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Ford Foundation Appoints Maria Torres-Springer As Next Vice President for US Programs

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02/01/2019

The Ford Foundation today announced the appointment of Maria Torres-Springer as its next vice president for US programs. She will join the foundation in May, succeeding Xavier de Souza Briggs, who has served as vice president for five years and...

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09 Nov 2021

Social Impact Exchange 2021: The Systems Summit 2021

Tuesday, November 9, 2021 - 11:30am to Wednesday, November 10, 2021 - 4:00pm

... income inequality, and multi-sector collaboration that can lead to systemic change and an equitable future for all. ... in education, youth development, poverty alleviation, health and impact investing...

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Carnegie Corporation of New York Welcomes New President, Dame Louise Richardson

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01/03/2023

... like to you? Richardson: Well, it is a big question. I think the answer is very different than it would have been ... occurred as a consequence, really showed just what science can do. The fact that we went...

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04 Apr 2024

2024 Financial Series: Getting the Financial Information You Need Without Overburdening Grantees

Thursday, April 4, 2024 -

10:00am to 12:00pm

... on financial due diligence. Join us to explore what can be gleaned from internal financial reports, such as ... insights (or not). You’ll explore with peers how you can request complementary rather than...

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When LINsanity Comes to Philanthropy

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03/15/2012

... from The Nathan Cummings Foundation on Vimeo . I got some insight into that question recently when I joined ... point guard phenomenon. “ I think we really need to take...

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Claire Tow, Co-Founder, The Tow Foundation, Dies At 83

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07/08/2014

... of the disadvantaged, medical research, treatment and care , the cultural arts, and higher education." Claire Tow, .....

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How Bloomberg is Still Changing the Way Cities Operate

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03/30/2015

... emergency rooms and into a doctor’s office or urgent care center. The first round of results encouraged Bloomberg ...

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Community Development

Carnegie, Helmsley-funded Report: Fewer than 1 in 7 Community College Students Get Bachelor’s Degree

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01/19/2016

... Center at Teachers College, Columbia University. “If we care about upward social mobility, then we need to pay ...

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The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust

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Education

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Peterson Foundation Cited in 'Public Worry Over Budget Easing'

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02/10/2016

... as the budget picture has darkened, the public appears to care less. . . Peterson Foundation Cited in 'Public Worry .....

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Peter G. Peterson Foundation

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Public Policy

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Sessions As Attorney General Means Criminal-Justice Reform Is Dead

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12/15/2016

... general is a nightmare come to life for people who care about the enforcement of civil rights and voting rights. ...

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Justice Reform

Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation Sends Poets to Princeton Environmental Film Festival

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03/28/2017

The Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation has not only adopted the red knot bird as a poetic symbol of the modern plight of migrants and refugees; it is sending a few of its affiliated poets to the film’s showing in Princeton.

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Environment and Climate Change

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Arts

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Request for Proposals to Support City-Based Advocacy Coalitions Using Culture as a Strategy to Advance Policy

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03/30/2017

New York City Cultural Agenda Fund in The New York Community Trust is now seeking proposals to support City-based advocacy coalitions using culture as a strategy to advance policy.

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The New York Community Trust

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Simons Foundation's SPARK Initiative is Calling on Dads With a New "Men of Action" Campaign

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07/11/2017

... highlight the lengths these dads would go to protect and care for their children. The campaign addresses the need for ...

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Science

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‘Grassroots Means No Brains': How To Tackle Racism In The Aid Sector

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08/29/2017

... No Brains': How To Tackle Racism In The Aid Sector “ I am so tired of dealing with ‘grassroots’ organisations ... no money.” “It doesn’t matter. Ethiopians don’t care about their children anyway.” “...

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De Blasio Fails To Give Public School Teachers Maternity Leave

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09/13/2017

... plays in providing a quality education to our children, I will speak out as Councilwoman to demand an end to the ... policy of paid leave which protects teachers’ rights to care for and bond with their own...

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Disabled Parents Sue New York City Over Child Removals

Release Date:

10/10/2017

... workers have removed Shantell’s three children from her care at various times, beginning in July 2016, following ...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Disabilities

28 Oct 2014

Collective Impact: From Concept to Reality in NYC

Tuesday, October 28, 2014 -

2:45pm to 5:00pm

View resources from this program. Part of Philanthropy New ... based on the idea that no organization acting alone can solve complex issues. A collective impact approach ... of working together. In this session,...

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Community Development

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Long Island Community Foundation Along with National and Local Donors Join Collaborative Charged with Closing the Racial Wealth Gap on Long Island

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02/27/2020

... Island Racial Equity Donor Collaborative in 2018 to pool resources and develop a grantmaking strategy to address the ... of connectivity to national and state-level partners who can help improve the quality of...

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

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Community Development

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New Survey Report from Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors: Global Trends and Strategic Time Horizons in Philanthropy 2022

Release Date:

07/20/2022

... Education, community and economic development, and health are top programmatic priorities overall. When ... “Time is as critical to philanthropy’s impact as are resources . Faced with urgent economic, justice...

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