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Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Increases Investment in Funding Prison Education and Re-entry Programs

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06/13/2019

... expanding access to higher education in prison as a public good .” “We know that higher-education-in-prison programs reduce violence inside prisons, improve incarcerated students’ ties with family and ...

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JPB Foundation Partners with Others in Support of Energy Efficiency for All

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02/12/2016

... with a combination of private and public funds. It is building up from a base of nonprofit commitment to create ... efficiency. "One of EEFA’s missions is to point out where the challenges are and try to...

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Freedom Together Foundation

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

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06/10/2016

... Models to Expand Effectiveness and Impact When we set out on Heron’s current journey, we did so with the idea of building incentives into our own operating model that would ... of operating model might we...

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Beyond the Bubble

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01/22/2020

... Florida, New York, Texas, and Washington) five out of the six are the most disaster-prone places in the ... is obviously not included in the list above, but it is out there. While we could list more dire...

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Philanthropy & Social Sector Leadership at a Time of Crisis

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06/10/2020

... the wealth of field knowledge, civic capital and financial resources amassed over a century of philanthropic practice. ... of investment, research and development in human rights, community - building...

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Russell Sage Publishes First Book on Court Fines and Fees Exposes Lifetime of Debt Faced by Poor Americans

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06/08/2016

... lifetime of debt they can never pay off. She also provides inside accounts of how judges often apply arbitrary and ... disparities within the criminal justice system and building on previous systems of social...

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Newsmakers: Darren Walker, President, Ford Foundation

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12/23/2013

... to the Abyssinian Development Corporation for capacity- building initiatives that would allow it to realize the ... who had a dream in the mid-’80s that Harlem could be a community that could regenerate itself...

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Bank of America Charitable Foundation Announces Five Projects for 2016 Green Neighborhoods Program

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10/12/2016

... for 2016 Green Neighborhoods Program The U.S. Green Building Council and Bank of America Charitable Foundation ... The AGN grant program provides funding and educational resources to developers of affordable...

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Doris Duke’s Andrew Bowman to Lead The Land Trust Alliance

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11/30/2015

... that will lead the Land Trust Alliance and the land trust community to dramatically increase the impact of conservation ... at Berkeley, a Master of Laws in environmental and natural resources at the...

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JPMorgan Chase Announces new business and philanthropic commitments to help close the housing affordability gap in Washington D.C. and beyond

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06/28/2023

... Housing Counseling Services, LISC DC, Mi Casa, and Douglas Community Land Trust, which aims to increase and preserve the ... housing units) and supporting residents becoming small building owners to build...

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Mayor De Blasio: NYC Will Continue to Support People Who Rely on DACA Even As Trump Axes The Program

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09/06/2017

... people. We don't like it when our neighbors are singled out for who they are. On Tuesday, the President sent out his attorney general, Jeff Sessions, to announce that his .....

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The North Star Fund Welcomes Kellie Terry as the new Philanthropy Programs Director

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05/02/2022

... working with the grantmaking team and Community Funding Committees , and leading the Fund's work to ... donors and funders towards shifting real power and resources to movements. Kellie is a longtime...

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Why U.S. Foundations Should Take the Global Sustainable Development Goals Seriously

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06/21/2016

... competing paradigms froze the so-called international community ’s ability to create a common agenda. When that ... been effective in communicating the extraordinary agenda- building accomplishments that have...

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Conrad N. Hilton Foundation (New York)

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Mark Baumgartner Joins Carnegie Corporation of New York as Chief Investment Officer

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12/02/2020

... conducted by members of the foundation’s investment committee and several investment advisors. Baumgartner will ... Jersey, where he has been the CIO for nearly seven years, building on a significant career in...

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$1.6M in Grants from NY Women’s Foundation Focus on Economic Security and Justice

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01/19/2017

... justice for women and families throughout New York City. Building on The Foundation’s history of success, these ... long-lasting change, including individual transformation, community engagement, mobilization...

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The New York Women's Foundation

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Gender Justice

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Disrupting the Textbook Status Quo

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09/05/2014

... John White explained, “Some publishers have sat out this shift [to Common Core], because they can just rely ... strong materials. Developing guides and open educational resources to help teachers supplement...

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The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation

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Education

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The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust

Young Black Males and the Urgency of Now

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11/26/2012

... the same rate as their white male peers. For decades, community leaders and policymakers have celebrated the ... philanthropy can and must play a leading role in investing resources in advocacy; in ensuring...

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Mertz Gilmore Fires Up Its War On Coal

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06/13/2014

Mertz Gilmore Fires Up Its War On Coal An article in Inside Philanthropy singles out the Mertz Gilmore Foundation for championing climate ... source of global warming pollution. According to Inside...

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Citi’s $1 Billion Action for Racial Equity Initiative Demonstrates Early Results in the Fight to Address the Racial Wealth Gap

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04/26/2021

... address the barriers that impede communities of color from building generational wealth. Among the progress detailed ... of color have the same access to the financial tools and resources that benefit other...

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