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Leon Levy Foundation Funds Civil War Brooklyn Historical Research via the BAM Online Archive
Release Date:
08/14/2017
... always a cause for celebration when new archival history resources go online — especially for the enthusiastic ... individual items are now accessible online to the curious public . A wide range of materials...
How Social Innovation Labs Contribute to Transformative Change
Release Date:
11/07/2014
... we convened 20 leading lab thinkers and practitioners to do just that. Although the group represented immense ... as: Under what circumstances are labs most useful? How do they differ from alternative...
Brooklyn Community Foundation Announces the Addition of Four New Staff and Six New Board Members
Release Date:
01/28/2015
... to barista, to vegan food truck cook. Andrew studied public relations and the nonprofit sector at Boston ... to our Emeritus Board.” Launched in 2009 as the first and still only foundation for New York City’s...
Sheila Burke and Simon Stevens to Join Commonwealth Fund Board of Directors
Release Date:
08/22/2013
... about the keys to achieving a high-value, high-performing health system,” said Board Chairman James R. Tallon, Jr., ... role at the Kennedy School, Sheila Burke serves as Senior Public Policy Advisor at Baker...
Legislator To Propose Federal Tax On Sugary Drinks
Release Date:
06/06/2014
... brought together leading researchers and scientists, public health officials, foundation executives, and community ... was organized by the nonprofit Center for Science in the Public Interest...
Mark Zuckerman Named New President of The Century Foundation
Release Date:
02/24/2015
... organizer helping low-income residents in Idaho in his first year out of college, to serving some of the nation’s ... workplace discrimination, increasing wages for home health care workers, and expanding...
Morehouse College, Prairie View A&M University & Spelman College Receive Grants from Carnegie, Mellon and Rockefeller Foundations to Support Faculty Development
Release Date:
11/19/2019
... and require the three institutions to share best practices with each other and with the broader HBCU ... University to fund the construction of its library, the first of 13 grants to the institution,"...
Can Philanthropy Help Shape the Next Economy? A Workshop Series for a Just Transition
... they fund — from poverty and inequality, to climate, health , food systems and democracy. Through a series of six ... , and Ford Foundation ) Missed the program? View resources and the livestream recording...
2/26/2015 - What to Look for in a Nonprofit's Financial Statement - Recording & PowerPoint Presentation
Publication date:
02/2015
View materials and the recording of the program, "What to Look for in a Nonprofit's Financial Statement."
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2012
Avoiding Leaky Pipes: Enhancing Donor-Grantee Collaboration
Thursday, October 11, 2012 -
12:00pm to 1:30pm
Webinar
... times, it’s only natural for donors to want their scarce resources to be well spent. In reality, the pipeline that brings resources from donor to grantee is often leaky, limiting the ... donor-grantee...
The Nathan Cummings Foundation Selects Rey Ramsey as Independent Trustee
Release Date:
05/15/2017
... and networks will deepen our ability to use all of our resources – grantmaking and investments – to advance our ... decades of experience as an executive in the non-profit, public and private sectors...
Is the Help Helpful? Alternatives to Shelter for Families Headed by Domestic Violence Survivors
Release Date:
01/31/2018
... violence and poverty. Otherwise, despite the significant public investment made in shelter, most domestic violence ...
Ending Whack-a-Mole Philanthropy
Release Date:
10/08/2020
... exclusion” policies prevent many from returning to public housing following an arrest. In addressing one ... For example, the efforts to de-institutionalize mental health and end the warehousing of people with...
Gates Foundation Names Robert Hughes as New K-12 Strategy Director
Release Date:
02/18/2016
... strategy, Robert L. Hughes, President of New Visions for Public Schools. Bob is a national leader in improving public schools and equity for all students, and has a widely ... equity has been evident since the...
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Jun
2018
Policy Core Course 2018 - June 14th Sessions
Thursday, June 14, 2018 -
9:00am to 12:45pm
... levels help navigate the legal, strategic, and governance practices necessary to incorporate advocacy and amplify your ... – whether private foundations, community foundations, public charities, corporate...
Investing in Advocacy Work Is Good — for Everyone
Release Date:
04/03/2014
... care workers to speak on behalf of themselves to gain public policy wins that we’ve recently celebrated. Advocacy ... and many of them are undocumented.) Affordable health insurance and other benefits The...
CSR, the Arts, and the Double Bottom Line
Release Date:
04/14/2015
... is not actually the case–arts organizations can—and do — help businesses address key goals. Corporate Social ... interests, both local and global. The report offers a first snapshot of how corporations and...
Making Lunch Free Was Just the Beginning
Release Date:
12/10/2019
... 2019 . It was a proud moment for New York City when its public school system began implementing universal free school lunch on the first day of the school year in 2017. It was a hard won ... income, and...
The Rockefeller Foundation Invests $4.6 Million To Scale Food Is Medicine Initiatives in U.S.
Release Date:
11/30/2022
... in the United States. The funding will support grantees advancing Food is Medicine interventions focused on building ... key stakeholders and bridging the gaps between food and health care. The goal of this...

