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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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Will The City’s Cultural Plan Walk The Talk Of Equity?

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05/19/2017

... In May 2015, New York City decided to create its first cultural plan to direct the City’s policies on arts ...

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The New York Community Trust

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Arts

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Lambent Foundation

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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Health

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Doris Duke Foundation

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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Every Person Counts: Why the Census Must Be Rescued

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08/08/2018

... At the same time, the 2020 census will also be the first conducted primarily online, promising uncharted ... the millions of residents who don’t speak English as a first language. Even though Congress recently...

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Freedom Together Foundation

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Ford Foundation

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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Appointments & Transitions

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The Jewish Women’s Foundation of New York Elects New Officers and Welcomes Seven New Board Members

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07/01/2019

... work full time. Rabbi Mira Rivera : Rabbi Rivera is the first Filipina-American woman to be ordained at The Jewish ... and Economic Justice (JFREJ) and proud member of the first cohort of Jewish Women of Color...

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How Philanthropy Can Turn the Tide on Violence

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08/14/2019

... philanthropy and its role in addressing violence. When I first joined the New York State Health Foundation as a program officer, one of the first grants that I gave was to a violence prevention ...

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New York Health Foundation

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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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Blue Meridian Partners, Inc.

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CUNY Receives $10 Million from Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to Expand Pandemic and Racial Justice Initiatives

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08/13/2020

... of New York City. Founded in 1847 as the nation’s first free public institution of higher education, CUNY today ... historic mission continues to this day: provide a first -rate public education to all students...

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Solon E. Summerfield Foundation, Inc. Announces Two New Board Members

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10/14/2020

... COOP , a nonprofit organization with a mission to help first generation college graduates overcome underemployment ... into leadership positions. Randy led partnerships and first -year student success at CUNY’s...

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Appointments & Transitions

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Brooklyn Community Foundation Releases Results of 4-Year Study of Restorative Justice Implementation in Schools

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10/08/2020

... York City Department of Education. “They were among the first to partner with us on restorative justice and helped ... findings from the Brooklyn Restorative Justice Project’s first year (2016) based upon...

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Education

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Brooklyn Org

Powerful Networks: Working Across Borders to Reconnect Separated Families

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01/20/2021

... supporters) could have imagined this role when they first invested in creating these networks, but without them, ...

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Immigration

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Tinker Foundation Inc.

The Rockefeller Brothers Fund is Building an Anti-racist, Anti-sexist Institution

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02/09/2021

... staff working group in 2008, the year America elected its first Black president. Those efforts reached an inflection ... persistent racism that began 400 years ago when white men first brought enslaved...

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Rockefeller Brothers Fund

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State of Safety for Asian American and Pacific Islander Women in the US: New Report by The National Asian Pacific American Women's Forum, in Partnership With The Korean American Community Foundation &Asian American Foundation Forum

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03/03/2022

... national attention to anti-Asian hate and violence in his first State of the Union address,” says Choimorrow. “And ... be targeted. To effectively end this crisis of hate, we first need to bring broader...

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