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Musicians Foundation Celebrates Centennial Anniversary

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12/18/2014

... the Musicians Foundation. In creating the country’ s first nonprofit in support of musicians, these celebrated ... culture with their own music, but were prescient enough to protect the future of music created...

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Arcus Announces Appointment of Randall Miller as Global Religions Director

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05/04/2015

... Arcus' vice president, Social Justice Program. "Randall' s background and vision will allow the foundation to expand ... in religious leaders and communities that affirm and protect the lives of...

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Westchester Community Foundation Names New Chief

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06/01/2015

... promote the value of community endowment for Westchester’ s future generations.” The WCF said it ended last year ...

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Philanthropy New York Endorses Independent Sector’s Principles for Good Governance and Ethical Practice

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06/15/2015

... of Philanthropy New York on: Independent Sector’ s 33 Principles for Good Governance and Ethical Practice The ... of Fundraising Materials 28. Compliance with Donor' s Intent 29. Acknowledgment of Tax-...

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Westchester Community Foundation Disbursed Millions in 2016

Release Date:

03/22/2016

... our message to better explain our value as Westchester’ s community endowment and our services for donors,” said Laura Rossi, the Foundation’ s Executive Director. “We care deeply about making ... from...

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16 Mar 2017

Funders-in-Action: Grantmaking During Times of Political Change & Uncertainty

Thursday, March 16, 2017 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

The past three months have witnessed dramatic shifts in federal policy, and many New Yorkers have found themselves living in greater fear of discrimination, deportation, arrest, and poverty.

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14 Nov 2017

Mapping the Intersections of Peace and Security and Human Rights Work - Brown Bag Lunch

Tuesday, November 14, 2017 -

12:00pm to 2:00pm

The relationship between peace and security and human rights is complex. The protection and promulgation of human rights are essential to creating peaceful societies, yet, when peace is threatened, human rights are often sacrificed in the name of...

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How The Funders Youth Collaborative Sees the Prospects for Youth Organizing

Release Date:

01/18/2018

... Brothers Fund and the Surdna Foundation. While it’ s been a bumpy road since then, things have been looking up, lately. According to FCYO’ s executive director Eric Braxton, “After the financial ... others. In...

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02 Apr 2018

Holding off the Hackers, Defending Our Democracy - A Webinar Hosted by FCCP

Monday, April 2, 2018 -

3:00pm to 4:00pm

... voter databases has been confirmed. Today, our nation’ s electronic voting systems remain vulnerable to cyberattacks ...

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Civic Engagement

Dear Colleges: Take Control of Your Online Courses - New Report by The Century Foundation

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09/12/2019

... over the services offered in the contracting college’ s name. There are downsides to handing over responsibilities ... been putting their for-profit contractors in the driver’ s seat in nearly every respect,...

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Michael Bloomberg, State of California and Planet Partner to Deliver New Satellite Climate Data Solutions

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09/25/2019

... R. Bloomberg, the United Nations Secretary-General’ s Special Envoy for Climate Action; California Governor Gavin ... initiative will focus on three areas: 1) apply Planet’ s existing Earth observation data to...

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National Funders, Including Casey Family Programs, Support Antelope Valley, CA After String of Child Welfare Incidents

Release Date:

11/11/2019

... String of Child Welfare Incidents Los Angeles County’ s Antelope Valley — the remote area that has seen several of the county’ s worst child welfare tragedies over the past six years — ... from the deaths of...

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Open Society Foundations Announce 2020 Leadership in Government Fellows

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03/02/2020

... sustainable and equitable transformation of Puerto Rico’ s energy sector, creating sustainable jobs for caregivers of ... said Tom Perriello, executive director of Open Society-U. S . “We are proud of a...

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20 Mar 2020

COVID-19 and the Impact on Civic Engagement in 2020 - A Webinar by FCCP and State Voices

Friday, March 20, 2020 -

3:00pm to 4:30pm

Join practitioners and fellow funders for a conversation on how COVID-19 ("Coronavirus") is impacting 2020 civic engagement programs, organizations, and people, and discuss how to support shifts in program and operations. We will discuss voter...

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Cutting Through the Jargon: How the CARES Act Works for Nonprofits

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04/01/2020

... yet another major coronavirus response package. Let’ s set that aside for today and focus instead on some key ... of the CARES Act for nonprofits. As noted in last week’ s article, “ How Nonprofits Can Utilize...

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New York Foundation Releases: What Happens When Communities Organize Through a Crisis?

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06/17/2020

... the power of New Yorkers to speak out—to identify what’ s not working, to say what they need, and to problem solve. ... have been articulating for years, including action to protect low-income workers, support...

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Open Soceity Foundations to Increase Commitment to Global COVID-19 Response

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10/07/2020

... COVID-19 around the world to $200 million. Open Society’ s funding will include support to organizations helping those ... often, governments are slow to act in this pandemic, to protect those who need it most...

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Mellon Foundation Supports More Than 360 Dance Artists and Collaborators through Bubble Residencies

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02/03/2021

... Endowment for the Arts , more than half of the nation’ s dancers and choreographers were unemployed as of the third ... the arts sector hardest hit by COVID-19. The Foundation’ s bubble initiative is a way of...

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