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World Education Services / WES Mariam Assefa Fund

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01 Dec 2022

Transforming the Funding Landscape for the Immigrant Justice Movement - A Webinar Hosted by GCIR

Thursday, December 1, 2022 -

1:00pm to 2:00pm

... that inflicts harm upon – and withholds power and resources from – people and communities who seek to stay, ... and refugee communities The extent to which local funders invest in these communities compared to...

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

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Appointments & Transitions

Helmsley Charitable Trust Announces New CEO

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11/06/2015

... and then as an executive vice president with Integrated Resources . She joined JPMorgan Chase in 1994, where she spent ... and we look forward to working with her to advance the impact of the exceptional...

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The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust

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Open Society Foundations Announce 2020 Soros Justice Fellows

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12/18/2020

... power of dance. Organizing differently-abled people who have engaged with the criminal justice system. Providing a ... resist and combat their criminalization and promote their collective prosperity. Julie Mao...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Arts

Education

Environment and Climate Change

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Open Society Foundations

Philanthropy Should Support States and Cities to Keep Advancing the Climate Movement

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12/07/2016

... an inclusive clean energy economy. Philanthropists can maximize their impact by working with these sectors on ... When talking about climate policy, we must remember how these are the same...

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Insights

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Environment and Climate Change

Naeema Campbell Named Environment Program Officer at The Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation

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09/30/2020

... organizations working to safeguard our land and water resources , reinforce and restore natural systems, and engage ... supporting their community health-related grantmaking and collective - impact...

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Appointments & Transitions

Listen to A. Nicole Campbell in Conversation with DeAnna Hoskins: "The Integral Role of Cultural Competence in Movements"

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04/07/2022

... two decades. DeAnna leads from the perspective that: collective leadership advocacy for justice with ... when those who are most harmed are provided the tools and resources to demand change. Listen to their...

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Build Up Companies

The Rockefeller Foundation Launches Action Plan for Increasing Global Covid-19 Vaccination Efforts

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06/01/2021

... vaccination effort forward. More than 80 percent of shots have gone into arms in high- and upper-middle-income ... the world as soon as possible or risk wasting our collective work, sacrifice and investment so...

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International/Foreign Affairs

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Disaster Relief

Health

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The Rockefeller Foundation

22 Oct 2020

Lunch Discussion on the State of Youth Service Providers During COVID-19

Thursday, October 22, 2020 -

12:00pm to 1:15pm

... changes in budgets, legislation and policy that will impact community-based services for children, youth and ... Riverside Community Center, Grand Street Settlement, Greater Ridgewood Youth Council, Greenwich...

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Creating Onramps Towards Economic Success – Tackling Youth Unemployment in the U.S.

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06/05/2015

... by the results thus far – nearly 25,000 young people have benefited from the program, and momentum continues to ... to Progress centers on the creation of onramps that can lead towards economic success. By...

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Children, Youth and Families

Community Development

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Citi Foundation

26 Jun 2018

Should My Company and Its Philanthropy Care About the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals? A Roundtable Discussion

Tuesday, June 26, 2018 -

9:00am to 11:00am

... executives. Corporate colleagues will share examples of how corporations are using the SDG framework for both their ... exploring together the unique role corporate philanthropy can play in helping their...

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Tools & Strategies

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Corporate Funders

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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

29 Sep 2015

Preparing CBOs to Participate in the New Health Safety Net

Tuesday, September 29, 2015 -

9:15am to 11:30am

... role they will play. Community-based organizations that have a major impact on individual and family health but that ... DSRIP, but there are many questions about their readiness: How many...

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Technical Assistance & Capacity Building

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Health

Funded by Heckscher Foundation for Children, Behavioral Science Meets College-Bound Student Success in Nudges, Norms, and New Solutions

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05/08/2018

... to engage directly with behavioral design experts on how to customize the guide’s innovative tactics for their own student community. Educators can contact the hotline through multiple channels: Web: .....

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The Heckscher Foundation for Children

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Education

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Eighteen arts organizations founded by, with and for communities of color are selected for national arts initiative funded by The Wallace Foundation

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05/26/2022

... sustains these organizations, it will give them time and resources to explore new approaches to urgent challenges. ... Wallace has given us the freedom and space to reflect on how far we’ve come, where we’d...

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Arts

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The Wallace Foundation

07 Jul 2015

Foundation Administrators Network Brown Bag Lunch: Meet Our New FAN Members!

Tuesday, July 7, 2015 -

12:30pm to 1:30pm

... Network hosts a summer brown bag lunch series. Rather than have a set agenda and program, these lunches are forums for small, informal group discussions that can be shaped by current issues on members’ minds...

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Network Building

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HR & Operations Staff

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HR & Operations

OpEd: CEO Lori Bezahler on Edward W. Hazen Foundation’s Decision to Empty Its Coffers

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03/06/2019

... Decision to Empty Its Coffers The past two years have seen an increase in philanthropic support for a diverse ... supporters of social-justice organizations, have rallied resources to protect...

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Edward W. Hazen Foundation (Closed)

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The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and the Flamboyan Foundation’s Arts Fund Announce Twenty Puerto Rican Writers Receive the Inaugural Letras Boricuas Fellowship

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11/16/2021

... and to the community of writers in Puerto Rico who have endured and continue their practice through repeated ... programming, increase their visibility, and sustain their impact . In 2020, the two foundations...

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Arts

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Mellon Foundation

Morgan Stanley Strategy Challenge to Benefit 14 Nonprofit Organizations in U.S. and UK

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03/23/2017

... committed to applying our best talent to create meaningful impact in the communities where we live and work,” said ... to deliver analytical and strategic solutions that can have a...

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Corporate Social Responsibility

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Morgan Stanley [Corporate]

MetLife Foundation Provides Millions in Grants to Support Ongoing COVID-19 Relief Efforts

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11/18/2020

... and food insecurity in our communities and continues to have an outsized impact on small businesses,” said Mike Zarcone, head of ... to Breaking Ground and $375,000 to the YMCA of Greater New...

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