sayu Bhojwani, President of The New American Leaders Project, and Julia Preston, former New York Times’...

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15 Jun 2012

What Role Can Philanthropy Play in Restoring Civility to Our Society? - 2012 Spring Colloquium

Friday, June 15, 2012 -

10:30am to 1:00pm

Every other year, the Council brings together recognized thought leaders from both the philanthropic and nonprofit sectors for a conversation exploring topics of critical interest to the future of the social sector. The 2012 Spring Colloquium will...

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Issue-Based

27 Nov 2012

Essential Skills and Strategies for New Grantmakers

Tuesday, November 27, 2012 - 5:00pm to Friday, November 30, 2012 - 6:00pm

Essential Skills and Strategies for New Grantmakers (ESS) provides an introduction to grantmaking and philanthropy for program officers with less than two years of experience in the philanthropic sector. The three and a half day course will help...

18 Dec 2012

Philanthropy's Response to Sandy: News on Housing, Aging, Health, Youth and Long-Term Infrastructure and Environmental Planning

Tuesday, December 18, 2012 -

1:00pm to 3:00pm

Please join us for the fourth call in our series convening Philanthropy New York members to communicate and collaborate around Superstorm Sandy recovery funding. This series of teleconferences is designed to let funders share decisions about...

20 Jun 2011