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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

... social, environmental and economic justice. Private and public foundations can play an important role in advocacy by ... and federal levels. By bringing key constituencies to the policy table, particularly...

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Tools & Strategies

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All Funders

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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

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Public Policy

25 Sep 2013

Using Advocacy to Support Mission: What Your Foundation Can and Can’t Do, Can and Can’t Fund

Wednesday, September 25, 2013 -

8:45am to 10:30am

... permissible for your foundation to advocate for specific public policy or legal issues Your foundation cannot fund nonprofits ... Part of Philanthropy New York's Advocacy 201 Series, " Policy...

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Issue-Based

12 Sep 2013

Inequality For All - Philanthropy New York's Documentary Series

Thursday, September 12, 2013 -

5:30pm to 8:30pm

... gap between the rich and the poor has gained unprecedented public awareness. Our narrator and guide, UC Berkeley professor and noted economic policy expert Robert Reich, helps us understand how the .....

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Donald Moulds to Join Commonwealth Fund as Executive Vice President for Programs

Release Date:

11/01/2013

... officials, and has overseen an office responsible for policy development and coordination, strategic planning, ... Moulds held a number of leadership positions in the public and private sectors. He served as a...

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Health

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The Commonwealth Fund

Thomas W. Nichols Joins Arcus as New Vice President of Finance and Operations

Release Date:

01/15/2014

... the scientific and economic foundation for environmental policy . At the Center, Nichols led a team comprising ... earlier, at the World Wildlife Fund. Nichols, a Certified Public Accountant, earned a Bachelor’...

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Arcus Foundation

Rockefeller Foundation Managing Director Robert Garris Heads to Schwarzman Scholars

Release Date:

08/27/2014

... Garris built a global network for recruiting scholars, policy makers, and artists for the prestigious Resident ... eight years at the Columbia School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), most recently...

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New York Foundation Welcomes Altaf Rahamatulla as Program Officer

Release Date:

08/04/2017

... with the Innocence Project, a national litigation and policy organization that seeks to overturn wrongful ... degree from the Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy at Rutgers...

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Russell Sage Foundation Issues RFP for Research on Effects of Affordable Care Act

Release Date:

11/26/2017

... labor supply and demand, participation in other public programs, family and children’s outcomes, and ... in views about government, support for future government policy changes, or the impact on policy...

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Russell Sage Foundation

Russell Sage Foundation Issues RFP for Research on Effects of Affordable Care Act

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11/26/2017

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William T. Grant Foundation Announces Two New Grants to Better Relate Research to Action

Release Date:

04/13/2018

... social research out of the ivory tower and into actual policy and practice. In 2016, Grant shifted its focus to ... social research out of the ivory tower and into actual policy and practice. This spring, the...

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Children, Youth and Families

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William T. Grant Foundation

Century Foundation Releases New Report: “14 Progressive Priorities for the New Congress”

Release Date:

11/07/2018

... the country to tackle some of the nation’s most pressing public policy challenges, from unprecedented levels of income and ...

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The Century Foundation

Grantmakers in Aging Announces Lindsay A. Goldman as New CEO

Release Date:

10/19/2020

... Director of the Center for Healthy Aging. Specializing in public -private partnerships to create age-inclusive ... tool for policymakers and funders. As a thought leader and policy implementation expert,...

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Schott Foundation Announces Diana Tate Vermeire as SVP of Strategy

Release Date:

05/10/2021

... Tate Vermeire as SVP of Strategy The Schott Foundation for Public Education is pleased to announce that Diana Tate ... in social justice, civil rights litigation as well as policy advocacy to the Schott team...

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Open Society Foundations Name Laura Carvalho as the New Global Director of Equity Following Organizational Transformation

Release Date:

05/16/2022

... She is a senior fellow at the Schwartz Center for Economic Policy Analysis and earned her PhD in economics from the New ... in which they live and work, with full access to public services and rights...

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Open Society Foundations

PNY is Headed to Capitol Hill - Learn More about Foundations on the Hill and Why We're Going

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02/16/2024

... sector, the communities that we serve, and our member's public policy goals. Below, we've answered a list of questions about ... , Principal, Mission Magnified Ariane Cruz , Manager, Public...

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PNY News

The Century Foundation Adds Senior Fellow Barton Gellman

Release Date:

04/01/2013

... and a history of Princeton's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs. “Bart Gellman is a ... researcher and voice on national security and foreign policy , and The Century Foundation is...

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Former Brazilian Secretary of Justice Pedro Abramovay to Join Open Society Foundations

Release Date:

08/22/2013

... Open Society spent more than $28 million to promote drug policy , criminal justice, human rights, access to ... real leadership in the world from blazing a path on drug policy reform to gun control,” said...

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12 Dec 2012

Pushing Back Against Push-outs, Pipelines and Profiling: Grantmaking for Impact Among Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Men & Boys of Color

Wednesday, December 12, 2012 -

8:00am to 11:00am

... of policing, safety, profiling, and school discipline policy as they relate to gay, bisexual, transgender, and ... (Moderator), Director of the Just and Fair Schools Fund, Public Interest Projects Andrea...

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Spelman College Receives Funding from Alfred P. Sloan Foundation to Help Fuel the Field of Black Women Economists

Release Date:

08/29/2019

... and economic theory impact virtually every aspect of policy making in this country. Policies that shape finance, labor, education, public health, the criminal justice system are deeply ... studies, a Ph.D. in...

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Education

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

William T. Grant and Spencer Foundations Award Rapid Response Research Grants to Combat Youth Inequality Exacerbated by the COVID-19 Pandemic

Release Date:

06/01/2020

... expected to compound existing inequalities in a range of policy areas, the Foundations have committed up to $900,000 in grants to leverage research for smart public policy that can positively...