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Twenty-Seven Foundation Executives Call for President Obama to 'Ban the Box'

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08/14/2015

... aid as I went back and tried to matriculate through college , I was denied admittance into several universities ...

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Justice Reform

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Ford Foundation

One 'Dreamer' Vows to Finish Med School in The Face of DACA Chaos

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09/06/2017

... of some 800,000 "Dreamers" who were permitted to attend college and work in the U.S. for two-year periods without .....

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Immigration

Capital One and Others Fund Tech Training for Youth

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06/29/2018

... in software development. Upon graduation, participating students , many lacking college degrees, successfully find careers with an average ...

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Workforce Development

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Capital One Foundation

Navigating Backlash: Lessons for a Thriving Multiracial and Multicultural Workplace

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02/10/2025

... abolished slavery, granted citizenship, and erected voting rights for African Americans. But the end of Reconstruction ... and the Selma to Montgomery marches catalyzed the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Voting...

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Rockefeller Brothers Fund

Transparency

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16 Jun 2021

Equity Means All, Not Some: Lessons from the Past 20 Years of Education Reform in New York City, and What Should Come Next

Wednesday, June 16, 2021 -

12:00pm to 12:30pm

... build on their successes and commit to ensuring that all students have access to a quality education. In preparing ... ensure fairness among our members, we reserve the right to limit the number of attendees...

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Public Policy

Newsmakers: Darren Walker, President, Ford Foundation

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12/23/2013

... Foundation and a distinguished lecturer at the Baruch College School of Public Affairs and affiliated faculty ... voted to appoint me president. Actually, I wasn’t sure how to respond, beyond saying, “Yes!”...

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Channeling the Power of Collaborative Funding for Good

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03/29/2024

... This power is often over community leaders who require resources to pursue liberation and justice within a sector ... a crucial role in the philanthropic ecosystem, channeling resources to impacted communities...

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NEO Philanthropy

Announcing the Heckscher Leadership Fellows Program

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03/31/2020

... tenure, Bottom Line NY grew from an inaugural class of 125 students to a thriving program helping over 3,000 students annually to earn their college degree, establishing itself as a leader in...

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The Heckscher Foundation for Children

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Surdna Foundation Announces Appointment of Leticia Peguero as Executive Director of Andrus Family Fund and Andrus Family Philanthropy Program

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02/01/2013

... that leveraged the power of partnerships by combining resources with local grantmakers to fund creative, pragmatic ... care professionals in New York City and the Caribbean on how to integrate HIV prevention...

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Teagle Foundation Announces Appointment of Two New Directors to Its Board

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02/12/2014

... Boylan came to the Foundation after 16 years at Barnard College , where she served as Provost and Dean of the Faculty ... Provost for Academic Planning and Programs at Queens College /CUNY. She was a tenured...

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The Teagle Foundation

Michigan State University Awarded Grant From Andrew W. Mellon Foundation for Less Commonly Taught Languages

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07/23/2019

... of instruction. “This grant allows us to provide more students with higher levels of proficiency in languages that ... to sustain,” said Christopher P. Long, dean of the College of Arts and Letters and...

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Mellon Foundation

14 Aug 2014

So You Want to Be a Family Philanthropist? - Webinar

Thursday, August 14, 2014 -

12:00pm to 1:30pm

... to determine the best vehicle for their hopes and needs? How do families reflect on their philanthropic goals and their family goals to determine how best to structure their giving? This webinar features ...

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14 Nov 2017

New Ways to Think About Evaluation

Tuesday, November 14, 2017 -

9:00am to 11:00am

While evaluation seems like work that requires more resources (dollars and staff) than you have, foundations of ... your foundation get started on the path toward evaluation How to calibrate your evaluation...

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Funders For Justice Launch New Funder Toolkit — Divest/Invest: From Criminalization to Thriving Communities

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09/19/2018

... we do not also proactively work to divest this nation’s resources from criminalization. As Zachary Norris, FFJ Field ... and Executive Director of Ella Baker Center for Human Rights notes, "Too often,...

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

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Justice Reform

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NoVo Foundation

TCC Group

Ford Foundation

03 Sep 2025

From Fear to Belonging: Leveraging Shifts in Public Opinion on Immigration - A Webinar Hosted by GCIR

Wednesday, September 3, 2025 -

1:00pm to 2:00pm

... process, privacy, equal protection, and other fundamental rights at the center of our stated values and long ago ... to the local, groups have been grappling with how to shift hearts and minds away from a...

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07 Dec 2015

Campaign for Grade Level Reading: The Funder Action Series, Part 1 - Webinar

Monday, December 7, 2015 -

11:00am to 12:00pm

... families succeed in school and graduate prepared for college , a career, and active citizenship. The Campaign ... ambitious plans to address three challenges to students ’ reading success that are widespread...

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Simons Foundation Announces First Pivot Fellowship Recipients

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09/07/2022

... a professor in the physics department at the New York City College of Technology and the CUNY Graduate Center. She is ... a climate model (cryosphere, atmosphere, ocean, land) and how they interact with each...

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