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William T. Grant Foundation Awards Rapid Response Research Grants to Address Pressing Issues Facing Young People in the U.S.

Release Date:

03/28/2018

... young people in the United States. These awards, the first of their kind, support reviews of existing research, ... are poised to act, these grants will allow them to do so on the basis of the best research we...

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William T. Grant Foundation

Democracy Funders Collaborative Census Subgroup Pushes Census Turnout

Release Date:

05/09/2018

... added another hitch when it decided that for the first time since 1950, the census will ask people if they are ... Bureau to hire people to go door-to-door. An effort to do more of the count online is untested...

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Arabella Advisors

Carnegie Corporation of New York

Ford Foundation

Groundswell Fund

Freedom Together Foundation

Mertz Gilmore Foundation

The Nathan Cummings Foundation

Open Society Foundations

Proteus Fund (NYC Office)

Rockefeller Family Fund

Rockefeller Brothers Fund

Silicon Valley Community Foundation

Tides

Unbound Philanthropy

Unitarian Universalist Veatch Program at Shelter Rock

All By April: A Philanthropic Commitment to Defend and Strengthen American Democracy.

Release Date:

03/13/2024

... Foundation, and Overbrook Foundation who were some of the first to sign on) and advisors who have come together with a ...

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Public Policy

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Democracy Fund

For Jobseekers: What is a foundation?

Publication date:

04/2014

... and entities with nonprofit status), but they do much to fund the work of other nonprofits providing ... family, if any, represent a minority of the board and do not control the board. Many large independent foundations ... are occasionally termed "non-operating" because they do not run their own programs. Examples include The .....

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Ford Foundation

“El Negro Bembón”: Puerto Rico’s Invisibility Crisis Before and After Hurricane Maria

Release Date:

11/01/2017

... completely visible and, therefore, vulnerable in ways that do not reflect our humanity or invisible, even when in plain ... allocations and nation states. Can we, in philanthropy, do both? Can we focus on the...

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Andrus Family Fund

04 Nov 2019

The Divest/Invest Framework: What Does It Mean for Funders Working in Housing and Homelessness? - A Webinar Hosted by Funders Together to End Homelessness

Monday, November 4, 2019 -

1:00pm to 2:00pm

... to PNY members. Space is limited and will be granted on a first come, first served basis.* Cities of all sizes across ... United Ways, and philanthropy-serving organizations. If you have...

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Housing and Homelessness

01 Jun 2011

From Sustainable Foods to Sustainable Communities: Stories from the Northeast Region

Wednesday, June 1, 2011 -

2:30pm to 5:00pm

Philanthropy New York, 79 Fifth Ave., 4th floor, NYC

MEMBERS: To register yourself and/or a colleague at your organization, please ...

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22 Jan 2020

Now is the Time: How Philanthropy Is Tackling Gun Violence

Wednesday, January 22, 2020 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

... is required by January 21st. Members: To register yourself and/or a colleague at your organization, please log ...

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All Funders

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Communications/Media

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27 Jun 2012

Role of Public Media in Our Democracy - GFEM Annual Funder Conversation

Wednesday, June 27, 2012 - 5:00pm to Thursday, June 28, 2012 - 6:00pm

... organizations are making significant strides in expanding news and information services to fill the gap. And public ...

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Silicon Alley: The Road to Tomorrow’s Workforce

Release Date:

11/12/2013

... of Silicon Alley employees and entrepreneurs? The good news : a lot is happening. The New York City Department of ...

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Information Technology

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Children, Youth and Families

Education

Technology

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The New York Community Trust

Mission Investors Exchange names Nhadine Leung as Managing Director

Release Date:

02/23/2017

Ms. Leung reports to the CEO, helping to execute the strategic direction and growth of the organization and its network, building on its recent successes and momentum.

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Mission Investors Exchange

Commonwealth Fund Study Finds Organizations Can Reduce Their Carbon Footprint and Improve Health

Release Date:

04/20/2018

If the U.S. health care system were a separate country, its $3.3 trillion GDP would give it the fifth-largest economy in the world. It is also the world’s seventh-largest producer of carbon dioxide, making it a major contributor to air pollution.

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Environment and Climate Change

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The Commonwealth Fund

Russell Sage Foundation Grantees Richard Alba, Justin Gest & Dowell Myers Cited in NYT Article on the Political Implications of Future Population Models

Release Date:

09/06/2018

The question of whether America will become a majority-minority nation — and when that might happen — is intensely disputed, of enormous political import and extraordinarily complex. Two articles that appeared in the opinion section of The Times...