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Mellon Foundation Names Carter Stewart Executive Vice President for Programs

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07/21/2021

... to better understand the impact of our grantmaking. We are delighted to have him join the senior leadership team at ... sourcing new investments and grantees—primarily small, justice -oriented organizations—and...

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BoardServeNYC: Responding to the Challenge of Strengthening Grantee Boards

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06/07/2010

... that a board can exert over an organization, many funders are not certain about how to address the topic of governance ... such as governance. As a result, most nonprofit boards are left to their own devices...

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19 May 2020

Addressing Racial Inequities in our COVID-19 Responses

Tuesday, May 19, 2020 -

10:00am to 11:30am

... annual domestic foundation giving focused explicitly on communities of color has never exceeded 10%. Investing in ... on the communities they serve, yet POC-led organizations are still wildly...

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The Bernard and Anne Spitzer Charitable Trust Announces New Program Officer for Democracy, Hannah Furstenberg-Beckman

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08/31/2022

... Democracy. Her portfolio includes grants to protect voting rights , support free and fair elections and strengthen ... and nonprofit clients on election reform, voting rights , and civic engagement initiatives...

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01 Apr 2014

Advocacy and Policy Communications: Where Does Social Media Fit In?

Tuesday, April 1, 2014 -

2:45pm to 5:00pm

... Yet while these tools have given voice to some, others are silenced on the sidelines. As they are unfamiliar with ... the rules of these new communication avenues, and the best ways to use...

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Spelman College Receives Funding from Alfred P. Sloan Foundation to Help Fuel the Field of Black Women Economists

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08/29/2019

... the advancement of scientific knowledge. Nationwide, there are very few African Americans in economics professions, and fewer than 10% of minorities are awarded advanced degrees in the discipline, said Mary...

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

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18 Mar 2021

Embracing Alternative Leadership Structures in Nonprofit Executive Transitions

Thursday, March 18, 2021 -

3:00pm to 4:30pm

... continue to accelerate in the nonprofit sector, groups are looking internally at who leads and how to make ... implementing leadership teams, and experimenting with new ways staff members can perform...

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Playwright, Novelist and Songwriter Suzan-Lori Parks to Receive the Dorothy and Lillian Gish Prize: JP Morgan Private Bank

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10/15/2015

... attended by leaders of the performing arts and literary communities , will include remarks by Oskar Eustis, Artistic ... Theater, and playwright and screenwriter Tony Kushner. The event will also feature a...

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The New York Community Trust

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JPMorgan Chase & Co.

One-Third of New Yorkers Don’t Have Internet Access. That Is an Issue for Funders

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05/26/2021

... By Eve Stotland, Program Officer for Education and Human Justice at The New York Community Trust Like many New ... appointments by Zoom. In the words of our teenager, we are over it. But what if we didn’t have...

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Philanthropy New York's Policy Corner - October 2023

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10/25/2023

... and why we do the work we do of investing in people and communities . Making explicit commitments was a critical ... action policies represented a move forward toward justice and rebalancing power. And, they...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies' 2019 Annual Report: Michael R. Bloomberg’s Annual Letter on Philanthropy

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06/13/2019

... a good education and the opportunity to go to college. And communities that were once home to thriving industries slip ... that.” In the report, Bloomberg highlights some of the ways Bloomberg Philanthropies...

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Tax Reform that Sustains and Grows Charitable Giving

... an especially efficient method of directing resources to communities , because for every $1 that the federal government ... New York supports efforts to revise the tax code in ways that will further incentivize...

17 Nov 2021

The Philly DA: Advancing Criminal Legal Reform from the Inside Out

Wednesday, November 17, 2021 -

12:30pm to 1:45pm

... please join our partners, Media Impact Funders and the Justice Reform Working Group to a special clips and ... the campaign and election of Larry Krasner, former civil rights attorney. It raises interesting...

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NY Women's Foundation, Pfizer Among "Above & Beyond" Honorees

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03/02/2016

... and aiming to achieve sustained economic security and justice for women and girls. Also, Molly Williams, Director, ... media and public service. The women will be honored at an event on March 31. Nisha Agarwal...

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The New York Women's Foundation

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Open Society Foundations Announces 2017 Soros Equality Fellows

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03/21/2017

... become long-term innovative leaders in the field of racial justice . The seven fellows, chosen from over 1,000 ... and documentary filmmaking-will work on a wide variety of ways to advance racial ...

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The Possible Philanthropic Response to Trayvon Martin

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08/19/2013

... Foundations and the Schott Foundation for Public Education are cited in a Nonprofit Quarterly article on the possible ... in the California Endowment blog. “In the arc of social justice , equity, and civil...

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Schott Foundation Welcomes Precious Waldron-López as Regional Program Officer, Northeast

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10/12/2023

... all students an opportunity to learn and thrive. “We are very pleased to welcome Precious, who brings a wealth of ... role of supporting our grantees and the larger education justice movement in the Northeast...

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PNY Members Fund Youth Slam Poetry

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09/24/2014

... Slam Poetry The empowering nature of slamming, and the ways that empowerment can translate into other spheres of life, helps explain why a group of funders are putting up some $10 million over the next seven...

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