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A Letter from Ronna Brown

Release Date:

09/23/2020

... We must continue to focus, with laser like commitment, to working towards racial justice. And we are facing a ... six months have shown us what’s possible when strong working relationships exist within a...

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Young Black Males and the Urgency of Now

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11/26/2012

... , President and CEO, The Schott Foundation for Public Education In April 1967, Dr. Martin Luther King reminded ... of Dr. King’s warning, the Schott Foundation for Public Education titled the 2012 edition of...

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Lawmakers Respond to Century Foundation's "Covert For-Profit" Report, Ask for Immediate Action

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10/28/2015

... whip Richard Durbin (IL) sent a letter to Department of Education secretary Arne Duncan and Internal Revenue Service ... take swift action against possibly fraudulent for-profit education companies: “As the...

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Who Is Hilary Pennington? A Few Questions for Ford's New Executive Vice President

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01/25/2018

... and research firm] Yankelovich, Skelly & White. I started working with him when he was 60 and I was 28. We founded Jobs ... remained a very influential mentor as I transitioned into working in philanthropy...

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How Should Philanthropy Respond to Obama’s Speech on Black Men and Boys?

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08/15/2013

... justice strategies while under-investing in family and youth development, community-building, organizing, and ...

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F.B. Heron and Edna McConnell Clark Foundations Lauded for Granting Unrestricted Funding

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02/03/2015

The Stanford Social Innovation Review blasts restricted funding as limiting and ineffective.

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From the Ground Up

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09/08/2017

... work. What's needed is a "pull model" created by locals, funders , and government agencies working together as equals. Global developmental mandates and .....

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A Spectrum of Change: Why Is An Art Foundation Tackling Mass Incarceration?

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10/06/2017

... and Donald Rubin Foundation, and the Ford Foundation, are working this same terrain, sharing Rauschenberg's vision that ... differentiated itself from a growing space filled with funders concerned with...

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The North Star Fund Welcomes Kellie Terry as the new Philanthropy Programs Director

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05/02/2022

... Fund's new Philanthropy Programs Director. Kellie’s working with the grantmaking team and Community Funding ... , and leading the Fund's work to organize donors and funders towards shifting real...

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Building Our Equity Muscles

Release Date:

12/08/2021

... I found running in my late 30’s when challenged by a group of colleagues to run the Brooklyn Half Marathon. At the ... That’s why in 2022 we will launch our Racial Equity Working Group — a...

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10 Feb 2016

Put Your Foundation on the Impact Investing Map

Wednesday, February 10, 2016 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

... that puts them within the impact investing continuum among funders and beyond. Explore: The impact investing ... foundations fit within it Impact investing lessons from funders that have taken different...

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NYS Health Foundation Grant Creating Tool to Assess Health Needs in Multifamily Housing

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05/24/2016

... advisory panel to guide the pilot project, including; the NYC Department of Housing Preservation and Development; ... are excited to continue to work with Enterprise on making NYC ’s housing healthier through...

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12 May 2015

Funding General Operating Support

Tuesday, May 12, 2015 -

2:15pm to 4:00pm

... Please join us for a discussion among three funders who have a practice of making general operating ... Department of Cultural Affairs Designed for All interested funders . Registration 2:15 - 2:30 PM Check-in...

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Arts

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The Rockefeller Foundation Names Erica Guyer as New General Counsel

Release Date:

03/27/2023

... pathway to more equitable opportunity for America’s working families , while expanding access to school meals ...

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Easy to Say and Hard to Do Well

Release Date:

05/02/2018

Philanthropy New York President Ronna Brown gives gives her take on 'Four Essentials for Foundation Effectiveness' presented by Center for Effective Philanthorpy President Phil Buchanan.

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Sloan Foundation Contributes to Study on 'Superbugs'

Release Date:

09/07/2016

The overuse of antibiotics in both humans and livestock has largely been blamed for the rise in drug resistance.

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

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Health

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Century Foundation Reports Examines ESSA Learner Accountability Provisions

Release Date:

12/13/2018

... the 2015 law —the United States’ primary K–12 education investment—is fully underway. Now that all fifty ... the 2015 law —the United States’ primary K–12 education investment—is fully underway. As that work...

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Milbank Memorial Fund: How Do State Health Policy Meetings Make A Difference?

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02/10/2016

... lofty goal turned the conversation to the Reforming States Group (RSG), a bipartisan voluntary association of state ...

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