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20 Oct 2022

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

Thursday, October 20, 2022 -

2:00pm to 3:30pm

... and federal levels. By bringing key constituencies to the policy table, particularly those with a real stake in the ... 501(c)(3)s and 501(c)(4)s can work in coalition to advance policy change and boost civic...

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Tools & Strategies

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All Funders

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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

Legal Issues

Public Policy

21 Jun 2023

New York City Workforce Funders Collaborative Quarterly Convening: The Impact of the Childcare Crisis on the City’s Economy

Wednesday, June 21, 2023 -

9:30am to 11:00am

... Workforce Funders Collaborative will examine childcare policy as workforce development policy . Early childhood experts, advocates, and funders will ... on the city’s economy Current city- and state-level...

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Children, Youth and Families

Workforce Development

20 May 2025

Investing in the Future We Want: Leading Transformation in Uncertain Times - A Panel Hosted by Asset Funders Network

Tuesday, May 20, 2025 -

1:00pm to 2:45pm

... economic uncertainty led to advancement and opportunity in policy change to build assets and equity. Early Social ... social crises that can inform philanthropic investments in policy -innovative programming...

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Finance & Asset Management

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Cricket Island Foundation: A Case Study of a Small Foundation’s Impact Assessment

Cricket Island Foundation: A Case Study of a Small Foundation’s Impact Assessment Read about how a small foundation, with limited resources for assessment and impact evaluation, approached the challenge of evaluating their overall impact.

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Report

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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The Cricket Island Foundation

Program Overview: Money and Power in Post-Election America

... , Professor and Director, Center for Arts and Cultural Policy Studies, Woodrow Wilson School, Princeton University ... tell us about how philanthropy might promote better health policy and more effective...

Despite Gridlock In Washington, Funders See Enormous Potential to Move the Needle on America’s Gun Crisis

Release Date:

11/15/2016

... laws that would greatly reduce this carnage, reforming gun policy is difficult work. But with growing involvement by ... The private foundation focuses on evidence-based public policy solutions to some of the...

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Insights

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Communications/Media

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Media Impact Funders

NYC Youth and Education Funders Working Group

... practices and lessons with the larger philanthropic and policy community; Providing opportunities for information ...

Rauch Foundation Appoints Jennifer Marino Rojas as Vice President of Grants and Operations

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01/01/2013

... activities for the organization. She directly managed the policy , legislative and advocacy efforts around children's ... the Foundation extraordinary experience in administration, policy and children...

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The Rauch Foundation

William T. Grant Foundation President Robert C. Granger to Retire in September 2013

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09/03/2012

... will further the Foundation’s influence on research, policy and practice to improve the lives of young people. He ... and expertise in bridging research with practice and policy . The Foundation has retained...

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William T. Grant Foundation

Brooklyn Community Foundation Welcomes Michael Burke as New Chief Operating Officer

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01/02/2012

... in 2006. At the DBP, he oversaw internal operations, policy and planning issues, marketing and communications, and ... to Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz, Director of Policy /Government Operations...

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09 Jan 2012

Unsilencing the Voices of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders: A briefing about national polling of AAPIs in the United States

Monday, January 9, 2012 -

2:00pm to 5:00pm

... the numbers of AAPIs are significant enough to determine policy outcomes. They are also an important and growing ... Survey. These findings provide critical insight into policy priorities and civic engagement...

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Issue-Based

10 Jul 2012

Planning for Our Shared Future: Investing in Immigrant Children, Youth, and Families

Tuesday, July 10, 2012 -

2:00pm to 3:00pm

Webinar

... and Refugees Margie McHugh , Co-Director, Migration Policy Institute Irene Lee , Senior Program Officer, Annie E. ...

12 Sep 2012

Pathways to Economic Mobility: How Can Philanthropists Help the Poor Build Wealth?

Wednesday, September 12, 2012 -

9:00am to 4:00pm

... Butler , Ph.D., Distinguished Fellow, Director, Center for Policy Innovation, Heritage Foundation Annika Little , ... Schneider , Vice President, Innovation, Research, and Policy , Center for Financial Services...

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20 Oct 2011

"Fixing vs. Preparing"...The Role of Positive Youth Development in Juvenile Justice

Thursday, October 20, 2011 -

10:00am to 12:00pm

... youth development can contribute in juvenile justice policy and practice. Each panelist will offer their ... a positive youth development approach in juvenile justice policy and practice A Philanthropy New...

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03 Nov 2011

Lifelong Learning: Targeting Your Education Dollars to Create, Sustain, and Serve Learners of All Ages

Thursday, November 3, 2011 -

8:30am to 11:00am

... Partners . Ruth Finkelstein , Senior Vice President for Policy and Planning, The New York Academy of Medicine . Sara ... Executive Director, DOROT . Sheila Roher , Senior Policy Associate, The New York Academy...

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03 Mar 2011

New York City's Future Looks Latino

Thursday, March 3, 2011 -

7:30am to 10:30am

... programs. PRESENTERS Lazar Traschan , Director of Youth Policy at Community Service Society (CSS). Juan Cartagena , ...

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11 Feb 2014

Promoting the Common Good: Standing Up for 501(c)(4)'s

Tuesday, February 11, 2014 -

7:45am to 11:00am

Philanthropy New York

Attaining important policy changes often requires the engagement of different ... social welfare groups have allowed people with shared policy concerns — civil rights, the environment, gun ...

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Public Policy

Keesha Gaskins to Lead Democratic Practice–United States Grantmaking at the Rockefeller Brothers Fund

Release Date:

01/15/2014

... Leadership Fellow with the Center on Women and Public Policy at the University of Minnesota's Humphrey School of ... in grassroots organizing, coalition building, policy analysis and strategy development...