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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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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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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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Insights

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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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Arts

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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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Jean Ross Has Joined the Bernard and Anne Spitzer Charitable Trust As Senior Program Officer

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04/22/2019

... grants to organizations working on immigration, health, reproductive rights , and the social safety net. Jean comes to the Trust ...

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Bernard and Anne Spitzer Charitable Trust

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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...

02 Apr 2026

Birthright Citizenship: A Constitutional Guarantee Under Assault - A Webinar Hosted by GCIR

Thursday, April 2, 2026 -

12:45pm to 2:00pm

... Era amendments designed to protect the civil and legal rights of formerly enslaved people, and Black Americans more ... an instrumental tool for protecting the rights of minority communities...

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Immigration

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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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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Social Justice

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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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United Hospital Fund Announces The Transfer Of Model Website To The New York State Office for the Aging

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11/07/2017

... services programs in naturally occurring retirement communities (NORCs), the website provides information for ... for their continued leadership and commitment to New York communities through the NORC...

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Aging

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United Hospital Fund

Bloomberg Philanthropies and Sierra Club’s Beyond Coal Campaign Reaches Landmark Closure of 318th U.S. Coal Plant, on Track to Retire All Coal Plants by 2030

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09/15/2020

... – and has improved air quality and health outcomes for communities around the country. Beyond Coal plant closures in ... “As the fatal impacts of COVID-19 continue to rise in communities surrounded by high...

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04 May 2011

Seventh Generation Leading: Making the Case for Native Youth Leadership and Organizing

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8:30am to 11:00am

... by email no later than two business days before the event . A Philanthropy New York Members Briefing sponsored ... Brothers Fund , Surdna Foundation , Jewish Funds for Justice , and Open Society Foundations ,...

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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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