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20 Oct 2022

From Cautious to Courageous: How Foundations Can Step up Advocacy & Invest in Change (Session 2 of 2)

Thursday, October 20, 2022 -

2:00pm to 3:30pm

... mission focuses on voting rights, police accountability, access to healthcare or any of the myriad challenges we face ... such as 501(c)(4) social welfare organizations. Join us as we dive deeper into 501(c)(4...

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07/01/2013

Sophia P. Stewart is the new Department Coordinator in the Office of Communications at ... Coordinator at The NGO Committee on the Status of Women, New York (NGO/CSW/NY). There, she worked as a liaison between...

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08/01/2014

... writes James R. Knickman President & CEO, New York State Health Foundation, in the Huffington Post. As the state moves ahead "with an eye toward enrolling a million more New Yorkers...

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01/13/2016

... Team Reports (Research To Prevent Blindness) A large new study reveals previously unknown risk factors associated ... become cone-shaped over time. The last decade has brought new treatment options, but many...

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Edna McConnell Clark Foundation’s Nurse Family Partnership Endorsed as Positively Impacting Children

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07/25/2017

... Partnership (NFP) program, which provides services to new mothers from pregnancy through the child’s second ... affects male and female children differently, according to new analysis of a decades-old study on...

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Five Questions for Pamela Shifman, Executive Director, NoVo Foundation

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04/01/2016

... girls are suspended from school, sent to foster care , and incarcerated at rates higher than other girls. ...

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JPB Foundation Promotes Betsy Krebs to Vice President, Poverty Program

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04/22/2016

... of increasing opportunities for people in poverty in the US . Most recently Betsy has served as Program Director in ... collaborating with diverse populations across the US to work for social justice. Before...

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Farms in the Projects? (Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund)

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01/05/2016

... find a vegetable farm at a public housing development in New York City. But a one-acre farm at Red Hook Houses—the first-ever large farm on New York City Housing Authority property—is growing ... Bronx and...

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Deutsche Bank, Newman's Own, MetLife, Fortitude Fund, and FB Heron Foundation among list of Funders Supporting the Nonprofit Investing Directly in Poor Families

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01/26/2018

... are listening. In simplest terms, FII gives poor families access to funds that they can use however they want, which ... seeks out philanthropic and corporate partners in each new city where it sets up shop...

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Propel Capital’s Sarah Williams Honored by The Center for Court Innovation

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03/19/2018

... of L&L MAG, who served on the Independent Commission on New York City Criminal Justice and Incarceration Reform ... to philanthropy; Quardean Lewis-Allen, who is offering new opportunities for disconnected...

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Insights from The Mechanics of Working Through Grantmaking with a Racial Justice Lens - A Workshop Led by PRE

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12/06/2022

... on a racial equity grantmaking framework, adding critical new components for the path an institution can pursue: ... supportive data, staff can build a case for delving into new program areas in a way that...

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Carnegie, Helmsley Support Teacher Leadership Projects

Release Date:

05/03/2016

... development and improve student outcomes. Through the new Teacher Impact Grants (TIG) program from ASCD, teachers ... Charitable Trust and the Carnegie Corporation of New York, will be awarded directly to...

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Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Adds Olga Viso, Stephen Pitti, Cathy Davidson as Fellows

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04/03/2019

... Davidson as Fellows The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation in New York has added three new fellows in residence: Cathy Davidson, a professor at the ... honor and pleasure to have Olga, Cathy, and Stephen join...

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Young Leaders Breakfast Club

... a leadership development program created by Philanthropy New York in 2010. YLBC is a cohort-based network that brings ... about the next YLBC cycle, edit your Philanthropy New York profile and choose “Young...

Recording: Deciding NYC's Future: The Latest Charter Revision Commission and November Referendum

... changes in funding, regulations, and collaborations. Join us to actively participate in shaping the future of NYC ... the NYC Charter reflects the needs and aspirations of all New Yorkers, including the vital...

Ford Foundation Supports Universities' Efforts to Boost Student Grad Rates by 20%

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03/04/2016

... Boost Student Grad Rates by 20% An alliance made up of 11 major universities across the United States has knocked ... in the group. UIA recently received $3.85 million in new funding from the Bill &...

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Novo Foundation's Jesenia Santana Discusses the Dismissal of Domestic Violence and Its Effects in the Criminal Court System

Release Date:

03/09/2017

... Women committee of the Coalition for Women Prisoners. For 11 years, she worked directly with domestic violence survivors in New York City whose entanglement in the court system stemmed ...

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Schott Honors Rev. Dr. William Barber II, Kavitha Mediratta and Landmark Education Campaign at 25th Anniversary Awards Gala

Release Date:

05/12/2017

... Campaign at 25th Anniversary Awards Gala On Thursday, May 11 , 2017, the Schott Foundation for Public Education ... more than a decade, CFE rallied for equitable funding for New York City schools, and its work...

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At Google, She Oversees $100 Million in Giving. She Thinks Companies Should Do More.

Release Date:

08/28/2017

... charitable commitments. In February, it announced $ 11 .5 million in new grants focused on racial equity and the criminal-justice ...

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Reading, Math Disparities Persist At Capital Region Schools

Release Date:

08/29/2017

... of Asian students, 16 percent of Hispanic students and 11 percent of black students, according to data released last ... percent of black students. The achievement gap is nothing new . Nationwide, numerous...

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