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27 Mar 2014

CUNY: The Road to College Success

Thursday, March 27, 2014 -

8:45am to 10:30am

... from one of CUNY's community colleges is an accessible, affordable option that can help low-income students move ... to students. Speakers will discuss these dynamics and key evaluations of promising...

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Education

Foundations Join the White House in Expanding Opportunities for Young Men of Color

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03/13/2014

... solutions that have the highest potential for impact in key areas, including: early child development and school ...

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

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Bloomberg Philanthropies: National Three-Year Evaluation of Municipal Financial Counseling Model Shows Financial Counseling Works as Public Program

Release Date:

08/07/2017

... savings, establish and build credit, and access safe and affordable mainstream banking products. At the core of the ... well that individual and family financial stability is key to neighborhood and citywide...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Bloomberg Philanthropies

Simple and Fast City Contracting: Introducing the Health and Human Services Accelerator

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07/17/2013

... is to simplify and speed the contract process, minimizing resources required for procurement and allowing organizations ... of organizational information; and refines Requests for Proposals (RFPs) to focus...

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Open Comment Period: Simplifying the Excise Tax on Private Foundations

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08/01/2012

... foundations: United States Senate and House legislative proposals have been introduced that would amend the IRS Code ... tax and replacing it with one flat tax rate. The proposals set this flat rate at 1.39...

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Arcus Foundation Supports Efforts to Protect Forest Habitats Through Local and International Strategies

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01/20/2021

... around the world consume more and more products relying on resources that come out of their tropical forest homes, ...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Animal Welfare

International/Foreign Affairs

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Arcus Foundation

Power, Culture, and Difficult Conversations Series - A Recap

... to share with you the presentation recordings, slides, resources , and key takeaways from the sessions below (to access the recordings, slides, and resources , please click on the title links...

Ford Foundation Appoints Elizabeth Knup to Lead Its China Office

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06/03/2013

... all segments of Chinese society gain access to community resources and government services. Through her leadership ... enhanced educational opportunities as a way to build and strengthen civil society. “I am...

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14 May 2013

Service for Impact Working Group

Tuesday, May 14, 2013 -

9:00am to 10:30am

Supporting strategic volunteerism is a critical component to strengthening grantees in this current economic climate. A corporate volunteer program can increase nonprofit productivity and effectiveness but it must be carefully designed, matching the...

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Is Nonprofit Board Service Worth It? Reflections from a One-Time Skeptic

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01/16/2014

... a well-understood and valued organizational culture is the key ingredient to organizational success. At Surdna, our ... important board governance can be. If all of us who care about social change — change...

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Governance

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Surdna Foundation

Six Recommendations for Shifting Philanthropy Forward

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11/28/2016

... that major changes are on the way in many of the areas we care about, from the environment to health care to issues affecting women and girls. Given this reality, ... uncertainty. Now, we again see a need for...

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Arabella Advisors

Report Commissioned by NY Women's Foundation Provides In-Depth Exploration of Women in the Justice System

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03/08/2017

... strategy that not only connects them to the care and services they need, but that diverts them from ... those in need on a voluntary basis. Among the report’s key gender-responsive targeted interventions are:...

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The New York Women's Foundation

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Gender Justice

Justice Reform

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Manage Difficult Workplace Conversations Like a Jedi

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04/13/2017

... Difficult Workplace Conversations.” Below are some key takeaways that may help you navigate your next difficult ... Nonprofits webinar, The Happy Healthy Nonprofit , on self- care for nonprofits on April 25 th...

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Altman Foundation

Hispanics in Philanthropy COVID-19 Rapid Response Migration Fund- Funder Note

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03/18/2020

... help bring front-line migrant serving organizations the resources they need to develop and launch emergency ... scratch. Information-sharing of best practices will be key in the coming months as both migrant...

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Disaster Relief

Let's Get Explicit About Power

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09/24/2020

... of power that may be manifesting in your organization: resources , structures and processes, identity and ... expertise, relationships, and lived experience. The use of resources to achieve desired results is...

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Four Ways to Incorporate a Gender Lens in Your Measurement and Evaluation Efforts

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02/20/2018

... a small nonprofit with limited human and financial resources , or a business starting to think about measuring ... when they might have harmful consequences. For example, CARE International explains how women’s...

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FSG Social Impact Advisors

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Gender Justice

LGBTQ

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Commonwealth Fund Scorecard: New York Ranked 13th in Overall State of Health

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12/11/2015

... as well as those who received recommended preventative care . . . Editor's note: Complete Scorecard is available .....

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Health

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14 Jul 2016

Social Movements for Good: Family Philanthropy Fuels Change - Webinar

Thursday, July 14, 2016 -

12:00pm to 1:30pm

... in the idea that individuals can band together and combine resources to make an issue more apparent and noteworthy. ... opportunities for family philanthropists to align their resources and voices with like-...

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Family Foundation

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Hilton Humanitarian Prize Calls Attention To Growing Need For Global Humanitarian Aid

Release Date:

10/12/2017

... to throw up their hands. How can the relatively paltry resources of private philanthropy possibly make a dent in ... NGOs in the world, like Medecins Sans Frontieres or CARE . But there are plenty of less well-...

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