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15 Apr 2020

Supporting Immigrants During the COVID-19 Crisis - A Webinar Hosted by GCIR

Wednesday, April 15, 2020 -

1:00pm to 2:30pm

Join GCIR to learn from leaders in the immigrant rights movement about how philanthropy must significantly increase grantmaking dollars, shift grantmaking practices, embrace risk, and assert leadership to meet the challenges of this moment.

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New York Life and Cigna Launch ‘Brave of Heart Fund’ to Raise More Than $100 Million to Provide Financial and Emotional Support for Families of Frontline Healthcare Workers and Volunteers

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04/21/2020

... are embodying this every day, as they answer the call of duty with bravery and selflessness,” said David M. ...

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Ford, Mellon, Doris Duke, Kellogg, and MacArthur Foundations Pledge to Give More, Hoping to Upend Philanthropy

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06/11/2020

The Ford Foundation and four others plan to substantially increase their spending, a splurge financed in part by issuing debt.

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The Century Foundation Launches the Bridges Collaborative, An Unprecedented Grassroots Initiative to Advance School Integration

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10/06/2020

... The collaborative, which was announced with an open call for applications earlier this year by The Century ...

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22 Oct 2020

Centering Racial Justice in the Immigrant Rights Movement - A Webinar Hosted by GCIR

Thursday, October 22, 2020 -

12:30pm to 1:30pm

Join Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees, Four Freedoms Fund, and Rise Together Fund for a critical conversation on centering racial justice in the immigrant justice movement.

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Teagle Foundation and Arthur Vining Davis Foundations Partner to Strengthen Transfer Pathways to the Liberal Arts

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11/12/2020

The partnership will address the academic obstacles that community college students face when trying to transfer to independent four-year colleges.

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15 Jul 2021

Good Green Jobs for a Changing Climate: Is This Time For Real?

Thursday, July 15, 2021 -

3:00pm to 4:30pm

In light of major new state and local climate legislation—including NY State’s Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act (CLCPA) and New York City’s Local Law 97, part of The Climate Mobilization Act (CMA)—we are moving closer to a Just...

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28 Jul 2021

Intersectional Justice: Migrants on the Frontline of Climate Change - A Webinar Hosted by GCIR

Wednesday, July 28, 2021 -

1:30pm to 2:30pm

Join GCIR, Unbound, Four Freedoms Fund and leaders from the field for a conversation on equitable approaches to dealing with the fallout when migration and climate change interact.

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William T. Grant Foundation Announces Support for Research on Reparations for Black American Descendants of Enslaved Persons

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07/27/2021

In what may be a historic first for a national foundation, the William T. Grant Foundation today announced a $300,000 grant to the Samuel DuBois Cook Center on Social Equity at Duke University

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Brooklyn Community Foundation Announces 20 Finalists Selected for 2021-22 Spark Prize

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10/21/2021

... Extreme Kids & Crew The F.A.R.M. Girl Be Heard Good Call NYC Grow Brooklyn Groundswell Community Mural Project ...

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08 Dec 2021

New York City Workforce Funders Collaborative Quarterly Meeting

Wednesday, December 8, 2021 -

10:00am to 11:30am

The final New York City Workforce Funders Collaborative’s Quarterly Meeting of 2021 will focus on a critical aspect of the city’s economic recovery: youth employment.

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The Tow Foundation Launches Historic $1 Million Innovation Fund

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12/17/2021

... the reach of The Tow Foundation’s work with its open call for applications and use of an outside review committee ...

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23 Jun 2022

Beyond Listening: Ensuring Others are Heard - A Workshop

Thursday, June 23, 2022 -

10:00am to 11:30am

Join us and learn tools and techniques for listening intentionally and without assumption. You will develop a new appreciation for listening as a vital tool for creating a more equitable philanthropic practice.

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04 Aug 2022

BIPOC Communities' Response to Rising White Nationalism - A Webinar Hosted by GCIR

Thursday, August 4, 2022 -

12:45pm to 2:00pm

Join GCIR and the RISE Together Fund for a discussion on the rise of white nationalism, research and strategies on responding to hate, and how funders can support BIPOC communities that are working to build solidarity across movements.

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Rockefeller Brothers Fund Names Joseph Pierson New Chair of the Board of Trustees

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07/12/2022

Joseph Pierson first served on the board of the RBF in 1994 and has since served four separate terms for a total of 23 years.

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Artist Paul Rucker Has Received Grants from the Mellon Foundation and the Art for Justice Fund to Open a Permanent Museum About the History of Racism in the U.S.

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11/15/2022

Paul Rucker plans to use the money to open a multidisciplinary arts space and lending library in Richmond, Virginia, to house, display, and share this archive.

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31 Jan 2024

Strategic Responses to Forced Displacement - A Webinar Hosted by GCIR

Wednesday, January 31, 2024 -

1:00pm to 2:00pm

What do funders need to better understand about the global forces and systems that lead to forced displacement? How are groups responding to these global forces in a liberatory, intersectional, and transnational way? Frontline leaders and movements...

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19 Nov 2024

The 2024 Election and the Path Ahead - A Webinar Hosted by GCIR

Tuesday, November 19, 2024 -

12:30pm to 2:00pm

Join GCIR, movement organizations, and funders for a post-election debrief and discussion about these new realities, what strategies are already being put into play, and how philanthropy can align its grantmaking to support those efforts while...

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