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Please join us for a special screening of A24's acclaimed Sing Sing , which will be followed an engaging discussion with Divine G himself, alongside advocates from Legal Aid Society and the philanthropic community.

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Brooklyn Community Foundation Announces the Addition of Four New Staff and Six New Board Members

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01/28/2015

Brooklyn Community Foundation added four staff and six board members at the end of 2014.

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Learning in Place

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07/14/2011

By Maria Mottola, Executive Director, New York Foundation I am an ambivalent traveler. I get anxious about leaving things that are familiar—it’s disorienting. But once I arrive someplace new, I feel exhilarated; finding yourself...

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Responding to Crisis/Opportunity: The F.B. Heron Foundation’s Opportunity Fund

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04/29/2010

By John Weiler Senior Program Officer, F.B. Heron Foundation Like many of its colleague funders, the F.B. Heron Foundation experienced a sharp decline in its charitable assets in 2008 and early 2009. At the same time, Heron...

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The Will and The Way: Philanthropy's Grantmaking Defaults Must Change

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02/05/2020

The recent report on ending the “Starvation Cycle” confirms that the vast majority of funding is project-based, that this type of funding rarely covers the full cost of the associated work, that “cost-minus” funding is not just unfair but also...

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SeaChange Capital Partners

19 Jul 2018

What Funders Need to Know About Immigration Detention: A Primer on the U.S. System - A Webinar Hosted by GCIR

Thursday, July 19, 2018 -

4:00pm to 5:15pm

... first served basis.* Every morning, roughly 38,000 men, women , and children wake up in the custody of the United ... ‘ hieleras ’— Spanish for ‘iceboxes.’ Pregnant women report being denied medical care,...

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Engagement Snapshot: A Strategic Approach

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11/28/2011

... opportunities for grantmaking in the areas of aging and health . To better integrate age-related concerns into the ...

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14 Sep 2017

Time of Opportunity: Best Practices in Summer Learning (Part 2)

Thursday, September 14, 2017 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

This program is the second part of a two-part series. The first part was a site visit to a model summer learning program at PS 48 in Jamaica, Queens. Research has demonstrated that summer learning loss is one of the most significant causes of the...

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Philanthropy Can Help Build a Thriving Democracy by Building Up Programs and Places That Fuel Civic Involvement

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01/20/2022

... to the common good. Most importantly, they can move resources to the American communities that need them most to ...

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Forum’s New President on Reducing Duplication and Increasing Collaboration in Philanthropy’s Infrastructure

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02/01/2016

... allow regional associations to share data, information and resources . And we help regional associations pool their resources and expertise to better serve their members. The ...