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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

This session will unpack the reasons your foundation should consider funding 501(c)(4) advocacy work and offer a deeper understanding of federal tax and election law.

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20 Oct 2022

From Cautious to Courageous: How Foundations Can Step up Advocacy & Invest in Change (Session 2 of 2)

Thursday, October 20, 2022 -

2:00pm to 3:30pm

Join us as we dive deeper into 501(c)(4) advocacy and provide additional context about how to amplify the power of nonprofit advocates by investing in social welfare organizations and diverse coalitions of 501(c)(3) and (c)(4) organizations.

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The Wallace Foundation Names Rotunda Floyd-Cooper, Ed.D., Director of Education Leadership

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03/01/2023

... wide experience in helping districts build data-informed systems designed to advance the professional learning of ...

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27 Apr 2023

New York City Workforce Funders Collaborative Quarterly Convening: The Future of NYC’s Workforce Development Board

Thursday, April 27, 2023 -

2:00pm to 3:30pm

... development boards are critical to effective workforce systems Examples of innovation and best practices from other ...

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Navigating Backlash: Lessons for a Thriving Multiracial and Multicultural Workplace

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02/10/2025

Rockefeller Brothers Fund originally published this piece on January 15, 2025. Written by RBF's Stephen Heintz, President and CEO, and Mark Adiedo, Vice President, People and Culture/Chief Diversity Office.

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2/17/2016 - "Legal Series - Making Grants to Individuals" Live Stream Recording & PPT Presentation

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02/2016

View materials and recording of the program "Legal Series - Making Grants to Individuals."

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Recording: Turning the Tide: (Re)Claiming Belonging & Power for People of Color in Philanthropy

Turning the Tide: (Re)Claiming Belonging & Power for People of Color in Philanthropy Before experiencing it firsthand, philanthropy is commonly perceived as a space primarily dedicated to charitable giving and volunteerism, albeit with...

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

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08/22/2013

The Open Society Foundations has announced that Pedro Abramovay, a leading Brazilian human rights advocate, will head up its work in Latin America.

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15 Jul 2013

Justice Delayed – An Examination of the Ken Burns Film The Central Park Five

Monday, July 15, 2013 -

3:45pm to 7:00pm

The story of the Central Park Five is one scarring New York history; a case of injustice for five teenagers of color being wrongly convicted of raping a Central Park jogger. This tragic story showcases many issues addressed by philanthropy for...

20 Sep 2011

School Transformations III: Practices and Programs that Are Transforming Schools & Policies that Support Them

Tuesday, September 20, 2011 -

2:30pm to 5:00pm

This is the third session of a series designed to inform grantmakers about realistic options for significantly improving and even transforming low-performing public schools. The first session noted the tremendous challenges involved in turning...

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03 Nov 2011

The American Economy, Manufacturing, and Sustainability

Thursday, November 3, 2011 -

10:00am to 2:00pm

Emerging from the dark grey smoke of political paralysis, chronic unemployment, increasing poverty and embarrassing wealth distribution are some new promising and hopeful themes—manufacturing growth, millions of unfilled good jobs, green...

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20 Nov 2013

Changing the Narrative: Using Storytelling to Expand Your Foundation’s Impact

Wednesday, November 20, 2013 -

7:45am to 11:00am

Storytelling has been the buzz of social change circles for years. This forward-looking session will explore where the practice of stories-for-change stands, and where it’s heading — for funders in any issue area — by using the new Working...

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27 Mar 2014

CUNY: The Road to College Success

Thursday, March 27, 2014 -

8:45am to 10:30am

... for building and evaluating effective student support systems How funders can partner with CUNY and each other to ...

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24 Apr 2014

The Future of Education for New Yorkers Without High School Diplomas

Thursday, April 24, 2014 -

8:45am to 11:00am

An estimated 1.8 million New Yorkers do not have high school diplomas. Until December 31, 2013, the only way for these individuals to get vocational training, entry-level jobs, or enroll in college was to pass the General Education Development (GED...

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Iris Chen Named Executive Director of The Fund for Public Schools

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08/05/2014

Iris Chen has been named executive director of The Fund for Public Schools.

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The Wallace Foundation Names New Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

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12/16/2014

... productivity, and create monitoring and accountability systems . "I'm thrilled to be joining the Wallace .....

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29 Apr 2015

Measuring Impact: Joys, Monsters and Opportunities in Peacebuilding Monitoring and Evaluation - Webinar

Wednesday, April 29, 2015 -

11:00am to 12:00pm

The peacebuilding field continues to wrestle with questions of impact -how do we know that peacebuilding programs work? How do we measure the cumulative effect of programs in a given conflict area?

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Beeta Jahedi Joins The Tow Foundation As Director Of Strategy And Communications

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03/28/2017

In this newly created role, Beeta will focus on amplifying the visibility of the Foundation’s work to address critical social issues in the areas of justice reform, medical innovation, higher education, and cultural institutions as well as actively...

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