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Ford Foundation Taps Elizabeth Alexander as Director of the Creativity and Free Expression Program

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10/07/2015

... inequality, Elizabeth will guide efforts to examine how cultural narratives impact and shape social movements, and how media and the arts can contribute to a fairer and more ...

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24 Mar 2015

Administrative Relief and Philanthropy Webinar Series - Making the Case for Immigrant-Related Grantmaking: A Funder Conversation on Messaging and Communication Strategies that Work

Tuesday, March 24, 2015 -

2:00pm to 3:30pm

Grappling with how to make the case to support immigrant-related work within ... from education and health to economic opportunity and children , youth, and families ? On November 20, 2014, .....

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A Change is Gonna Come: Supporting Our Partners through Leadership Transitions

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09/30/2020

... fundamentally change this country for generations. We have all watched grantees pivot and respond to each emerging ... and their families begin to make decisions about where and how to attend...

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Marcella Tillett of the Brooklyn Community Foundation Named Among 50 Women in City & State's 2022 Above & Beyond List

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03/21/2022

... are no anomaly. Women in New York are making gains at all levels of politics, business and the nonprofit sphere – ... But she shifted gears when a professor explained how social work would...

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Peterson Foundation On New Tax Reform Framework

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09/28/2017

... and the administration: “A fundamental question is how tax reform will affect our nation’s unsustainable ... responsible, but it’s avoiding the tough decisions. We all want higher economic growth, but the...

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Peter G. Peterson Foundation

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The Fund for the City of New York Announces Lisette Nieves as President

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08/10/2020

... core mission is to improve the quality of life for all New Yorkers.” During her tenure, the Fund’s budget ... whom we are all in debt. But I also leave with a sense of how far we have yet to...

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New Report by Russell Sage Foundation Trustees: A New Threat to Immigrants’ Health — The Public-Charge Rule

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08/08/2018

... in the U.S. on visas can be prevented from obtaining legal permanent resident status, and in rare cases, even ... use of public benefits by dependents—including U.S.-born children and spouses—in determining...

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Immigration

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Surdna's Head Reflects on Aligning Program With Mission, Impact Investing

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06/25/2014

... launch into the impact investing world. In discussing how Surdna zeroed in its current direction, Henderson who ... communities, that’s built around the idea that social justice matters."... Surdna's...

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Century Foundation Report Maps the Effects of a $15 Minimum Wage on Food Insecurity

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09/01/2016

... of a $15 Minimum Wage on Food Insecurity For American families earning less than $40,000 per year, consistent ... Around 17.4 million American families report inadequate resources to provide...

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Morgan Stanley Picks Newark As One Of Its Healthy Cities Sites

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06/27/2014

... national partners to help as many as 3,000 Newark, N.J., children and their families . Newark becomes the third location for Healthy ... innovative new program that will integrate local nonprofit ...

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Children, Youth and Families

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03 Dec 2019

Closing the Women’s Wealth Gap: A Life Cycle Approach

Tuesday, December 3, 2019 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

... there solutions? Research shows that a “one-size fits all ” approach to closing the women’s wealth gap is ... in addressing the future economic security of women and families Why it is important to employ a...

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Wellspring Advisors Program Director Andrew Park Heads to The Williams Institute

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06/13/2014

... and international grant-making programs in the fields of LGBT rights, human rights, youth, healthcare, and other social justice initiatives... Wellspring Advisors Program ...

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International/Foreign Affairs

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Five Technology Trends Defining the Future of Corporate Sustainability

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08/28/2017

... Companies currently spend a lot of time, effort and resources to prepare Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) reports, but how many are actually read? Without integration of CSR into ...

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30 Mar 2016

Shedding Light on Long Island: Learning Tour for Grantmakers

Wednesday, March 30, 2016 - 9:00am to Thursday, March 31, 2016 - 5:00pm

... across New York State committed to learning more about how the social , economic, and political landscapes of the ... community efforts seeking education equality for children , labor rights...

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New five-year program as part of Stavros Niarchos Foundation's Health Initiative will support child and adolescent mental health

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01/20/2022

... in mental health care systems in general, but for children and adolescents in particular. Data from studies in ... helped fight the stigma that accompanies mental illness. All of us at SNF are here to support...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Between Resistance and Rebuilding

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04/05/2021

... demanding that policymakers prioritize climate action in all decisions moving forward. These are bold and big ... [ Watch the “Black Futures” video that imagines how the summer of 2020 paved the way for the...

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15 Feb 2012

New Approaches to Collaborative Funding: A Case Study of the Young Men’s Initiative

Wednesday, February 15, 2012 -

1:45pm to 5:00pm

A new model for social change will be investigated as those involved in The ... and $30 million from Bloomberg Philanthropies. Learn how these distinct agencies and foundations have come ... Coordinator for the...

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Mothers Out Front & Kelsey Wirth Win McNulty Prize for Mobilizing Bold Action on Climate

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10/30/2019

... Out Front is mobilizing more than 32,000 women and their children to demand those in power at all levels of US government take bold action that will ... it, I would throw myself between her and the car. That’s...

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Hirokazu Yoshikawa Joins Board of Trustees of the William T. Grant Foundation

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10/20/2021

... Professor at NYU, and Co-Director of the Global TIES for Children center at NYU. He is a community and developmental ... childhood, gender and sexuality, and poverty reduction on children ’s development. He...

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