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25 Mar 2019

Advancing Democracy Reform in the 116th Congress: HR 1 and the Declaration for American Democracy Coalition - A Webinar Hosted by FCCP

Monday, March 25, 2019 -

2:00pm to 3:15pm

... is the most ambitious democracy reform effort since the Civil Rights era, offering a wide range of solutions designed ... filed by the New Congress. The coalition is made up of civil rights, environmental,...

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Issue-Based

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All Funders

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Civic Engagement

Jocelynne Rainey, Ed.D. Announced as New President and CEO of Brooklyn Community Foundation

Release Date:

11/08/2021

... as a Robin Hood Foundation Power Fund leader. In her role as Chief Administrative Officer and Executive Vice ... of our borough and I can not think of a more appropriate role for her to continue her commitment...

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Appointments & Transitions

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Brooklyn Org

Citi Foundation Announces Recipients of $50 Million Community Finance Innovation Fund

Release Date:

09/12/2022

... Minority Depository Institutions (MDIs) play a critical role delivering credit and other asset-building financial ...

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Community Development

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Bloomberg Philanthropies’ Greenwood Initiative Launches New Racial Wealth Equity Database

Release Date:

09/15/2022

Bloomberg Philanthropies’ Greenwood Initiative announced the launch of the Black Wealth Data Center which will host the new Racial Wealth Equity Database.

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Economic Security

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Bloomberg Philanthropies

Ford Foundation and Bloomberg Philanthropies Join Governments and Private Funders to Announce Historic Pledge at COP26 in support of Indigenous Peoples and local communities

Release Date:

11/01/2021

... rights and greater recognition and rewards for their role as guardians of forests and nature,” says a statement ... recognise and advance the forest and nature stewardship role of Indigenous Peoples and local...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Ford Foundation

Bloomberg Philanthropies

What Does It Mean to Do Policy Work in a Foundation?

Release Date:

03/27/2014

... areas of interest: school leadership, afterschool and the arts . We do this by developing and then sharing ... who set it. Those who influence policy play an important role , too. 4. Foundations are not...

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The Wallace Foundation

Most Funders Don’t Think About Disaster Until It Strikes

Release Date:

07/05/2016

... Public Policy Aging & Disabled Populations Animal Welfare Arts & Culture Community & Economic Recovery Communication ... we clearly saw how critical private philantrhropy’s role was.. “Philanthropy...

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President's Message

PNY News

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Disaster Relief

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Introducing Our Muslim Neighbors, One Story at a Time

Release Date:

08/18/2016

... McCarthy, a Trust program director who oversees grants to arts groups. “They are imagining a city that is more ...

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Insights

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Communications/Media

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The New York Community Trust

06 Jun 2019

POSTPONED: Food Fight: NYC Youth vs. Predatory Marketing

Thursday, June 6, 2019 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

... marketers of unhealthy food, and the media, culture, and arts tools taught to young people ages 13-18 to develop and ...

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Ford Foundation President Refocuses Grant Outreach

Release Date:

09/02/2014

... in the United States. Support for groups that take civil -rights grievances to the courts has paid limited ...

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International/Foreign Affairs

Social Justice

Foundations Shouldn’t Shrink From Supporting Marches to Curb Climate Change

Release Date:

10/19/2014

... that curb climate change, was just that. Unlike civil -rights protests, which required real physical and moral ...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Mertz Gilmore Foundation

New Data Illuminates Long Island's Education Inequities

Release Date:

01/30/2015

... the most segregated schools in America, according to the Civil Rights Project at UCLA, these studies should be the ...

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The Rauch Foundation

Century Foundation Fellow Comments On Supreme Court Ruling On Affirmative Action

Release Date:

06/24/2016

... court ruling is being seen by many higher education and civil rights leaders as a jumping off point to pushing ...

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Education

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The Century Foundation

NY Community Trust Is Raising $1M to Combat President Trump’s Policies Of ‘Fear’

Release Date:

03/06/2017

... are taking a front-line position in the battle to preserve civil rights and basic freedoms. With a new travel ban under ...

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Social Justice

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The New York Community Trust

NY Community Trust Calls for Funding A Better, Broader Environmental Movement

Release Date:

05/04/2017

Charitable giving can help create a cleaner, healthier environment by supporting communities already coping with climate change and other environmental burdens and ensuring they lead the way in a creating a more just, sustainable future.