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Why the Ford Foundation Launched a Program for Formerly Incarcerated People—and How They Did It

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05/19/2017

... men and women an opportunity to earn a Bard College degree while serving their sentences. And ...

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28 Jul 2021

Digital Transformation Series Kickoff — Lessons Learned from 2020 + Where Things (Might) Be Going - A Webinar Hosted by FCCP

Wednesday, July 28, 2021 -

2:00pm to 3:00pm

**This program is hosted by our partner, Funders ' Committee for Civic Participation (FCCP), who has ... granted on a first come, first served basis.** Join census funders for a forum to review findings of the...

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Two Hedge Fund Billionaires Donate $1M Each to Pro-Charter School Advocates

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10/21/2015

... $1 million each on a controversial charter school advocacy group in April, the Daily News has learned. Officials at ... Excellent Schools have declined to name the nonprofit’s funders since it was founded in...

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Where Have Conrad Hilton Foundation's Global Grants Been Going Lately?

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12/22/2016

... assets of $2.5 billion, is one of the biggest private U.S. funders giving for global health and development. But, ...

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Bessemer Trust Among Experts Tapped by NYTimes for Piece on Social Change Major Gifts

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05/16/2016

... through. Instead, according to research by the Bridgespan Group , a philanthropic consultant, they tend to fall back on ... change. That is why someone like Paul Salem, a private equity investor in Rhode Island...

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18 Nov 2021

Power! How to Fight it, Build it and Share it

Thursday, November 18, 2021 -

1:30pm to 3:00pm

... shape Speakers Eddie Bautista , Executive Director, NYC Environmental Justice Alliance Logan Burke , Executive ... The Surdna Foundation Who should attend? All interested funders regardless of role in your...

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Well-Told Stories Can Super-Power Social Change

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05/17/2016

... facts and figures alone. When Philanthropy NY hosted Working Narratives’ “Storytelling and Social Change” panel last month, funders came together to explore how deploying a range of ... Health Program and Katy...

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Schools Urged To Implement Alternatives to Zero-Tolerance Discipline Policies

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07/24/2014

... outcomes, writes Kavitha Mediratta, the head of racial- equity program at The Atlantic Philanthropies, in Education Week. Zero-tolerance policies "hurt students’ .....

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A DeVos Speech on Title IX Heightens Advocates’ Fears That a Rollback Is Imminent

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09/07/2017

... Fears That a Rollback Is Imminent On Wednesday, the U.S. Education Department confirmed that the education secretary, Betsy DeVos, would appear at George ... viewed the issuance of that letter, which used the...

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MasterCard Foundation Initiative to Bring Economic Opportunities to Rural East Africa

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03/17/2015

... Building on the success of their Strengthening Rural Youth Development through Enterprise (STRYDE) program, the ... address the significant problem of unemployed or unengaged youth in Africa, where more than a...

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Groundswell Engages The Community To Make Art – And A Statement

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08/31/2017

... supporters and detractors alike as it partners with local youth and community stakeholders to turn public walls – in ... result,” said Nana Ama Bentsi-Enchill, Groundswell’s youth development manager, who...

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On the Occasion of the New York Foundation’s 100th Anniversary

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11/05/2009

... Hefner Trustee, New York Foundation Executive Director, Youth Communication (from remarks delivered on October 7, ... believes in the quaint idea that individuals, and people working together in communities,...

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UJA-Federation Board of Directors Elects New CEO

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02/12/2014

... Yeshiva University’s Azrieli Graduate School of Jewish Education ; Chair of the Board of Manhattan Day School; a board member of the New York Legal Assistance Group (NYLAG), a UJA-Federation beneficiary agency...

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Correspondence Archives in the Age of Email: Technology, Privacy, and Policy Challenges

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07/18/2017

... about who we were and how we lived. Our ability to access personal correspondence between senior government ... is ePADD, which supports screening, browsing, and access for email messages and attachments...

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Mellon Foundation

Why Should Your Foundation Continue to Exist?

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04/14/2014

... for Foundations Living in Perpetuity?” PNY gathered a group of three leaders of foundations whose boards had ... tackled over long term, noting that Rockefeller has been working on public health related issues...

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20 Apr 2017

What is at Stake in the Global Refugee Crisis? – A Webinar Hosted by GCIR

Thursday, April 20, 2017 -

4:00pm to 5:00pm

... the administration’s policies on refugees What role U.S. funders can play, both within the U.S. and internationally, ... Open Society Foundations Designed for All interested funders . Please note that calls are...

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Forbes Women's Summit: Pfizer Shares 'the Way Forward' to Driving Social Impact

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06/20/2018

... from Pfizer’s global health programs to increase access to medicines. "As a global pharmaceutical company, and ... global health, we recognize at Pfizer the importance of working together with governments...

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Alisa Doctoroff and Linda Mirels Nominated to Lead UJA-Federation of New York

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03/01/2013

... the importance of high-quality formal and informal Jewish education , Doctoroff is a past president of the Abraham ... where she serves on the Executive Committee; the Jewish Funders Network, where she is on...

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Brooklyn Community Foundation Announces New VP of Programs Kaberi Banerjee Murthy

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12/02/2015

... and grantmaking programs focused on the borough’s youth , neighborhoods, and nonprofit capacity. Kaberi ... national level. She previously served as Vice President of Education at the Social Impact Exchange...

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