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Thousands of People With Autism Join Simons Foundation's SPARK Initiative

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04/04/2017

... a least an additional 300 are involved. But to identify all the genes at play, many more genetic samples are needed from those with autism and their immediate families . That's where SPARK comes in. Simons...

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Public Housing Residents Ask the Crowd to Fund Sustainability Projects

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10/13/2017

... The Rockaway Youth Task Force has a long waiting list of families who want spots in its community garden, but more of ... (Bayside) Apartments. No one expects the gardens to meet all the participating ...

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18 Jul 2012

Black Communities and Philanthropy: A Conversation on Past Trends, Current Challenges and the Future

Wednesday, July 18, 2012 -

8:30am to 11:00am

Philanthropy New York 79 Fifth Avenue, 4th Floor, NYC

Maya Wiley, Founder and President of the Center for Social Inclusion, will share her views about opportunities ... for philanthropic investments in Black communities and how the sector could more effectively...

Building Bigger Bets with Philanthropy

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12/02/2013

... Foundation President Nancy Roob shares with the Stanford Social Innovation Review how the foundation is aggregating funds to scale what works. ...

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MetLife Releases New Corporate Responsibility Report

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09/25/2014

... The report, titled Global Impact, includes information on how the company performs on multiple environmental, social and governance issues, including impact investing, ...

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Ford, OSF and Others Join Forces to Safeguard Internet Liberties

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02/05/2015

... foundations, has formed a partnership to figure out how to get the Internet to live up to its potential as a tool for social justice…. Ford, OSF and Others Join Forces to ...

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Ford Foundation Launches 'Art of Change' Fellowship Program

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04/10/2015

... the world for a series of conversations to help determine how the foundation can most effectively advance the arts — and, by extension, drive social change. As part of the initiative, the foundation has ...

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William T. Grant Foundation Supports Study Examining Student Involvement in Racial Justice Movements

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10/14/2016

... Latino students. The finding not only sheds light on how students support social action – but what higher education can do to support ...

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Mellon Foundation President Talks About Diversity and Democracy

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11/29/2016

... for Democracy and a Prosperous Society investigates how diversity and social connectedness are imperative to our shared success... ...

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13 Apr 2023

Employee Ownership Strategies for Economic Resilience and Equity: Pathways for Philanthropy - A Webinar Hosted by AFN

Thursday, April 13, 2023 -

1:00pm to 2:00pm

... to worker ownership as a tool to address inequality? How can funders align investments in employee ownership to ... ownership, job quality and racial equity strategies. How do I sign up? Registration is...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Clear and Present Danger - Reframing Risk: A Message from CEO, Kathryn O'Neal-Dunham

Release Date:

09/13/2024

... predicted that we would experience a retrenchment of social progress. While Fortune 500 corporations were making ... violent resistance. They reminded us this response is how power — in the forms of sexism,...

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Illumination Fund Earmarks New Donation to Help Hospital Staff Through the NYC Health + Hospitals COVID-19 Relief Fund

Release Date:

04/03/2020

... to help them address urgent needs of the moment across all departments. But frontline healthcare workers have been ... separated from their loved ones to minimize exposing their families from undue risk. We...

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Patricia L. Francy and Susan Butler Plum Join Guttman Foundation Board of Directors

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01/01/2013

... Outward Bound USA, Junior Achievement USA and the Children ’s Tumor Foundation, and on numerous foundation ... The Kathryn A. McDonald Education Advocacy Project at the Legal Aid Society of New York, the...

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Botwinick Wolfensohn Foundation

The Rockefeller Foundation Launches Action Plan for Increasing Global Covid-19 Vaccination Efforts

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06/01/2021

... the pandemic. To stop the spread of this pandemic, all countries need equal access to Covid-19 vaccination. A ... Rockefeller Foundation and key collaborators, One for All : An Updated Action Plan for Global...

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PhilTV: Funder Advocacy Is Powerful in Conversation on NP Sector Sustainability

Release Date:

05/24/2016

... toward greater sustainability. Despite its obvious social and geographic differences, Bauer says that Los ... and it also called for a letter to be signed by all five supervisors to urge California’s state...

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Tonya Woodland Joins the Commonwealth Fund

Release Date:

03/06/2019

... is responsible for providing overall direction for human resources and building management as well as helping to ... 2011-2016 she was an HR Strategist with the TMW Human Resources . From 2006-2009, she was the...

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United Way To Receive $52 Million Over Four Years To Help Turn New York City Schools Into Services Hubs

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06/16/2014

... to turn at least 100 schools into community hubs that link families to services such as health clinics, dental ... Policy. Bringing services inside schools will help families struggling with hunger, unstable...

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Ms. Foundation Seeks to Increase Traction for Childcare Amongst Funders

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10/03/2017

... Amongst Funders Childcare is out of reach for working families , but few funders have stepped in to fill the gap. In ... Access to affordable childcare would put struggling families on surer financial footing...

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13 Jun 2012

2012 Conference on Scaling Impact

Wednesday, June 13, 2012 - 8:00am to Thursday, June 14, 2012 - 6:30pm

Museum of Jewish Heritage 36 Battery Park Place, NYC

Join the Social Impact Exchange community of funders, social ... Explore Strategies to achieve large-scale impact. How funder collaboratives can support scaling efforts. How...

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Philanthropy New York Supports a True Cost of Living Standard and Wage Equity

... and believes that this standard should inform wages for all New York City workers, especially those employed in the ... employees in similar roles. As a result, almost 25% of all human services employees...

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