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To Get a Railroad Project Moving Long Islanders Had to Pull Together

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06/23/2020

... a formalized approach often hinders. The coalition used social and traditional media to build public support, and ...

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Brooklyn Community Foundation to Award $600,000 to Outstanding Local Organizations

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03/31/2017

... Clarke . “Brooklyn is a renowned hub for innovation and social enterprise—and through the Spark Prize, we get to ... community work, ranging from environmental protection to social justice issues,” said...

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25 Jan 2018

Essential Skills and Strategies for New Grantmakers

Thursday, January 25, 2018 (All day) to Friday, February 9, 2018 (All day)

... of their unique contributions within the larger sphere of social change. We intentionally keep the class size small (20 ... skills learned to: Discuss philanthropy’s role in the social change ecosystem Respond...

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Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Releases SDGs Guide for Philanthropy

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04/29/2019

... how other philanthropic funders are facing and resolving social and environmental challenges. Established in 2015 ... local work in a global context. “The environmental, social , and economic fabric we depend...

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05 May 2022

Restoring Safety & Dignity to People Seeking Asylum: What Funders Can Do - A Webinar Hosted by Four Freedoms Fund

Thursday, May 5, 2022 -

3:00pm to 4:00pm

... in the U.S. How communities are scaling up humanitarian services and support for people arriving at the border How ... Voice Marcela Ruiz , Director, California Department of Social Services...

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Immigration

THE CITY, a New Non-Profit Digital News Outlet Readies for Launch with Support from The Revson Foundation

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09/26/2018

... beats like transportation, politics, affordable housing, health care, education and climate change. He plans to start ...

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Getting Beyond Philanthropic Colonialism

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11/05/2013

... rise above making $2 a day to enter our world of goods and services so they can buy more. But doesn’t all this just ... He recently retired as Director of Philanthropic Advisory Services for Bessemer Trust ...

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Initiative Launched to Improve Accountability of Climate Change Adaptation Finance

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12/12/2012

... by Oxfam, the Overseas Development Institute and the World Resources Institute to increase the transparency and ... Oxfam, the Overseas Development Institute, and the World Resources Institute with funding...

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What Does It Take to Spend Down Successfully?

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08/2015

... they intend to give away all of their philanthropic resources within a specific, limited timeframe and then close ... their grantmaking. But most hope that by exhausting their resources in relatively short order, they will be able to ...

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New Menino Survey of Mayors Reveals Top Priorities For Cities Across The Country (Citi)

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01/21/2016

The U.S. Conference of Mayors in partnership with The Boston University Initiative on Cities, with the support of Citi, today released the 2015 Menino Survey of Mayors, which found America's mayors are concerned with aging urban infrastructure,...

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Children, Youth and Families

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16 Mar 2016

Campaign for Grade Level Reading: The Funder Action Series, Part 3 - Webinar

Wednesday, March 16, 2016 -

11:00am to 12:00pm

Join us for the third webinar, of a four-part series, that will explore the Campaign for Grade Level Reading Initiative and its core community solution areas.

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17 May 2017

The Price of Justice: America’s Unfair Bail and Prosecution System

Wednesday, May 17, 2017 -

9:00am to 11:00am

... of Poverty series. The justice reform system in the United States has made one thing clear: the constitutional principle ... the bail system continued to criminalize the poor? Because states and municipalities...

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Simons Foundation, Stony Brook University Partner to Improve Diversity in STEM Fields

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05/11/2022

Stony Brook University has announced a major new initiative funded by the Simons Foundation and its sister foundation, Simons Foundation International

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Judy Woodruff and Jared Cohon to Join the Carnegie Corporation Board of Trustees

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12/11/2013

... He has worked on water resource problems in the United States , South America and Asia, and on energy facility ...

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Lorelle Espinosa to Join Alfred P. Sloan Foundation as Director of Programs for Diversity in STEM Higher Education

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06/11/2020

... mentoring, and networking and professional development resources aimed at helping graduate students from ...

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

A Unique Nonprofit Lender

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08/19/2009

... have access to credit so that they could expand their services or infrastructure. The fund’s liquidity is managed ... of HIAS, Inc. , an international refugee and immigrant services agency. Mr. Glickman is the...

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Morgan Stanley Builds Digital Platform to Help Billion Oyster Project Speed Up Oyster Bed Growth

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06/08/2021

... Stanley Morgan Stanley is a leading global financial services firm providing investment banking, securities, wealth management and investment management services . With offices in more than 41 countries, the...

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The Business of Philanthropy: “Exit Interviews” with Former and Departing Foundation CEOs

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06/30/2011

... measuring—is the most important step of all. Complex social problems are, by definition, not easily susceptible to ... is to end apartheid or promote some other fundamental social change, taking your...

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