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Mellon Foundation Appoints Farah Jasmine Griffin and Clint Smith as 2021 Fellows in Residence

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07/26/2021

... inaugural chair of African American and African diaspora studies Farah Jasmine Griffin and New York Times ... The African-American Migration Narrative , the jazz studies classic If You Can’t Be Free, Be a...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Launches $3 Million Fund for Coal Communities

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04/27/2017

... work to help out-of-work miners develop new job skills and find new career opportunities. There is a risk of losing ... to solve their own problems if given adequate support and resources , the Just Transition...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Why the New Teachers’ Contract Is Great News for NYC’s Students

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06/03/2014

... hold so much promise? The central pillars, supported by studies from the Consortium on Chicago School Research , the ... consistent with what recent research shows about the characteristics of successful...

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The Century Foundation

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... , then Edit Profile . Near the bottom of the profile page, find the “New York PhilanthroPost Frequency” field and ...

Easy to Say and Hard to Do Well

Release Date:

05/02/2018

Philanthropy New York President Ronna Brown gives gives her take on 'Four Essentials for Foundation Effectiveness' presented by Center for Effective Philanthorpy President Phil Buchanan.

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The Post-Copenhagen Funding Landscape: Thoughts from Rachel Leon and Terry Odendahl

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02/12/2010

... such as oil exploration and mining. According to the World Resources Institute, deforestation accounts for about 15 to ... helm at New York State Common Cause and published several studies that highlighted the...

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Inside the Joan Mitchell Foundation: How a Visual Arts Funder Is Evolving

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11/08/2018

The artist Joan Mitchell passed away in 1992. Recently, her Blueberry set an auction record for $16.625 million at Christie’s New York, while her work at Art Basel collectively sold for approximately $35.5 million. Meanwhile, the Baltimore Museum of...

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Ford Foundation Appoints Cara Mertes to Lead JustFilms

Release Date:

06/03/2013

... justice filmmaking and Cara will certainly continue to find innovative ways to draw attention to our grantees’ ...

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Who Is Hilary Pennington? A Few Questions for Ford's New Executive Vice President

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01/25/2018

... a positive impact. That requires working really hard to find joy and build trust in your personal and working relationships. If you hit a wall, you try to find the door in that wall, or make a door in that...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Philanthropy Can Help Build a Thriving Democracy by Building Up Programs and Places That Fuel Civic Involvement

Release Date:

01/20/2022

... civic infrastructure across the country are easy to find . They include: A model nonprofit digital platform in ... to the common good. Most importantly, they can move resources to the American communities that...

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20 Sep 2012

The Evolution of Institution-Based Community Organizing: Can Congregations Be Change Agents for Social Justice Again?

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8:30am to 11:00am

In recognition of substantial shifts in the field of institution-based community organizing (IBCO), Interfaith Funders, in collaboration with researchers from Duke University and The University of New Mexico, conducted research to document and...