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Nathan Cummings Foundation Fellowship Shows Successes

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10/16/2015

... potential to challenge traditional approaches to advocacy, education , and organizing to end inequality and combat ... is developing a mindfulness practice he calls Mindfulness- Based Cultural Competency (MBCC...

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The Nathan Cummings Foundation

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Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Welcomes Four Seasoned Business and Philanthropy Professionals to its Board of Directors

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02/01/2013

... Ford Foundation Vice President Darren Walker, Jensen Group Founder and CEO Steven Wayne, and Wolfensohn Fund ... knowledge and experience in everything from public education reform to affordable housing to the...

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Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors

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Beyond the Glass Cliff: Reimagining Executive Transitions in the Sector

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04/06/2023

... with Philanthropy New York’s Leadership Transitions Funders Group and shared my thoughts on how nonprofit boards and ... of success. Instead, following the principles of Trust- Based...

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Immigrant Rights Fund: 6 Lessons We’ve Learned So Far

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05/09/2017

... laws and are standing against hate crimes by creating neighborhood hate-free zones, bystander trainings, ... children of immigrants. The Power of Information Community- based organizations and legal defense...

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06 May 2019

From Transaction to Transformation: Relational Organizing as a Winning Civic Engagement Strategy - A Webinar Hosted by FCCP

Monday, May 6, 2019 -

3:00pm to 4:00pm

*This program is hosted by our partner, Funders ' Committee for Civic Participation (FCCP), who has extended an ... the highly centralized, command-and-control paid canvas models that are...

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Ford Foundation Announces $180 Million in New Funding for U.S. Racial Justice Efforts

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10/09/2020

... announced it has doubled its funding support for U.S.- based racial justice and civil rights groups with at least ... approaches to advance racial justice. We encourage other funders and...

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Social Justice

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16 Jun 2021

Bracing Ourselves for the Mental Health Wave of the Pandemic - Are We Prepared?

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1:00pm to 2:30pm

... public health crisis.” Philanthropy New York’s Health Funders Working Group invites you to join us virtually as we seek to better ...

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Commentary: Understanding Muslim America

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08/11/2011

... father recounted how he had experienced prejudice in his youth in his new country. In 1917, he attended Dewitt Clinton ... School, then located in the aptly named Hell’s Kitchen neighborhood . Each day, he...

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Markle Foundation's Rework America Task Force Is Bridging The Tech Skill Gap

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10/23/2017

... Rework America Task Force Is Bridging The Tech Skill Gap For many American workers, technological advancement will ... difficulty filling open positions is a shift to skills- based hiring rather than the...

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John & Mary R. Markle Foundation

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12 Mar 2024

Elevating International Grantmaking With A Gender Lens

Tuesday, March 12, 2024 -

9:00am to 10:30am

... International Grantmakers Network (IGN) invites all funders with interest in international grantmaking to attend ... e.g., peace and security, vision, health care access, education , community development, etc...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Launches $3 Million Fund for Coal Communities

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04/27/2017

... Coalfield Development Corporation, a community- based nonprofit working in southern West Virginia, is rebuilding the ... needed for real opportunity via job creation, higher education...

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28 Sep 2016

Growing the Farm to Institution Movement: From Farm to Plate

Wednesday, September 28, 2016 -

12:30pm to 2:30pm

... multiple City agencies. Excluding the Department of Education and the Department of Corrections, which together ... meal providers. This briefing will bring together leaders working to significantly expand the...

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Brenda Henry-Sanchez Joins the Foundation Center as Director of Research for Special Projects

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07/01/2013

... the Foundation Center in the D5 Coalition of organizations working to grow diversity, equity and inclusion in ... where she worked on improving programs that served youth of color. Her extensive research...

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William T. Grant Announce Winners of 2019 Institutional Challenge Grant Competition

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04/05/2019

... to work in partnership with the Puerto Rico Department of Education , and the University of Colorado Boulder to work in ... that pursue a research agenda to reduce inequality in youth outcomes. Equally...

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The Burke Foundation Announces Three New Staff Members

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11/18/2020

... implementation, and sustainability of an evidence- based maternal and child home visiting model in the ... and Learning initiatives. Ann has extensive experience working with nonprofit organizations to launch...

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McNulty Foundation & Aspen Institute Announce the 2018 McNulty Prize Winner, Mehrdad Baghai and High Resolves

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11/01/2018

... as the recipient of the 11th annual John P. McNulty Prize for extraordinary leadership. Baghai is being honored for ... Resolves is bringing immersive, experiential citizenship education to...

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03 May 2022

Philanthropy New York's 43rd Annual Meeting - Purpose as Compass

Tuesday, May 3, 2022 -

9:00am to 11:00am

... can be difficult to lift our heads up and imagine ways of working that more closely align with the meaning of ... to achieve help us re-think how we work? In what ways are funders beginning to share, shift,...

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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 about their ... back on naming the recipient organizations. The Center for Disaster...

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Disaster Relief

The Center for Disaster Philanthropy

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Ford Foundation to Support 'Student-Centered' Learning Systems

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10/26/2017

... organizations that promote whole-child initiatives for a new program that will award up to $150,000 each to 10 communities that propose new ideas for meeting the needs of diverse student populations. "...

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