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Morehouse College, Prairie View A&M University & Spelman College Receive Grants from Carnegie, Mellon and Rockefeller Foundations to Support Faculty Development

Release Date:

11/19/2019

... with the broader HBCU community. Prairie View received $ 1 million from Mellon. Carnegie awarded $ 1 million to Morehouse and $500,000 to Spelman, which also ...

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

Mellon Foundation

The Rockefeller Foundation

18 Feb 2020

Immigration: When Something So Personal Depends on Policymakers

Tuesday, February 18, 2020 -

12:00pm to 2:00pm

Immigration can provoke passionate discussion and debate, especially in this political climate. The decision to leave one’s home country and take a risk on another is a highly personal and difficult decision. Yet, the majority of Americans can trace...

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

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Children, Youth and Families

Immigration

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Social Justice

07 May 2020

COVID-19, Democracy and the Importance of Local Journalism - A Webinar

Thursday, May 7, 2020 -

9:30am to 11:00am

... experienced by newspapers. Over the past decade, roughly 1 ,800 local newspapers closed nationwide, leaving over 1 ,000 communities without local news coverage. Various ...

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Civic Engagement

Communications/Media

Bloomberg Philanthropies, Ford Foundation, and the JPB Foundation Announce $1.2 Million Grant to Support the Fresh Air Fund’s New NYC Summer Spaces and Youth Employment Programs

Release Date:

07/24/2020

... Ford Foundation, and the JPB Foundation Announce $ 1 .2 Million Grant to Support the Fresh Air Fund’s New NYC ... Ford Foundation, and The JPB Foundation today announced a $ 1 .2 million grant to support The...

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Freedom Together Foundation

Bloomberg Philanthropies and Sierra Club’s Beyond Coal Campaign Reaches Landmark Closure of 318th U.S. Coal Plant, on Track to Retire All Coal Plants by 2030

Release Date:

09/15/2020

Critical milestone marks closure of 60% of the U.S. coal fleet since Beyond Coal’s launch in 2010 to speed up the end of coal and build healthier, more equitable communities in the United States

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Environment and Climate Change

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Bloomberg Philanthropies

One-Third of New Yorkers Don’t Have Internet Access. That Is an Issue for Funders

Release Date:

05/26/2021

... broadband subscription, and almost 18 percent—more than 1 .5 million New Yorkers—have neither a mobile connection ... Over the past year, The New York Community Trust has made $ 1 .5 million in grants for...

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The New York Community Trust

Helmsley Charitable Trust adds Nevada to Rural Healthcare Program, grants more than $11.3M to hospitals for advanced equipment

Release Date:

11/02/2021

... for a CT scanner and fixed x-ray device with fluoroscopy $ 1 .8 million to Incline Village Community Hospital for a CT ...

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The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust

Ford Foundation announces five-year, $25 million grant to women-led global worker networks calling for a just economic recovery for the world’s 2.1 billion informal workers

Release Date:

11/16/2021

... calling for a just economic recovery for the world’s 2. 1 billion informal workers NEW YORK – Today, the Ford ... at all levels to invest in protections for the world’s 2. 1 billion informal workers as a...

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Ford Foundation

Simons Foundation Provides Annual Grants to Scientists in Ukraine

Release Date:

01/25/2023

... grant of $165,000. The funds were part of a tranche of $ 1 .2 million in grants by the Simons Foundation that was ...

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The Simons Foundation

10 Jan 2024

Fair Representation in Redistricting - Reimagining Redistricting Virtual Briefing

Wednesday, January 10, 2024 -

2:00pm to 3:00pm

Fair Representation in Redistricting has recently released Reimagining Redistricting , a case study on philanthropy’s unprecedented investment in promoting district maps that fairly represent people of color during the 2021 - 2022 redistricting...

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Census 2020

18 Nov 2025

The Corporate Volunteering Collective - Hosted by Goodera

Tuesday, November 18, 2025 -

1:00pm to 5:00pm

As work and society evolve, corporate volunteering has become a critical bridge between business and community. This is the moment to reimagine volunteering together—leveraging data, innovation, and collaboration to drive collective progress and...

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When It Comes to Youth Justice, a Look Abroad Could Teach Us Lessons

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05/05/2015

Tow Foundation Program Director, Diane Sierpina, suggests evaluating justice systems in other countries to improve our own.

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New Tech, Renewed Trust and a Less Lunatic Political Process

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10/12/2012

... like Wikipedia and Airbnb and Netflix and more. Our nonprofit organization, the Participatory Politics Foundation ... During our recent Philanthropy New York program , around 1 :14 in, Chris Hayes was bullish...

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TODAY: The Office of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo is Hosting a Webinar on the CARES Act

Release Date:

04/03/2020

... Relief (CARES act). This webinar is geared to inform nonprofit leaders about the requirements and the benefits of ... ------------------------------------------------------- 1 . Go to ...

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Humanizing Immigration: The Role of COVID-19

Release Date:

06/17/2020

... School of Law Muzaffar Chishti was a panelist in Part 1 of Philanthropy New York's Humanizing Immigration Series. ... out of luck. Many immigrants also are excluded from the $ 1 ,200 one-time cash payments...

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Immigration

04 Nov 2015

Dear Board...Are You Reading This?

Wednesday, November 4, 2015 -

8:45am to 11:00am

... View materials and recording here . Foundation and nonprofit boards have an important responsibility: They ... seems to be a frequent challenge for foundation and nonprofit boards of all sizes and shapes...

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How We're Addressing the Overhead Fiction

Release Date:

11/24/2015

... center of the history of the Ford Foundation has been our investing in what I think of as the three I’s ... reaffirm that, over the next five years, we will dedicate $ 1 billion for building institutions and...

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Ford Foundation

PhilTV: Funders, “Blow People’s Minds” on Gender Norms to Reduce Teen Suicide

Release Date:

01/15/2016

... Center for Research on Women . WATCH the 1 :41 minute clip now to hear more. Steen encouraged grantmakers to think more comprehensively with their funding ... The video below is from the full session. It runs...

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Stonewall Community Foundation

18 Oct 2016

Funder Briefing on Poverty in the LGBTQ Community

Tuesday, October 18, 2016 -

2:30pm to 4:30pm

Did you know that lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer Americans face higher rates of poverty than their straight counterparts? Have you heard that one in five transgender adults have experienced homelessness? Did you know that one quarter...