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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Deeper Than Political Sound Bites on Economic Inequality

Release Date:

04/15/2015

... inequality and social mobility? Some amazing panelists who have spent their careers looking at these issues from ... Our discussion leaders are: Jane Waldfogel , who is the Compton Foundation Centennial...

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PNY News

Building Bridges to Communities of Color: A Toolkit for Engaging Donors of Color

Publication date:

06/2007

Created as part of our work with the Coalition for New Philanthropy, this toolkit offers examples of effective donor-engagement strategies; challenges and lessons learned; best practices; and useful tools.

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Ford Foundation, Rockefeller Brothers Fund, Surdna Foundation and The Rockefeller Foundation Launch the Tipping Point Fund to Help Scale the Impact Investing Field

Release Date:

12/05/2019

... by prioritizing the areas best suited for collective action but that are unlikely to be funded through market ... that brings together the financial and intellectual resources of those who...

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Rockefeller Brothers Fund

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Philanthropy New York Board and Public Policy Committee Approves Amendment to 2018 Census Policy Position

Release Date:

08/05/2020

... urges Congress and the Administration to devote sufficient resources to the 2020 Census now, to put planning and ... policy position: Philanthropy New York discourages any action that will impair or prevent...

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Advocacy Working Group

... driving policy change. We bring together key individuals who have influence within their organizations to explore how their resources and advocacy efforts can be used most effectively ... from experts, and...

The North Star Fund is the First Community Foundation to Sign Pledge to Divest from Fossil Fuels

Release Date:

03/13/2014

... that are harmful. North Star funded many activist groups who helped lead the divestment campaign against the South ...

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Century Foundation Report Illustrates How Segregation in U.S. Starts with Preschool

Release Date:

04/30/2015

... all go home and not worry about it,” said Jeanne Reid, who wrote the report with Sharon Lynn Kagan. It was funded by ... a left-leaning think tank, and the Poverty &Race Research Action Council, a civil...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Community Development

Education

Wallace Foundation Releases Report on Creating Effective School Principals

Release Date:

10/07/2015

... in the form of three sets of considerations for those who want to take action ," the report reads.... Wallace Foundation Releases .....

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Education

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Carnegie and MacArthur Give $25 Million for Nuclear-Security Work

Release Date:

03/30/2016

... a $25-million "gift basket" to welcome foreign officials who will begin streaming into Washington on Thursday for .....

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International/Foreign Affairs

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

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Rockefeller Foundation Spearheads Resilience Strategy in Colorado

Release Date:

04/29/2016

... by the Rockefeller Foundation. Michael Berkowitz, who heads up the 100 Resilient Cities Project, said there ... are opportunities to leverage dollars spent on climate action plans to have other net benefits—...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Funded by the New York Community Trust, Redford Center Establishes Filmmaker Grants

Release Date:

06/22/2016

... opportunities and networking to support filmmakers “ who understand the power of a well-told, well-timed story as ... “focused on driving awareness, education and tangible action ” on environmental projects.....

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The New York Community Trust

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Arts

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Editorial: States Dare to Think Big on Climate Change

Release Date:

08/28/2017

... the determination of a number of state governments to take action on their own. California, as usual, has commanded the ... the administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, who are now calling the...

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MTA May Cut Back On $836M Emergency Subway Repair Work If De Blasio Doesn’t Pay Up

Release Date:

09/28/2017

... next month how he plans to pay for his $836 million subway action plan, which includes hiring 2,700 workers. Lhota, who unveiled his plan two months ago, said he’ll also show ...

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Community Development

9 Million Kids Get Health Insurance Under CHIP. Congress Just Let It Expire.

Release Date:

10/02/2017

... health insurance to 9 million children, to expire. If action is not taken soon to restore the funding, the effects ... It was instrumental in lowering the percentage of children who were uninsured from nearly...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Health

Inspired or Frustrated, Women Go to Work for Themselves

Release Date:

10/04/2017

... for Themselves An ocean separates Chupi Sweetman-Durney, who lives in Dublin, and Lea Giovanniello of Vienna, Va., and ... tracked her down in short order, it was her first overt action of independence. But it...

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Gender Justice

New York Foundation Interns Talk About The Role of Youth in Organizing

Release Date:

09/05/2018

... youth are putting their political and social beliefs into action and at the same time, recognize the need to pay tribute to those who came before them. The four interns featured in this ...

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COVID-19 Policy Updates & Analysis from Nonprofit and Philanthropic Partner Organizations

Release Date:

03/31/2020

... and analyses on the federal CARES Act. The following resources highlight what the legislation means for ... of Nonprofits Full Round-up of COVID-19 Updates and Resources from National Council of Nonprofits...

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Nonprofit Financials

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Disaster Relief

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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

What does it mean for the Luce Foundation to support public knowledge?

Release Date:

10/21/2021

... to do so, it must be in the world, in the hands of those who can make use of it. But we have also been prompted by our ... to infuse new meanings into familiar objects. Knowledge as Action Knowledge inspires...

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