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Open Society Foundations Award Fellowships to 14 Visionaries Working to Reform Criminal Justice in the United States

Release Date:

05/14/2014

... new approaches to ensure accountability in the justice system ,” said Ken Zimmerman, director of U.S. Programs at ... debate, catalyze change, and lift the curtain on a closed system rife with inequities.”.....

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Justice Reform

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Open Society Foundations

Mellon Grant Aims to Leverage Linked Data for Enhanced Information Access

Release Date:

04/28/2016

... that was first developed in the 1960s. Although the system revolutionized the industry, eliminating the ... web has created challenges to continued use of that system ... Mellon Grant Aims to Leverage Linked...

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Education

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Mellon Foundation

Applications Invited for Soros Justice Fellowships in Advocacy and Media

Release Date:

09/21/2016

... debate on a range of issues facing the criminal justice system in the United States. The fellowship program is part ... punishment and working to ensure a fair and equitable system of justice. Fellowships of...

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RFPs Etc

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Communications/Media

Justice Reform

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Open Society Foundations

Century Foundation Releases Report on Finding Common Ground on International Tax Reform

Release Date:

11/17/2016

... alike agree: the United States' international tax system is broken. As a result, over $2.5 trillion in profits ... tax policies would help create a corporate tax system compatible with the 21st century...

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Economic Security

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The Century Foundation

Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Funds Research on Planetary Evolution

Release Date:

03/16/2017

... more than 13 million years old, compared with our solar system 's 4.6 billion years. "This is such a young star; we ... a snapshot of a baby star that just formed its planetary system - a rare peek at...

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Science

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Policy Brief: NYC’s Looming Task of Property Tax Reform

Release Date:

10/04/2017

... one, however, denies that New York City’s property tax system is profoundly flawed. That consensus has not made it any easier to change the system , though. Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito ...

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Housing and Homelessness

Rockefeller Foundation Releases YieldWise: Cutting Food Loss in Half for World Food Day

Release Date:

10/17/2017

Our food system produces more than enough to feed our entire global ... food insecure. The world can’t sustain a nourishing food system if the world doesn’t eat more of what it has. In ...

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Food Systems

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

Release Date:

06/05/2015

... completed his summer job with a better understanding of how to manage his finances. These opportunities go beyond ...

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Children, Youth and Families

Community Development

Workforce Development

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Citi Foundation

Jonathan Horowitz of The Klarman Family Foundation Wins 2021 JJ Greenberg Memorial Award

Release Date:

04/01/2021

... the divine image) within our civic and social fabrics. How we do this work is as important as its substance. Choose ...

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Appointments & Transitions

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The Klarman Family Foundation

David Spergel Takes the Helm as President of the Simons Foundation

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07/01/2021

... Spergel, Marilyn and Jim Simons carefully considered how they would pass the torch of foundation leadership and ... the transformative results we enable that will determine how I judge myself.” Read more about...

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26 Apr 2023

Preventing Youth Homelessness Series Webinar: Identifying Student Risks through Project Upstream - A Webinar Hosted by Funders Together to End Homelessness

Wednesday, April 26, 2023 -

2:00pm to 3:00pm

... makes these initiatives successful, the challenges they experience , and how they differ from other school-based assessments. We will ... Upstream compared to other school-based interventions How...

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All Funders

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Housing and Homelessness

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

“El Negro Bembón”: Puerto Rico’s Invisibility Crisis Before and After Hurricane Maria

Release Date:

11/01/2017

... considering context or history or a clear understanding of how historical structural inequities need responses that take those inequities into account. I ...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Andrus Family Fund

09 Feb 2023

February 2023 Service for Impact

Thursday, February 9, 2023 -

9:30am to 11:00am

... Social Responsibility) teams are a key component of how corporations harness the time and talent of employees to ... small teams. In this session, we will discuss examples of how CSR teams can leverage formal...

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Moyer, New York Life Foundations Announce National Memory Board Project

Release Date:

11/29/2013

... to increase awareness of childhood bereavement and the need for children's grief support services. 24 In conjunction ... to increase awareness of childhood bereavement and the need for children's...

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New York Life Foundation

Wallace Foundation President Will Miller Tackles Education Reform in NYTimes Editorial

Release Date:

04/17/2015

... great principals often don’t end up in the schools that need them most — those with poor and minority students. School districts, states and universities need to do much more to get outstanding principals into...

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Education

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The Wallace Foundation

23 Mar 2015

What’s On the Plate of NYC’s Food Workers?

Monday, March 23, 2015 -

11:45am to 2:00pm

... and career patterns in the restaurant industry. Learn how philanthropy connects with the efforts to expand ... immigrants to move up the ladder in this industry How we can expand access to training and...

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Workforce Development

28 Jun 2018

Policy Core Course 2018 - June 28th Sessions

Thursday, June 28, 2018 -

9:00am to 12:15pm

... that will impact your philanthropic work, as well how to build advocacy as a part of your board’s culture. ... inform campaign planning and advocacy strategy Understand how the political landscape impacts...

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Public Policy

Social Justice

Liza Sutherland Joins Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors

Release Date:

01/15/2014

... clients and individual donors. She has significant experience in grantmaking related to college access and ... culture and youth development. In addition, Sutherland has experience researching a variety of...