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28 Apr 2020

The Climate Crisis & COVID-19: What is “Grassroots?” – A Webinar Hosted by CLIMA Fund

Tuesday, April 28, 2020 -

12:00pm to 2:00pm

... play in supporting action towards justice, collective health , and sustainability? In this five-part dialogue ... globe will connect the dots across our global ecological, health , and social crises, and how...

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All Funders

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Environment and Climate Change

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Disaster Relief

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Katya Levitan-Reiner Promoted to Chief Operating Officer at Propel Capital

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11/14/2019

... Operating Officer. Levitan-Reiner joined Propel Capital in 2015 , playing a critical role in expanding Propel’s ... with foundations, non-profit organizations and school systems developing and implementing...

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PNY Member Journeys - Equitable Grantmaking Practices to Support Movement Building at the New York Foundation

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01/18/2024

Zabrina Collazo navigated a unique start, joining the New York Foundation as a program officer during the pandemic. Now, three years into their role at the New York Foundation, Zabrina funds community organizing and grassroots advocacy led by and...

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John E. Craig, Jr. to Step Down as Chair of NPCC Board

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10/13/2014

... also serves on the boards of the Greenwall Foundation, the International Women's Health Coalition, the National Center on Philanthropy and the ... Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School of...

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Nonprofit Coordinating Committee of NY

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Ford Foundation Appoints Bess Rothenberg as Director of New Office of Strategy & Learning

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01/08/2016

... evaluation. In that role, she led strategic planning for international and US-based human rights work. Earlier, ... served as senior program officer for Africa at the International Women’s Health...

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Foundation for a Just Society Supports Report on LGBTQ Organizing in West Africa

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03/07/2016

... support for queer women's sexual and reproductive health , ways to address intimate partner violence, economic ... speak to LGBTQ people's faith and religious affiliation. International donors and...

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International/Foreign Affairs

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LGBTQ

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Donzelina Barroso Named as Director, Global Philanthropy, for Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors

Release Date:

09/28/2016

... presence. Barroso has more than a decade of experience in international grantmaking and project management at RPA, including work in education, arts, health , human services, poverty alleviation and...

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Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors

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HSBC Announces USD25 Million COVID-19 Donation Fund

Release Date:

03/26/2020

... USD25 million in charitable donations to support the international medical response, protect vulnerable people and ... donation will be made to global charities coordinating the international response The rest...

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International/Foreign Affairs

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Disaster Relief

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HSBC Bank USA

Open Society Foundations Name Sandra Breka as Vice President and Chief Operating Officer

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09/30/2022

... a seasoned senior executive who has been deeply engaged in international affairs for a quarter century, with extensive ... one of the largest European foundations active on health , education, and global issues...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Doubles Support To Prevent Global Road Traffic Deaths

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02/18/2020

... countries over the next 24 years. “As Transport and Health Ministers from around the world gather in Sweden this ... preventable. After more than a decade of working with our international and in-country...

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Civic Engagement

Community Development

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Red Hook Autumn: Losing and Gaining Power During the Disaster

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01/18/2013

... of their lives—addressing education, employment and health needs while allowing young people to empower ... and those who sought to help them in extraordinary number. Systems emerged and then fell apart, and...

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Philanthropy Should Focus on the Assets of Aging

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04/22/2016

... people 65-105 have the same opinions? Or do we just not care what they are? So what does this have to do with ... of age and yield improvements in quality of life and health of older adults. It encourages...

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Autism at Work: How the Simons Foundation is Expanding Efforts of Inclusion in the Workplace

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03/10/2020

... as well. The employee’s direct manager, human resources staff, and the employees who will be working with ... is that this is a foundation full of people who earnestly care about other people.” It is not...

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HR & Operations

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Salesforce Gives $19M to Support Five School Districts Across the US and Education Nonprofits

Release Date:

09/20/2021

... Superintendent Dr. Alessia Johnson. “These additional resources will help IPS address the specific needs of our ... through social emotional learning and trauma-informed care . I often say that we’re stronger...

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Education

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Simons Foundation Autism Research Initiative Supports NeuroBioBank for Autism Research

Release Date:

11/18/2015

... for Autism Research The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) has signed an agreement to establish a ... brain tissue repositories, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) NeuroBioBank (NBB) and the...

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Health

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The Joys and Frustrations of Managing Young People

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09/29/2016

Stephanie Chrispin, Public Policy Fellow at Philanthropy New York, reflects on the difficulties and rewards of managing the organization's first high school intern.

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

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Leadership Development

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Public Policy

Advancing Racial Equity in Arts and Culture, Part 1

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08/28/2015

... Program , designed to offer advocates space, time, and resources to work together in generating ideas for shoring up ...

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The New York Community Trust

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Arts

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Toyota Named Among of World’s Best Companies on Addressing Water Concerns

Release Date:

10/22/2015

... that are on the path to sustainably managing water resources . They are taking action to mitigate corporate ... to account for their water management strategies in 2015 , less than the average disclosure rate of...

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Corporate Social Responsibility

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Environment and Climate Change

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J.M. Kaplan Fund Announces Open Call for Applications to 2019 Innovation Prize

Release Date:

02/06/2019

... funding offers flexibility, letting awardees deploy resources where they are most needed, whether investing in ... and connection,” said Michelle Miller of Coworker.org, a 2015 Innovation Prize winner. “What...

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