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Ford Foundation Appoints Rakesh Rajani as the New Director of Democratic Participation and Governance

Release Date:

10/21/2014

... society chair for the Open Government Partnership, a novel initiative to promote government transparency and ... founded and served as executive director for HakiElimu (“ Education Rights”) and transformed it...

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Ford Foundation

23 Sep 2015

The Skills to Pay the Bills: Boosting Nonprofits’ Financial Management - Webinar

Wednesday, September 23, 2015 -

2:00pm to 3:00pm

... StrongNonprofits.org--a web-based toolkit of free resources is designed to help nonprofits understand and ... Fiscal Management Associates Karen Walker, Senior Research Fellow, Child Trends ; Co-author, The...

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Finance & Asset Management

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Advocacy Working Group

The Advocacy Working Group is a diverse group of funders dedicated to strengthening the voice ... influence within their organizations to explore how their resources and advocacy efforts can be...

Century Foundation Fellow Co-Authors Report on Admission Preferences of Low-Income Students

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01/11/2016

... a "poverty preference" for admissions to selective higher education institutions, akin to existing preferences for ... if the Supreme Court rules it unconstitutional in a case recently argued before...

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Children, Youth and Families

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The Century Foundation

24 May 2017

Reproductive Services as Healthcare Entry Point: Planned Parenthood, FQHCs and the Families that Rely on Them

Wednesday, May 24, 2017 -

9:00am to 11:00am

... receive care due to cost burdens or lack of nearby medical resources . But FQHCs do not provide abortions, so Planned ... thorny questions. Regulatory considerations and limited resources challenge FQHCs’...

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21 Mar 2019

Asylum Under Attack: The Dismantling of the System and What Philanthropy Can Do - A Webinar Hosted by GCIR

Thursday, March 21, 2019 -

4:00pm to 5:00pm

... President of Programs, GCIR Designed for All interested funders . Please note that calls are open to GCIR members, ... is required by March 20th. Members and Non-Member Funders : Please click on the "...

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Immigration

New Arcus Report on Extractive Industries and Ape Conservation Reveals Potential of Collaboration Among Industry, Conservation and Government Sectors

Release Date:

04/18/2014

... the lens of ape conservation. The timely report includes a case study examining threats of oil extraction in Africa’s ...

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Animal Welfare

The Century Foundation Releases Report on Achieving Financial Equity and Justice for HBCU's

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09/14/2021

... for a historic investment that will bring unprecedented resources to HBCUs, giving them the stability and financial ... challenges in funding, and sharing how the proposed higher education investments by the...

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We Need Your Input on Justice Reform

Release Date:

05/18/2016

... goes even deeper. We want to provide opportunities for funders with related interests – whether it is justice’s intersections with education , mental health, gender, race, workforce, economic ... of people...

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PNY News

09 Jan 2012

Unsilencing the Voices of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders: A briefing about national polling of AAPIs in the United States

Monday, January 9, 2012 -

2:00pm to 5:00pm

... civic engagement and participation. Long thought of as too diverse and too hard to reach through polling means, AAPIs ... the opportunity to discuss these and other questions with research experts and...

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Issue-Based

More than Test Scores: What Young People Need to Succeed

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03/23/2015

by Hilary Rhodes, Senior Research and Evaluation Officer, The Wallace Foundation Since ... to figure out what factors to focus their programs on; funders who want to help disadvantaged youth succeed; ...

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Education

Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Pledges $250 Million to Reimagine US Monuments

Release Date:

10/07/2020

... marginalized stories. The Monuments Project, the largest initiative in the foundation’s 50-year history, will ... social justice at the center of its support for scholarly research , higher education...

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Arts

Social Justice

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Mellon Foundation

What's Interesting About the Partnership Between Rockefeller and Chan Zuckerberg

Release Date:

04/10/2018

... to their philanthropy. Battling disease and improving education were two of Rockefeller's most cherished causes; ... help humanity, bankrolling the nation's first biomedical research institute. Ditto...

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The Rockefeller Foundation

Six Nuclear Security Programs Win Major Grants from Carnegie Corporation of New York

Release Date:

10/29/2015

... nuclear risks. Nearly 50 teams representing university research centers and think tanks in the United States and ... a jury of experts selected the following winners and their research topics: Carnegie...

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Technology

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

Technical Assistance and Strong Relationships: Key to Quality Capacity Building

Release Date:

09/15/2014

... technical assistance has included: evaluation, action research seminars, and literacy-based workshops. The ... With over 30 years of experience in adult and youth education she has served as associate director...

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Six Subway Stops, Worlds Apart

Release Date:

05/15/2015

... State Health Foundation’s Healthy Neighborhoods Fund initiative . A complementary effort, the South Bronx Healthy ... evaluation of the program, and expect to engage additional funders —both within and outside...

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Insights

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Community Development

Education

Food Systems

Health

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New York Health Foundation

Ford Foundation Makes Widespread Commitments to Further Global Vaccine Access

Release Date:

10/06/2021

... Darren Walker . “We are proud to join other global funders to shine a light on the systems that are at the root ... and their communities safe,” said Charlize Theron . “ Education is the first step to ending...

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Ford Foundation

Ford Foundation Provides $1.5 Million in Emergency Funding to Puerto Rico

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09/27/2022

... While basic needs are by definition crucial, we also need resources to think and implement a strategy that looks ... of Hurricane Maria, the Ford Foundation and other funders supported key philanthropic, legal...

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Disaster Relief

Environment and Climate Change

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Ford Foundation

12 Nov 2015

Families Funding Change: How Social Justice Giving Honors Our Roots and Strengthens Communities - Webinar

Thursday, November 12, 2015 -

12:00pm to 1:30pm

... toward long-term social change. The webinar will draw from case studies highlighted in NCRP’s new Families Funding ... Director of Philanthropy, TCC Group Ryan Schlegel, Research and Policy Associate, National...

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The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation: Our Compelling Interests

Release Date:

10/03/2017

... plan must take if we are to be successful and prosperous moving forward together. The Mellon Foundation’s book ... that for a democracy to thrive, diversity is critical. The initiative comes at a time when we...

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Video

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Mellon Foundation

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