What World Do You Want to Live In?
Release Date:
05/21/2015
... The initiative I lead at the Ford Foundation supports policy makers who want to do something about that. We want to ...
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10
Dec
2015
Trends in Family Philanthropy: Identity, Leadership, and the Future of Family Philanthropy - Webinar
Thursday, December 10, 2015 -
12:00pm to 1:30pm
What are the key governance and grantmaking issues facing family foundation boards and staff in the 21st Century?
28
Jan
2016
Artful Aging: How the Arts Are Transforming Aging
Thursday, January 28, 2016 -
9:00am to 11:00am
... Columbia Aging Center ; Assistant Professor of Health Policy and Management, Columbia University Christine Leahy, ...
Century Foundation Fellow Co-Authors Report on Admission Preferences of Low-Income Students
Release Date:
01/11/2016
Top higher-education instutions should set an admissions preference for low-income students because such students now face unjustified barriers and constitute only 3 percent of enrollment at the elite schools, according to a landmark report issued...
Gap Inc. Sets New Climate Goals, Launches Sustainability Site
Release Date:
01/22/2016
Gap Inc. has set a new goal to reduce absolute greenhouse gas emissions across all owned and operated facilities globally by 50 percent from 2015 levels by the end of 2020, and it launched a sustainablity website where it details its plans.
16
Mar
2016
Campaign for Grade Level Reading: The Funder Action Series, Part 3 - Webinar
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 -
11:00am to 12:00pm
Join us for the third webinar, of a four-part series, that will explore the Campaign for Grade Level Reading Initiative and its core community solution areas.
Using an Ecosystem Approach to Define Nonprofit Strategy
Release Date:
10/05/2016
... services to other organizations), as well as influencing policy or affecting larger societal change. Frequently, we ...
14
Dec
2016
Unconnected Prisoner Re-Entry Services? There’s a Collaborative Solution For That
Wednesday, December 14, 2016 -
3:00pm to 5:00pm
... (Moderator), Maurice V. Russell Professor of Social Policy and Social Work Practice, Graduate School of Social ...
Autonomous Driving Will Transform Cities: Is Philanthropy Paying Attention?
Release Date:
05/23/2017
Stacey Gillett of Bloomberg Philanthropies says the technology may dramatically alter the face of our neighborhoods, transform urban economies, and change the way cities respond to any number of complex challenges—from aging populations to economic...
14
Feb
2018
2020 Census Funders: Learning from National Initiatives
Wednesday, February 14, 2018 -
3:00pm to 5:00pm
The 2020 Census Funders Group is an ad hoc group of regional philanthropic leaders working in partnership with national and local nonprofit, government and business leaders – as well as our upstate sister organization New York Funders Alliance and...
Here's How to End the Culture of Sexual Harassment
Release Date:
01/16/2018
Published in The Baltimore Sun, Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation CEO Rachel Garbow Monroe says it is time to take deliberate, verifiable and precise steps.
Surdna Foundation and Andrus Family Show Commitment to Next Generation of Progressive Philanthropists
Release Date:
02/20/2018
This month, the Surdna Foundation and the Andrus Family Fund pledged $800,000 to 21 organizations representing “next-generation social justice philanthropy.”
05
Oct
2018
Documentary Screening and Discussion with Tarana Burke
Friday, October 5, 2018 -
10:00am to 12:30pm
... sexual violence, and other social justice issues Creating policy that both responds to demands for gender justice and ...
20
Nov
2018
Equity Speaker Series: Titus Kaphar and The Jerome Project
Tuesday, November 20, 2018 -
5:00pm to 6:30pm
Join us in a discussion and screening of Titus Kaphar’s short film, The Jerome Project , a multimedia investigation into the criminal justice system through the lens of the common name Jerome. The project began as Kaphar was...
06
Feb
2019
The Fight for a Fair Vote - A Food for Thought Conversation
Wednesday, February 6, 2019 -
12:00pm to 2:00pm
... and closure of polling sites – the implementation of policy that better reflects a changed and changing America is ...
28
May
2019
Technology, Inequality and the Future of Work(ers)
Tuesday, May 28, 2019 -
3:00pm to 5:00pm
... truck stops and retail breakrooms, academia, and policy spaces. Join us for a discussion and deep insight into ...
The Lavelle Fund for the Blind Announces an Executive Director Transition
Release Date:
11/07/2019
The Lavelle Fund for the Blind’s Board of Directors and Board President Daniel M. Callahan announce that Andrew S. Fisher, PhD, Executive Director, will retire as of March 2020.
Living Cities Board Commits To Fund Racial Equity Centered Mission
Release Date:
02/27/2020
... best practices for dismantling structural barriers through policy change, and create greater access to capital for more ...
Getting Out of our Comfort Zone in Response to COVID-19
Release Date:
04/07/2020
... long-term work even as we address immediate needs. The policy moves that governments will undertake over the next ...
Lorelle Espinosa to Join Alfred P. Sloan Foundation as Director of Programs for Diversity in STEM Higher Education
Release Date:
06/11/2020
Twenty-year higher education veteran will succeed Elizabeth S. Boylan