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Philanthropic Assistants and Coordinators Network (PACNET)

PACNET is designed to address the professional development and networking needs for individuals in ... from each other, and opportunities for professional development . The network meets quarterly and seeks to...

For the Success of Boys and Men of Color, A Call to Action

Release Date:

02/14/2014

by Kenneth H. Zimmerman , Director, U. S . Programs, Open Society Foundations In the State of the ... positions in corporations, becoming business owners and being wonderful fathers to their families and valuable...

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

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Justice Reform

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Open Society Foundations

Gender Lens on Poverty Primer

Publication date:

12/2013

This National Council for Research on Women primer is a composite snapshot of extreme to near poverty in the U. S . today and the special challenges it poses for women . Compiling the research of leading scholars and policy ...

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Three Ways to Maximize Impact Through Collaboration

Release Date:

01/26/2015

... any funder’ s strategy, time constraints, and financial resources . Over the last 10 years, Arabella has helped ... stretched across a range of issues, including community development , human...

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Arabella Advisors

12 Nov 2013

The Secret Ingredients to Effective Funder Collaboratives & Collective Impact

Tuesday, November 12, 2013 -

1:45pm to 5:00pm

Funder collaboratives come in many shapes and sizes. There is no right or wrong way of doing them; it all is contingent upon the specifics of each group and their goals. Come hear collective impact guru Laura Herman interview three funder colleagues...

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Elevating Philanthropy's Impact: Grassroots Leaders' Perspectives on Advancing Criminal Legal Reform and Sustaining Movement Support

Release Date:

09/29/2023

... , Co-Director, Freedom Agenda, and Psyco Wilson , Youth Development Coordinator, Youth Represent In a recent ... and mass incarceration, but not all of this money is being effectively utilized and some of it...

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The Sozosei Foundation Reaches a Milestone Awards $4 Million in Grants to Decriminalize Mental Illness

Release Date:

11/01/2021

... a competitive open call for proposals and funding is being deployed to organizations that are working on the four ... implementation of 9-8-8, increasing the size of the mental health workforce, scaling...

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Health

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Sozosei Foundation

Nathan Cummings Foundation Welcomes Lavastian Glenn, Director, Racial and Economic Justice

Release Date:

10/04/2018

... Justice. In her new role, she joins the Foundation’ s leadership team working to advance solutions to the two ... and race to amplify the social and economic exclusion of women of color and that despite this...

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The Nathan Cummings Foundation

Brenda Henry-Sanchez Joins the Foundation Center as Director of Research for Special Projects

Release Date:

07/01/2013

... where she worked to create new opportunities for better health for society' s most vulnerable members. "Brenda offers a unique blend of ... said Lawrence T. McGill, the Foundation Center'...

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Appointments & Transitions

19 Apr 2012

Beyond the 990: Effective Nonprofit Financial Data Analysis

Thursday, April 19, 2012 -

9:00am to 10:15am

Philanthropy New York, 79 Fifth Ave., 4th floor, NYC

... financials—imparting five steps for assessing financial health . During the webinar, NFF will share its forthcoming ... over time, and allows users to view an organization’ s financials side-by-side with up to...

Mark Zezza Joins NYSHealth as Director of Policy and Research

Release Date:

04/18/2017

... As Director of Policy and Research at the New York State Health Foundation, Mark Zezza, Ph.D., works in close ... that advances and magnifies outcomes in the Foundation’ s key programmatic areas of Empowering...

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Ford Foundation Provides $500 Thousand for Relief Efforts in Nepal

Release Date:

04/30/2015

... and recovery in Nepal, where the foundation has supported development work for over 60 years. "We are deeply concerned for the well- being of millions of Nepalis whose lives have been so .....

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International/Foreign Affairs

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Ford Foundation

How Ford, Rockefeller Supported "Street Orgs" in the 1970s

Release Date:

06/03/2016

... grievances, like poverty and racist police brutality, were being met. So, they sought extralegal and extrajudicial means ... used for the Vice Lords' community-based small business development , including...

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Supported by Simons Foundation, ‘Video Game’ Study Identifies Kids With Attention Deficits

Release Date:

09/21/2016

... assess the diagnostic capability of the platform, which is being developed as a medical device, researchers studied ...

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Children, Youth and Families

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The Simons Foundation

Rockefeller Supports Food Waste Documentary Premiering at Tribeca Film Festival

Release Date:

04/20/2017

... Foundation helped make that a reality. "With Tony' s shows, they're really popular among a whole gamut of ... we wanted to reach as many of people as possible since it' s an issue that...

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Video

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Food Systems

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The Rockefeller Foundation

Westchester Community Foundation Funds Criminal Justice Program Series at Libraries

Release Date:

08/18/2017

... Library System and the Sing Sing Prison Museum, which is being developed, have announced a series of public programs ...

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Justice Reform

Transgender Ban Frozen as Mattis Moves Forward With New Review Of Options

Release Date:

08/30/2017

... he is freezing the implementation of President Trump’ s ban on transgender people serving in the military, saying ... advice and recommendations on how to carry out Trump’ s directive. The Pentagon confirmed...

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Gender Justice

LGBTQ

Vivian Tseng Promoted to Senior Vice President, Program of The William T. Grant Foundation

Release Date:

03/29/2017

... with the President and Board to shape the Foundation’ s strategic directions. She will also build relationships and ... to improve the lives of children and youth. “Vivian’ s contributions to the Foundation...

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Appointments & Transitions

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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William T. Grant Foundation

COVID-19 Long Island Philanthropic Response Fund Provides Half a Million Dollars in Grants to Long Island-Based Nonprofits

Release Date:

04/21/2020

... Foundation announced today that 36 Long Island-based health and human services organizations responding to the ... As the needs are much greater than our current resources , we are requesting contributions to...

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Children, Youth and Families

Community Development

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Long Island Community Foundation

News Stories about Philanthropy and Hurricane Sandy Recovery

... 500% Are The City' s Most Storm-Vulnerable Communities Being Heard? Boardwalk Fix is Far Off in Rockaways Disability ... “Concessions for Hipsters” v. “Real” Community Development in...

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