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Standby Letters of Credit: The Underdog of Charitable Financing

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06/25/2009

... letter of credit is a document that states that a bank’ s client (in this case a Donor) will guarantee payment should ... the payer of last resort, and assets held in the Donor’ s name become collateral. While...

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Two Distinct Types of NY Funders are Gearing Up for Redistricting, Here’s Why

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03/03/2021

... of NY Funders are Gearing Up for Redistricting, Here’ s Why By: Patricia A. Swann, Steering Committee Chair, New ... and the equitable distribution of government resources . A whole lot of funders across New...

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Housing and Homelessness

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For philanthropy, racial equity isn't enough: Why we've moved to redistribution to address the racial wealth gap

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10/14/2021

... a shift that was further fueled by George Floyd' s murder, the 2020 Black Lives Matter movement, the ongoing ... movement. But recently, we came to a hard conclusion: It' s not enough to just...

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Brooklyn Community Foundation Deploys $100,000 for ‘Immediate Response’ Grants to Immigrant Nonprofits

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02/07/2017

... challenges triggered by the Trump Administration’ s Executive Order banning travelers from 7 Muslim-majority ... The grants are deployed through the Foundation’ s recently launched Immigrant Rights Fund ...

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Immigration

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Brooklyn Org

The Affordable Care Act: Keeping Our Eyes on the Ball

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10/24/2013

... to determine how successful the Affordable Care Act’ s insurance reforms will be over the next year. How will we ... decisions on certain aspects of the plan, subject to federal requirements. Therefore, we...

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The Commonwealth Fund

04 Mar 2026

Regional Funder Briefing Series: New York State - A Webinar Hosted by GCIR and Immigrant Funders Working Group

Wednesday, March 4, 2026 -

3:30pm to 4:30pm

... before being replicated in other states and/or at the federal level. In the context of heightened threats to ... of any immigration status standing up against oppressive federal militarization – states and...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Immigration

16 Mar 2016

Campaign for Grade Level Reading: The Funder Action Series, Part 3 - Webinar

Wednesday, March 16, 2016 -

11:00am to 12:00pm

... Grade Level Reading as a funding framework. Explore What' s working, what’ s challenging and what’ s next when it comes to closing the ... Register Now link above. You will receive...

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Education

Produce Buyers & Sellers Support Food Safety Research Campaign (Target Corp.)

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02/04/2016

... to unite to support the Center for Produce Safety' s (CPS) Campaign for Produce Safety, as leading retail and ... safety, all too often we focus on business deals and their details . Sometimes we forget...

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Food Systems

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Investing in our Mission: A Five-Year Case Study of Fossil Fuel Divestment at the Rockefeller Brothers Fund

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05/11/2020

... “Oil is obviously a definitional part of my family’ s past,” said Rockefeller. “But it has no place in our ...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Release Scaling Solutions toward Shifting Systems: Seeing, Facilitating, and Assessing Systems Change Report

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07/22/2020

... Systems Change Report Realizing that the world’ s pressing challenges are becoming more complex, many ... and recommendations from those successes. 2017 Findings: S .C.A.L.E. The initiative’ s...

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Doris Duke Foundation Announces "Racial Equity in Clinical Equations"

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06/27/2023

... and creativity is integral to the research community’ s responsibility to evolve and improve conventional wisdom ...

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Health

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How do we conspire to shift philanthropy?

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11/02/2023

... Director, Chorus Foundation Organizer Farhad Ibrahimi’ s quote framed expectations for our members at Philanthropy ... journeys, and we work to identify the appropriate resources , coaching, and support needed...

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New Multi-Foundation Matching Fund Recognizes Public Transit’s Importance to Social Justice and Environmental Sustainability

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09/17/2020

... Multi-Foundation Matching Fund Recognizes Public Transit’ s Importance to Social Justice and Environmental ... with a reduction of transit service as local government revenues decline. If auto traffic ...

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Community Development

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Social Justice

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TransitCenter

25 Apr 2012

Power to the People: Participatory Budgeting as a New Model of Civic Engagement in NYC

Wednesday, April 25, 2012 -

8:30am to 11:00am

... design of materials; Alexa Kasdan , Urban Justice Center' s Community Development Project, responsible for research and .....

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Why Pickleball?

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05/04/2017

... between something whimsical like pickleball and a person’ s health may not be obvious, but let’ s look at some data. Studies show that 80% of what affects a ... public safety, transportation. Spending our time...

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New York Health Foundation

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Health

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Novo and Surdna Foundations Key Backers in Push to Build Community Wealth

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04/04/2018

... five years ago. In turn, as we often report, there' s a lot of local giving action around issues as diverse as ... sustainability, and LGBTQ communities. But as U. S . politics becomes more heated around...

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William T. Grant Foundation Welcomes Two New Members to Program Staff

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01/15/2019

... and Murnane will serve as key members of the Foundation’ s Senior Program Team, which reviews proposals, monitors ... strategies and tactics to support the Foundation’ s funding initiatives on reducing...

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