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"Unveiling the Illusion: How DEI Roles Echo the 'Magical Negro’ trope in Philanthropy

Release Date:

03/01/2024

... How, you may ask? DEI specialists are often Black women, developing the strategies needed to fix majority-white ... tremendous fear that the diversification of the American workforce will put numerous white...

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Insights

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

18 Jan 2017

Leadership Transitions and Evolutions: Supporting Critical Junctures

Wednesday, January 18, 2017 -

9:00am to 11:00am

... seamless! Philanthropic dollars, staff time, and end-user resources can be wasted through inefficient and ... need to be agile and efficient in deploying their limited resources . Join an intimate discussion...

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Tools & Strategies

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Panel

Roundtable Discussion

Audience

All Funders

Topic(s)

Leadership Development

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Technical Assistance & Capacity Building

Funding Area

International/Foreign Affairs

J.M. Kaplan Fund Announces Open Call for Applications to 2019 Innovation Prize

Release Date:

02/06/2019

... funding offers flexibility, letting awardees deploy resources where they are most needed, whether investing in ... work from a community-centered perspective, and who are working on longer, more lasting time...

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Member News

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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The J.M. Kaplan Fund

JPMorgan Chase Strengthens Its Commitment To Support Urban Entrepreneurs of Color

Release Date:

02/27/2018

... that extra grantmaking will fund existing focus areas like workforce and youth development, addressing the need for ...

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Member News

Funding Area

Workforce Development

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JPMorgan Chase & Co.

COVID-19 PNY Member Webinars

Publication date:

05/2020

Over the past two months Philanthropy New York has hosted six member webinars to address the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the philanthropic sector and how philanthropy can respond and work together. We have recorded each webinar and they are available to watch below. Philanthropy's Response in Times of Crisis This webinar is designed to let funders share decisions about funding in the face of COVID-19 (coronavirus) and exchange questions and up-to-the-minute knowledge with one another. Speakers Michael Barrett , Vice President of Grantmaking, ASPCA Laura Butzel , Partner, Patterson...

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Audio/Video Recording

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Disaster Relief

Mellon Foundation Announces Imagining Freedom, An Arts & Humanities Initiative Supporting Creatives and Thinkers Reenvisioning the Criminal Legal System

Release Date:

02/15/2023

... its present. “As artists, writers, and scholars working inside and outside of prison have long known, the ... people, and the San Francisco Public Library (in partnership with the American Library Association...

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Member News

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Arts

Community Development

Social Justice

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Mellon Foundation

Unlocking the Power of Co-Leadership: Part Two of A Candid Conversation with Rebecca Tye and Camaro West, Co-Executive Directors of Peace is Loud

Release Date:

12/08/2023

... Peace is Loud in a co-leadership position, they shared a working history and a strong relationship from their time ... needs to ask itself a series of questions, ‘What are the resources that we have to put...

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Insights

Topic(s)

Leadership Development

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Surdna Foundation, Open Society Foundations and Ford Foundation Collaborate to Start Amplify Fund

Release Date:

01/05/2018

... Amplify Fund is all about giving communities the power and resources to influence local development on their own terms. ...

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Member News

Funding Area

Community Development

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Surdna Foundation

Ford Foundation

Open Society Foundations

Research to Prevent Blindness-Supported Researchers Will Be Integral Part of Latest Effort Within NEI’s Audacious Goals Initiative

Release Date:

11/06/2018

... retinitis pigmentosa. The two researchers comprising the Developing Cone-Dominant Retinal Disease Models as a Resource ...

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Member News

Funding Area

Health

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Research to Prevent Blindness

22 Jun 2010

Investing in Our Next Generation: English Language Learners and Their Families

Tuesday, June 22, 2010 - 9:00am to Wednesday, June 23, 2010 - 5:00pm

... successful strategies to promote the success of these young people? Framed with an understanding that engaging the ... Corporation of New York . Irene Lee, Director, Successful Working Familes, The Annie E...

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Issue-Based

Ford’s Darren Walker Writes About Why Foundations Need to Pay Attention to What Grantees Are Saying

Release Date:

12/07/2016

... we fund to focus on short-term projects, to spend valuable resources accounting for how they use our support, and to ...

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Member News

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Social Justice

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Ford Foundation

Sarah Williams and Ella Gudwin Share Ideas After 'Leadership Transitions and Evolutions: Supporting Critical Junctures'

Release Date:

01/20/2017

... seamless! Philanthropic dollars, staff time, and end-user resources can be wasted through inefficient and ...

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After the Q&A

Funding Area

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Propel Capital

Rockefeller Foundation Funds Denver Food Action Plan

Release Date:

07/06/2018

... waste, while increasing food equity for all residents. A partnership with the National Resources Defense Council (NRDC) has created the two-year ...

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Member News

Funding Area

Environment and Climate Change

Food Systems

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The Rockefeller Foundation

New York Life Foundation Announces New National Initiative to Help Schools Support Students Who Have Lost a Parent or Loved One

Release Date:

10/11/2018

... to give presentations about grief in schools and the resources available for educators. Schools then have the ... some of the nation's largest school districts through a partnership with the National...

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Member News

Funding Area

Children, Youth and Families

Health

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New York Life Foundation

NYC's Action on School Discipline Moves Closer to Just Education

Release Date:

07/30/2015

... define shared goals for reform. Importantly, parents and young people can play a major role in advancing changes to ... they feel supported, respected and engaged. Philanthropy, working in tandem with diverse...

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Insights

Funding Area

Children, Youth and Families

Education

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The Atlantic Philanthropies

01 Dec 2021

For Us, By Us Farm - Based Education - A Webinar Hosted by Community Food Funders

Wednesday, December 1, 2021 -

12:30pm to 2:00pm

... their own language and wisdom, given the lack of access to resources , infrastructure and land What systemic issues ...

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Issue-Based

Format

Webinar/Teleconference

Audience

All Funders

Topic(s)

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Funding Area

Food Systems

Rita Allen Foundation Backs Innovative Biomedical Research

Release Date:

01/27/2015

... foremost, but it also has a thriving program looking for young leaders in biomedical research. The focus here is ... pain research, which the Rita Allen Foundation supports in partnership with the American...

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Member News

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Health

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Rita Allen Foundation

Heckscher Foundation for Children Funded New York's First 'To and Through' Data Tool That Shines a Light on College Readiness Gap

Release Date:

10/14/2019

... K-12 data—including which courses students take, the resources and supports in their schools, and how they perform ... this “to and through” analysis provide that can help? RESOURCES : How are schools and...

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Member News

Funding Area

Children, Youth and Families

Education

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The Heckscher Foundation for Children

Flexible Funding Is the New Kid on the Block

Release Date:

03/04/2020

... funding through his Day 1 Families Fund to organizations working to provide shelter and hunger support services to young families across the country. Specifically, they are in ... technology, rent, and people...