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How do we conspire to shift philanthropy?

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11/02/2023

... journeys, and we work to identify the appropriate resources , coaching, and support needed at all levels. Within ... BIPOC human services workforce who often live and work in communities of color while earning...

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Ford’s Walker Named to Independent Sector Board

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11/18/2014

... President, Campion Advocacy Fund Dan Cardinali, President, Communities in Schools Jim Gibbons, President and CEO, ... economic opportunities and professional development for people who are blind. Prior to NIB...

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Student Debt and Social Justice: Five Things You Should Know

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09/10/2014

... but unevenly. Student debt is not just about young people . A new nationally representative survey by the Federal ... According to the Urban Institute , 40 percent of people in their 20s have student debt; 30...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Education

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Stavros Niarchos Foundation grant supports civic engagement at the Obama Presidential Center in Chicago

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06/22/2023

... to accelerate positive and lasting change in their communities and around the world. SNF’s support for DIAL ... Lab will serve as a global community center, where young people from all over the world can put...

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Stavros Niarchos Foundation

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Opinion: Vacant Lots And Properties Could House New York City’s Homeless

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08/29/2017

... housing. The city’s population of unsheltered homeless people has risen a staggering 40 percent since last year, ... New York is now home to one out of every seven homeless people in the country. Of course,...

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28 Jul 2010

New York Juvenile Justice Initiative: A Discussion with Advocates

Wednesday, July 28, 2010 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

... Resource People Abby Anderson , Executive Director, The Connecticut ...

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Moody’s Corporation Provides $1 Million in Funding for COVID-19 Relief

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03/26/2020

... and reconfigure its employee volunteer programs to assist communities most affected by the pandemic. “COVID-19 has ... disruption to the health and economic security of people around the world,” said Raymond...

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Open Society Foundations Award Fellowships to 14 Visionaries Working to Reform Criminal Justice in the United States

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05/14/2014

... include an ordained pastor, lawyers, journalists, and people who have spent time in prison. NEW YORK—The Open ... of U.S. Programs at the Open Society Foundations. “We hope their projects will spur debate,...

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Ford, Carnegie Join 10 Funders Giving $125M for Flint’s Water Crisis

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05/11/2016

... and foremost, I felt that it was important to give the people in Flint a sense of hope ," said Ridgway White, president of the foundation. "You .....

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Open Society Foundations-Backed Report Finds Mass Incarceration Sustatined by Prisoners of Time

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07/13/2017

... only slightly in recent years. Well over two million people remain behind bars, and there has been little dent in ... previous decades still are locked up, and there is little hope for many of them to get out...

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To Shrink Jail Population, a Bail Program Is Expanding

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08/30/2017

... asking about relatives who had been arrested. “A lot of people say ‘It’s my first time calling, I don’t know ... justice nonprofit contracted by the city, was their best hope . One by one, she helped the...

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Obama Foundation to Host Global Summit in Chicago

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09/14/2017

... video released Wednesday. "We want to inspire and empower people to change the world," Obama says at the end of his video message. "And we hope you'll be a part of it." The summit will...

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Why Pickleball?

Release Date:

05/04/2017

... lies outside of clinical care. The conditions in which people live, learn, work, and play affect their health far ... in the local pickleball association has grown from 20 people to nearly 300 people...

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New York Health Foundation

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UJA-Federation of New York Announces More Than $23 Million in Grants and Loans to Meet Needs of New Yorkers Affected by COVID-19

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03/23/2020

... to provide essential health and human services to their communities . “This first round of grants is a critical part ... with funders, employers and government to ensure people have access to basic needs as...

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Insights from “Resilient Resolve: Supporting Justice in NYC’s Nonprofit Crisis”

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10/24/2024

... of stress and financial uncertainty for the very same communities that our sector intends to serve. Government ... complicating their already challenging struggle to secure resources for their essential work...

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Sixteen Major Donors and Foundations, Including the Ford Foundation, Commit Unprecendented $156 Million to Support Black, Latinx, Asian and Indigenous Arts Organizations

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09/24/2020

... that have been impactful, despite historically limited resources and funding streams. They, along with others, represent the cultural heritage and creativity of communities that have been historically...

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Arts

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Weinberg Foundation Announces Darius Graham as New Program Director

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06/20/2018

... Director, Programs and Grants and Program Director, Older Adult Services for the Weinberg Foundation. “His ...

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The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation

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Elevating Philanthropy's Impact: Grassroots Leaders' Perspectives on Advancing Criminal Legal Reform and Sustaining Movement Support

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09/29/2023

... of philanthropic dollars on the lives of millions of people and families affected by the criminal legal system ... It is a reverberation that echoes through all our communities , making it imperative to explore...

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