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11/20/2014 - Today’s Libraries - Live Stream Recording and Presentations

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11/2014

View the materials and livestream recording of the program, "Today’s Libraries: Community Anchors for Innovative Digital Media Learning, Makerspaces, and After-school Programming."

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Actions Civics: Activating Young Citizens to Go Beyond the Ballot

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07/03/2018

... in our democracy. Our nation’s most underserved youth are not exposed to the necessary education and skills development for effective civic ... among young people - the lack of effective civics ...

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Civic Engagement

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Generation Citizen

Fiscal Sponsorship

... necessitates the creation of financial, legal, and human resources infrastructure that can be a huge challenge for new ... members that enables charitable projects to quickly begin working towards their...

Why Aren’t There More Nonprofit Leaders of Color?

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04/28/2016

... also tackled this issue and there were very good resources available everywhere. At roughly the same time, we ... with their operating practices by offering practical resources and training. Why Aren’t There...

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29 Sep 2022

From Cautious to Courageous: How Foundations Can Step up Advocacy & Invest in Change (Session 1 of 2)

Thursday, September 29, 2022 -

2:00pm to 3:30pm

... organizations; and Who should attend? All interested funders in grantmaking roles. What to expect: breakout ... - Session 2 In Collaboration With Bolder Advocacy The Funders Network Asset Funders...

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The Tow Foundation Announces Playwrights in Residence

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08/03/2017

... allows Diana and Rattlestick the artistic freedom and resources to fully realize the ambitious vision for ... seats to fill, budgets to balance. So it’s risky putting resources behind relative unknowns like me...

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Diversity in Philanthropy: One Small Thing You Can Do

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09/22/2016

... Philanthropy New York, with a special focus on issue-based working groups, these Fellows are also developing a special ... as: What types of projects are the Public Policy Fellows working on? Can the Fellows...

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Springboard for the Arts Receives $750,000 From Surdna Foundation

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07/08/2014

... to support its community development programs. The group , based in St. Paul and Fergus, Minn., will use the ... vibrant communities by connecting artists with the resources they need to make a living and a...

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Arts

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Arcus Foundation's Support of Mighty Earth Has Major Impact on a Destructive Cacao Industry

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03/29/2018

... —a nimble, aggressive environmental advocacy and action group —is part of the nonprofit Center for International ... D.C. It was incubated by the public relations and lobbying group Waxman Strategies (chaired...

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Rockefeller Supports Training Workshops on Impact Investing in Ghana and South Africa

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03/03/2017

... this is new terrain for evaluators, there are several resources on both impact investing and impact ... Foundation and IDRC, we developed and delivered executive education training workshops in Ghana and South...

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26 Feb 2020

Advancing Equity through Employee Ownership Models

Wednesday, February 26, 2020 -

9:00am to 11:00am

... promise. Please join The New York and Regional Asset Funders Network and Philanthropy New York and a panel of ... City of Newark Brendan Martin , Founder and Director, The Working World Jeanique Druses (...

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Young Black Males and the Urgency of Now

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11/19/2012

The Schott Foundation for Public Education ’s new report paints a bleak picture—nationally, ... philanthropy can and must play a leading role in investing resources and support for young black males. Young Black ...

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Bank of America Charitable Foundation Announces Five Projects for 2016 Green Neighborhoods Program

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10/12/2016

... The AGN grant program provides funding and educational resources to developers of affordable housing who are ...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Debate Your Philanthropic Philosophies

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01/18/2017

... “partners” is more than a little silly – we’re funders and it’s a fundamentally asymmetric power ... an opportunity to show my appreciation for the excellent education I was fortunate enough to receive, but...

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Covenant Foundation-Backed Study Examines the Health and Well-Being of Jewish Teen Girls

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04/14/2015

... Health and Well-Being of Jewish Teen Girls When Jewish education promotes self-discovery, challenges traditional ... of dedication to the next generation of Jewish women, a group women and men took a risk and...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Community Development

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As Coding Boot Camps Close, the Field Faces a Reality Check

Release Date:

08/28/2017

... down this year — despite backing by major for-profit education companies, Kaplan and the Apollo Education Group , the parent of the University of Phoenix. The closings ...

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Workforce Development

In Harlem, These Elders Devote Their Golden Years To Improving Local Schools

Release Date:

09/18/2017

... public schools. Armed with a petition to demand that the education department staff her neighborhood’s school with ... over crucial data that has been requested to help local education advocates make their...

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Charter-School Operators, Feeling Pressured, Seek New Direction at Symposium

Release Date:

09/25/2017

... as scrappy upstarts with good ideas to shake up the U.S. education system one school at a time. But some backers of ... policies or clashes with districts over space. Now, a group of these independent schools...

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Presidential Advisers on Black, Latino, and Asian Students Say Trump Admin. Ignoring Them

Release Date:

10/03/2017

Three long-standing presidential commissions designed to expand educational opportunities for non-white students are set to expire Saturday and members say months of silence from the White House has them worried they’re about to be dissolved.

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