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Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation

New STARS Community, Funded by Josiah Macy Foundation, Will Focus Wise Choices And Value in Health Care

Release Date:

09/21/2017

The ABIM Foundation and the Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation will support a new initiative by the Dell Medical School at The University of Texas at Austin to identify and coach 50 student leaders from across the country with the goal of changing the way...

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Health

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26 Apr 2018

Shifting the Power: Applying Community Philanthropy to Sustainable Development Here and Abroad (Brown Bag Lunch)

Thursday, April 26, 2018 -

12:00pm to 2:00pm

While slogans like “think globally, act locally” have been around for decades, still so much decision-making about philanthropy and development aid happens by stakeholders outside communities. Even those funders that care deeply about championing...

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International/Foreign Affairs

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Community Development

11 Jul 2018

Service for Impact - Exploring Successful Skills-Based Volunteering Models

Wednesday, July 11, 2018 -

8:45am to 11:00am

The value of skills-based volunteering (SBV) is becoming increasingly clear, but it can be tough to know which opportunities your company should invest in. Some programs are created to engage individuals, while others are built around teams.

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Professional Development

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15 Jun 2021

Leveraging Philanthropy to Build a Responsive Small Business Ecosystem

Tuesday, June 15, 2021 -

9:00am to 10:30am

Like many inequities exposed by the pandemic, small businesses owned by people of color have struggled and failed at far higher rates than those of their white peers during the last 12 months. Please join Next Street, Philanthropy New York and Asset...

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Corporate Funders

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Community Development

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29 Sep 2022

From Cautious to Courageous: How Foundations Can Step up Advocacy & Invest in Change (Session 1 of 2)

Thursday, September 29, 2022 -

2:00pm to 3:30pm

... can make lobbying (or non-lobbying) grants to 501(c)(4) groups How private foundations can utilize expenditure ...

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Legal Issues

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20 Oct 2022

From Cautious to Courageous: How Foundations Can Step up Advocacy & Invest in Change (Session 2 of 2)

Thursday, October 20, 2022 -

2:00pm to 3:30pm

... relationships between 501(c)(3) and 501(c)(4) groups . We’ll also hear from funders who will share how ...

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Scanning the Landscape

Publication date:

04/2004

... or contemplating a shift in strategy. Using learning networks , grant makers are starting to scan continuously, ... ideas. GrantCraft asked seven grant makers how they build networks to discover the unexpected in their fields and ...

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Evaluation

The Fight Over Immigrants and Refugees Is Going to Intensify. Here's What Foundations Need to Do

Release Date:

03/06/2018

... address fast-moving policy developments. Immigrant-serving groups also need increased funding for know-your-rights ... cohesive communities or deepen fissures between various groups . Fund messaging that...

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Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees

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Immigration

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38th Annual Meeting Recap: The Power of Participation

... of independent media to bring underreported stories to the national stage. She relayed how Democracy Now! grew from a ... engender more complex discussion on issues of national importance. She exclaimed,...

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... such as the Brooklyn Public Library, as well as national exposure through College Behind Bars , a PBS ...

30 Mar 2017

Is Immigration Detention the New Incarceration Boom?

Thursday, March 30, 2017 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

... status and therefore holds an important voice in the national discussion. Join us in a conversation with academic, ...

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Our Demographic Destiny is Not Our Democratic Destiny

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05/16/2017

... Noorani that he write a book. I thought the approach the National Immigration Forum had taken to building center-right ... of these seemingly intractable issues? First, look at the groups you fund. How many of...

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Civic Engagement

A Creative Approach to Advocacy: How One Foundation Tackles a Complex Issue

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09/07/2017

... from literature reviews to one-on-one interviews, focus groups and an in-depth survey with more than 2,200 parents ... It is operated by one of the founding nonprofits, the National Center for Learning...

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27 Apr 2018

2020 Census Funders: Who and Where Are New York’s “Hard-to-Count”?

Friday, April 27, 2018 -

9:00am to 11:00am

... regional philanthropic leaders working in partnership with national and local nonprofit, government and business leaders ...

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Arcus Foundation's Support of Mighty Earth Has Major Impact on a Destructive Cacao Industry

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03/29/2018

... major grantmaker providing support. Mighty Earth targets groups or industries wreaking havoc on the forests, oceans or ... brands like Mars are linked to the destruction of national parks and protected areas...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Arcus Foundation

What Does Affordable Mean in an Unaffordable City?

Release Date:

06/11/2019

... the disproportional burden of low wages faced by different groups . For families with young children, the costs of ... designed to advance self-sufficiency. Cross-sector working groups composed of 32 issue...

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