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14 Jul 2015

Using Advocacy to Support Mission: What Your Foundation Can and Can’t Do, Can and Can’t Fund

Tuesday, July 14, 2015 -

2:45pm to 4:30pm

... may surprise you. And, if they do, you may be missing out on a strategy that can advance your foundation's goals. ... other funders interested in education, civic engagement, community development, social...

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All Funders

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Public Policy

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New York City

What BP Won’t Be Paying For—and How You Can Help

Release Date:

07/01/2010

... Hill Foundation and an Advisor to the Gulf Coast Fund for Community Renewal and Ecological Health (a special project of ... discusses why NGOs, independent advocacy groups, and community -based organizations...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors

To Frack or Not To Frack in New York: Observations from a Donor Briefing

Release Date:

08/16/2012

... are pleased to have Patricia Jenny, Program Director for Community Development & the Environment at The New York Community Trust, provide us with a recap. To Frack or Not To ...

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Environment and Climate Change

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The New York Community Trust

Laurie Tisch Illumination Fund Launches $15 Million Healthy Foods Initiative

Release Date:

02/15/2013

The five-year Healthy Food & Community Change initiative will work to improve access to ... Illumination Fund today is launching its Healthy Food & Community Change initiative with a commitment of $15...

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Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund

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Community Development

Food Systems

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Though Enrolling More Poor Students, 2-Year Colleges Get Less of Federal Pie

Release Date:

05/22/2013

... from The Century Foundation’s report on the nation’s community colleges. Community colleges have received a declining share of ...

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Public Policy

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Education

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The Century Foundation

The Colorado Floods: Philanthropy's Response

Release Date:

09/23/2013

... with representatives from FEMA, VOAD and the philanthropic community . CDP will be updating information as they receive ...

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PNY News

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Disaster Relief

Daphne Foundation President Highlighted as one of "Seven Women Who Change Their Worlds"

Release Date:

11/05/2014

... from the Women's Foundation and others, she began reaching out to women living her prior life. In addition to handing out prophylactics and information flyers in English, Spanish .....

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Arcus Director Examines the Story Behind LGBT History Month

Release Date:

09/04/2015

... Pride Month, June, would not work because school was out , and other months were spoken for by other groups. But ... Marches on Washington (1979 and 1987) and National Coming Out Day (October 11). He selected...

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AOL Charitable Foundation Joins Others in Event on the STEM Workforce

Release Date:

11/03/2015

... expertise by 2018, with similar trends playing out in countries around the world. And yet students, particularly women, are dropping out of STEM at the moment when their skills are most needed. ...

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Johnson & Johnson

Century Foundation Report Recommends Universal Child Allowance

Release Date:

03/17/2016

... living in poverty. But according to new research out today from TCF’s Bernard L. Schwartz Rediscovering ... children age 6 and above) would lift 3.2 million children out of poverty. . . Century Foundation...

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Children, Youth and Families

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The Century Foundation

New Discoveries on Dark Matter from Sloan-Sponsored Scientists

Release Date:

07/15/2016

... of 1.2 million galaxies over one quarter of the sky to map out the structure of the Universe over a volume of 650 cubic ... University, a co-leader of the scientific team carrying out this effort. “This map...

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Science

JPMorgan Chase Announces $6 Million to Prepare South Bronx Youth for High-Demand Jobs

Release Date:

05/05/2017

... a high school diploma and 23 percent of young people are out of school and out of work. This has pushed half of employed young people ...

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Workforce Development

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Opinion: The Urban Revival Is Over

Release Date:

09/05/2017

... over the past decade or two may be in danger. As it turns out , the much-ballyhooed new age of the city might be giving way to a great urban stall- out . Starting around the turn of the millennium, young, ...

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Community Development

Bike-Share Expansion in Harlem, Astoria, and Central Brooklyn Starts Next Week

Release Date:

09/06/2017

... Bike will also add seven “infill” stations to fill out thin parts of the bike-share network in Long Island City. The expansion in Astoria comes out to just 19 stations per square mile, however, ...

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Community Development

High-Profile Philanthropy Contests Take Hold, Raise Concerns

Release Date:

09/14/2017

... a wristband for detecting hypothermia in infants, beat out roughly 800 other applicants to win about $53,000. "Somehow you have to find those guys out there in places like Africa and Latin America, and it...

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Nonprofits Help Shift Mayor De Blasio's Opinion On Closing Rikers, Commission Leaders Say

Release Date:

10/05/2017

... trial date. The attitude was more along the lines of “ out of sight, out of mind,” Lippman said. He eventually signed on because ...

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Insights from “The Path to Racial Equity: How Board Readiness Informs Organizational Readiness for Black Board Leadership”

Release Date:

02/03/2023

... gap on boards is needed, as well as a commitment to building the foundation necessary to usher in and retain ... can also be the first steps in shifting power back to the community , allowing both groups the...

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

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Governance

Bank of America Charitable Foundation Looks to Move the Needle on Affordable Housing

Release Date:

06/07/2017

... are also steady funders in an area even closer to home: community development and housing. With a recent grant of $3.75 million to Enterprise Community Partners, the Bank of America Charitable Foundation .....

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Bank of America Charitable Foundation

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Housing and Homelessness

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Elevating Feminist Leadership and Thought on International Women's Day

Release Date:

03/08/2023

... women’s issues, many of our grantmakers have dedicated resources to elevating feminist thought and leadership as ... to see men step in, often in singular leadership with less community connection. Why is it...

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