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10 Dec 2019

"All Immigration Is Local": Philanthropy's Role in State and Local Advocacy - A Webinar Hosted by GCIR

Tuesday, December 10, 2019 -

1:00pm to 2:15pm

... national headlines are dominated by federal immigration policy —family separation, the border wall, the Muslim ban, public charge—many of the day-to-day realities of ... to advancing fair working conditions...

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Immigration

Public Policy

The Case for Using a Social Justice Lens in Grantmaking

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09/18/2012

... select small- to medium-sized family, independent and public foundations embraced the practice, language and ethos ... , Taconic , and the John Hay Whitney . Subsequently, the public foundations that comprised...

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Membership Eligibility and Structure

... foundations and giving programs; community foundations; public foundations and grantmaking public charities; religious and religious-affiliated ... if your organization has a few folks based in the NYC...

The Rockefeller Drug Laws: New Opportunities for Investment with a National Impact

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04/02/2010

... new opportunities for institutional transformation and policy reform following last year’s overhaul of New York ... community members, and advocates alike are calling for a public health approach to drug...

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Initial Funding From Ford Foundation, New York Community Trust Supports New Council on Criminal Justice

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07/23/2019

... of gravity and crossroads” for criminal justice policy was set to launch Tuesday with a roster of prominent ... founder. Gelb, who left Pew Charitable Trusts’ Public Safety Performance Project last August to...

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The New York Community Trust

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Justice Reform

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Ford Foundation

President's Message: Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation Announces More Than $5.4 Million in Grants

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04/13/2022

... narrative change, movement building and organizing, policy advocacy, and sector capacity building. $150,000 – ... higher education institutions, corporations, and public agencies; and to create a scalable...

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Arts

Environment and Climate Change

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Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation

20 Jul 2017

Time of Opportunity: Best Practices in Summer Learning (Part 1)

Thursday, July 20, 2017 -

9:00am to 12:30pm

... and privately funded programs are currently available in NYC through CBOs, libraries, and schools What possibilities ... ensure high-quality summer learning opportunities for all NYC children and youth...

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24 Feb 2021

Building Career Pathways for Youth in a Changing Landscape

Wednesday, February 24, 2021 -

2:00pm to 3:30pm

... country’s reckoning with racial injustice, providers and public agencies are continuing their work to define and build career pathways for NYC youth amidst profound changes in the job market. ... CareerWise...

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Workforce Development

11 Feb 2013

Money and Power in Post-Election America: Where is Philanthropy?

Monday, February 11, 2013 - 4:00pm to Tuesday, February 12, 2013 - 4:00pm

Kimmel Center, 60 Washington Square South, NYC

... examine what philanthropy’s evolving relationship with public policy and government means in the context of the rapidly ... have philanthropy’s investments been in the realm of policy change...

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Heintz Named To NonProfit Times Power & Influence Top 50 List

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08/01/2014

... all about his continued commitment to national-scale public engagement and an evolving theory of change." Those ... Burke who wrote, "Justice itself is the great standing policy of civil society, and...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Rockefeller Brothers Fund

Rachel D. Pardoe Appointed NYCT Program Officer for Health and People with Special Needs

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02/10/2015

... elder services. She came to The Trust from MDRC, a social policy evaluation firm, where she oversaw research projects ... in psychology and an M.P.A. from the NYU Wagner School of Public Service where she...

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The New York Community Trust

When Integrating A School, Does It Matter If You Use Class Instead Of Race? (Century Foundation)

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02/29/2016

... new budget, reviving an idea that hasn't gotten much policy attention in decades: diversity in public schools. If the request is approved, $120 million will .....

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The Century Foundation

Here’s How the Trump Administration Is Quietly Undermining Food Safety

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10/04/2017

... can’t find time?) After just nine months of controlling policy , he’s already gotten angry letters from almost every ... watchdog group — the Center for Science in the Public Interest, the Center for Food...

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Food Systems

Schott Foundation Report Offers Framework Providing All Children Equal Opportunity To Succeed

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03/01/2018

... dominate the national dialogue, the Schott Foundation for Public Education released the Loving Cities Index , a ...

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The Schott Foundation for Public Education

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Urban Farms and Gardens are Critical for a Healthy and Sustainable Food System

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03/31/2015

by Susan Chin, Executive Director, Design Trust for Public Space A bold, colorful poster struck me while ... nonprofits New York Restoration Project and Trust for Public Land. In the era of ‘Tale of Two Cities’,...

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20 Jun 2017

Charter and District Schools Sharing Innovations: How Philanthropy Can Help

Tuesday, June 20, 2017 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

New York City opened its doors to its first public charter school in 1999. Since then, the sector has ... from underserved backgrounds opportunities to attend public schools with distinct curriculum, pedagogy, and...

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Some Measure of Leadership

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04/23/2009

... will prove to be pitifully small given the huge delays in public contract payments that have been a sad fixture for so ... should commit to a regular “report card” to the public with specific benchmarks and a...

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