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Census 2020 Working Group

... working in partnership with national and local nonprofit, government and business leaders – as well as our upstate ... and under-represented in federal, state and local government . Systematic undercounting of...

Ford Foundation Appoints Innocent Chukwuma to Lead Its West Africa Office

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01/01/2013

... is working with visionary leaders in civil society and government who are expanding participation in the democratic ... of social change. The foundation support efforts to engage government on behalf of the...

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18 Dec 2012

Philanthropy's Response to Sandy: News on Housing, Aging, Health, Youth and Long-Term Infrastructure and Environmental Planning

Tuesday, December 18, 2012 -

1:00pm to 3:00pm

... In the past, we’ve devoted a about ½ the call to government officials connected to the immediate relief ... to help on rapid response. This call will include some government updates but will also focus on the...

01 May 2013

CEO Interview Series: Christopher Stone, Open Society Foundations, with Phil Henderson

Wednesday, May 1, 2013 -

8:30am to 11:00am

... the Practice of Criminal Justice in the Kennedy School of Government and Director of the Hauser Center for Nonprofit ...

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19 Jul 2010

Turbulent Economic and Budget Times: What Lies Ahead and How Should Grantmakers Respond?

Monday, July 19, 2010 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

... Should grantmakers try to fill the funding gaps created by government budget cuts? Should grant triage be the order of ... philanthropic dollars be used strategically to influence government actions? If so,...

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Ford Foundation Appoints Xavier de Souza Briggs as Vice President of Economic Opportunity and Assets

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11/01/2013

... for roughly half of the cabinet agencies of the federal government . “Xav will bring a passion for social justice, ... public policy at Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government . He holds an engineering...

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Economic Security

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Milbank Memorial Fund Announces Board and Staff Appointments

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11/01/2013

... the Fund, he spent nineteen years in Maryland state government , where he held various positions, including ... after sixteen years in public service in California state government , most recently as Interim...

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Ford Foundation Announces Four Promotions

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04/03/2014

... that promotes the creation of partnerships between government , communities and civil society organizations as a ...

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Finance & Asset Management

26 Jun 2014

Foundations for Social Impact Bonds

Thursday, June 26, 2014 -

8:30am to 11:00am

... as a means to scale effective programs and catalyze government reform. This session will focus on several models ... ongoing projects: Working directly with state and local government ; Building provider...

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Send Grad Students Our Way

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02/18/2015

... from a masters-level or Ph.D. program in public policy, government , social work or related field of study for a ... It is designed to increase our organizational capacity in government relations and issue-...

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PNY Members Named to Commission Examining Closures of Nonprofits

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03/10/2015

... Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service, former government official and nonprofit executive, the Commission ... human services managers, nonprofit human services boards, government funders,...

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UJA-Federation of New York

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21 Sep 2015

What Does it Mean to Serve on a Nonprofit Board?

Monday, September 21, 2015 -

5:15pm to 7:00pm

Are you interested in joining a board but want to understand more about what it means to serve on a board? How can you bridge your personal values and professional skills for the benefit of an organization through board service?

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W.T. Grant Foundation Launches Blog Series on Research Evidence and Federal Policy

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10/29/2015

... William T. Grant Foundation, that focuses on the federal government ’s efforts to build and use research evidence to ... policy. For nearly two decades, the federal government has focused on building research...

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William T. Grant Foundation

Social Justice

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Wm. T. Grant Foundation Report: Scarcity of Funding for Research on Youth Inequality

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11/09/2015

... attention to inequality from foundation funders and government agencies alike, there are relatively few ... with researchers and with staff from foundations and government agencies. To be included,...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Dyson Foundation and Partners Launch ‘Bridges to Board Service’

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03/17/2016

The Dyson Foundation, partnering with other groups, is supporting a new initiative that aims to strengthen local nonprofits and provide community members with meaningful board service education and opportunities.

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10 Feb 2017

Philanthropy 101 - Module 5: So You're Working for a Foundation... Power & Your New Community

Friday, February 10, 2017 -

9:00am to 11:30am

So you are working for a foundation. While Parts 1 through 4 of this series provided an overview of the history of philanthropy, a foundation's leadership and governance, a high-level overview of grantmaking at foundations, and the philanthropic...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Commits Up to $15 Million to Fill the Budget Gap Left by Trump’s Revoking U.S. Support For U.N. Climate Treaty

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06/02/2017

... Bloomberg Philanthropies can fill the gap left by the U.S. government backing out of its commitments. Support would be ...

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Environment and Climate Change

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09 Mar 2018

Philanthropy 101: So You're Working for a Foundation... Power and Your New Community

Friday, March 9, 2018 -

9:00am to 11:00am

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Census 2020: Focus on the Real Work in Communities, Not the Legal/Political Morass

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07/11/2019

... of census forms had begun on July 1- something the government repeatedly had been telling the trial and ... That weekend, DOJ announced that the entire team of career government lawyers who had been...

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