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Random Reflections By A New Author

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05/24/2010

... encounters and how these lessons inform my practice. The first reflection is generated by the consistent head bobbing ... philanthropy. Most of us don’t recognize that we are the first people to experience...

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16 Mar 2015

Food Systems and Movements

Monday, March 16, 2015 -

2:45pm to 5:00pm

... nez Join Eric Holt-Giménez, Executive Director of Food First , for a discussion on the global food system, food ... Presenters Eric Holt-Giménez, Executive Director, Food First Kolu Zigbi, Program Director for...

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Philanthropy Must Lead With Its Heart

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02/19/2015

... try to turn money into love. Into trust. Into safety. The first elements in the periodic table of relationships. And ... putting love back into the world of philanthropy. First , love means understanding that...

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Brooklyn Community Foundation Awards Grants to Nonprofits to Partner with Schools for 4-Year Pilot Initiative

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10/15/2015

... this month. Each program is receiving $100,000 for this first year. The Foundation has committed four years of ... and in-school arrests are often young people’s first brush with the criminal justice system...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Education

Social Justice

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Expands Support to Thirteen New Cities through the What Works Cities Initiative

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12/10/2015

... a combined $31 billion. Ten of the 21 mayors are in their first term in office, and four of the 21 mayors are women. ... of a contract. Bloomberg Philanthropies named the first eight cities - Chattanooga,...

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Appointments & Transitions

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Community Development

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Technology

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Co-Chief Investment Officer of Carnegie Corporation of NY Meredith Jenkins Goes to Trinity Wall Street

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01/19/2016

... Wall Street. She will create and lead the church’s first in-house investment team, shepherding the ... hire for a new investment team under the Corporation’s first Chief Investment Officer, Ellen Shuman. At...

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

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NoVo Foundation Announces $90M Investment in Girls & Young Women of Color Across the U.S.

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03/23/2016

... the next seven years. In the United States, the foundation first began working with girls and young women of color, ... the Congressional Caucus on Black Women and Girls, the first ever caucus devoted to...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Gender Justice

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Philanthropy Must Shift Power to Others

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05/06/2016

... systems that keep women from accessing their power in the first place. We have been around long enough to know that ... norms and beliefs that marginalize women and girls in the first place, by carefully...

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Gender Justice

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Why Should We Care About Tax Policy?

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06/14/2016

... for charities is enshrined in the U.S. Constitution. The First Amendment prohibits the federal government from ... food banks, and public radio, along with the nation’s first charitable tax credit for gifts...

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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

... Cultural Plan Release As New York City prepares its first comprehensive cultural plan, the New York City Cultural ... equity during this historic moment as the City crafts its first cultural plan," says...

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The New York Community Trust

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Rockefeller Foundation Grants $4.6M for Bay Area Resilience by Design Competition

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01/23/2017

... San Francisco Bay Area. This innovative challenge is the first -ever to be modeled after the award-winning Rebuild by ... by Design will be divided into two phases: in the first phase, teams will participate in...

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The Rockefeller Foundation

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Philanthropy, You in Danger, Girl! Five Things Philanthropies Need to Do Now in the Trump Age

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02/13/2017

... Post and re-posted with permission by the author. These first two weeks in Trump’s America have been chaotic and ... to the work in these uncertain times. Put Progress First Philanthropy has always been a...

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The Schott Foundation for Public Education

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The Largest Philanthropy Network Has a New Name: United Philanthropy Forum

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07/19/2017

... Forum opened its membership to national PSOs. In just the first six months under this new membership structure, the ... site on your website New emails for Forum staff will be ( first name)@ unitedphilforum...

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Forum of Regional Association of Grantmakers

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Making the Most of Interesting Times – and Achieving the Global Goals

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02/22/2018

... any time in the history of mankind.” For many of us, the first months of 2018 will go down in history as a similarly ... to accelerate SDG progress through partnerships. First , there is a clear need for agreed...

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The Power of Giving Caregivers Extra Hands for Their Research

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05/17/2018

... across all medical schools administering it. Dr. Jagsi’s first paper on the inaugural year of FRCS revealed much new ... Thirty-three supplemental grants were made in the first year, ranging from $33,000 to $...

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Finding—and Using—the Right Tool for the Job: A Landscape Scan of Assessment Tools

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08/02/2018

... and adapt to changing contexts, nonprofits need, first , to be able to gauge organizational health. This can ... several things that can make using a tool more effective. First , it is important to be prepared...

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The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation

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Nonprofit Resource Equity and Access: A Call to Close the Gap

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08/14/2018

... Nonprofit leaders in attendance demonstrated expert first -hand knowledge of their communities, deep commitment to ... comply with funding requirements. Individuals also shared first -hand accounts of struggles...

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Reflections on Launching a Philanthropic Fund in Six Months

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09/19/2019

... a drop in the proverbial bucket. That’s why one of my first tasks when I joined the fund was to articulate—in ... Fund adopted a “learning by doing” approach for our first year. We hope that, by orienting our...

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World Education Services / WES Mariam Assefa Fund

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Blue Meridian’s Response to the COVID-19 Crisis

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04/10/2020

... response funds will flow to communities in two ways. First , we will support community-based organizations to ... to especially vulnerable individuals and families. Our first investments include the Family...

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