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World Education Services Launches WES Mariam Assefa Fund to Provide Support to Organizations Striving to Help Immigrants and Refugees

Release Date:

06/04/2019

... Mariam Assefa Fund. The USD $30 million philanthropic fund will support organizations that seek to bring down the ... and Chair of the WES Mariam Assefa Fund Committee. “ It represents a profound commitment to...

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Immigration

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The Nathan Cummings Foundation Welcomes first Chief Impact Officer and Director of Racial Justice, Kristi Cunningham Whitfield

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09/20/2023

... is pleased to announce that Kristi Cunningham Whitfield will join the Foundation as our first Chief Impact Officer ... her work with curiosity, passion, and integrity. When it comes to carrying forward our...

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The Nathan Cummings Foundation

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06 Apr 2017

Beyond the Headlines: A Conversation about Immigration and Immigrants

Thursday, April 6, 2017 -

9:00am to 10:30am

... former New York Times’ immigration reporter on how the national conversation about immigration is playing ... What really drives America's ongoing immigration debate How to look beyond the headlines to...

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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 ... budgets allocated to small teams. In this session, we will discuss examples of how...

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18 May 2023

Setting a New Standard: The Role of Philanthropy in Grantee Working Conditions

Thursday, May 18, 2023 -

12:00pm to 1:30pm

... Organizational leaders are asking big questions about how to best support their staff, while trying to remain ... quality jobs and sustainable work environments? And how should we understand the conversation...

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All Funders

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

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Technical Assistance & Capacity Building

JPMorgan Chase Commits $30 Billion to Advance Racial Equity

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10/08/2020

... long-term commitments to advance racial equity. The firm will harness its expertise in business, policy and ... inequality, especially for Black and Latinx people. It ’s long past time that society addresses...

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Community Development

Economic Security

Housing and Homelessness

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JPMorgan Chase & Co.

Simons Foundation Supports Brain Scans That Identify If Baby Sibling Also Has Autism

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02/16/2017

By using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to study the brains of infants who have older siblings with autism, scientists were able to correctly identify 80 percent of the babies who would be subsequently diagnosed with autism at 2 years of age.

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Health

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FEGS: Canary in the Coal Mine?

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04/10/2015

... from government contracts that don’t cover the full cost of services, especially administrative costs. But was ... couple key contracts lost), some over time (too many high cost leases for off-site services,...

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Human Services Council of NYC

Workforce Development

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The New York Community Trust

United Nations Foundation Board of Directors Names Kathy Calvin Next President and CEO

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12/03/2012

... Dr. Gro Brundtland, former Prime Minister of Norway, will be Vice Chairman of the Board and will continue her role ... said, “Since I founded the UN Foundation 15 years ago, it has become the...

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Diahann Billings-Burford Named Executive Director, Corporate Responsibility at Time Warner Inc.

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03/12/2014

... company-wide college internship program, the programs and resources they provide to stimulate and support employee ... greatest needs, and promote service as a core part of what it means to be a citizen of New...

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TCC Group Welcomes Two New Members to its Nonprofit Strategy Team

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02/23/2016

... efforts. She has worked with B Lab to create tools and resources for assessment of social impact driven businesses ... issues related to education, immigration, community health , and collective impact. Prior...

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Atlantic Philanthropies Strengthens Support of Media That Matters

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05/31/2016

... The Atlantic Philanthropies, a limited-life foundation. It is the largest-ever grant awarded to the nonprofit since ... Philanthropies prepare to sunset, Media Impact Funders will work to keep a bright...

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The Atlantic Philanthropies

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Communications/Media

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Will Cordery Joins Wellspring's Racial Justice Program

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05/04/2017

Will Cordery Joins Wellspring's Racial Justice Program ... that effective Monday, June 12th, 2017, William Cordery will join our organization as a Program Officer with the ... racial justice, voter engagement...

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Wellspring Philanthropic Fund

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Social Justice

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Dana Foundation Appoints Two New Board Members

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07/18/2023

... important experiences and background to the Foundation as it develops its timely new focus on neuroscience and ... M.D., FRCPC , is co-chair of the UK Government Mental Health Mission and a professor at Oxford...

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New York-Based Groups Benefit From $23 Million Grants By the Conrad Hilton Foundation

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06/27/2016

... $22.9 million in grants during the second quarter of 2016. It included $1.15 million for New Yorkers for Children to ... from Home initiative to improve the capacity of foster care agencies in New York City to...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Bronx Charter School Caters to Students on the ‘Margins’

Release Date:

08/30/2017

... reading “Locomotion,” the story of a boy in foster care . Every kindergartner gets a teddy bear to keep in school ... for children in foster care or at risk of entering it , often due to...

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Education

Great Power, Great Responsibility: Grantmakers’ Role as Conveners

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01/2013

Funders are finding ways to use the power of convening to benefit their grantees and ...

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Coaching and Philanthropy, An Action Guide for Grantmakers

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02/2010

... learning about the nonprofit sector’s support for and use of coaching, and consolidates that knowledge here into ...

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Report

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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools