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Beth Cobert Named CEO of Skillful at Markle Foundation

Release Date:

04/25/2017

... for a strategic leader to oversee Skillful’s state- based efforts to create a labor market that values each ... community; supporting employers in implementing skills- based hiring practices that can open up...

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Appointments & Transitions

Bloomberg Foundation Launches Public Art Challenge

Release Date:

10/15/2014

... said, while public art works tend to bolster a sense of identity as residents see the neighborhood in a new way.... ...

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Member News

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Arts

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Bloomberg Philanthropies

Funded by Surdna, Student Investigates Social Criticism in Stand-up Comedy

Release Date:

07/26/2016

... major, has been doing independent research looking at identity and social criticism in stand-up comedy. He is ...

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Social Justice

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Surdna Foundation

Doris Duke Supports Projects That Expand Awareness of Muslim Arts And Culture

Release Date:

10/24/2016

... awardees for the Building Bridges: Arts, Culture and Identity grant program. Four individual organizations and one ...

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Member News

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Arts

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Doris Duke Foundation

The Bronfman Fellowship Announces 31st Application Season

Release Date:

11/03/2016

... backgrounds to grow into leaders grounded in their Jewish identity and committed to social change... The Bronfman ...

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RFPs Etc

Funding Area

Education

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Adam R. Bronfman Family Foundation

Commentary: Building ‘a network of networks’ in a trying time

Release Date:

03/16/2026

... formed to meet the moment, lift up and generate resources to address sector needs. This new “network of ... year. The focus now is not only on getting knowledge and resources to individual youth-serving...

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Citi Community Development Is Partner in NYC’s First Citywide Community Land Trust

Release Date:

10/25/2017

A citywide collaborative of nonprofit affordable housing organizations today announced the formation of the ... is a nonprofit that retains ownership of land and sells housing on that land to homeowners or...

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Member News

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Community Development

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Citi Foundation

Penny Abeywardena Joins the de Blasio Administration as the Head of the Office of International Affairs

Release Date:

09/16/2014

... and multilateral institutions to increase investments in gender -focused development initiatives; and increased the community of CGI members who are incorporating the gender lens in their work. She is a member...

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Appointments & Transitions

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International/Foreign Affairs

Gender Justice

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Clinton Global Initiative

The Army Infantry’s First Women

Release Date:

05/26/2017

... Army has sought to play down the significance of the mixed- gender milestone. But female grunts see it as monumental and ... it was almost impossible to distinguish the mixed- gender squads in the steamy woods...

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Gender Justice

Arcus Grantee, Dr. Kristina Olson, Receives Prestigious Honor

Release Date:

10/23/2018

... for her work to advance scientific understanding of gender and to shed light on the social and cognitive development of trans and gender nonconforming youth. Dr. Olson's research represents ... national...

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Member News

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Gender Justice

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Arcus Foundation

New Member Spotlight: The Pilgrim Foundation

Release Date:

05/29/2009

... centers, orphan care programs, adoption agencies, schools, housing providers, legal service providers, and more, both ... Yes, we are interested in getting involved with faith- based foster care providers,...

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Insights

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All Funders

13 Jul 2016

Brownsville as Case Study: Can Community Investments Improve Health?

Wednesday, July 13, 2016 -

9:00am to 11:00am

... The Partnership is working with a myriad of community- based organizations to raise awareness of the long-standing ... Partnerships, NYCHA ; President, Fund for Public Housing Bronwyn Starr (Moderator),...

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All Funders

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Children, Youth and Families

Community Development

Education

Health

Housing and Homelessness

Justice Reform

27 Apr 2011

Success in College for New Majority Students: Applying What Works

Wednesday, April 27, 2011 -

8:30am to 11:00am

... goals, funders who are themselves stewarding constrained resources seek evidence of what works best with these groups for their ...

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Issue-Based

Is Overhead Having a Moment?

Release Date:

06/16/2015

... beat calling for government and foundations to provide the resources nonprofits really need to do their work ... out in the coming months and years, and there is little evidence that government leaders in...

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PNY News

Doris Duke’s Andrew Bowman to Lead The Land Trust Alliance

Release Date:

11/30/2015

... at Berkeley, a Master of Laws in environmental and natural resources at the Northwestern School of Law of Lewis & Clark ...

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Appointments & Transitions

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Environment and Climate Change

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Doris Duke Foundation

04 May 2021

Towards a NYC COVID-19 Food Response in 2021 - A Webinar Hosted by Community Food Funders

Tuesday, May 4, 2021 -

9:30am to 11:00am

Virtual Meeting - Register by 5/3

... sectors. In response, a number of foundations pooled their resources to collectively fund three of New York’s leading ... CUNY Urban Food Policy Institute. Their goal is to provide evidence to help New York...

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Issue-Based

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Webinar/Teleconference

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All Funders

Topic(s)

Evaluation

Funding Area

Community Development

Food Systems

Program Officers as Champions

... skills-building opportunities through interactive, peer- based learning; Create opportunities for participants to ... with peers to improve their grantmaking practice; and evidence that they exercise...