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Melissa Bradley To Step Down As Tides CEO

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04/01/2013

... sector. Under Bradley’s leadership, Tides innovations have reached new heights. Recent examples include Tides’ ... and Tides’ role in bringing in expertise and resources in these areas and beyond.” Vice...

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New York Women’s Foundation Receives 2017 Leadership in Equity and Diversity Award from The Women’s Funding Network

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09/07/2017

... community who, through their determination and leadership, have increased funding for programs that promote gender ... similar programs. Young Women’s Initiatives leverage new resources as well as expertise,...

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Gender Justice

The New York Women's Foundation

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Ford, Visa Fund Incubator Program for Financially Fragile Populations

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03/31/2016

... serve financially fragile populations. “Credit unions can play a more active role in improving the financial lives ... for scalability. “We’re testing products that not only have the potential for life-...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Economic Security

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Want To Engage Millennials? Try Corporate Social Responsibility

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09/28/2017

... were in late 2016, according to Phase 1 of the Millennial Impact Report. At the same time, employers continue to search ... Colleagues working together to accomplish a shared goal can have a...

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The Rockefeller Foundation and CrossBoundary Launch Mini-Grid Innovation Lab in Nairobi, Kenya

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04/24/2018

... solutions for minigrids based in Africa so that they can provide more power , to more people, at a lower cost. ... in connecting 600-million people in Africa who do not have access to power . “We’re launching...

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International/Foreign Affairs

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Rebuild By Design Joins Rockefeller's 100 Resilient Cities Initiative

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10/01/2015

... funded resilience organizations, creating a whole that is greater than the sum of its parts. And under the leadership ... Resilient Cities, the Rebuild by Design effort will now impact cities around the globe...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Disaster Relief

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Philanthropy As An Investment

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01/04/2013

... Clark Foundation Executive Director Doug Bauer and YMCA of Greater New York CEO Jack Lund share their advice on how to get the best return from charitable giving. ...

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Evaluation

Impact Investing

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10 Dec 2020

Uncovering Dyslexia, NYC’s Literacy Crisis and its Effects Across Systems

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9:00am to 10:30am

... through remote learning. There is an opportunity for funders collaborating across sectors to fashion systemic solutions, incubate ideas and promote greater public understanding. Explore The literacy crisis...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Education

27 Mar 2025

Building Worker Power for Migrant Women - A Webinar Hosted by GCIR

Thursday, March 27, 2025 -

1:00pm to 2:00pm

... gender and migrant justice - GCIR invites you to learn how philanthropy can support the economic empowerment of immigrant ... strategies groups are employing to address them. We invite funders...

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Brooklyn Community Foundation President Marilyn Gelber to Leave in June

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04/01/2013

... an overwhelming force for good in Brooklyn; in fact, few can match her accomplishments in boosting the strength of neighborhoods and resources for residents,” said Fishman. “She has created ... one of the area...

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Community Development

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Brooklyn Org

Getting Out of our Comfort Zone in Response to COVID-19

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04/07/2020

... $1.7 million . This was the biggest, fastest effort we have ever made in over 40 years of grantmaking. As a ... to make grants at any given time is directly related to how much we are able to fundraise. Our...

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Disaster Relief

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The Century Foundation Releases Report on Achieving Financial Equity and Justice for HBCU's

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09/14/2021

... do not know much about these illustrious institutions, how their existence has countered the narrative of White ... for a historic investment that will bring unprecedented resources to HBCUs, giving them the...

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Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals: One Student’s Story

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12/06/2012

... ignored, neglected and disillusioned, undocumented youth have finally been given a chance to not be as helpless as we ... wonderful Bronx High School of Science for two years. I can honestly say that while...

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Commentary: “Visibility” and Corporate Foundations

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10/22/2009

... discussions about issues in philanthropy. Those issues can be sensitive or volatile. While we want to encourage a ... foundation world translates to “media hits” and how many times the name of the foundation (...

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Carnegie VP of Education Profiled in Huffington Post

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02/26/2015

... of Education, the first thing that struck me was how critically important people were, from teachers to school leaders, in terms of having an impact on student outcomes. We needed ways to better prepare .....

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

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Rockefeller Foundation Spearheads Resilience Strategy in Colorado

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04/29/2016

... The document builds off wildfire and flood plans to show how hazards are interlinked—and how they impact businesses and low-income people. The resilience ... to leverage dollars spent on...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Two Changes in Executive Team at Carnegie Corporation of New York

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02/04/2020

... Trish Callahan joins the foundation as chief human resources officer, bringing more than 25 years of human ... support for more than 100 franchise restaurants in the greater New York City area. Her signature...

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Talking Politics

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02/06/2018

... to be an unmet demand for more talking politics, as both funders and grantees reassess what it takes to be effective ... program officer had been in communication with them about how the changing political...

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Center for Effective Philanthropy

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14 Oct 2020

Navigating Difficult Dialogues Across Difference – A Workshop

Wednesday, October 14, 2020 -

10:00am to 12:00pm

... your organization. Specifically, the series will cover how to work with the range of dynamics that are present when ... workplace settings. However, for a variety of reasons, it can be very challenging to...

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