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Spelman College Announces $2 Million Match From Philanthropist Jon Stryker, Founder and President of Arcus Foundation, for Endowed Queer Studies Chair Named After Audre Lorde

Release Date:

10/29/2019

... 2019) -- Spelman College, the global leader in the liberal arts education of Black women, today announced the creation ... or university will be named after celebrated poet and civil rights activist Audre...

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The Visionary Freedom Fund, Launched by the Andrus Family Fund, Announces Inaugural Cohort of Grant Recipients in Grantmaking Led by Youth Organizers to Transform Youth Justice System

Release Date:

09/28/2021

... that helps, not harms, young people, communities, and society . All organizations and projects are led by Black, ... campaigns and leadership development to healing justice, arts , and community building efforts...

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Andrus Family Fund

Seth Pinsky Named New Chief Executive of the 92nd Street Y

Release Date:

09/29/2019

... before the height of the 2008 financial crisis. In that role , he negotiated on behalf of the mayor for the new Yankee Stadium and the World Trade Center; as for the arts , he worked on the deal to sell city...

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Gap Inc. Sets New Climate Goals, Launches Sustainability Site

Release Date:

01/22/2016

... Paris Agreement reached last month by the 2015 United Nations climate change summit, COP 21. Gap Inc.’s new ... the prestigious 2016 Catalyst Award at their annual awards event on March 16. CEO Art Peck opens...

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Watch this New Series Showing the Ordinary and Extraordinary Lives of Muslim New Yorkers

Release Date:

02/23/2017

Clare Church of the New York Community Trust writes about a new web series that has been attracting hundreds of thousands viewers on YouTube since just before the presidential election.

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Social Justice

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The New York Community Trust

Lorelei Williams Joins The Sister Fund as Interim Executive Director

Release Date:

08/22/2013

... among others. Williams has also served as Co-Chair of the Civil Society Committee for the U.S. State Department’s ...

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Gender Justice

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Ford Foundation

HLH Family Foundation Inc

Report Funded by the Silicon Valley Community Foundation Finds That California Traffic Fines Prey on Poor

Release Date:

01/08/2018

... opportunity to continue its leadership in building a fair society . So far, it has missed the mark on an issue that ... A recent report by the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights of the San Francisco Bay Area,...

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Silicon Valley Community Foundation

MasterCard Foundation Commits 100 million to Projects Within Its Young Africa Works Strategy

Release Date:

04/16/2018

... governments, the private sector, educational institutions, civil society , and young people themselves... MasterCard Foundation ...

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Chad Shearer Promoted to Vice President for Policy at United Hospital Fund

Release Date:

10/25/2016

... work over the past two years, and we are pleased that his role has now been broadened to oversee our Innovation ...

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Health

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13 Apr 2023

Employee Ownership Strategies for Economic Resilience and Equity: Pathways for Philanthropy - A Webinar Hosted by AFN

Thursday, April 13, 2023 -

1:00pm to 2:00pm

... and policies can we lift -up to support philanthropy’s role in employee ownership? Who should attend? This program ...

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

John A. Hartford Helps Expand Program to Support Older Hospitalized Adults

Release Date:

09/01/2015

... Hartford Foundation of New York, the American Geriatrics Society and the Association of Directors of Geriatric ...

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New Book, "The Ordinary Virtues: Moral Order in a Divided World by Carnegie Council Centennial Chair Michael Ignatieff

Release Date:

09/20/2017

What moral values do human beings hold in common? As globalization draws us together economically, are our values converging or diverging? In particular, are human rights becoming a global ethic? These were the questions that led Michael Ignatieff...

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International/Foreign Affairs

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Funded by the Carnegie Corporation and OSF, The New Americans Campaign Program Expands To Philadelphia

Release Date:

03/20/2018

... Carnegie Corporation of New York, Democracy Fund, and Open Society Foundations, among others, the national network works ...

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Immigration

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

Why Cultural Critics of Color Matter

Release Date:

05/15/2018

... York theater critics , for example, have played a key role in ensuring that Broadway has largely stayed “the ... Generative discourse and dissent play an essential role in our imagination ecology, as they do...

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Arts

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The Nathan Cummings Foundation

David Rockefeller Gift Raises Rockefeller Brothers Fund Endowment to $1.2 Billion

Release Date:

10/25/2018

A generous gift from the estate of David Rockefeller has raised the Rockefeller Brothers Fund (RBF) endowment from approximately $960 million to over $1.2 billion.

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University of New Haven Receives Grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to Support Education for Incarcerated Students

Release Date:

04/15/2021

... now and in the future." The largest benefactor of the arts and humanities in the United States, The Mellon ... supports initiatives that strengthen the humanities, arts , higher education, and cultural...

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Manage Difficult Workplace Conversations Like a Jedi

Release Date:

04/13/2017

Ann Maldonado, Office Manager at Altman Foundation, writes about the three "Ms" that may help you navigate your next difficult conversation: Mindful preparation, Monoriting and Meta-conversations.

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Bloomberg Philanthropies, Zegar Family Foundation Among Leading Philanthropic Organizations to Partner and Commit Over $223M to Reducing Methane Emissions

Release Date:

10/11/2021

... reduction. Funding will build upon and sustain action from civil society , government, and private industry, including in the ... agriculture sectors. Today’s announcement highlights the role...