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14 May 2013

Service for Impact Working Group

Tuesday, May 14, 2013 -

9:00am to 10:30am

Supporting strategic volunteerism is a critical component to strengthening grantees in this current ... Facilitators Gail Gershon , Executive Director, Community Leadership , Gap Foundation Service for Impact...

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05 Jun 2014

Service for Impact

Thursday, June 5, 2014 -

8:45am to 11:00am

Strategic volunteerism is a critical component of how corporations harness the time and ... Facilitators Gail Gershon, Executive Director, Community Leadership , Gap Foundation Courtney Murphy, Manager, ...

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Volunteerism

Disrupting the Textbook Status Quo

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09/05/2014

... ways: Philanthropy can support efforts by teachers and school districts to create and identify strong materials. ... strong materials. Developing guides and open educational resources to help teachers...

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The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation

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The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust

NoVo Foundation Commits $10 Million to Help End Sexual Exploitation

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02/20/2019

... exploitation. The announcement of the Life Story Grants initiative follows the launch last year of Life Story: ... intergenerational violence and trauma, and/or harm in school , foster care, housing, or the...

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Gender Justice

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NoVo Foundation

Bloomberg Philanthropies' 2018 U.S. Mayors Challenge Entry Helps Homeless Store Their Vital Documents Digitally

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04/19/2018

... on Wednesday announced the first step in launching an initiative aimed at improving identity services for homeless people. Dubbed the "MyPass Initiative ," the project is designed to provide homeless...

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Housing and Homelessness

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Century Foundation Releases Report on Estimating the Real Cost of Community College

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10/24/2017

... College Community colleges in the United States play a critical role in promoting social mobility. This is ... remains largely dependent on state - and county-level resources and economic contexts. Individuals...

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Toccarra A. H. Thomas Appointed Director of the Joan Mitchell Center in New Orleans

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10/03/2019

... operations of the Center. She will also work closely with leadership at the Joan Mitchell Foundation in New York to further develop artist-centered resources and programming. Thomas will begin her position on...

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Joan Mitchell Foundation

Community Philanthropy: Using Both Sides of the Brain

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09/07/2012

... How can community foundations balance quick responses to critical issues with carefully measuring outcomes and conserving limited resources ? Community Philanthropy: Using Both Sides of the ...

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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

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TCC Group

Why Philanthropy Should Help Strengthen Community Colleges

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04/17/2014

... educated workforce in the U.S. Across the country, high school graduation and college enrollment rates are up but ... are in community colleges Upon graduation from high school , half of NYC public ...

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21 Oct 2010

Understanding the Educational Trajectories of Young Black Men in New York City

Thursday, October 21, 2010 -

9:00am to 12:00pm

The Open Society Institute, 400 West 59th Street, NYC.

... needed to coordinate and make effective grants, leverage resources , and influence a change agenda to eliminate the ... at transforming the academic trajectory and educational resources for Black males in New...

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The Fund for the City of New York Announces Lisette Nieves as President

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08/10/2020

... behalf of the Board, I want to thank Mary for her years of leadership to the Fund. She is quiet, brilliant, determined ... Program with Japan, the LaGuardia Fellows Program, School Building Scorecard, Sterling...

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Mellon Foundation Names Carter Stewart Executive Vice President for Programs

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07/21/2021

... Stewart is a deeply engaged and strategic thinker, and his leadership and richly varied experience have been marked by ... system through his work raising awareness about the school -to-prison pipeline and by...

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United Way of New York City Names Sheena Wright as New President & CEO

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10/01/2012

... neediest residents, and has demonstrated tremendous leadership and success in delivering on that commitment. I ... commercial and retail space, including the first new high school building in Harlem in 50...

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United Way of New York City

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Ford Foundation Announces New President

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08/22/2013

... ability, deeply committed to our mission and tradition of leadership in the social sector,” said Irene Hirano Inouye, ... in 30 years, and led the development of the first public school built in New York City...

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Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors

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Rules and Rituals: How to Drive Change

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07/06/2017

... how to drive major change in the way government works. The conversations were confidential and thus very candid. One ... like marine drill sergeants, call center managers, and school teachers—we’d hear a lot...

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Arts Are A Strategy To Build Racial Equity

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11/15/2016

... City also adopted the first ever Race and Social Justice Initiative in government. In conjunction with Office for Civil Rights (OCR), ARTS has increased our resources and commitment to centering race in all...

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Arts

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The New York Community Trust

5 Questions for…Melissa Bradley, Chief Executive Officer, Tides

Release Date:

03/11/2013

... For instance, 21CF initiated an African-Latino Diaspora initiative with the Baobá Fund for Racial Equality in ... action funds. With so many organizations competing for resources , we believe we need to be...

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All Funders

Success Academy Boss Eva Moskowitz and Charter Leaders Demand Answers on Space Requests from de Blasio

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09/07/2017

... Answers on Space Requests from de Blasio The charter school war grinds on. Success Academy founder Eva Moskowitz ... for failing to respond to requests for space in city school buildings. The school...

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