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Kristen Woolf joins EMpower - The Emerging Markets Foundation as Vice President of Programs

Release Date:

03/20/2019

... eighteen years of developing optimal ways to channel resources to where they matter most, with a strong focus on ... Foundation / Girl Effect, UNICEF, UNFPA, Oxfam-GB, and the International Rescue Committee...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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EMPower - The Emerging Markets Foundation

Why the New Teachers’ Contract Is Great News for NYC’s Students

Release Date:

06/03/2014

... stakeholders in public schools, provide teachers with new opportunities to influence decisions beyond the classroom, ... 65 percent of UFT staff develop and approve. Creating opportunities for teachers to...

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Education

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The Century Foundation

IBM Joins With Stavros Niarchos Foundation, Ford Foundation, And Carnegie Corporation to Help Students Tackle Math

Release Date:

09/14/2017

... feedback from more than 1,000 teachers across dozens of US states – to provide elementary school teachers with targeted math resources for their kindergarten through fifth grade ... a critical need for easy-to...

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Stavros Niarchos Foundation

Ford Foundation

Carnegie Corporation of New York

Invest in Youth: Strengthening Brooklyn’s Future

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07/02/2015

... decade we are committed to improving social and economic opportunities and outcomes for young people across the ... youth arrests and re-arrests, and increase access to resources and services that empower and...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Brooklyn Org

The Rockefeller Foundation Releases New Action Plan for Gathering and Sharing Information on SARS-CoV-2 Genomic Variants and Other Pathogens

Release Date:

03/08/2021

... genomic surveillance system and outlines practical opportunities to reduce these barriers. Both documents were ... the law while linking disparate data. Securing additional resources – The Biden administration...

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Arcus Foundation Supporting Community Visions of Safety and Justice for LGBTQ People

Release Date:

07/12/2021

... for LBTQ women; and networking, training, and engagement opportunities for activists, faith advocates, law ...

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LGBTQ

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Arcus Foundation

From Possibility into Practice – Post-Annual Meeting Series

... into Practice . Please continue the conversation with us by checking out these upcoming sessions as part of our ... leaders, and promising practices from funders. Join us as we dig deep into Building Movement...

Arabella Launches Special Consulting Practice on Food Philanthropy

Release Date:

12/04/2015

... potential impacts of transforming food systems include: Better health for the two-thirds of American adults now ... diabetes, and other food-related conditions More and better food on the table for the 49...

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Member News

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Food Systems

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Arabella Advisors

A Sense of Urgency: Promoting Child and Family Well-being for Homeless Families

Release Date:

05/30/2018

... health and mental health services; and negatively impacts opportunities for children and parents to socialize with ... for homeless children and provide busing if necessary. Better linking families in shelter...

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Citizen's Committee for Children of New York, Inc.

Open Society Foundations Will Give More Than $130 Million to Aid People Hardest Hit by COVID-19 Pandemic

Release Date:

04/16/2020

... from this catastrophe, and what can we do to make it a better one?” “This is the first step of our ongoing ...

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Open Society Foundations

PNY Core: Financial Series

... funding institutions, as well as to their grantees. Join us this March and April to explore how grantees assemble ... practice, and purpose of financial due diligence to better reflect your organization’s...

The Business of Philanthropy: “Exit Interviews” with Former and Departing Foundation CEOs

Release Date:

06/30/2011

... a total embrace of a culture so reliant on numbers make us better ? Measurement, by itself, is neither good nor bad, ...

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All Funders

27 Jun 2025

Navigating Headwinds: Lessons in Leadership, Capacity, and Allyship

Friday, June 27, 2025 -

10:00am to 11:30am

Virtual Meeting - Register by 6/26

... adaptive, and more secure nonprofit partnerships. Join us to better understand today’s nonprofit landscape and to ...

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Public Policy

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Human Services

Justice Reform

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Public Policy

Philanthropy New York's Kimberly Roberts Interviews Julie Kashen and Rakeen Mabud, Authors of Nevertheless, It Persists: Disrupting the Vicious Cycle of Institutionalized Sexism

Release Date:

09/30/2020

... at talking about structural economic issues, and getting better at talking about structural racism, but it seemed like ... their lives. The last couple of months have really shown us the racist and sexist...

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

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Gender Justice

Occupy The Box

Release Date:

03/21/2012

... (This post was adapted from a keynote address given at the Better Business Bureau Charity Symposium on February 28, ... to, not because we have to. This is what distinguishes us . We value connectivity over...

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Foundation for Child Development Announces Appointment of Deborah A. Phillips as New President

Release Date:

07/02/2012

The Foundation for Child Development (FCD), a national, independent grantmaking foundation dedicated to the well-being of America’s children, has announced the appointment of Dr. Deborah A. Phillips as President, effective September 1, 2012.

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Children, Youth and Families

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Foundation for Child Development

16 Feb 2012

The Art of Inclusion: New Approaches and Innovative Funding Streams for Access to the Arts

Thursday, February 16, 2012 -

12:00pm to 5:00pm

... more access to educational, community, and vocational opportunities . However, much remains to be done for these ... the program and tour you are cordially invited to join us for an evening of conversation,...

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Issue-Based

03 Nov 2010

A Time to Innovate: Achieving the Promise of Urban Catholic Schools

Wednesday, November 3, 2010 - 8:00am to Thursday, November 4, 2010 - 4:00pm

... students with an excellent values-rich education. Join us for a candid, donors-only discussion about what’s ... Paterson. Christine Healey deVaull , Executive Director, International Education Foundation...