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14 Apr 2016

Active Ownership vs. Divestment: When Is It Either-Or? Can My Foundation Do Both Well?

Thursday, April 14, 2016 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

... Impact Investing Tools Are Right for Your Foundation’ s Mission? An increasing sense of urgency about issues like ... they hold in their investment portfolios. Explore: Why and how foundations have...

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02 Nov 2016

End the Sexual-Abuse-to-Prison Pipeline

Wednesday, November 2, 2016 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

... here: For example, The New York City Young Women’ s Initiative is bringing together foundation, government, ... responses of girls — especially girls of color — who have been sexually and physically abused,...

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Children, Youth and Families

27 Sep 2018

Financial Coaching in the Workplace: An Investment Worth Making

Thursday, September 27, 2018 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

... To address this issue, several nonprofit organizations have partnered with employers to provide financial coaching ... release a brief Supporting Employee Financial Stability: How Philanthropy Catalyzes...

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18 Apr 2019

Parole Hearing and Revocation Reforms - A Justice Reform Working Group Funders Briefing

Thursday, April 18, 2019 -

9:30am to 11:00am

... returning home to their communities, incarcerated people have to navigate an opaque parole hearing process followed by many onerous conditions of parole, if and once it’ s granted. In 2018, advocates focused...

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04 Mar 2020

New York City Workforce Funders Quarterly Meeting

Wednesday, March 4, 2020 -

9:00am to 11:00am

... of working-age people with disabilities in New York City have incomes below the federal poverty level, more than twice ... and leaders from the business community. Explore how philanthropy can help more New...

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07 Apr 2022

Legal Series - Making Grants to Individuals

Thursday, April 7, 2022 -

10:00am to 11:30am

... to individuals can be a critical component of a funder’ s toolkit, as private foundations and public charities consider how to best meet their strategic goals. Supporting individuals can have...

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Brooklyn Community Foundation Launches Brooklyn Accelerator

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02/06/2015

... information, idea exchange, and gathering of philanthropic resources across the borough. “The idea for the Brooklyn ... local nonprofits. Nonprofits are always seeking more resources , donors, and board members...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Names Atlanta and Seattle First Winners American Cities Climate Challenge

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09/21/2018

... into a two-year acceleration program with powerful new resources and access to cutting-edge support to help them ... or beat – their near-term carbon reduction goals. These resources include a philanthropy-...

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"Culture Changes Us" Campaign and Retreat Series Launches with Support from Nathan Cummings Foundation

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05/20/2016

... to dramatically accelerate the social justice sector’ s understanding and use of culture change strategy design. ... increasingly investing staff time and programmatic resources in projects and initiatives...

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Ford Foundation Appoints Cara Mertes to Lead JustFilms

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06/03/2013

... after eight years at the foundation. During Bagwell’ s tenure, JustFilms launched as a five-year, $50 million ... “This program’ s remarkable impact can be measured by how complex issues such...

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27 Jun 2012

Role of Public Media in Our Democracy - GFEM Annual Funder Conversation

Wednesday, June 27, 2012 - 5:00pm to Thursday, June 28, 2012 - 6:00pm

... and much more. Even so, many public media outlets have been slow to adapt to changing technologies and market ... deep cuts in public funding. Explore Philanthropy’ s role in supporting innovations that are...

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20 Jul 2012

New Opportunities for Undocumented Youth: One Step Closer to the Dream

Friday, July 20, 2012 -

8:30am to 11:00am

... will allow qualifying young people to remain in the U. S . for two years to study and work, with the possibility of ... development will help these young people – who until now have had few if any options –...

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19 Apr 2016

New York City Human Services Career Ladder Project

Tuesday, April 19, 2016 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

... by these three groups secured $5 million in the City’ s FY 2016 budget to support the initial development of such a career ladder program. FPI, FPWA and HSC have started to work with the City to establish a...

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Gender Justice

22 Jun 2017

Writing Workshop: Insights that Inspire Action

Thursday, June 22, 2017 -

9:00am to 11:00am

... self-publishing – as well as traditional media’ s increasingly voracious consumption and dissemination of ... to action. Come with some of the challenges that you have faced in writing and getting published,...

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23 May 2018

Legal Series - Making Grants to Individuals

Wednesday, May 23, 2018 -

9:00am to 11:00am

... Individuals Many private foundations and public charities have programs which provide grant support to individuals. The ... other similar purposes, including obtaining IRS approval How to structure individual...

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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

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14 Mar 2019

The Green New Deal: Putting Energy to Work

Thursday, March 14, 2019 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

... local jobs. Public, private, and philanthropic actors have an opportunity to equip workers for clean energy ... funding nearly $70M in clean energy workforce initiatives. How can funders coordinate strategies...

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JPMorgan Chase Commits $2.3 Million to NPower to Prepare More than 700 Veterans for High-Quality Technology Jobs

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11/11/2019

... CA, Jersey City, NJ and Dallas, TX. With JPMorgan Chase’ s support, NPower will provide in-demand digital skills ... development and job placement for our country’ s veterans,” says Bertina Ceccarelli, CEO of...

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