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19 Oct 2015

Learning From Transformational Women Leaders: Leymah Gbowee & Sophia Bracy Harris

Monday, October 19, 2015 -

2:45pm to 5:00pm

... and social justice movements in the U.S. and Liberia What the next generation of women leaders can learn about ... Bracy Harris, Executive Director, Federation of Child Care Centers of Alabama (FOCAL) ; Fellow...

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All Funders

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Leadership Development

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Gender Justice

Surdna Appoints Shuaib Siddiqui, Director, Mission Related Investing

Release Date:

06/30/2016

... can positively impact those issues about which we care most." In undertaking his new role, Shuaib Siddiqui ... related investment portfolio, I am committed to sharing what we learn. I hope to demonstrate...

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Surdna Foundation

The Rockefeller Brothers Fund: A 19th Century Fortune Tackles 21st Century Problems

Release Date:

05/17/2017

RBF made headlines a few years ago by announcing plans to divest from fossil fuels. What's the update on the fund’s divestment process and RBF’s mission-aligned investing?

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Rockefeller Brothers Fund

Marlon Williams Represented Philanthropy New York with City Council Testimony on Living Wage Provisions and City Contracting

Release Date:

02/03/2023

... to meet the minimum standard for food, housing, medical care , clothing, and transportation... Marlon Williams ...

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PNY News

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Public Policy

ASPCA Announces President and CEO Ed Sayres' Intention to Step Down

Release Date:

08/01/2012

... and very hard work, together we have achieved what we set out to do, creating some of the most innovative ...

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Appointments & Transitions

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Animal Welfare

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ASPCA

20 May 2025

Investing in the Future We Want: Leading Transformation in Uncertain Times - A Panel Hosted by Asset Funders Network

Tuesday, May 20, 2025 -

1:00pm to 2:45pm

... and equity. Early Social Security arose from safeguarding individuals and families from another great depression. The ... Political Economy for an in-person funder-only discussion. What will you learn?...

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Finance & Asset Management

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

23 May 2018

Social Impact Exchange: 2018 Conference on Scaling Impact Together

Wednesday, May 23, 2018 - 8:30am to Thursday, May 24, 2018 - 2:45pm

... There will be specific issue tracks in education, health , economic mobility, the environment and impact ... in education, youth development, poverty alleviation, health and impact investing. Registration Space...

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Tools & Strategies

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All Funders

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Atlantic on Spending Down: "We’re Actually Gearing Up”

Release Date:

08/06/2014

... of old friends and foundation-watchers wrote me to ask, “ What ?! When did they change their minds?” For more than ... report describes how that happened and tries to envision what decisions lie ahead. And it...

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Insights

Topic(s)

Governance

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The Atlantic Philanthropies

01 Nov 2023

Shifting to Build More Equitable Practices - From Grantmaking to Evaluation to Vendor Relationships

Wednesday, November 1, 2023 -

2:00pm to 3:30pm

In what ways has your work changed in the last three years in ... the true meaning of philanthropy - a love of humankind? In what ways have you shifted to build within your sphere of ... Brothers Fund Diane Oyler...

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

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Archives of Atlantic Philanthropies Given to Cornell Library

Release Date:

10/26/2015

The archives of The Atlantic Philanthropies will be housed permanently at Cornell University Library.

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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The Atlantic Philanthropies

Rockefeller Foundation Joins Conversation on Flood Resilience

Release Date:

04/14/2016

... Challenge Water Window. With the variability of water resources only set to increase with climate change, the risk ...

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Environment and Climate Change

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The Rockefeller Foundation

Mellon Foundation Supports Commission on Language Learning

Release Date:

12/15/2016

... Foundation, a grant from the Henry Luce Foundation, and resources from the Academy's New Initiatives Fund... Mellon .....

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Education

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New York Community Trust's HIVE Grants to Boost Digital Media Learning

Release Date:

06/02/2014

... dozens of groups throughout the City. "The Hive has taken what teens do after school to the next level," says Kerry ... interview Bronx residents and then produce multimedia works on the history and...

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Member News

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Children, Youth and Families

Communications/Media

Education

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The New York Community Trust

16 Moments of Pride for LGBTQ Philanthropy

Release Date:

06/30/2014

... rights for all, which has been undertaken by well-known individuals and organizations as well as individuals and organizations that have quietly worked to ...

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LGBTQ

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Mertz Gilmore Foundation

Ford Foundation

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Paul Rapoport Foundation, Inc.

Program Focuses on Getting City Workers to Live Healthier Lives

Release Date:

01/22/2015

... Live Healthier Lives The city has created a Culture of Health team to explore programs that would prod city workers ... by other cities to increase participation in voluntary health initiatives.... Program...

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Health

OSF Featured in Enterprise for Utilizing Storytelling in the Grantmaking Process

Release Date:

04/13/2015

... organizations. Brett Davidson, director of the Health Media Initiative at the Open Society Foundations, a nonprofit that focuses on public health and human rights around the world, has used Narativ ...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Open Society Foundations

Arcus Foundation is Funding Ape Conservation with Social Justice in Mind

Release Date:

10/15/2021

... in and benefit from the sustainable management of natural resources in important gorilla and chimpanzee habitats in the ... of Chimps to increase the capacity for chimpanzee care and well-being at Ngamba...

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Member News

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Animal Welfare

Environment and Climate Change

Social Justice

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Arcus Foundation

New Thinking about Networks Makes the Field Better, Stronger, More Effective

Release Date:

03/20/2015

... data collection and analysis could complement each other. What ’s emerged has the potential to transform how ... emerged showed precisely where Oregon’s philanthropic resources were flowing, and how those...

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The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and the Flamboyan Foundation’s Arts Fund Announce Twenty Puerto Rican Writers Receive the Inaugural Letras Boricuas Fellowship

Release Date:

11/16/2021

... vibrant cultural, knowledge, and memory ecosystems and the individuals working within them. Since 2018, the Foundation ... category of Latino. On that side of the Atlantic, he works as an interpreter and...