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A Nobel Prize For The Voluntary Sector

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11/15/2009

... remains to be seen. By contrast, the Nobel Prize in Economic Science was awarded to Dr. Elinor Ostrom for her ... to manage “the commons”: common property and resources . The conventional wisdom is that common...

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Brooklyn Community Foundation Launches Resident-Led Grantmaking Program in Crown Heights

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08/03/2015

... including housing rights, cross-cultural relationships, youth opportunities, and policing. View complete grant ... and application here. The funds will be distributed through the Crown Heights Grants Program...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Housing and Homelessness

Community Development

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Brooklyn Org

Making Change Not Grants: Combining the 3 Roles of the Arcus Foundation for Impact

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06/02/2015

... of research, pursuing policy change, leveraging new resources —in order to advance the change we seek to make in ... strategically aligned with our objectives of reconciling economic development with...

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International/Foreign Affairs

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Animal Welfare

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Arcus Foundation

Every Funder Has a Stake in This

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04/19/2017

... the potential themes for our 2017 gathering way back in summer of 2016, and by early Fall had settled on three ... to begin to focus on the best ways to leverage our resources to increase access to voting,...

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PNY News

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Civic Engagement

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

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10/11/2018

... launch of its Grief-Sensitive Schools Initiative (GSSI). Through this pioneering program, the Foundation will train ... to give presentations about grief in schools and the resources available for educators...

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Children, Youth and Families

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The New York Community Trust

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Get It Right, Right Now

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10/18/2017

... multi-year project to ensure adequate public and private resources necessary for a full and accurate count nationwide, ... resources to avoid gaps or unnecessary overlaps Provide an opportunity...

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PNY News

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Public Policy

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Long Island Community Foundation

New York Foundation

If You Want to Go Further – Invest in Advocacy

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03/20/2017

... changing skill requirements and variety of specific human resources needs. This paid off: the low-income program ... to Advance New York City and the New York City Center for Economic Opportunity...

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Workforce Development

What Am I Doing Here?

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03/01/2016

... outreach and coordination of the program, giving me the opportunity to converse directly with government, ... at-large, and I’m proud to be continuing that legacy. Through my work with the committee, I’ve also...

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Listening, Learning and Taking Action: Our Journey to Advance Racial Equity

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03/09/2022

... to advance racial equity in the communities we care about through work done by the organizations we support. We know we ... words in a press release. We agreed to commit substantial resources . The question was...

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Markle Foundation Selects Indiana as Next Skillful State

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10/12/2018

... keenly focused on developing a skills-based labor market through the state's education and workforce development .....

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John & Mary R. Markle Foundation

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Workforce Development

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Arcus Foundation Supporting Community Visions of Safety and Justice for LGBTQ People

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07/12/2021

... safe from state and gender-based violence. The intersex youth –driven organization interACT received a grant to ... therapy; and provide free LGBTQ-specific legal assistance through a helpline, among other...

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LGBTQ

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The Rockefeller Foundation Commits USD1 billion to Catalyze a Green Recovery from Pandemic

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10/26/2020

... addition to this unique, one-time commitment of additional resources , The Rockefeller Foundation’s efforts and ... an equitable, sustainable future, where everyone has the opportunity to realize their full...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Disaster Relief

The Rockefeller Foundation

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New Report from The Century Foundation: How the Federal Government Can Make Funding Accessible to Maternal Health Community-Based Organizations

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07/10/2023

... care throughout their pregnancy experiences, including through the prenatal period, birth, and postpartum; the ... health disparities is to ensure that CBOs have the resources they need to do their work to...

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Teagle Foundation's Connor on Asserting the Value of the Humanities

Release Date:

04/22/2016

... Then the president asked, “How can we justify putting resources into Ancient Greek 101 where the enrollment is ...

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Education

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Into the Public Policy Deep End

Release Date:

08/18/2015

... two years. She will be joined by a second fellow next summer , and we’ll have overlapping fellows for the next ten ... E. Casey Foundation’s Kids Count leaders and had the opportunity to pose questions about...

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PNY News

Milbank Memorial Fund Convenes Health Policy Leaders to Create A Bipartisan Agenda for New Administration

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01/19/2017

... by our physical and social environments, our genes, our economic and educational opportunities, and to a much lesser ...

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Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Awards $1.5 Million to Organizations Building an Inclusive Conservation Movement

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04/13/2021

... leadership development and organizing. We look forward to expanding our support for conservation efforts led by ... to address the inter-connected educational, environmental, economic and social justice needs...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Food Systems

Social Justice

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Doris Duke Foundation

F.B. Heron Foundation President Clara Miller to Step Down

Release Date:

06/20/2017

... the foundation's grantmaking in the aftermath of the 2008 economic crisis that led to the adoption of a new operating ... peers to jettison outdated operating models that leave resources untapped in the...

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Why U.S. Foundations Should Take the Global Sustainable Development Goals Seriously

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06/21/2016

... The 17 goals reflect the interconnectedness of social, economic and environmental challenges and solutions. They ... – among them personal freedoms, rule of law, equal opportunity and accountable institutions...

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