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New York Life Foundation awards $1.5 million in grants to out-of-school time programs to help middle school students transition to 9th grade.

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06/03/2021
... Alliance today announced $1.5 million in new grants to 36 youth development organizations to support disadvantaged ... Guild, Memphis, Tennessee Young Adult Development in Action , Inc. (YouthBuild Louisville...

Funding the Future of Activism

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02/04/2013
... our city, state and nation are in great need of effective organizing for equality and justice, North Star Fund is ... likely to attend the most troubled schools with the fewest resources . People on the margins...
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06 Jun 2013

Personal Democracy Forum 2013: Think Bigger

Thursday, June 6, 2013 - 9:00am to Friday, June 7, 2013 - 6:00pm
NYU Skirball Center and Kimmel Center, 566 LaGuardia Place, NYC
... Dan Gillmor , Founding Director, Knight Center for Digital Media Entrepreneurship, Arizona State University Joi Ito , Director, MIT Media Lab Beth Noveck , Former White House Deputy CTO for ... Upwell.us Ethan...
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Now is When Nonprofits Need Philanthropy the Most: Five Ways Funders Can Step Up

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08/05/2025
... right to give. Speaking up is key. The vital next step is action . We are a diverse group of regional, national, and ... frontline organizations and make the case for increased resources to support additional...

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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Gender and Transformative Giving

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05/23/2013
by Riki Wilchins, Executive Director, TrueChild As an action tank focused on promoting gender analysis, we were ... a report developed with several leading authorities in the field of gender and youth...
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30 Mar 2017

Artistic Activism: Connecting Social Activism and Artistic Practice

Thursday, March 30, 2017 -
9:00am to 12:30pm
... There is a wide variety of language used to describe the field of artistic activism, much of it depending on the ... for Artistic Activism Stephen Duncombe , Professor of Media and Culture, New York University...

Philanthropy New York 36th Annual Meeting

... I would focus on girls’ education, maternal health, youth empowerment and employment… I could do a lot, and can ... to spur change and the importance of focusing on action and not just relying on numbers and...
07 Mar 2013

Responding to Opportunity and Crisis in Immigration Policy

Thursday, March 7, 2013 -
2:45pm to 5:30pm
Last year, President Obama announced Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), which temporarily frees eligible undocumented youth from the fear of deportation. This year, immigration ... for the 11 million...
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08 Mar 2017

Achieving Equity…How Exactly?

Wednesday, March 8, 2017 -
9:00am to 11:30am
... equity in philanthropy is gaining traction in the field . The reasons why may be obvious – from longstanding ... advisor, will present findings from her recent field scan , “The Road to...

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