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Advocacy Funding: The Philanthropy of Changing Minds

Publication date:

07/2005

... crucial role in advancing a foundation's mission. In this guide , contributors explain that advocacy includes a lot of ... idea, argue a position, or enrich the policy debate, the guide offers resources and strategies for planning your work, reaching .....

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Report

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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

Legal Issues

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Atlantic Philanthropies Strengthens Support of Media That Matters

Release Date:

05/31/2016

... productions, and as connectors linking up funders, media makers and influencers and encouraging their collaboration, ... working broadly on social issues. Media projects and makers shape and inform public...

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Member News

Funding Area

Communications/Media

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The Atlantic Philanthropies

03 Jun 2021

Philanthropy New York’s 42nd Annual Meeting - Looking Back, Moving Forward: A Time of Reckoning

Thursday, June 3, 2021 -

1:00pm to 4:30pm

... Co-Conspiracy Join your colleagues to turn learning into action in one of these workshops designed to support those in ... ( Philanthropic Initiative for Racial Equity ) will guide you in exploring key lessons...

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Network Building

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Conference

Webinar/Teleconference

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All Funders

Topic(s)

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

WES Mariam Assefa Fund Announces New Grants to Support New York City Asylum Seekers

Release Date:

02/21/2023

... Activists is a volunteer-based organization taking action and calling attention to issues around health, ... fitness, wellness, and social justice in underserved communities in New York City. With support from...

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Member News

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Human Services

Immigration

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World Education Services / WES Mariam Assefa Fund

Evaluating a Culture

Release Date:

05/22/2019

... with grantees are substantive and natural. The staff can speak the same language as a choreographer, freelance ... the Foundation conference room is fine, but so is the local coffee shop near the applicant’s...

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Insights

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Howard Gilman Foundation

The Tiffany & Co. Foundation Rehabilitates Parks to Celebrate and Preserve Mexican History

Release Date:

03/03/2015

... Tiffany & Co. Foundation’s contribution will enable TRF local partner Fideicomiso Probosque de Chapultepec ...

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Member News

Topic(s)

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Funding Area

Arts

Environment and Climate Change

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The Tiffany & Co. Foundation

Why Bring People Together In Person?

Release Date:

08/13/2013

... for life-saving vaccinations (GAVI); the recovery of post -Katrina New Orleans; the development of the concept of ... The Art and Science of Effective Convening , a hands-on guide for planners and change agents...

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Insights

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All Funders

42nd Annual Meeting Recap - Looking Back, Moving Forward

... for a new day. Explaining the why’s I love the new communities I discovered through zoom Freedom, liberty, ... funder panel recording.png How can we take action ? Take action ...through using...

Toya Williford Joins the Mayor's Fund to Advance New York City as Director of Programs and Policy

Release Date:

05/29/2014

... New York City as Director of Porgrams and Policy The Brooklyn Community Foundation announced that the ...

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Appointments & Transitions

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Brooklyn Org

Mayor's Fund to Advance New York City

Dodge Foundation Awards $3.8 Million to New Jersey Nonprofits

Release Date:

08/13/2018

... and inclusion as a way to build thriving, equitable communities . Through its Education focus area, the foundation ... in support of its work to advance sustainability and local action in New...

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Member News

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation

Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Art Awards More Than $1.7 Million to Fight Bias Against Muslims

Release Date:

03/30/2017

... lasting connections between American Muslim and non-Muslim communities . It is readily apparent that the need for such ... support for their projects: Bang on a Can in Brooklyn , N.Y. , will receive $300,000 for...

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Member News

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Arts

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Doris Duke Foundation

Get to Know Your PHIL Talkers

Release Date:

05/17/2017

... annual meeting in 2013, when we were focused on Hurricane Sandy recovery and we had a research scientist from Columbia ... Theatre of the Oppressed NYC I have seen Afua speak about her member-led, multi-racial...

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PNY News

Funding Area

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

20 Nov 2020

Philanthropy 101: Fundamentals of Grantmaking

Friday, November 20, 2020 -

10:00am to 12:00pm

... components that make up grantmaking in a foundation? What resources , approaches, and tools does a foundation employ to ...

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Professional Development

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Breakout Discussion

Presentation

Webinar/Teleconference

Audience

All Funders

New Staff

Topic(s)

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Ms. Foundation Centers Black Women, Nonconforming People and Fem(me)s in Campaigns for Expanded Sanctuary Cities

Release Date:

09/15/2017

... plans immigration raids and continues attacks on Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) youth, immigrants, and ... is calling for the expansion of sanctuary policies at the local level to center Black...

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Member News

Funding Area

Gender Justice

Immigration

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Ms. Foundation for Women

Citi Joins the Economic Opportunity Coalition as Founding Member to Accelerate Financial Inclusion for All

Release Date:

07/28/2022

... and accelerate economic opportunity in underserved communities in the U.S. The newly created program consists of ... for communities but for businesses. We need collective action from both...

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Member News

Funding Area

Economic Security

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Citi Foundation

13 Jun 2013

A Conversation with Robert C. Granger, President of the William T. Grant Foundation

Thursday, June 13, 2013 -

8:45am to 11:00am

... quality of after-school programs. Representatives from a local and a national foundation as well as the New York City ... Community Development Toya Williford, Program Director, Brooklyn Community Foundation...

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Issue-Based

New York Life Foundation Announces New National Initiative to Help Schools Support Students Who Have Lost a Parent or Loved One

Release Date:

10/11/2018

... to give presentations about grief in schools and the resources available for educators. Schools then have the ... to become grief-sensitive. In addition to facilitating local community efforts by employees and...

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Member News

Funding Area

Children, Youth and Families

Health

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New York Life Foundation

EMpower - The Emerging Markets Foundation Announces New Grants in Emerging Market Countries

Release Date:

01/13/2022

... in its global grantmaking to be able to better support local organisations during these difficult times. COVID-19 ... working hard to meet the needs of young people and their communities under the direst...

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Member News

Funding Area

Children, Youth and Families

Community Development

International/Foreign Affairs

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EMPower - The Emerging Markets Foundation

Joan Mitchell Foundation Names 2020 Artists in Residence

Release Date:

01/29/2020

... dialogue with other artists, arts professionals, and the local community as well as by the unique history and culture ... Falls, VT Scott Andresen, New Orleans Olive Ayhens, Brooklyn , NY Elenora “Rukiya” Brown...