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Nigeria Youth Futures Fund Launches with Seed Funding from the Ford and MacArthur Foundations

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09/13/2021

... Create a fund that will provide small- to medium-sized action grants for young activists and anchor organizations at ...

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Children, Youth and Families

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International/Foreign Affairs

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Ford Foundation

19 May 2025

100 Days In: Where We Are and Where We're Going - A Webinar Hosted by GCIR

Monday, May 19, 2025 -

1:00pm to 2:00pm

... attacks on immigrants, refugees, BIPOC, LGBTQ, and other communities has been staggering. The wantonness with which ... explore how federal policy developments have played out in local and state contexts. This...

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

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Immigration

Why Cultural Critics of Color Matter

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05/15/2018

... to shape our increasingly toxic cultural discourse. For communities that have been historically shut out of that ... example of what pop culture critics of color can do with resources and real estate. The...

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The Nathan Cummings Foundation

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Arts

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Rockefeller Foundation Partners with HUD for National Disaster Resilience Competition

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09/18/2014

... Resilience Competition makes $1 billion available to communities that have been struck by natural disasters in ... of innovative resilience projects to better prepare communities for future storms and other...

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The Rockefeller Foundation

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Disaster Relief

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Aetna Foundation President Discusses What it Will Take to Solve the Opioid Crisis

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06/29/2018

... blamed largely on the opioid epidemic, which is plaguing communities , families, and individuals across the United ... died due to opioid drug overdoses. Even our healthiest communities aren’t immune. ...

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Health

Prudential and Goldman Sachs Developing World’s Largest Vertical Farm in Newark

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03/12/2015

... second half of 2015, creating approximately 78 jobs in a local community with an unemployment rate that is twice the ... to create a recruiting and job training program targeting local residents. Prudential...

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Food Systems

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Prudential Foundation

Goldman Sachs

Philanthropy and the Interfaith Imperative

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05/24/2018

... for how we understand society from the level of the local community to global politics. It is a necessary ... of our highly ambitious goals and relatively modest resources , t he results have been remarkable...

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Religion

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The Teagle Foundation

Some Measure of Leadership

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04/23/2009

... business executives will volunteer their time and company resources to nonprofit executives; and (3) seek substantial ... we develop broader leadership that produces real concerted action ? Second, we must put...

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Helmsley-backed DATA2GO.NYC's Veterans Data Highlighted by Social Science Research Council

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11/11/2016

... Data Highlighted by Social Science Research Council BROOKLYN , NY (November 10, 2016) - The Social Science ... Bronx's veteran poverty rate overall is lower than that of Brooklyn , the borough has pockets...

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The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust

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Veterans

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The TransitCenter Shares New Video: The Legacy of Racism in Transit - How We Got Here and What to Do About It

Release Date:

10/06/2021

... rail stations — which reflects the segregation between local bus services used primarily by Black and brown city ... who contributed their insights to this video. Additional resources Recent TransitCenter...

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Public Policy

Social Justice

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TransitCenter

Meeting My Philanthropy Peers in This Incredibly Small, Incredibly Big World of Ours

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03/07/2017

... that support philanthropy, in partnership with local WINGS member Cemefi (Centro Mexicano Para La ...

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International/Foreign Affairs

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Sustainability Grant Opportunity: Partners for Places Round 16

Release Date:

12/05/2019

... matching grant program that improves U.S. and Canadian communities by building partnerships between local government sustainability leaders and place-based ... for Places fosters long-term relationships that...

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RFPs Etc

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Community Development

Environment and Climate Change

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Freedom Together Foundation

The New York Community Trust

Surdna Foundation

The Three Vs for Voter Engagement: Validators, Volunteers and Visibility

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08/26/2022

... A. Swann, Program Director, Thriving Communities at the New York Community Trust, and Neill ... New York City. These grantees, trusted messengers in their communities , engaged, informed, and mobilized their...

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Charles H. Revson Foundation

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Civic Engagement

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The New York Community Trust

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Ford, Carnegie, Bronfman and Others Support New Forum on Philanthropy and the Public Good at Boston College

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10/21/2015

... Bringing together scholars, practitioners and policy makers , the Forum on Philanthropy and the Public Good will ... good and whether Congress and regulators need to take action . Ford, Carnegie, Bronfman and...

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The Need for Civil Legal Aid

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06/07/2016

... as a widespread problem; one that impacts low-income communities , at times pushing individuals and families ... seeking civil legal aid are turned away due to lack of resources , meaning a majority of civil...

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Economic Security

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The Elmezzi Foundation

11 Dec 2013

Leaving Vocational Education Behind: Making Sure College Ready = Career Ready

Wednesday, December 11, 2013 -

1:45pm to 5:00pm

When President Obama visited P-TECH in Brooklyn this October, the focus was on how the school – a ... traditional calendar and distinctions between secondary, post -secondary and workplace learning? What do the...

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World Education Services Launches WES Mariam Assefa Fund to Provide Support to Organizations Striving to Help Immigrants and Refugees

Release Date:

06/04/2019

... their skills and joining the workforce in their new communities . As the leading provider of credential ... earnings and negative impacts to federal, state, and local economies. “Newcomers are often held back...

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World Education Services / WES Mariam Assefa Fund

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Immigration

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Thomas Lax and Sanjit Sethi Elected to Jerome Foundation Board of Directors

Release Date:

06/08/2020

... and Founding Director and Choreographer of Streb Extreme Action Company Elizabeth Streb ( Brooklyn , NY). The Directors, who are responsible for ... Directors writer and cultural critic Ryan Lee Wong ( ...

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Appointments & Transitions

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Citi Foundation and Living Cities Announce Selection of Five Cities to Join City Accelerator Initiative

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05/20/2015

... a $3 million initiative to advance innovation in local government. Over the next 18 months, participating ... in which cities engage with their citizens on important local issues such as city planning,...

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Community Development