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Ford’s Darren Walker Writes About Why Foundations Need to Pay Attention to What Grantees Are Saying

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12/07/2016

Ford’s Darren Walker Writes About Why Foundations Need to Pay Attention to What Grantees Are Saying At the Ford ... forces many organizations we fund to focus on short-term projects , to spend valuable ...

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Social Justice

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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 success in college. This session will look beyond “ success ,”...

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Insights from “Racial Pay Equity: Putting Your Money Where Your Values Are”

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09/08/2022

Insights from “ Racial Pay Equity: Putting Your Money Where Your Values Are ” insights header.png With the new Pay Transparency Law slated to go into effect in New York ... organizational accountability. The first...

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

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Finance & Asset Management

Five Nonprofits Win Brooklyn Community Foundation’s Spark Prize for Outstanding Commitment to Racial Justice

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01/12/2022

Five Nonprofits Win Brooklyn Community Foundation’s Spark ... support that gives nonprofits the flexibility and resources they need to serve their communities and grow. Each ... organizations to use art as a tool...

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New York Juvenile Justice Initiative

Funded by Heckscher Foundation for Children, Behavioral Science Meets College-Bound Student Success in Nudges, Norms, and New Solutions

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05/08/2018

... Children, Behavioral Science Meets College-Bound Student Success in Nudges, Norms, and New Solutions Behavioral science meets college-bound student success in Nudges, Norms, and New Solutions ( ... Children,...

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The Heckscher Foundation for Children

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Education

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Ford Foundation’s Darren Walker In NY Times Piece on Criminal Justice

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07/15/2016

Ford Foundation’s Darren Walker In NY Times Piece on Criminal Justice In 1962, 85 percent of white Americans told Gallup ... blacks are treated fairly by the police, and four out of five whites...

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Justice Reform

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Five Borough Farm: Supporting Urban Agriculture in New York City

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11/08/2013

... 9 out of 10 New Yorkers eat fewer than the recommended five servings of fruits and vegetables each day and that 14 ... photographs, maps and a website with graphics, tools and resources . Of particular interest...

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

15 Jul 2013

Justice Delayed – An Examination of the Ken Burns Film The Central Park Five

Monday, July 15, 2013 -

3:45pm to 7:00pm

The story of the Central Park Five is one scarring New York history; a case of injustice ... for decades, including: race, class, policy and juvenile justice . Join us for a thought-provoking...

Ivanka Trump Supports Rollback Of Obama's Policy To Close Gender Pay Gap

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08/31/2017

... Trump Supports Rollback Of Obama's Policy To Close Gender Pay Gap Ivanka Trump, who came into her father’s ... back an Obama-era policy aimed at eliminating the gender pay gap. The initiative, which was...

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08 Sep 2022

Staffing for Success - A Webinar Hosted by NCFP

Thursday, September 8, 2022 -

12:00pm to 1:15pm

... us for a conversation on how to hire and prepare staff for success . What will I learn? What does the hiring process ... avoid in hiring process Ways to hire and prepare staff for success Speakers Frank...

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Family Foundation

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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

09 Sep 2021

Scaling for Success - A Webinar Hosted by NCFP

Thursday, September 9, 2021 -

12:00pm to 1:15pm

... and family foundation staff and trustees only.* The success of family philanthropy is largely dependent on the ... often challenging to understand the practices that promote success . How do you develop the...

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Family Foundation

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24 Jul 2018

Advancing Racial Equity for Corporate Success

Tuesday, July 24, 2018 -

10:30am to 12:30pm

... a “nice to have”, but a “must have” for business success Concrete examples and approaches of how companies ... In partnership with Advancing Racial Equity for Corporate Success ...

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What BP Won’t Be Paying For—and How You Can Help

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07/01/2010

Why should people give money to nonprofits responding to the Gulf Coast oil spill? Isn't BP paying for the clean-up efforts? Penny Fujiko Willgerodt, the Executive Director of the Prospect Hill Foundation and an Advisor to the Gulf Coast Fund for...

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The Commonwealth Fund Finds that Middle-income Americans are Paying More for Health Insurance

Release Date:

12/10/2018

... The report also found vast differences in costs between five states studied. Overall, national health spending has ...

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Proactive Support Pays Off: The American Art Renewal Fund

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04/11/2012

When it became clear that the economic downturn was forcing many museums to concentrate on basic operations instead of new programs, the Henry Luce Foundation decided to temporarily shift the focus of their American Art Program from traditional...

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05 Nov 2014

Should Nonprofits Be Mandated to Pay Living Wages, and What is Philanthropy’s Role?

Wednesday, November 5, 2014 -

2:30pm to 5:00pm

Missed the program? View resources and the live recording here . Leaders in ... can maintain their current levels of service and also pay their workers a self-sufficiency wage (aka “Living ... and address...

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23 Sep 2015

The Skills to Pay the Bills: Boosting Nonprofits’ Financial Management - Webinar

Wednesday, September 23, 2015 -

2:00pm to 3:00pm

... StrongNonprofits.org--a web-based toolkit of free resources is designed to help nonprofits understand and ... Research Fellow, Child Trends ; Co-author, The Skills to Pay the Bills: An Evaluation of an Effort...

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Seven Reasons Why Your Foundation Should Pay Attention to Fracking

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05/16/2013

... efforts to regulate or ban fracking. Why should you pay attention? 1) It’s coming to a town near you . ... specifics of the law, read this summary by the National Resources Defense Council . 5) It’s eroding...

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