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For Jobseekers: What is a foundation?

Publication date: 
04/2014
... be used interchangeably, and grantmaking refers to the practice and process of awarding grants. A nonprofit ... organizations to make grants from the donor’s fund. In practice , most community foundations make grants from advised ... services to the public as other nonprofits do, their primary focus is on grantmaking. Foundations in this category ...
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Ford Foundation
16 May 2018

Fund the People: How and Why to Invest in the Staff of Grantee Organizations

Wednesday, May 16, 2018 -
9:00am to 11:00am
How can funders advance nonprofit equity, performance, impact , and sustainability? By investing in grantee staff and ...

Ford Foundation, JPB Foundation, Amalgamated Foundation and Leading Philanthropies Launch Fund to Support Low-Wage Workers Hardest Hit by COVID-19

Release Date: 
04/14/2020
... National Domestic Workers Alliance . “As we dedicate our resources to supporting vulnerable working families across ...
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
... harsh enforcement and government overreach, groups need resources to share and amplify their vision of the thriving, ... Learn from experts about how they are putting theory into practice to respond to fear-...
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Issue-Based
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Webinar/Teleconference
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All Funders
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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
Funding Area 
Immigration

Apollo Theater Launches Initiative Dedicated to the Creation of a Diverse 21st Century Performing Arts Canon with Support from the Ford Foundation and Andrew W. Mellon Foundation

Release Date: 
02/27/2020
... Renaissance and explore historical dances that had an impact on the Harlem scene in the 1920s and ’30s through a ... scholar, playwright, and director, will explore the impact of the Harlem Renaissance, its...
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Arts
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Ford Foundation
Mellon Foundation

Council Seeks to Protect Domestic Workers

Release Date: 
04/13/2016
... labor-friendly City Council has taken up the cause of home- care workers. Councilman Andrew Cohen, D-Bronx, introduced ... could empower nannies, home health aides and other home- care workers in disputes with...
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Workforce Development

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