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12 Jan 2012

A Conversation with Jennifer Buffett and Robert F. Sherman

Thursday, January 12, 2012 -

11:00am to 2:00pm

... to empower girls and women worldwide to end the violence and exploitation against them. She serves on the ... approaches to empower girls and women worldwide to end the violence and exploitation against them A...

14 Nov 2013

American Revolutionary: The Evolution of Grace Lee Boggs

Thursday, November 14, 2013 -

4:30pm to 8:30pm

Ford Foundation, 320 East 43rd Street, NYC

... with a Detroit in ongoing transition, contradictions of violence and non- violence , Malcolm X and Martin Luther King, the 1967 ...

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07 Jun 2017

Trailblazers: The Bold States Leading the Charge on Climate Change

Wednesday, June 7, 2017 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

This program is a part of our Climate Change Series. **In partnership with the ... carbon, and reinvest in low-income communities—and learn how philanthropy can support these efforts. Explore: How...

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05 Oct 2017

Pulling Back the Curtain: Philanthropy’s Role in Bridging Research, Policy, and Practice to Improve Early Childhood Education

Thursday, October 5, 2017 -

9:00am to 11:00am

The social policy goals of our time are as big as they are important. Achieving them ... funding early childhood research-policy partnerships and how the Foundation for Child Development’s (the Foundation) .....

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19 Feb 2019

True or False Solutions to Climate Change

Tuesday, February 19, 2019 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

... rapid change with a social and economic justice frame? How can funders find the right areas of overlap? Explore What ... York State’s new Senate, what their prospects are, and how they compare to other state’s...

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10 Apr 2025

Making Reporting Work: Aligning Grantmaking with Learning & Change - Part 2 of a Three-Part Series

Thursday, April 10, 2025 -

2:30pm to 3:45pm

... with Northern California Grantmakers** Who Holds the Mic? How can funders redesign reporting to better support learning ... from funders successfully redesigning reporting structures How AI tools can support...

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Tools & Strategies

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06 Mar 2019

Innovative Workforce Strategies for Criminal Justice: Involved Populations and Quarterly Meeting of the New York City Workforce Funders

Wednesday, March 6, 2019 -

9:00am to 11:00am

The United States has the highest incarceration rate in the world, even with the rate in 2016 ...

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Uniting Around a Shared Vision: Philanthropy and Citizens United

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10/04/2012

... at the Funding Exchange, provides us with a recap of our recent session on the impact of the Supreme Court’s ... voters’ rights and addressing the trajectory of our democracy. Uniting Around a Shared Vision:...

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Better Prepared for Tomorrow

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08/01/2013

... Trust’s Hive Digital Media Learning Fund, recap our recent program on the impact of digital media learning ... and workforce development (and provide a preview of our follow-up briefing on September 18)...

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The New York Community Trust

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NYSHealth-Funded Report Finds Hospital Involvement in Population Health Programs is Not Widespread

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04/06/2016

A new NYSHealth-funded report found that hospitals' involvement in population health programs to address healthy foods, parks, housing and employment is not widespread.

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New York Health Foundation

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Health

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Century Foundation Says States Are Wrong to Tie Higher Education Funding to Performance

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05/26/2016

The Century Foundation says the performance-based funding model is reinforcing disparities within public higher education and is doing little to move the needle on completion.

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City Schools Buy Marked-Up Supplies Thanks To DOE System

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09/26/2017

... a city Department of Education portal called the Financial Accounting Management Information System, or FAMIS. The ...

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Ms. Foundation President and CEO Teresa C. Younger on MSNBC

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12/21/2017

She spoke to the importance of addressing sexual harassment and assault at all levels -- and holding people accountable when they don’t treat all women with respect.

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Gender Justice

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You Can't Hack Trust

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06/17/2019

... I am reminded of the old adage: people don’t care how much you know until they know how much you care. The Whitman Institute has been studying, ... as a philanthropic advisor. The issues we’re tackling in...

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The Restaurant Industry Is Structured on Racism. The Restaurant Workers Community Foundation Wants to Rebuild It.

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04/14/2021

... its steering committee is still in the process of deciding how it will take shape, and where money will be directed. ... structural changes in the restaurant industry. One of our program areas is racial...

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Restaurant Workers' Community Foundation

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Food Systems

Social Justice

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Three Prominent Foundation Leaders Join Foundation Center Board of Trustees

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04/20/2015

... extensive expertise in the most pressing issue areas of our time, including diversity, health, and digital ... "The idea that philanthropy can transform lives and increase opportunity is also at the heart...

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Appointments & Transitions

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NYC Cultural Agenda Fund Places Marker on Racial Justice Initiative Ahead of City’s Cultural Plan Release

Release Date:

10/12/2016

... half a million dollars in grants to support efforts to increase cultural and racial equity in the City's cultural ... recent efforts in Seattle, Nashville, and San Francisco to increase racial equity...

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The New York Community Trust

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Arts

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Stavros Niarchos Foundation

Rockefeller Brothers Fund

Excellence is the Best Strategy

Release Date:

12/10/2013

... expertise as well as his wealth with nonprofits. How can these groups adjust to a new era that might be ... management strategies. All three have figured out how to deliver better results while using limited...

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