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Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Awards Emergency Grants to Prison Education Programs as COVID Crisis Continues

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08/06/2020

... forcing educators of all kinds to dramatically adjust their approaches and adapt to remote instruction. The same is ... “The Mellon Foundation believes in each and every student ’s humanity,” said Foundation...

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Mellon Foundation

The Issues We’re Taking to the Hill

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02/21/2018

... annual advocacy event in which regional associations and their members meet with their congressional leaders to talk about philanthropy’s ... levels of charitable giving that are projected to be lost...

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Philanthropy New York

Capital One-Funded Report: Women Entrepreneurs On the Rise in NYC

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03/04/2016

... 91 percent of all women-owned firms in the five boroughs have no paid employees, suggesting that too few women-led ... Relatively few women-owned firms in New York scale up their businesses. Just 37,494 (9...

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Is Nonprofit Board Service Worth It? Reflections from a One-Time Skeptic

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01/16/2014

... by people who hoped I might just write a check to support their work. What I hadn’t fully anticipated were the many ... to serve on nonprofit boards. Early in my career, I have to admit, I was a bit of skeptic...

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Surdna Foundation

For Women, the World Remains an Extremely Dangerous Place

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03/11/2015

... girls are disproportionately affected, in part because of their reproductive capacity. Successful prosecution of any of ... violence at the international level, enormous strides have been made in recognizing...

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Health

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Two New Members Join The William T. Grant Foundation Board

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11/01/2013

... Prudence L. Carter, Ph.D., and Scott C. Evans, C.F.A. , have joined its Board of Trustees. Dr. Carter is a Professor ... Director of the John W. Gardner Center for Youth and Their Communities. Prior to joining...

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Why Women and Girls?

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03/27/2014

We have received a great deal of positive feedback about the ... issues that a good portion of our members are focusing their resources on but about which a much larger portion of members ...

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13 Sep 2018

TRANSformational Grantmaking: Understanding Gender Identity to Increase Impact

Thursday, September 13, 2018 -

9:00am to 11:00am

As funders have committed themselves to reduce inequity, there is a ... by working intersectionally and across movements, despite their work receiving just .015% of philanthropic resources . By...

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COVID-19 Relief Awards: Commonwealth Fund Staff Respond

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04/01/2020

... COVID-19 pandemic, Commonwealth Fund staff and grantees have taken several steps to realign our work . Since March, ... Response Fund to provide immediate and longer-term resources to service organizations...

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Takeaways From the Supreme Court Obamacare Ruling

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06/25/2015

... York State's accomplishments so far: More New Yorkers now have health coverage than ever before : 89 percent of New ... in private plans). Most New Yorkers are happy with their coverage : 86 percent of...

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New York Health Foundation

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Ambition Is Not A Simple Thing - Tim McClimon of American Express Interviews The New York Women’s Foundation’s Ana Oliveira

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02/24/2020

... the first gathering, held over a century ago, leaders have made great progress in driving gender equality. But, we ... to be an ambitious woman. “For many of the respondents, their hesitation to describe...

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04 Apr 2024

Are You Listening? How To Become A More Responsive, Effective, and Equitable Grantmaker

Thursday, April 4, 2024 -

1:00pm to 2:30pm

... -- and can make the most difference in the world -- when their decisions are informed by the insights of the people ... provide leaders with a framework to think in a systematic way about how they can take up...

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Gun Violence, Advocacy, and Leadership

Release Date:

04/05/2018

... already seen what violence had done to her students and their families. The circular-firing-squad logic of increasing ... this victim. If she had had a gun that night, it would have made no difference, she...

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

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Milbank Memorial Fund

26 Feb 2013

BBB Charity Effectiveness Symposium

Tuesday, February 26, 2013 -

7:00am to 11:00am

... EmblemHealth, The New York Community Trust and United Way of New York City. This Program is "Partially Open" ... Keynote Speaker Sheena Wright , President and CEO, United Way of New York City Update...

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22 Apr 2020

One Size Does Not Fit All: Managing Remote Teams During COVID-19 – A Webinar

Wednesday, April 22, 2020 -

9:30am to 11:00am

As we continue to navigate the human and organizational changes created by the COVID-19 pandemic, we are learning how quickly our organizations must adapt. We are charting new courses in managing remote work, building a sense of community from afar...

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Disaster Relief

It’s OK to Pause and Think. In Fact, Please Do.

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10/04/2017

... “best practices in disaster philanthropy” reports and resources is the realization that funders can do a great service by making an announcement about their organization’s decision to direct a high-profile...

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The Center for Disaster Philanthropy

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Philanthropic Responsibility in the Wake of the Killing of Jordan Neely

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05/12/2023

... its institutional power to advocate for and distribute resources to ensure the social safety net that includes ... has, for generations, worked to create inequities that have caused housing insecurity, gaps in...

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