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Communities in Schools: Putting Quality Considerations First (Wallace Foundation, EMCF)

Release Date:

11/12/2015

Communities in Schools: Putting Quality Considerations First ... or any funder support a strategy of doing less? At Communities In Schools, we struggled with those questions as ... of improving implementation at a...

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Member News

Funding Area

Education

Related Organizations

Blue Meridian Partners, Inc.

The Wallace Foundation

Robertson Foundation

AT&T Foundation

Stonewall Community Foundation Makes Funding Available for Responding to Shifting Realities

Release Date:

04/10/2017

Stonewall Community Foundation is now accepting proposals to fund organizations that are struggling to respond to the demand for advocacy, support, and services in the face of shifting political realities.

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RFPs Etc

Funding Area

Social Justice

Related Organizations

Stonewall Community Foundation

Brooklyn Community Foundation Adds Two Staff, Promotes One

Release Date:

07/27/2017

The Brooklyn Community Foundation is pleased to welcome two new members to the Foundation's team - Andrea MacDonald as manager of donor services and Chelsea Smith as a program officer, as well as announce the promotion of LIane Stegmaier.

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Appointments & Transitions

Funding Area

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Related Organizations

Brooklyn Org

Foundations Work Together to Improve Broadband Service in Low-Income Communities

Release Date:

12/10/2014

... Work Together to Improve Broadband Service in Low-Income Communities Fifty municipalities are now turning their ... Work Together to Improve Broadband Service in Low-Income Communities ...

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Member News

Funding Area

Technology

Related Organizations

Ford Foundation

Open Society Foundations

Brooklyn Community Foundation Trustee: Bring Restorative Justice to Our Schools

Release Date:

02/04/2016

Safe schools are a critical concern, writes Deborah N. Archer, Professor of Law, New York Law School, and board member of Brooklyn Community Foundation.

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Member News

Funding Area

Children, Youth and Families

Education

Social Justice

Related Organizations

Brooklyn Org

Bank of America to Spur Economic Gains For Low-Income Families, Communities

Release Date:

03/16/2017

... of America to Spur Economic Gains For Low-Income Families, Communities The Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC) ... of America to Spur Economic Gains For Low-Income Families, Communities ...

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Member News

Funding Area

Community Development

Related Organizations

Bank of America Charitable Foundation

Opinion: With Or Without DACA, New York Must Step Up For Immigrant Communities

Release Date:

09/05/2017

... With Or Without DACA, New York Must Step Up For Immigrant Communities I came to the United States when I was 14 years ... With Or Without DACA, New York Must Step Up For Immigrant Communities ...

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Sector News

Funding Area

Immigration

Bloomberg Philanthropies Supports Community Art to Keep NYC on the Cultural Edge

Release Date:

03/27/2018

A $75 million donation from Bloomberg Philanthropies and $45 million more from Frank McCourt, Jr. to arts nonprofit The Shed puts to the test whether mega-donors see New York City or Los Angeles as the national art capital of the future.

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Member News

Funding Area

Arts

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Bloomberg Philanthropies

14 Mar 2013

Adding Nonfamily Trustees and Community Voices to Your Family Foundation Board

Thursday, March 14, 2013 -

2:30pm to 3:30pm

Webinar

What are the signs that your foundation’s board might benefit from adding a community leader to bring new energy and a fresh voice to board deliberations and decisions? Some family foundations have never had an outside trustee on the board and don’t...

08 Oct 2015

Community Connections: Engaging Diverse Stakeholders in Your Grantmaking - Webinar

Thursday, October 8, 2015 -

12:00pm to 1:30pm

This webinar is limited to private and family foundation staff and trustees only. What are the spectrum of options available to family foundations and funds seeking to engage diverse perspectives in their work?

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Webinar/Teleconference

Audience

Family Foundation

Board & Trustees

Brooklyn Community Foundation Announces New President Cecilia Clarke

Release Date:

07/01/2013

Alan Fishman, Chair of the Board of Directors of the Brooklyn Community Foundation, announced that Cecilia Clarke will join the Foundation as its new President and CEO. Ms. Clarke succeeds Marilyn Gelber, who stepped down from the post on June 30,...

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Appointments & Transitions

Funding Area

Community Development

Related Organizations

Brooklyn Org

16 Feb 2017

Spark Session: Readying Your Community Foundation to Serve Philanthropic Families - Webinar

Thursday, February 16, 2017 -

2:00pm to 3:00pm

You’ve successfully attracted Donor-Advised Funds and developed solid relationships with those founding donors. But now they’re asking for help with tougher issues such as preparing heirs to be responsible givers, dealing with geographic dispersion...

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Issue-Based

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Webinar/Teleconference

Audience

Topic(s)

Leadership Development

Charles Nuñez, Community Advocate at Youth Represent, Was Only 17 but Charged as an Adult

Release Date:

05/10/2016

In 2007 he was a normal teenager who wanted to be a handsome ladies man and keep some money in his pocket while living with his parents and brothers.

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PhilTalks

24 Apr 2024

Food Waste Roundtable - An Event Hosted by Community Food Funders

Wednesday, April 24, 2024 -

12:00pm to 1:00pm

Join an upcoming roundtable to meet other funders interested in the same topic. Hear from each other about what is happening in the space, and discuss any opportunities or challenges that may be on the horizon.

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Roundtable Discussion

Webinar/Teleconference

Audience

All Funders

Topic(s)

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Funding Area

Food Systems

21 May 2024

Food Policy & Planning Roundtable - An Event Hosted by Community Food Funders

Tuesday, May 21, 2024 -

12:00pm to 1:00pm

This conversation is for funders interested in, or already supporting, work such as food policy councils, food system mapping and planning, policy advocacy and organizing, and related topics.

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Issue-Based

Format

Webinar/Teleconference

Audience

All Funders

Topic(s)

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Funding Area

Food Systems

15 Jul 2024

The Value of Learning in Grantmaking to Migrant Communities - A Webinar Hosted by GCIR

Monday, July 15, 2024 -

2:00pm to 3:00pm

... have on grantmaking in support of immigrant and refugee communities ? And how can learning shape grantmaking strategy? ... The Value of Learning in Grantmaking to Migrant Communities - A Webinar Hosted by GCIR...

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Issue-Based

Format

Webinar/Teleconference

Audience

All Funders

Topic(s)

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Funding Area

Immigration

Atlantic Shows Support for Grassroots Organizing in Sandy-Affected Communities

Release Date:

03/05/2013

... Shows Support for Grassroots Organizing in Sandy-Affected Communities ...

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Insights

Funding Area

Disaster Relief

Related Organizations

North Star Fund

The Atlantic Philanthropies

Needle-Moving Community Collaboratives: A Promising Approach to Addressing America's Biggest Challenges

Publication date:

02/2012

According to this study, multi-stakeholder collaborations that have achieved "needle moving" change share common operating principles and key characteristics of success.