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Pamela Shifman, Executive Director of the NoVo Foundation, to Step Down at the End of 2019

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11/07/2019

... racism in philanthropy and the connections between gender based violence and mass killings. Pamela instilled an even ... operations moving forward. As we grow into this new way of working , our longstanding...

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NoVo Foundation

The Case for Using a Social Justice Lens in Grantmaking

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09/18/2012

... of philanthropic contributions to nonprofit organizations based in the United States and other countries that work for ... to advocate on their own behalf Subsequently, the Working Group on Philanthropy for...

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

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All Funders

14 Oct 2020

Navigating Difficult Dialogues Across Difference – A Workshop

Wednesday, October 14, 2020 -

10:00am to 12:00pm

... encouraged to commit to all three workshops. Do you manage groups or need to facilitate conversations between ... struggle to align goals or find common ground when working within a multicultural context? Are...

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Professional Development

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Yumi Higashi Joins the Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ

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01/01/2013

... for ING Group and Business Manager for Morgan Stanley , based in Hong Kong and Tokyo. She received a Bachelor’s ...

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Morgan Stanley

For Profound Change in America, Think Local

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01/29/2014

... fair criminal justice policies. As any who work with these groups know, they have been devastated by reductions in ... jobs for marginalized communities. They will also be working with parents and schools to...

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Workforce Development

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Open Society Foundations

Diverse Strategies for Funding Education

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09/18/2013

... and thought leaders in education for research- based discussions of what's working in education reform. There will be two in-person ... a "best practice" model for the philanthropic community:...

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Education

The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Awards More Than $72 Million to Teams Led by Humanities Scholars to Ensure “Just Futures” and Expand National Cultural Narratives

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01/13/2021

... collaborative teams producing solutions- based work that contributes to public understanding of the ... for proposals from multidisciplinary, humanities-led teams working to address racial inequality. A select...

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Mellon Foundation

Philanthropy New York Welcomes Two New Public Policy Fellows, Shamira Lukomwa and Kimberly Roberts

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06/26/2019

... has spent much time abroad as a U.S. Peace Corps volunteer working as a community education coordinator and consultant ... individuals who have increased our capacity to facilitate issue - based...

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PNY News

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Lorelle Espinosa to Join Alfred P. Sloan Foundation as Director of Programs for Diversity in STEM Higher Education

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06/11/2020

... aimed at helping graduate students from underrepresented groups successfully complete graduate study in STEM fields. ... to equity and inclusion, and its insistence on evidence- based approaches to reform...

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Community Organizing and Advocacy Funder Collaboratives

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07/2013

... together to support community organizing and advocacy groups working together in coalition. Community Organizing and ...

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Report

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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

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North Star Fund

We’ve Been Here Before, But Now We Know Where We Are

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11/17/2016

... published as the feature article of the November 2016 issue of the New York PhilanthroPost Policy Edition. ... plan, the Board and Public Policy Committee have been working to clarify the parameters of its...

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PNY News

Beyond Equity as a Trend, Toward Real Change

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04/24/2018

... 2013, whereas only 19 percent of Yancey Consulting’s NYC- based sample did in 2017; One third of the organizations in ... Consulting reported a median of three months’ worth of working capital. Many of you...

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The New York Community Trust

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Arts

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Doris Duke Foundation

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

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10/29/2015

... initiatives that allocate public dollars for evidence- based social programs. In addition to taking stock of these ... will have to tackle as they debate the future of evidence- based policy. For nearly two...

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William T. Grant Foundation

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How Social Innovation Labs Contribute to Transformative Change

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11/07/2014

... example in the youth employment context, is a computer- based model that displayed the immediate impact on unemployed ... lost or spoiled before it gets to market. To address this issue , the Global Knowledge...

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The Rockefeller Foundation

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The New York Women’s Foundation Announces Its Resilience NYC Grants

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11/20/2017

... sexual, health and physical violence. Grants were awarded based on the programs’ ability to build resistance to ... along with training and certification for neighborhood- based kinship and foster parents...

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Gender Justice

11 Feb 2014

Promoting the Common Good: Standing Up for 501(c)(4)'s

Tuesday, February 11, 2014 -

7:45am to 11:00am

Philanthropy New York

... nonprofits. For 50 years, 501(c)(4) social welfare groups have allowed people with shared policy concerns — ... as a whole.” Over the past few years, social welfare groups have become more well-known, but also...

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Technical Assistance and Strong Relationships: Key to Quality Capacity Building

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09/15/2014

... In the 80’s, the Foundation recognized that community- based organizations had the potential to run quality OST ... evaluation, action research seminars, and literacy- based workshops. The foundation also...

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Rauschenberg Foundation Partners With Art in America to Launch Pilot Writing Fellowship

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02/17/2016

... fellows, five writers of diverse backgrounds were selected based on their demonstrated commitment to their cities and ... and artistic director of the magazine Art Papers, which is based in Atlanta; Lynn...

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Robert Rauschenberg Foundation

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BoardSource 2017 Finds a New Platform for Action in the Face of Declining Diversity

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09/06/2017

... Index of Nonprofit Board Practices tell a different story. Based on a recent biennial survey, any advances between 2015 ... members of color even decreased slightly, as the number of groups with all-white...

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