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JPMorgan Chase & Co. Announces Detroit Service Corps to Strengthen City's Nonprofit Community

Release Date:

11/04/2014

... to help select nonprofit organizations address the city's economic challenges and support those who need it most. As ... at Eastern Market, Focus: HOPE, Michigan Community Resources and Vanguard Community...

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Member News

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Community Development

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JPMorgan Chase & Co.

How Public Policy Can Support Collective Impact

Publication date:

12/2014

... a collective impact approach to challenges as diverse as economic development, education, and health. These public ... of these examples, and suggestions for additional resources that may be helpful for policymakers and their ...

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Report

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Public Policy

Helmsley Charitable Trust Increases Commitment to Environment of Madagascar

Release Date:

06/18/2015

... well-being of local communities while sustaining natural resources and protecting biodiversity. The Trust’s ... nowhere else on Earth, and have a tremendous scientific, economic and cultural value for the...

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Environment and Climate Change

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The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust

Boosting Adult Education in New York

Release Date:

07/16/2015

... reform a top policy priority and invested significant resources in universal pre-kindergarten. This focus makes ... adult education has gone overlooked in discussions of economic and workforce development in...

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Education

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Altman Foundation

F.B. Heron's Clara Miller on Changing Operating Models to Expand Effectiveness and Impact

Release Date:

06/10/2016

... is mirrored in society: poverty is made more searing by economic segregation and the isolation of poor people and of ... of operating model might we build if we focus all of our resources on achieving our...

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Member News

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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F.B. Heron Foundation

Mastercard's Singh on How Companies Can Help Cities Close the Data Gap

Release Date:

10/21/2016

... and chooses its store locations by analyzing customer, economic and other data. And as Amazon's customers know so ... Nearly half pointed to a shortage of staff and financial resources dedicated to...

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Member News

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Community Development

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Mastercard Center for Inclusive Growth

Beyond the Glass Cliff: Redefining Leadership in the Non-Profit Sector

Release Date:

06/28/2024

... commitment to diversity. But these leaders, in many cases women , are often hired in response to strategic crises and ... organization’s issues, without the necessary support or resources , and without room for...

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Insights

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Leadership Development

Ford’s Walker Says ‘Unusual Coalition’ Won’t Be Last of its Kind

Release Date:

02/20/2015

... African-American and Latino men – and increasingly women – for nonviolent crimes have set in motion a vicious ... a major breakthrough. AN UNLIKELY COALITION This potential breakthrough is built on a wide...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Funding Area

Justice Reform

Social Justice

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Ford Foundation

Immigrant Rights Fund: 6 Lessons We’ve Learned So Far

Release Date:

05/09/2017

... rather than time-consuming grant applications. Through these conversations, as well as public convenings , ... reports of domestic violence. Undocumented immigrant women are at a higher risk of their...

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Insights

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Immigration

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Brooklyn Org

24 Jan 2019

Essential Skills and Strategies for New Program Officers

Thursday, January 24, 2019 (All day) to Friday, February 8, 2019 (All day)

... grantmakers and philanthropy professionals overall. Through highly interactive sessions with peers, it also ... President of Strategy and Programs, Ms. Foundation for Women Kelly Shipp Simone , Associate...

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Professional Development

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Workshop

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All Funders

Program Staff

Apollo Theater Launches Initiative Dedicated to the Creation of a Diverse 21st Century Performing Arts Canon with Support from the Ford Foundation and Andrew W. Mellon Foundation

Release Date:

02/27/2020

... President Elizabeth Alexander. “We are excited by the potential of these artist-led projects to help shape a new ... had an impact on the Harlem scene in the 1920s and ’30s through a brand new work that pays...

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Arts

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Ford Foundation

Mellon Foundation

Why a 'Gender Transformative' Approach?

Release Date:

04/06/2015

... sexual and reproductive health, intimate relationships, economic empowerment and educational achievement. For instance, young women who internalize codes of femininity that prioritize the ... gender lens...

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Community Development

Health

LGBTQ

Gender Justice

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True Child

The Overbrook Foundation

The New York Women's Foundation

Open Society Foundations Announce Puerto Rico Youth Fellowships Program

Release Date:

09/05/2018

... Rico Project at the Open Society Foundations. “Be it through comedores sociales, sustainable agriculture ... encourage activists to reimagine the future of the island through economic , social...

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Member News

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Disaster Relief

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Open Society Foundations

Why Are Foundations Often Absent From Major Policy Shifts?

Release Date:

08/13/2009

By Eugene Steuerle Over many years, I have been involved— through government, think tanks, and foundations—in ... of success. But first, a bit of the anecdotal evidence. As economic coordinator and original...

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The Nathan Cummings Foundation Announces Leadership Transition

Release Date:

01/08/2020

... our assets. We increased our payout so that more resources go to: Movement building organizations defending ... for tackling the climate crises and growing inequality, breaking down internal silos to...

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Appointments & Transitions

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The Nathan Cummings Foundation

ASPCA Board of Directors Names Matthew Bershadker President and CEO

Release Date:

05/01/2013

... the Cruelty Intervention Advocacy program, a ground- breaking new initiative to help protect companion animals that are in danger of potential abuse or neglect, helping hundreds of New York ...

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Appointments & Transitions

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Animal Welfare

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ASPCA

05 Oct 2016

Urban Agriculture & Social Justice Activism

Wednesday, October 5, 2016 -

5:30pm to 7:30pm

... issues such as structural racism, gender inequity, and economic disparities. A new book by Kristin Reynolds and ... on dismantling oppressive systems have the greatest potential to achieve substantive social...