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11 Sep 2017

The Pence-Kobach Commission's Potential Impact on Voting Rights - A Webinar Hosted by FCCP

Monday, September 11, 2017 -

3:00pm to 4:30pm

*This program is hosted by our partner, Funders ' Committee for Civic Participation (FCCP), who has ... that baseless allegations of millions of fraudulent votes in the 2016 election could be used to...

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14 Nov 2017

Hats on, Hats Off – A Creative Approach to Capacity Building

Tuesday, November 14, 2017 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

... to approach it with fresh eyes? Join New York Grantmakers in the Arts for this interactive session led by a team of arts funders who will bring creativity into how we think about and ... case studies. Through...

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Ms. Foundation for Women Announces Grant to Access Reproductive Care-Southeast on 49th Anniversary of Roe v. Wade

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01/24/2022

... general operating costs as the organization builds power in Southern communities of color by providing financial and logistical support to Southerners in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, South Carolina...

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Gender Justice

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A Well-Intentioned City Redevelopment Plan Hits the Skids

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09/26/2017

A Well-Intentioned City Redevelopment Plan Hits the Skids In 2013, the New York city council approved a plan for a ... new apartments near Citi Field—and soon began helping a group of auto-repair shops that...

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The Importance of Criticizing Philanthropy

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05/12/2014

... an article featuring the Rockefeller Foundation in The Atlantic. Last month, readers of the Chronicle of ... Vitriol Will Not Deter Me From Supporting Fixes to Public Policy ,” the piece’s headline announced,...

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United Way To Receive $52 Million Over Four Years To Help Turn New York City Schools Into Services Hubs

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06/16/2014

... about 40 schools and nonprofit partners that can team up in high-poverty areas this fall. He said it would take no ... contract was approved by the city's Panel for Educational Policy . Bringing services...

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United Way of New York City

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Brooklyn Community Foundation Trustee: Bring Restorative Justice to Our Schools

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02/04/2016

... a White school safety officer at Spring Valley High School in Columbia, South Carolina, pulled a Black, female student ... the classroom. Most disturbingly, the actions depicted in the video may be extreme,...

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Social Justice

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Century Foundation NYTimes OpEd: The Secret to School Integration

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02/23/2016

... segregated than they have been for decades. In the Northeast, 51.4 percent of black students attend ... classmates are racial minorities, up from 42.7 percent in 1968. In the country’s 100...

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Hazen Foundation's Bezahler in EdWeek: Are We Criminalizing Our Students?

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12/09/2016

Hazen Foundation's Bezahler in EdWeek: Are We Criminalizing Our Students? It’s been said that a budget is a statement of policy , the surest way to determine the values and priorities ... while states struggle...

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Foundation for Child Development Publishes New Index on the Economic Stability of the American Family

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02/06/2017

... New Index on the Economic Stability of the American Family In new research funded by the Foundation for Child ... health of families and the ability of parents to invest in their children’s development...

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Opinion: New York’s Bad Teachers, Back on the Job

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09/11/2017

... slide without strong leadership. That’s now happening in New York. In July, two weeks after the State Legislature reauthorized ... Bill de Blasio’s administration quietly announced a policy...

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EMpower - The Emerging Markets Foundation Announces New Grants in Emerging Market Countries

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01/13/2022

... - The Emerging Markets Foundation Announces New Grants in Emerging Market Countries Recently, EMpower and its UK ... to only worsen the situation. Our grantee partners are working hard to meet the needs of...

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International/Foreign Affairs

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After 16 Futile Years, Congress Will Try Again to Legalize ‘Dreamers’

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09/06/2017

... from deportation. The bill was called the Dream Act, and in Congresses Democratic and Republican, and in the Bush and Obama administrations, whether by stand-alone ... it failed again and again. Now, with 800,...

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African Philanthropy Forum to Promote Transformation of the Continent 'From Within'

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04/22/2013

... African continent; the Tony Elumelu, MasterCard, Equity Group and Rockefeller foundations have pledged financial ... — committed to advancing equity and opportunity in the developing world. APF members...

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Longtime Carnegie Associate Awarded Top Mathematics Medal

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08/14/2014

... and former Director of the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, and a longtime associate of the Carnegie ... Chern Medal, one of the world’s most prestigious prizes in the field of mathematics. Griffiths...

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

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NY Stem Cell Foundation and Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Explore Strategies to Advance Women in Science

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03/06/2015

... Charitable Foundation Explore Strategies to Advance Women in Science Despite the progress made by women in science, ... career ladder compared to those of men. The 2015 IWISE Working ...

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Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Backs Panel to Explore Ways to Keep Women in STEM Fields

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03/23/2015

... Foundation Backs Panel to Explore Ways to Keep Women in STEM Fields Women who enter science and engineering ... 28-member Initiative on Women in Science and Engineering Working Group...

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Russia Bans Soros-Backed Foundations as Security 'Threat'

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12/02/2015

Russian authorities have barred the pro-democracy charity network founded by billionaire philanthropist George Soros from the country, saying its work undermined state security, Reuters and CNBC report.

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Social Justice

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Aetna’s 1.5M Competition Encourages Cities and Towns to Get Healthier

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04/06/2016

... A major public-health organization and a local government group are teaming up with Aetna to pursue a lofty goal: a rise in healthy communities. The American Public Health ... (APHA) and the National...

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