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The Value of Rigorous Evaluation

Release Date:

06/02/2014

... program assessment or evaluation. Unless we invest more resources in our capacity to measure the performance and ... undertake rigorous evaluation. It can be costly, diverting resources from the direct...

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Blue Meridian Partners, Inc.

A Decade After Katrina, Can Philanthropy Make Black Lives Matter?

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08/28/2015

... Resource Generation, and others, have explicitly dedicated resources to support black-led grass-roots groups organizing ...

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North Star Fund

PNY's President Gives Insight on Funder Collaboration

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09/08/2015

... private foundations — they also don’t have the same resources as public charities. Collaborating on a shared ... an organization that connects people, institutions and resources , said 15 foundations recently...

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PNY News

New York Life Foundation's Award-Winning Grief-Sensitive Schools Initiative Surpasses Milestone

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07/11/2019

... it has surpassed its goal of providing grief training and resources to 1,000 schools across the country through the ... members in 46 states and generated strong engagement among New York Life's workforce...

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New York Life Foundation

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

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01/12/2022

... support that gives nonprofits the flexibility and resources they need to serve their communities and grow. Each ... work day in and day out in bringing together programs and resources that enhance our...

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Brooklyn Org

How Foundations Can Grapple With the Reality That Their Wealth Was Accumulated Unjustly

Release Date:

12/05/2019

... and have made the decision to increase spending to move resources into the hands of communities. For Hazen, that ... this question: Who has the power to make decisions about resources ? If we are serious about...

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Edward W. Hazen Foundation (Closed)

How Can Philanthropy Elevate Entrepreneurialism Through Crisis?

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07/22/2020

... leads our global effort to combat human trafficking and gender -based violence, moved into first-response mode and ... values of grace, peace, excellence, with a focus on new outcomes , while working around-the-...

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Grace Farms Foundation

Open Society Foundations Announce 2020 Soros Justice Fellows

Release Date:

12/18/2020

... year and lead us to a more just and equitable society.” Among the other projects being undertaken by this year’s ... system. Jazmarie Melendez will build a movement of young people who are most harmed by...

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Open Society Foundations

Paul Ramírez Jonas Joins Board of the Joan Mitchell Foundation

Release Date:

02/18/2020

... to the Foundation’s work and vision. His connection with young people, through his work as an educator, also enhances ... of communal commitment. His 2010 Creative Time project, Key to the City , involved 20,...

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How Public Policy Can Support Collective Impact

Publication date:

12/2014

... communities in their path to achieving positive, lasting outcomes . The authors hope this learning brief serves as a ... of these examples, and suggestions for additional resources that may be helpful for policymakers and their ...

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Report Details Employment Challenges Facing Latino Youth

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06/13/2014

... a report from The National Council of La Raz a, while young Latino men have more work experience on average than ... and double the unemployment rate of all American workers Among the barriers facing millenial...

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Economic Security

Workforce Development

At Google, She Oversees $100 Million in Giving. She Thinks Companies Should Do More.

Release Date:

08/28/2017

... Impact Justice, whose restorative-justice project keeps young people of color out of juvenile detention, and two ... that gather and share data about courts and prisons, among other work. And last week, Google...

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Into Battle: The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Steps Up Its Advocacy Giving in a Big Way

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09/19/2017

... entities can operate with little transparency. But the young couple are not alone among top donors in choosing this model—Laurene Powell Jobs ...

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Joan Mitchell Foundation Announces 2019 Grant Recipients

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09/26/2019

... residencies at the Joan Mitchell Center in New Orleans. Among the 2019 grantees are Lauren Halsey, Baseera Khan, Daniel Lind-Ramos, Kate Newby, and Young Min Moon. “The Painters & Sculptors Grants are a ...

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Joan Mitchell Foundation

Avital Havusha Named New York State Health Foundation’s Vice President For Programs

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10/11/2019

... implementing the Foundation’s goals and strategies. A key advisor to the President and CEO, she will also have a ... is a private, statewide foundation dedicated to improving the health of all New Yorkers,...

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New York Health Foundation

North Star Fund Announces 2017 North Star and Frederick Douglass Awardees

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04/12/2017

... a person who has experienced that trauma to find allies, resources , and trust to stand up and fight is absolutely ... to the greatest problems facing our city. By putting resources into the hands of those...

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North Star Fund

The Future of ‘Zipcode as Destiny': Three Scenarios

Release Date:

01/14/2016

... inequitable transportation burden? Less Exclusion based on Gender ? In many countries, women and other gender minorities ... this gendered manifestation of inequity? One common theme among...

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The Rockefeller Foundation

IBM Joins With Stavros Niarchos Foundation, Ford Foundation, And Carnegie Corporation to Help Students Tackle Math

Release Date:

09/14/2017

... to provide elementary school teachers with targeted math resources for their kindergarten through fifth grade ... a critical need for easy-to-use, well-designed math resources and ongoing support. Even with...