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Mellon Foundation Names Carter Stewart Executive Vice President for Programs

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07/21/2021

... city council, city attorney, public safety director, and police department officials. In response to this report, ... in Columbus to push for truth and reconciliation between police and the community. Prior to...

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JPMorgan Chase Commits $20 Million to Revitalize Neighborhoods in Five U.S. Cities

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10/21/2016

JPMorgan Chase starts collaborative partnerships in Detroit, Atlanta, Chicago, Miami, and New York to develop solutions for distressed neighborhoods.

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BofA, Rockefeller Noted for Adding Profit Incentives to Nonprofit Work

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11/06/2015

... and one recent technique in particular shows promise. It ’s called Pay for Success, and it allows investors to fund experimental health and social ... no downside for taxpayers. Here’s how it...

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Fair Futures: A Cross-Sector Partnership Transforming How New York City Supports Young People Impacted by Foster Care

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06/28/2023

... of Government Relations, Trinity Church Wall Street. How it Began Impact. Scale. Financial Sustainability. These are ... of the Foster Care Excellence Fund (now renamed Youth + Families Forward ), a...

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Trinity Church Philanthropies

27 Sep 2016

Healthcare Crisis: Do We Have the Workforce Needed for Today and Tomorrow?

Tuesday, September 27, 2016 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

... our communities. We also are facing decreasing financial resources for training and education of healthcare workers at all levels. It is essential for philanthropy to be part of the solution ...

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10 Nov 2015

Justice Reform: The End of Mass Incarceration

Tuesday, November 10, 2015 -

8:30am to 12:00pm

... grant decisions. What is happening in the South and how it can inform strategies employed in other parts of the ... for Social Justice Grace Bauer, Co-Director, Justice for Families Xochitl Bervera, Director,...

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Can Philanthropy Help Shape the Next Economy? A Workshop Series for a Just Transition

Transition is inevitable. Justice is not. What will it take to move us into a just and sustainable future? ... , and Ford Foundation ) Missed the program? View resources and the livestream recording. September 18...

It’s Time to Define Our New Normal

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12/19/2016

It ’s Time to Define Our New Normal By Donita Volkwijn, ... I felt on that day. The closest I can come to describing it is a need for constant vigilance; I imagine it is ... started a resource...

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

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Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors

Rockefeller Foundation Grants $4.6M for Bay Area Resilience by Design Competition

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01/23/2017

... while continued sea-level rise is threatening coastal resources . These are real and serious challenges, and they ... be an important step for the resilience of the region that it is moving forward.” Bay Area:...

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Our Commitments

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06/04/2020

... Learning means listening without defensiveness. It means openly examining our missteps and making a ... Kumi Baer Roadmaps for the Journey Ahead Thousands of resources exist to support and move individuals and...

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A Message from Kathryn O'Neal-Dunham

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04/01/2021

... practices that laid out how grantmakers should steward resources in the public trust. As we wrote our Strategic Plan ... notes, “is to do much more than simply move money; it is about shifting structures — and...

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A Letter from Kathryn O'Neal-Dunham

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04/14/2021

... practices that laid out how grantmakers should steward resources in the public trust. As we wrote our Strategic ... notes, “is to do much more than simply move money; it is about shifting structures — and...

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Banks that Actually Serve Communities, What a Novel Idea

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07/08/2014

... We posited that the problem with finance today is that it has become a tool for the extraction of wealth from local ... mainline banks. And finally, any money that a public bank takes in would be invested...

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Roosevelt Institute

Rediscovering the Enterprise Investment Approach

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09/17/2014

... the utility of the enterprise lens, and we’ve made it central to our approach because it helps us focus on the factors that drive both the social ... The danger for us in thinking about Heron’s financial...

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Our Policy Priorities for 2018

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01/24/2018

... was avoided only because the Senate parliamentarian ruled it couldn’t be included in a budget bill. We have a great ... not be familiar to many in the nonprofit community, but it is a policy proposal that has...

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Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Awards Grant to the Bard-Brooklyn Public Library College Degree Program

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10/30/2019

... ethos.” Together, BPL and Bard provide critical resources for classroom success including dedicated ... at BPL is the first New York City campus run by BPI. It ’s a home both for students enrolling with Bard...

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The Coronavirus Crisis Has Changed How I View What Matters in Philanthropy

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04/22/2020

... at the same time, they make me wonder why we were doing it the other way before. If we can recognize that this is ... easier for our grantees now, why didn’t we want to make it easier for them before? What...

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Robert Sterling Clark Foundation

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New Online Tool Created With Support from OSF Helps Immigrants Make a Plan

Release Date:

04/04/2018

... provides basic information to help individuals and families prepare for potential detention or deportation. Make ... (IAN). "We all hope we never need our emergency plans, but it 's important to be...

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Top 8 Ways Philanthropy Can Make Space at the Table for Immigrant Women Leaders

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05/19/2016

... Higashi, Executive Director, Unbound Philanthropy While it ’s thankfully becoming common knowledge that investing in ... of participants. This is as true for philanthropy as it is for the immigrant rights...

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