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JPB Foundation Promotes Betsy Krebs to Vice President, Poverty Program

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04/22/2016

... in the areas of immigrants’ rights, voting rights, and economic opportunities. Betsy has decades of experience ... social justice. Before coming to JPB, Betsy co-founded the Youth Advocacy Center, where she...

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Freedom Together Foundation

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Rediscovering the Enterprise Investment Approach

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09/17/2014

... enterprise value creation in a complex and noisy global economic environment. Recently here at Heron we adopted a new ... enterprises deliver value to society through the economic ...

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Carnegie Corporation Awards $39.5 Million in Grants

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10/02/2015

... grants totaling nearly $39.5 million. Grants awarded through the foundation's international program include ... escalation. The foundation also awarded $1 million through its national program to the...

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UJA-Federation Awarded $4 Million Matching Grant for Teen Education

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08/07/2014

... matching grant from the Jim Joseph Foundation for a new summer education initiative for NY area Jewish teens. The ... meaningful, immersive Jewish learning experiences over the summer months.... UJA-Federation...

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The New York Women’s Foundation and Ms. Foundation Announce Year Two Results of $100M Collective Fund

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03/26/2018

... five-year, $100 million funding commitment to ensure economic security for low-income women and their families ... by women as the primary or co-breadwinner, women’s economic security is more critical than...

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Ms. Foundation Seeks to Increase Traction for Childcare Amongst Funders

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10/03/2017

... few funders have stepped in to fill the gap. In 2015, the Economic Policy Institute, a progressive-leaning think tank, ... said Aleyamma Mathew, director of the women's economic justice program at the...

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Carnegie Sponsors Search for Nation's Favorite Librarians for 2016 I Love My Librarian Award

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06/17/2016

... librarians who have transformed lives and communities through educational opportunities and lifelong learning. The ALA is accepting nominations now through Sept. 19 at ... field of librarianship. Librarians...

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Building and Strengthening Partnerships Across New Jersey: Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation Announces More Than $5 Million in Grants

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08/25/2022

... a collaborative strategy of providing the space, time, and opportunity for each organization to strengthen and build ... power, dismantle systems of injustice, and strengthen economic resilience. In this most...

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Prisoner to Proprietor: Entrepreneurship as a Re-entry Strategy

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09/29/2016

... the AFN Newsletter AFN and it's members are committed to expanding opportunity and prosperity for everyone. Our shared economic prosperity depends on an expanding and...

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Abby Youngblood Joins North Star Fund as Food and Environment Program Officer

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08/01/2012

... which is a philanthropic organizing project providing resources and networking opportunities for funders in the New ... that North Star brings is an abiding commitment to expanding economic...

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JPMorgan Spreads its Urban Development Money to Paris

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11/05/2018

... areas around Paris as the first foreign focus of an urban economic development strategy it started four years ago in ... public-private partnerships which he believes will promote economic growth. His advocacy...

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Leading the Way for Food Equity

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07/28/2016

... to transform the city’s food system and are doing so through innovative ideas and new partnerships. Despite the ... on more responsibility for developing leadership, both through convening their networks in...

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Ford Foundation Appoints Cara Mertes to Lead JustFilms

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06/03/2013

... Education, Creativity and Free Expression program. “ Through her experience working on all elements of ... to advance the social justice work of the institution through creative storytelling,” said Mertes. “I...

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Robertson Foundation Names Richard Barth President

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08/19/2021

... incredibly excited to join the Robertson Foundation next summer . Julian Robertson is an extraordinary ... transformative grants that leverage the Foundation’s resources beyond the immediate funds committed; it...

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Report Shows Link Between Children's Outcomes and Mothers' Educational Attainment

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07/10/2014

... whose mothers have not graduated from high school lag on economic , education and health outcomes, compared with ...

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12/15/2014 - Why We Can’t Wait: Lessons from Listening to Girls of Color - Live stream and Materials

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12/2014

View the materials and live stream recording of the program, "Why We Can’t Wait: Lessons from Listening to Girls of Color."

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The New York Women’s Foundation Celebrates Six Outstanding Women Leaders of Queens

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09/27/2016

... She played a pivotal role in guiding The Foundation through a transitional period to become more mission oriented ... contributions to the Rockaway community by creating economic and educational opportunities...

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Names Ruth Brenner New Senior Vice President, Finance & Operations

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06/29/2021

... and collaborating with Grants Management, Human Resources , IT, and the Foundation’s other administrative ... of our mission to make the world a better place through advancing the frontiers of scientific...

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SeaChange Capital Partners Announces New Fund to Make Program-Related Investments in New York City

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11/24/2014

... in health and human services, housing, education and youth development, community and economic development, or the arts. NYPRI will target ...

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