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23 Oct 2020

Philanthropy 101: So You're Working for a Foundation... Power and Your New Community

Friday, October 23, 2020 -

10:00am to 12:00pm

... for a Foundation... Power and Your New Community So you are working for a foundation. While the other parts of this ... overview of the history of philanthropy, a foundation' s leadership and governance,...

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Breakout Discussion

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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

Funding the Future of Activism

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02/04/2013

... Fund Executive Director Hugh Hogan talk about the Fund’ s new $7 million Activism’ s Future campaign to support grassroots activists in communities most affected by injustice as they advocate...

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North Star Fund

When Projects Flounder: Coming to the Rescue When Good Grants Go Astray

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11/2004

... describe what they learned and offer advice on the most effective and timely way to handle distress signal. ...

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Small Foundations Can Spur Big Changes: One Grant Maker Shows How

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03/24/2013

... Director of the Tow Foundation. Tackling the world’ s most vexing social problems is a challenge for even the ...

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Open Society Foundations' George Soros Featured in Times Union

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01/25/2017

... net worth is valued at $25 billion, has been one of the most vociferous critics of President Donald Trump... Open ...

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Two Views on the Failure of Policing

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07/16/2015

... is not deluding themselves could conclude that dramatic reform is not urgently needed, and the Obama administration, ... issue of policing in black communities. Alice Goffman’ s On the Run: Fugitive Life in an...

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The Century Foundation

Marsh & McLennan, Tow Foundation Honored Alongside Lin-Manuel Miranda

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03/30/2016

... & McLennan and member of the John Jay College Foundation' s Board of Trustees, will be honored for his service to the ... Foundation for its work on juvenile and criminal justice reform . The event...

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Propel Capital’s Sarah Williams Honored by The Center for Court Innovation

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03/19/2018

Propel Capital’ s Sarah Williams Honored by The Center for Court Innovation ... for Court Innovation at a benefit celebrating justice reform and the accomplishments of four innovators from a ... on New York City...

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Social Justice

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Annie E. Casey Foundation Funded Research Shows Close to Home is Worth Fighting For

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03/30/2018

... Shows Close to Home is Worth Fighting For Advocates are fighting to save C2H from budget cuts proposed by Gov. ... in order to share preliminary findings on the program’ s results in the midst of the effort to...

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Children, Youth and Families

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The Annie E. Casey Foundation

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Initial Funding From Ford Foundation, New York Community Trust Supports New Council on Criminal Justice

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07/23/2019

... enough safety or justice,” says Adam Gelb, the Council’ s founder. Gelb, who left Pew Charitable Trusts’ Public ... reflect the areas–many of them interconnected—that are now at the heart of current debates...

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The New York Community Trust

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Ford Foundation

13 Jan 2022

Reflecting on Your Origin Story: Understanding Wealth, Legacy, and Equity - A Webinar Hosted by NCFP

Thursday, January 13, 2022 -

12:00pm to 1:15pm

... a number of difficult questions that require philanthropic families to interrogate their history and reconcile the ... of their ancestors. Join us for a conversation on how families successfully examine their...

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Family Foundation

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Teagle Foundation Awards More Than $1.5 Million

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05/29/2013

Most of the eleven grants were awarded through the foundation' s Larger Vision for Student Learning: Education for Civic and ... with the majority of funding going toward work in its most...

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Education

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Grant Foundation Accepting Letters of Inquiry for Inequality Research Studies

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05/27/2015

... but can reduce gaps if applied to those who need them most , as well as programs, policies, and practices aimed at elevating the most disadvantaged young people. The foundation also is ...

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William T. Grant Foundation

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We Need More Steel Pans in Policy

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05/30/2024

... Blayne served as an Associate for Philanthropy New York' s Public Policy & Collaboration team during the 2023 - 2024 ... K. Williams advocate politically, many in Little Caribbean are confined to...

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25 Oct 2017

From Hurricane Sandy to Hurricane Maria: Can Disaster Philanthropy Be More Strategic?

Wednesday, October 25, 2017 -

9:00am to 1:00pm

If you are a non-member funder and are interested in attending, ... should be anything but haphazard. Time and again, we see funders coming together in the aftermath of catastrophic ... however,...

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New Interactive Data Tool from the Education Opportunity Project, Supported by William T. Grant Foundation, Finds that School Poverty - Not Racial Composition - Limited Educational Opportunity

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09/23/2019

... years ago, communities across America began efforts to make school districts more racially integrated, believing it ... of Education (GSE). “The only school districts in the U. S . where racial achievement gaps...

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