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Mandy Van Deven Joins the Nathan Cummings Foundation as Director of Communications

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09/10/2019

... and communications within the nonprofit, journalism, and philanthropic sectors. Prior to joining NCF, she was the ... communications across grantmaking, capacity building, and philanthropic advocacy. Mandy has...

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Apollo Theater Launches Initiative Dedicated to the Creation of a Diverse 21st Century Performing Arts Canon with Support from the Ford Foundation and Andrew W. Mellon Foundation

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02/27/2020

The Apollo Theater announced today its first multi-work commissioning initiative dedicated to the creation of a diverse, 21st century American performing arts canon, Apollo New Works.

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Burke Foundation Executive Director Atiya Weiss Selected as a 2021 Aspen Institute Ascend Fellow

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10/07/2021

... the nation’s racial reckoning. Fellows are spearheading efforts , from combatting the erasure of Native voice and ...

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5 Questions for...Melissa Bradley, Chief Executive Officer, Tides

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03/11/2013

In this PhilanTopic interview, Tides CEO Melissa Bradley discusses the Twenty-First Century Foundation Powered by Tides partnership, what her organization has learned about the field of impact investing and what philanthropy can do to strengthen its...

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Better Prepared for Tomorrow

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08/01/2013

We’re pleased to have Hollis Headrick, Program Consultant with The New York Community Trust’s Hive Digital Media Learning Fund, recap our recent program on the impact of digital media learning and technology on education and workforce development (...

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The New York Community Trust

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Reshaping the Business of Social Change

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06/20/2013

We’re pleased to have Monique Villa, CEO of the Thomson Reuters Foundation, discuss her organization’s unique approach to giving, the principles of shared value and the Foundation's many initiatives geared towards supporting women’s rights and...

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Keeping the Focus on Race and Justice

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08/22/2013

Media Impact Funders Executive Director Vincent Stehle highlights several recent media projects (including The Central Park Five and PNY’s funder gathering focusing on that acclaimed film) that explore the racial inequities that still plague our...

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Smarter Relationships, Better Results: Making the Most of Grantmakers' Work with Intermediaries

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04/2013

Grantmakers often work with intermediaries to extend their reach and impact. GEO’s digital funders' brief offers insights from intermediaries and examples of grantmaker practices that help or hinder the effectiveness of intermediaries. Readers will find a breakdown of three grantmaker-intermediary relationship models, step-by-step relationship building recommendations, and more.

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Russell Sage Foundation - Gates Foundation Pipeline Grants Awarded to Emerging Scholars

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03/17/2021

... counselors, and social workers in providing financial aid resources for undocumented youth. Angela Dixon (Emory ... will study women on probation to examine the unequal impacts of state surveillance, with...

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Equitable Recovery for All New Yorkers: The NY Stimulus Alliance

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08/09/2010

We recently held a program (presented by our Increasing Diversity in Philanthropy Committee and The NYC Collaborative for Fairness and Equity in Philanthropy) which focused on the distribution of federal stimulus dollars and the impact of those...

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Making Measures Work For You: Outcomes and Evaluation

... assumptions or over-confidence in the idea that program impacts can be translated into hard data can skew not only ...

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Beyond the Rhetoric: Foundation Strategy

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10/2007

How do foundations maximize their impact? What is the role of strategy? Is your foundation strategic? Are you?

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Q&A: Rockefeller's Ashvin Dayal On Inclusive Growth

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07/18/2017

... Sahiwahl, Pakistan — all with the aim of mitigating the impacts of climate change within some of the most vulnerable ...

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Can We Still Improve Philanthropy?

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07/17/2009

... press.” Similarly, there is simply no such thing as a philanthropic sector based on the concept of “partially ... sector from having the full range of free speech.” The philanthropic sector and the entire...

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... Chris Park, President, New York Life Foundation 2011- 2012 Doug Bauer, Executive Director, The Clark Foundation 2012 -2013 Mark Bodden, Vice President/Director, May and ...

Newly Created Heckscher Foundation Workforce Development Grants Aim to Create More Than 1,100 Full-Time Jobs in New York

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07/19/2023

... ongoing workforce shortages. “Traditional models for philanthropic workforce development have remained stagnant ... educators, and philanthropists collaborate, we can address the crisis of inclusion in the...

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Russell Sage Foundation Calls for Articles on Women and the Economy

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05/29/2014

... experience, occupations, and pay. The second section will address family and intimate relationships. The third section will address issues in politics, law, and culture. .. Russell Sage ...

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Economic Security

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ASPCA Responds to Tyson's Move to Ban Antibiotic Use in Chickens

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04/29/2015

ASPCA asserts that companies also need to give chickens more room and improve sanitation protocols.

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Animal Welfare

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Ford Backs Initiative to Fight AIDS in the Deep South

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05/29/2015

... REACH (Regional Expansion of Access and Capacity to Address HIV/AIDS), which is marking its 10th anniversary. In the past decade, more than $11 million have gone to address the HIV epidemic in Southern states...

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