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Carnegie Corporation of New York Launches New Voting Rights Report, Philanthropy’s Role in Protecting and Strengthening American Democracy

Release Date:

11/01/2019

... low-income voters, rural voters, communities of color, young people , and people with disabilities. American philanthropies now have an ...

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Public Policy

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

Public Policy Positions and Priorities

... urges Congress and the Administration to devote sufficient resources to the 2020 Census now, to put planning and ...

Alison White Joins Arcus’ Great Apes & Gibbons Program as Research, Learning and Evaluation Program Officer

Release Date:

07/23/2020

... Today (2004) , the first-ever book written by the San people themselves about their traditional lives and the impact of other people ... of Conservation and Ecology at the University of Kent...

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Arcus Foundation

13 Jun 2013

Disaster Grantmaking and Preparedness: The Role of Family Philanthropy

Thursday, June 13, 2013 -

2:30pm to 4:00pm

Webinar

Usually, disasters bring out the best in people . Donations to charities surge as television coverage ...

Digital Storytelling for Social Impact

Release Date:

06/02/2014

... made it increasingly difficult to break through, capture people ’s attention, and engage them in meaningful ways. ...

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Rockefeller Foundation to Take Food-Waste Fight to Davos

Release Date:

01/21/2016

... the foundation believes, could feed more than 1.5 billion people . . . Rockefeller Foundation to Take Food-Waste Fight ...

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Environment and Climate Change

Food Systems

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Simons Foundation's Flatiron Institute Joins IBM and Others including Citizens in the Microbiome Immunity Project

Release Date:

08/23/2017

... colitis—illnesses that affect hundreds of millions of people worldwide, and that are being diagnosed with ...

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IBM Corporation

Witness Warrants Were Misused in Queens and Elsewhere, Court Papers Say

Release Date:

09/11/2017

... material witness warrants are typically handed out to people who are not under suspicion and are merely in ...

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Justice Reform

ASPCA Launches New Social Media Campaign

Release Date:

10/02/2017

... appearing at different locations in the city. ASPCA hopes people share photos of Fido as well as dogs available for ... media fun as well. “We have a message we think is very powerful ,” said Gail Buchwald, the...

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Animal Welfare

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ASPCA

Total Health Costs of Industrial Food Systems Are “Staggering,” Says New Report

Release Date:

10/10/2017

... ways industrial food and farming systems are making people sick. Ruth Richardson, the Executive Director of GAFF, ...

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Food Systems

International/Foreign Affairs

The Brooklyn Community Foundation Launches The Just Brooklyn Prize in Partnership with The Joe and Clara Tsai Foundation's Social Justice Fund

Release Date:

04/10/2023

... is awarded to five BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and People of Color) changemakers annually who are dedicated to ...

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

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Community Development

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Brooklyn Org

23 Sep 2021

What Does the Future of Work Look Like for Communities of Color in NYC?

Thursday, September 23, 2021 -

10:00am to 11:30am

... Additionally, NYC lost 600,000 jobs during the pandemic. Young people have been hardest hit as the industries where most ... in employment during the pandemic that have impacted young...

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All Funders

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

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Children, Youth and Families

Education

Technology

Workforce Development

Practices That Put Your Expertise Into Play

Release Date:

10/16/2018

... to create 30 guides that shared lessons learned about their “second job” – the craft of how they worked ... , I’ve produced a guide to 4 core tools that I heard about from people in...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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The Giving Practice

The Open Society Foundations Announce Justice Rising Awards

Release Date:

02/10/2022

... rights, and capacity to inspire, innovate, and mobilize people despite considerable odds. “Movements change our ... these 16 award recipients represent important parts of the ongoing struggle to combat...

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Social Justice

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Wallace Video Series Shows How Illinois Revamped Requirements for Preparation of Principals

Release Date:

10/18/2016

... accreditation under higher standards, based on research about effective principal preparation. In the past, educators ... 26 programs with fewer than 700 candidates - but these are people who actually want to...

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The Wallace Foundation

Open Letter to Grantees from Social Justice Funders

Release Date:

03/19/2020

... and many of you are being asked to step in and support young people and vulnerable older populations, providing critical ... our expectations: We welcome a conversation to talk about...

Philanthropy New York Signs Joint Statement Condemning Political Violence and Calls on Leaders to Protect Democracy

Release Date:

01/13/2021

... nation's leaders to protect democracy and get back to the people 's business. As representatives of nonpartisan ... of finding common ground to solve problems and serve people and communities. And...

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PNY News

How Social Innovation Labs Contribute to Transformative Change

Release Date:

11/07/2014

... is growing quickly in response to increasing demand— about 70 percent of the labs were founded in the last five ... With the recent release of a couple of books and articles about social innovation labs, The...

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The Rockefeller Foundation

18 May 2016

Can Failure Be a Success?: Dissecting the Rikers Social Impact Bond Experiment

Wednesday, May 18, 2016 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

... Mission? At their core, social impact bonds are about learning from and scaling what works, and discontinuing ... of the experiment? Does this experiment say anything about the amount of evidence an...