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12 Dec 2017

Helping Foster Care Youth Succeed, Part II

Tuesday, December 12, 2017 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

This is a follow-on session to the event earlier this year, “ Helping Foster Care Youth ... ensure a successful transition into independent living and post -secondary pathways, effective existing models, and ...

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Why Helping Pets Helps People

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12/05/2013

... Barrett, Vice President of Grants Management, American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals ( ASPCA ) ... That connection comes from understanding the meaningful role animals play in peoples’ lives...

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04/17/2019

... will join the Foundation as a Program Officer. In that role , Isabel will help develop and implement the final, ... network. Isabel was born in Bogota, Colombia and fled civil unrest to Miami with her family at...

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08/19/2015

... -- over half of them children -- have been displaced by conflict . That is roughly 13 times the population of Costa ... We must act with solidarity to reverse this trend. All nations have a moral obligation to...

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

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Conrad Hilton Foundation, Stavros Niarchos Foundation Noted Among Philanthropic Heroes of Refugee Crisis

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05/24/2017

... Among Philanthropic Heroes of Refugee Crisis The Syrian conflict is now in its seventh year. According to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), the conflict has resulted...

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Celebrating a Year of Progress on Expanded Learning Time

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05/15/2013

... would come together with leaders in government, education, civil rights, business, academe and community organizations ...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Education

Foundations as the "Brain Trust" for City Officials

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04/15/2014

Foundations who want to serve in the "brain trust" capacity need to come to the table.

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An Open Exchange of Insights, Ideas: What Philanthropy New York Embraces

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11/04/2015

"Education Reform in Newark: Lessons for Philanthropy" is an upcoming program which represents the mission of Philanthropy New York. A distinguished panel of individuals with unique perspectives will engage in an open exchange with the goal of...

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Toccarra A. H. Thomas Appointed Director of the Joan Mitchell Center in New Orleans

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10/03/2019

... art organization in Portland, ME. In her new role , she will oversee the Center’s expansive artist ... the Joan Mitchell Foundation. “At the same time, as an arts administrator, she has the vision and...

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It’s Time to Tell a New Story

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07/30/2020

... reaching across the aisle to advocacy that protects our civil liberties, human rights, and empowerment of immigrant ... who will tell an honest and uplifting story about the role of new Americans. Another...

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In Conversation: Phil Buchanan Interviews Dr. Beth Breeze, Author of ‘In Defence of Philanthropy’

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11/18/2021

... about whether philanthropy is even a net positive for society . I have grown increasingly worried about this because ... both individual lives and free societies, and its vital role relative to business and...

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12/15/2016

... come to life for people who care about the enforcement of civil rights and voting rights. As my colleague Eric Levitz ...

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Nathan Cummings Foundation Welcomes Leticia Peguero, Vice President of Programs

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11/27/2018

... at the intersections of social and racial justice and the arts . In her new role , she joins the Foundation’s leadership team as it ... in its culture, operations, and systems.\ In her current role...

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The Nathan Cummings Foundation

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... Justice Collaboratory, which aims to transform the role of literature and libraries in the lives of people in ... strategic plan to increase philanthropic efforts for the arts and humanities through a distinct...

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The Case for Using a Social Justice Lens in Grantmaking

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09/18/2012

... justice, as evidenced by their early support of the U.S. civil rights movement. Their ranks included such private ... program areas and countries where it operated. The Open Society Foundations (previously...

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