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National League of Cities and MetLife Foundation Partner for Eight City Project

Release Date:

10/30/2015

... with MetLife Foundation to help cities promote financial inclusion for their residents. NLC received a $1 million ... project,Cities Building Systems to Promote Financial Inclusion , which will provide...

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Economic Security

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MetLife

A Consequential Myth

Release Date:

04/09/2019

... the shocking statistics that black people are five times more likely to be incarcerated in this country than whites. ... spoke in the winter of 2018 for Philanthropy New York’s Equity Speaker Series: Exploring...

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

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Justice Reform

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Ford Foundation

14 Dec 2023

Winning a Just Transition: Climate Change at the Intersection of Racial, Economic and Environmental Justice

Thursday, December 14, 2023 -

2:15pm to 3:30pm

... climate solutions. What will you learn? Hearing more about the Just Transition framework Exploring how race ... the strategic and ethical imperatives of environmental equity and the cost of not acting Speakers...

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Issue-Based

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Webinar/Teleconference

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All Funders

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Environment and Climate Change

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16 May 2018

Fund the People: How and Why to Invest in the Staff of Grantee Organizations

Wednesday, May 16, 2018 -

9:00am to 11:00am

How can funders advance nonprofit equity , performance, impact, and sustainability? By investing ...

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

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Leadership Development

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MasterCard Makes Fortune List of Businesses Confronting World's Problems

Release Date:

08/23/2016

... Fortune List of Businesses Confronting World's Problems More businesses are taking on society’s biggest .....

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Corporate Social Responsibility

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Mastercard Center for Inclusive Growth

Study Supported by Surdna Shows Tech Companies Exploit Public Subsidies

Release Date:

10/25/2016

... cash-rich tech giants an average of $2 million per job for data centers the companies must build to run “the cloud.” ... are so aggressive playing states against each other that more than half the states have...

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Community Development

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Surdna Foundation

Commonwealth Fund Research Cited in NYTimes Fact Check on White House OMB Claim

Release Date:

03/10/2017

President Trump’s spokesman on Wednesday deflected concerns that a bill to repeal the Affordable Care Act had yet to be scored by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office by questioning the agency’s track record.

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Health

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The Commonwealth Fund

Could the Rauch Foundation Change Long Island? Only by Changing Itself.

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05/05/2020

... sponsoring an indicators project , which would compile data on the Long Island region, including its economy, ... role. The self-funded project would require major resources including new staff; we would need...

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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

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Public Policy

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Community Development

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Public Policy

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The Rauch Foundation

Lavelle Fund for the Blind Announces Dr. Louis D. Pizzarello, M.D., M.P.H., as New Board Chair and Dr. Sharon McLennon-Wier to the Board of Directors

Release Date:

10/29/2021

... Commission for the Blind, who served in the position for more than 12 years and who will remain with the Fund as Board ... to his leadership and to many more years of providing resources to...

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Lavelle Fund for the Blind

A Commitment to Playwrights: The Tow Foundation’s 2014 Residency Program

Release Date:

12/09/2014

... off-Broadway theater. As the Foundation began to look more closely at the economics of the playwriting life, ... a targeted fund—using a relatively small portion of its resources —to have a big impact on the...

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Arts

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The Tow Foundation

Wm. T. Grant Foundation Report: Scarcity of Funding for Research on Youth Inequality

Release Date:

11/09/2015

... efforts to understand and address youth inequality: more resources to build research capacity, a more inclusive pool of researchers focusing on youth ...

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Children, Youth and Families

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William T. Grant Foundation

Schott and Arcus Foundations Partner to Empower Trans Students with Super Powers

Release Date:

06/17/2016

... of the LGBTQ community specifically, and our humanity more broadly. The hatred exhibited in Orlando calls into question what more our country can do to limit unnecessary gun violence and ... and schools can...

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Children, Youth and Families

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The Rockefeller Foundation Appoints Dr. Fred Boltz as a Managing Director

Release Date:

07/01/2013

... Dr. Boltz, a natural resource economist by training, has more than 20 years of experience in sustainable development, ... focus," said Dr. Boltz. Dr. Boltz holds a Ph.D. in Natural Resources Economics...

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Hurricane Season is Here, Sandy is Not Over

Release Date:

10/31/2014

... the days after Sandy. Cowan worked around the clock to get resources to vulnerable families in Red Hook in the absence ... electric lines in flood basements, Guallpa explained, "A more resilient New York...

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Disaster Relief

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North Star Fund

Philanthropy Must Lead With Its Heart

Release Date:

02/19/2015

... that tell us things are truly getting better for more people. Or that they will anytime soon. As our ... we should challenge ourselves whenever possible to spend more of our assets to move money to where it’s...

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