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How Groundswell is adapting to the COVID-19 crisis

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03/30/2020

... the Groundswell community, what is behind the curtain is not new; our grantee partners have been working to transform ... guide our way through the even larger crisis of climate change , which, if not...

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Groundswell Fund

To Build Community, Start with a Question

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11/19/2014

... its mission and values, and how it is striving to drive change . With a place as vast as Brooklyn, where nearly ... wanted to hear about their experiences, the services and resources they need and desire, and...

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

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Community Development

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Brooklyn Org

15 May 2025

Philanthropy New York's 46th Annual Meeting: Philanthropy For Our Time

Thursday, May 15, 2025 -

1:00pm to 6:00pm

... here. Philanthropy For Our Time "...lasting and meaningful change only happens when people come together for a shared ... road uncertain ." - Marshall Ganz, Author, People, Power, Change : Organizing...

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All Funders

What Lies Beneath: The State of NYC Nonprofit Board Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

... and inclusion (DEI) gaps, strategies, recommendations and resources for NYC’s nonprofit sector. The report is a ... study discovered that nonprofit leadership demographics do not reflect the diversity of New York City; DEI is valued, ... in leadership matters; board complacency and resistance to change impede DEI; and boards may be perpetuating harmful ...

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Two Distinct Types of NY Funders are Gearing Up for Redistricting, Here’s Why

Release Date:

03/03/2021

... and the equitable distribution of government resources . A whole lot of funders across New York State came ... happens in New York, too, though it is typically not among the states receiving the most media...

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Housing and Homelessness

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An Old Idea is New Again: Tackling Large Complex Problems by Investing in Communities

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04/10/2018

... taught me an important lesson: meaningful and lasting change must come from the communities most affected by the ... DEC’s founding members decided that instead of funding individual demonstration projects,...

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The New York Community Trust

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Education

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What’s at Stake and What’s at Play: My Reckoning with Philanthropy

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12/02/2022

... this sector because I wanted to be a driving force of change and create a different reality for the next generation ... was told what would happen to me and what I could or could not achieve because she raised...

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Maverick Capital Foundation

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Salesforce.org Join Other Techies to Help Aid Groups Tackle the Global Refugee Crisis

Release Date:

03/16/2018

... weekend’s South By Southwest gathering. “So, it’s not just weeks and months that we have to think about their ... resource to help them access the employment and health resources they need when they arrive in...

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Elevating Feminist Leadership and Thought on International Women's Day

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03/08/2023

... around the world. While the Rockefeller Brothers Fund does not have a specific program dedicated to women’s issues, many of our grantmakers have dedicated resources to elevating feminist thought and leadership...

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08 Oct 2024

Reimagining Access: Philanthropic Leadership in the Post-Affirmative Action Era

Tuesday, October 8, 2024 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

Philanthropy New York, 320 East 43rd Street

... DEI efforts and increased scrutiny of racially equitable funding . Furthermore, we'll hear from leaders who have .....

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Banking Against Urban Poverty, Inside JP Morgan Chase Philanthropy

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10/05/2017

The once sleepy world of corporate philanthropy has been perking up lately. An older model of giving—which often involved cutting lots of checks to local charities without asking many questions—is giving way to a more focused and strategic approach...

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Community Development

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The New York Women’s Foundation Appeared On NBC’s Show, “Give“

Release Date:

10/30/2017

... how our wonderful grantee partners are creating positive change in their communities, Sunny also learns about ...

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The New York Women's Foundation

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Gender Justice

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Why Helping Pets Helps People

Release Date:

12/05/2013

... to the community of grantmakers. Poverty is a priority funding area for many foundations. Pets of economically ... for philanthropy to explore. The question of whether or not a funder grants to animal welfare...

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Animal Welfare

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Every Experience Builds Expertise

Release Date:

08/16/2016

... Scott, Philanthropy New York Public Policy Intern It’s not often a 17-year-old gets to work in the foundation world. ... fields. Many of the youth in low-income families do not have the opportunity to explore...

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The Pinkerton Foundation

Philanthropy Should Focus on the Assets of Aging

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04/22/2016

... Do people 65-105 have the same opinions? Or do we just not care what they are? So what does this have to do ... providers have focused almost exclusively on the deficits, not the assets, of late life. But when...

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Supported by Surdna and NY Community Trust, Study Shows How Arts and Culture Improve Health, Safety and Well-being in NYC

Release Date:

03/10/2017

... in New York City neighborhoods with many cultural resources are healthier, better educated, and safer ... those in similar communities with fewer creative resources , according to a groundbreaking study by the...

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The New York Community Trust

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Arts

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Surdna Foundation

05 Oct 2018

Documentary Screening and Discussion with Tarana Burke

Friday, October 5, 2018 -

10:00am to 12:30pm

... Tarana Burke will lead us in a discussion about the social change that could be achieved through the "me too" movement ... and how philanthropy can support and help shape such change . Explore...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies’ Greenwood Initiative Launches New Racial Wealth Equity Database

Release Date:

09/15/2022

... enormous obstacles that so many Black Americans have faced not only in creating wealth, but in passing assets to their ... in Black communities, and what we need to do to effect change ,” said Garnesha Ezediaro...

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Economic Security

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The New Nonprofit: A Model for Innovation Across Sectors

Release Date:

03/14/2013

... begun to go beyond replacing infrastructure and filling funding gaps to provide a testing ground for game-changing ... identified three major ways these nonprofits are not only changing the philanthropic...

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