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Advocacy Funding: The Philanthropy of Changing Minds

Publication date:

07/2005

... contributors explain that advocacy includes a lot of opportunities to improve public policy through work that is ... a position, or enrich the policy debate, the guide offers resources and strategies for planning your work, reaching ...

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New Report from The Century Foundation: How the Federal Government Can Make Funding Accessible to Maternal Health Community-Based Organizations

Release Date:

07/10/2023

... incredibly limited budgets. Maternal health CBOs must be better funded to continue their work, scale up programs, and ... health disparities is to ensure that CBOs have the resources they need to do their work...

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Sloan Public Service Awards Honor Seven NYC Employees

Release Date:

06/03/2016

... years—include longtime employees of the NYPD, MTA, Human Resources Administration, Department of Health and Hospitals, ... to use the forces of nature and society to create a better world for all.” The 2016...

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Ford, Rockefeller and Others Supporting NFF Knowledge-Dissemination Effort on Impact Investing

Release Date:

04/14/2016

... to entrenched social issues. The project addresses the opportunities , challenges and practical considerations of the ... learning hub, a book slated for publication in early 2017 , and a knowledge campaign that...

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The Rockefeller Foundation

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Want To Engage Millennials? Try Corporate Social Responsibility

Release Date:

09/28/2017

... are becoming even more engaged in philanthropic causes in 2017 than they were in late 2016, according to Phase 1 of the ...

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08 Apr 2014

Meet the New Health Commissioner: Dr. Mary T. Bassett is One of Our Own

Tuesday, April 8, 2014 -

8:45am to 11:00am

... health? What systems will be put in place or changed to better solicit advice from communities on health policy? What ... Hygiene How new public health models based on national and international experiences...

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Geraldine R. Dodge and Silicon Valley Community Foundations Accepted to Knight Community Information Lab

Release Date:

02/14/2017

... apply the essentials of human-centered design training to better understand residents’ information needs, then ...

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Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation

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Communications/Media

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Silicon Valley Community Foundation

National Service and Grassroots Youth Organizing Groups: A Strategy for Building Diverse Nonprofit and Civic Leadership for New York

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01/14/2010

... 12, 2009 at Philanthropy New York focused on the potential opportunities for philanthropy to support the development of ... support and capacity for securing national service resources , conduct the monitoring...

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Open Society Foundations Supports Climate Change Glossary

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03/01/2017

... with the Open Society Foundations to help the media better report on (and for all of us to better understand) global warming, IRIN has produced this ...

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How the David Rockefeller Fund has Responded to the Crises of 2020

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09/24/2020

... to educate and mobilize climate-concerned citizens since 2017 ; and early in 2021 we will turn again to the urgent ... other communities of color. Almost 200,000 people in the US have died from the virus,...

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The New York Women's Foundation Announces Spring 2023 Grantmaking Efforts with a Focus on Economic Justice, Ending Mass Incarceration and Defending Transgender Rights

Release Date:

03/30/2023

... to the far reach of The Foundation's investments in opportunities beyond the borders of New York City to ... The New York Women's Foundation. "These grants allow us to authentically expand the...

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More than Test Scores: What Young People Need to Succeed

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03/23/2015

... belief that young people need a variety of high-quality opportunities to support their development into successful ... much of the growing interest in “noncognitive” factors reflects both a reawakening and...

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Education

Navigating Backlash: Lessons for a Thriving Multiracial and Multicultural Workplace

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02/10/2025

... values and learning from past gains, as well as missed opportunities , to advance strategically and future-proof ... The RBF is reinforcing mechanisms that will help us to resist backsliding. We will heed past...

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Surdna Foundation & Andrus Family Fund Pledge $800,000 to Next-Generation Social Justice Philanthropy

Release Date:

02/06/2018

... the Surdna Foundation and Andrus Family Fund are providing resources for family foundations, community foundations and ... efforts on social justice initiatives. Surdna's pledge reflects the Foundation...

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Celebrating a Year of Progress on Expanded Learning Time

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05/15/2013

... all children in our nation's communities have more and better learning time in school. We envisioned an alliance ... to advocate for expanded learning time -- improving the opportunities and chances of...

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Forum Tells Congress to Keep Johnson Amendment, Quotes PNY Official Statement

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04/05/2017

... Board of Directors, Philanthropy New York March 15, 2017 “Without this “firewall,” there is great concern ... www.givingforum.org For a complete list of signers and resources go to www.givevoice.org/letter-...

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Forum of Regional Association of Grantmakers

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27 Nov 2018

From Anecdotes to Facts: Let’s Talk Maternal Mortality and Morbidity

Tuesday, November 27, 2018 -

9:00am to 11:00am

... of the issue in New York; explain what the data tells us about disparities, variation and causes; share background ... discussion to generate ideas and consensus of the opportunities for philanthropy. The...

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Health

Bloomberg Philanthropies Expands Support to Thirteen New Cities through the What Works Cities Initiative

Release Date:

12/10/2015

... admit a total of 100 cities on a rolling basis through 2017 . Cities that have yet to apply have another opportunity: ... priority goals, strengthen accountability, and achieve better results. For example,...

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