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17 May 2017

The Price of Justice: America’s Unfair Bail and Prosecution System

Wednesday, May 17, 2017 -

9:00am to 11:00am

... District Attorney elections in Brooklyn and Manhattan, NYC is at a moment of dramatic change. Central to this ... Rikers with Judge Jonathan Lippmann and Justice Reform Funders , where we will explore the...

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Philanthropy & Social Sector Leadership at a Time of Crisis

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06/10/2020

... crisis of disparity and despair will not be healed through what has somehow become a normative disaster response ... Robert Ross of The California Endowment. These leaders are working in “power with”...

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The Wallace Foundation Announces Promotions of Five Staff Members to Senior Program Officer

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12/18/2017

... Immediately prior to Wallace, Claudia was Director of Education at City Parks Foundation, where during her 10-year ... Her earlier experience spanned a number of education , youth development...

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Arts, Culture, & Media

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The 'Active (Read: Ongoing) Practice' of Equitable Evaluation

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10/23/2019

... is the belief that our current practices are not getting us where we need to go. If we subscribe to that ... moments. After spending hours and hours at the piano, working painstakingly on a piece, when the...

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Wisdom from Our Editorial Board, and Our Readers

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07/20/2016

... and content was based largely on our intuitions about what funders , nonprofits and other readers wanted to know about ... are doing made obvious sense, but the sector news ( education , health, workforce...

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PNY News

'Field Trip New Jersey' Launches (Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation)

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01/14/2016

... $15,000 grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the funders hope to support more than 50 field trips at schools ... “We know that field trips measurably improve the education experience and can have...

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Education & Youth

Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation

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Peace and Security Funding Index Tracks More Than $280M in Grantmaking

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04/05/2016

... A new research project by the Peace and Security Funders Group (PSFG), in conjunction with Foundation Center, finds that peace and security funders are making important contributions to...

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Corporate Social Responsibility

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Economic Security

Rockefeller Brothers Fund

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

The Uncertain Road Ahead for Culture in New York City

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08/14/2017

... school correlated more strongly with lower levels of arts education than other likely factors, including poverty rates. ... planners were wise to include strategies to enhance arts education for English-...

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Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, William T. Grant Foundation, American Institutes for Research, and Spencer Foundation Award Grants to Four Partnerships Addressing Social Issues

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04/28/2021

... nonprofit organizations in order to reduce inequality in youth outcomes. Equally important, grantee institutions must ... or public agencies to address challenges such as youth suicide, youth...

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William T. Grant Foundation

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19 Apr 2016

A New Vision for Gates: Bob Hughes Goes to Seattle

Tuesday, April 19, 2016 -

9:00am to 10:30am

... since 2000, and long-time advocate and champion of public education in New York City, will be joining the Bill and ... orientation at the Foundation, but will return to NYC in a few months and will continue to...

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A Commitment to Deep Change in 2025 - Launching a Philanthropic Toolkit for Transformational Systems Change

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12/13/2024

... ways to bridge increasing polarization and uplift ways of working that center people’s interconnection and common ... healing at the individual, community, and systemic levels, funders can contribute to more...

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The Long Haul: Lessons from Charitable Responses to Previous Disasters

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09/05/2017

... are always under pressure to “get the money out the door ” right after a disaster occurs to demonstrate their ... After the tsunami struck, it could track many survivors through their credit card charges, and...

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The New York Community Trust

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It’s OK to Pause and Think. In Fact, Please Do.

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10/04/2017

... reports and resources is the realization that funders can do a great service by making an announcement ... to : 1.Take the Long View 2.Connect with Other Funders When a funder makes an announcement of its...

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The Center for Disaster Philanthropy

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

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11/17/2016

... plan, the Board and Public Policy Committee have been working to clarify the parameters of its public policy ... in 2013, Philanthropy New York supported the efforts of 16 funders that came together under the...

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As Schools Adopt Social-Emotional Programs, A New Guide Funded by the Wallace Foundation Offers Help

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05/17/2017

... high school students develop empathy and coping skills through “social and emotional learning.” For starters, ... published by researchers at the Harvard Graduate School of Education and commissioned by the...

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Education & Youth

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The Lavelle Fund for the Blind Announces an Executive Director Transition

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11/07/2019

... has guided the Fund from its inception and has directed it through nearly two decades of growth, professionalization, ... Fund primarily supports vision rehabilitation and adaptive education programs that help...

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Health & Human Services

Lavelle Fund for the Blind

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Are You a ‘Fatigued Fighter’? D5 Coalition Identifies Five Philanthropic Professional Types

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08/08/2014

... its Spotlight series on diversity in philanthropy with an event titled “Inspiring Action to Advance Diversity, ... on the advancement of DEI in the sector. D5 has been working to move the field in four...

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