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No Shortcuts to Power: Supporting Organizers to Stay, Lead, and Win

Release Date:

05/13/2025

... But in addition to supporting defense, we have an opportunity to rethink how we fund organizing and invest in ... address these challenges alone. Funders play a crucial role by covering the real costs of...

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The Fund for the City of New York Announces Lisette Nieves as President

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08/10/2020

... September 1st. She will be succeeded by Lisette Nieves, a social entrepreneur who has built and led organizations in ... and has published on workforce and career pathways. A social entrepreneur and public...

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The Juvenile Justice Initiative at Philanthropy New York: Closing Remarks from Judge Judith S. Kaye

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06/22/2010

... a tie, or obtain birth certificates, citizenship papers, social security cards, or school supplies. That’s when I ... authored “Education Counts: Turning Crisis Into Opportunity for Adolescents,” published in...

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JPMorgan Chase Commits $30 Billion to Advance Racial Equity

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10/08/2020

... $30 billion over the next five years to provide economic opportunity to underserved communities, especially the Black ... that have propagated racism and widespread economic inequality , especially for Black...

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13 Oct 2021

Integrating DEI from “A Thing We Do" to "How We Do All Things”

Wednesday, October 13, 2021 -

10:00am to 11:30am

... organizations are building in more equitable policies, processes , and practices internally Strategies for changing ... Fund Carol Astle (Moderator), Operations Manager/Human Resources Project Manager,...

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Brooklyn Community Foundation Deploys $100,000 for ‘Immediate Response’ Grants to Immigrant Nonprofits

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02/07/2017

... American Family Support Center ($10,000) for outreach, social services, and leadership development in Brooklyn’s ... Community Foundation is on a mission to spark lasting social change, mobilizing people,...

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Immigration

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Brooklyn Org

Robert Sterling Clark Foundation, Headwaters Foundation, and The Whitman Institute Launch the Trust-Based Philanthropy Project

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01/22/2020

... ever since. “Philanthropy is operating in a wider social context where economic and environmental inequities ...

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Brooklyn Community Foundation Awards Grants to Nonprofits to Partner with Schools for 4-Year Pilot Initiative

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10/15/2015

... Crown Heights. Partnership with Children provides critical social and emotional support for the hardest-to-reach ... schools in all five boroughs and manage all community resources and support services in 12...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Education

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Brooklyn Org

Stavros Niarchos Foundation Awards $41.5 Million in Grants

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07/20/2013

... working in the areas of education, health, the arts and social welfare, and will also go in part to the ...

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Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Awards $1.5 Million to Organizations Building an Inclusive Conservation Movement

Release Date:

04/13/2021

... and environmental health in Hawai’i through restoring social justice, revitalizing ancestral food systems and ... forestry practices and connect them to government resources . Native Movement in Fairbanks,...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Food Systems

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Doris Duke Foundation

North Star Fund Welcomes New Executive Director Jennifer Ching

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02/01/2017

... Director Jennifer Ching Jenn's commitment to equity and social justice by building the power of the grassroots has ... Star Fund grantees, donors, and supporters who are making social justice a lived...

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On Earth Day, Open Society Foundations Announce Climate and COVID-19 Fund

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04/22/2020

... meaning it will unleash and exacerbate existing social inequalities and injustices. The COVID-19 pandemic has ... of our ongoing commitment of standing up for human rights, social justice, and equality.” The...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Open Society Foundations

12 Oct 2021

It’s Time to Fund Children’s Mental Health – Why Now and How?

Tuesday, October 12, 2021 -

12:00pm to 1:30pm

... up our commitment to the wellbeing of our young people and social equity. Explore How COVID-19 and social inequity impact children’s mental health and their ...

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Helen Chin Named New Director of Sustainable Environments Program at Surdna

Release Date:

12/22/2014

... Ms. Chin’s primary focus is on promoting equity and social justice through infrastructure build-out. Ms. Chin ... providing indigenous communities with the skills and resources needed to preserve and protect...

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Workforce Development

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The Doris Duke Charitable Foundation announced grant funding through its Creative Inflections program to support leading jazz artists

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02/08/2022

... and continue jazz’s rich tradition as a vehicle for social change.” The following supported projects represent ... Inflections are critical to providing artists with the resources to experiment and push jazz...

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Arts

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GoVoteNYC Fund in The New York Community Trust Announces $1 Million in Grants for Voter Engagement

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04/26/2022

... believe that meaningful civic engagement is an antidote to inequality , with rich potential to empower underrepresented ... for the long haul, so that all New Yorkers have the opportunity to raise their voices...

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The New York Community Trust

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Public Policy

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Altman Foundation Welcomes New Trustee, Lisa Hinds

Release Date:

05/19/2020

... her career in the Financial Management Program at GE Capital . Ms. Hinds has a distinguished record of public ... endowment assets, managed for both superior financial and social returns. The impact investment...

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