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How Social Innovation Labs Contribute to Transformative Change

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11/07/2014

... Labs project , we're exploring what labs are and how, when , and why we might use them to address complex social ... convened 20 leading lab thinkers and practitioners to do just that. Although the group...

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The Rockefeller Foundation

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Communications/Media

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The Sky Really is Falling…Now What? A New Working Group for Funders

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04/03/2012

By Liz Sak, Executive Director, Cricket Island Foundation When the financial crisis hit, foundations endowments were ... hit hard. We all knew the recovery would take time, we just didn’t know how long. According...

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All Funders

Urban Farms and Gardens are Critical for a Healthy and Sustainable Food System

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03/31/2015

... the value of parks and community gardens as public resources and not merely as vacant land when assembling sites for housing development, as we found in ... the data to make a case for municipal support. These...

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Food Systems

Frontier Thinking: Staten Island as Innovation Lab

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05/12/2015

... the Hudson River meets the Atlantic Ocean. Representing just 6% of New York City’s total population, Staten ... stay the course, brokering access and clearing roadblocks when needed. We may be approaching a...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Community Development

Health

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The Staten Island Foundation

Citi Foundation Funds Book Which Explores Americans' Financial Well-Being

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12/11/2015

... health. Regis Mulot, executive vice president of human resources for Staples Inc., describes how the company ... that “creating financial health and well-being is not a just matter of changing individual...

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Community Development

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Every Experience Builds Expertise

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08/16/2016

... obstacles in educational success because they lack the resources needed to prosper. Family income shouldn’t be the ... funds for new and innovative programs. But I didn’t just learn, I also helped create. I...

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New York Community Trust Funds Leading Racial Justice Nonprofit Race Forward in Racial Equity in the Arts Innovation Lab

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04/05/2017

... more crucial than ever – yet still don’t go far enough when it comes to truly building racial and cultural ... within the arts and culture sector. The Lab is launching just as the city’s most ambitious...

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Arts

Will The City’s Cultural Plan Walk The Talk Of Equity?

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05/19/2017

... model to rebalance its investment in arts and culture. When the planning process began last fall, initial ... two different things. How will the City ensure that more resources flow directly into and sustain...

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The New York Community Trust

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Arts

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Lambent Foundation

Our Policy Priorities for 2018

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01/24/2018

... leadership and increasing bipartisan support in Congress. When PNY’s membership weighed in last year on our position ... on nonprofits and the entire political system. These are just three of the federal...

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The Rockefeller Brothers Fund is Building an Anti-racist, Anti-sexist Institution

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02/09/2021

... enslavement and persistent racism that began 400 years ago when white men first brought enslaved Africans to America in ... but central to effectively realizing our mission of a more just , sustainable, and...

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Rockefeller Brothers Fund

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Citi Releases 2020 Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Report

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04/26/2021

... financial services industry. Among the progress made in just seven months since launching the effort, Citi is more ... found virtually no pay gap for women or minorities when adjusted for job function, level...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Impact Investing

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Disaster Relief

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Citi Foundation

For philanthropy, racial equity isn't enough: Why we've moved to redistribution to address the racial wealth gap

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10/14/2021

... recently, we came to a hard conclusion: It's not enough to just approach giving through a racial equity lens; we must ... is essential because those who hold the bulk of ill-gotten resources and influence...

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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

What does it mean for the Luce Foundation to support public knowledge?

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10/21/2021

... Often, we see the knowledge produced by practice only when it’s described, analyzed, and systematized by ... from which we can look beyond and envision a more just , secure, and equitable world. What does it...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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The Henry Luce Foundation

Purpose as Compass

Release Date:

03/24/2022

... as Compass Reorienting to purpose was particularly present when Philanthropy New York’s Policy team wrestled with a ... build a collective push for a more racially equitable and just nonprofit sector. It is no...

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A Conversation with Brandee McHale, the Association of Corporate Citizenship Professionals 2022 Trailblazer Purpose Award Winner

Release Date:

12/07/2022

... enormous opportunity we all have to drive impact beyond just deploying financial resources . Harnessing subject matter expertise and increasing ... Maya Angelou. I always keep this quote in mind, especially...

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Corporate Social Responsibility

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Citi Foundation

12 Aug 2025

Anti-Authoritarian Funder Learning Series Part I: In Defense of Civil Society - A Webinar Hosted by GCIR

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1:00pm to 2:00pm

... an invitation to PNY members.* Our nation is at its best when we embrace the promise and potential of our multiracial ... democratic backsliding; and hone in on how philanthropic resources can support local-...

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Creating a ‘Movement-Led Family Foundation’: A Conversation with the Kolibri Foundation

Release Date:

01/14/2026

... Foundation offers a compelling example of what happens when foundations take community listening seriously at the ... “I think the idea of letting go, shifting power has been just a huge, life-changing lesson...

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