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Fund for 2025 Testimonials

... problem solving, we know that when we combine our grant resources with knowledge building objectives and impact ... PNY board member, I was involved in the development of its 2014 -2016 Strategic Plan and I was...

Surdna-Funded Study Calls for Targeted Federal Policies to Create Quality Jobs

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05/09/2017

... investment in the creation of quality jobs are needed, a report from Pacific Community Ventures finds. Funded by the Surdna Foundation, the report , Public Policy and Investments in Good Quality Jobs: .....

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Millions In Grants Have Gone to Teacher Preparation. What's Needed Now?

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09/29/2017

... programs and trying to strengthen existing ones. A new report from the Center for American Progress (CAP) ... taken place, but that much work remains to be done. The report 's conclusions are summarized in...

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How Nonprofit Programs Scale Up: Findings From The Wallace Foundation

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10/03/2017

... The Elusive Goal.” The Wallace Foundation’s latest report , “Strategies to Scale Up Social Programs: Pathways, ... Kaplan, Ford, and Porticus Foundations—released its report on scaling, titled “Scaling...

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How Groundswell is adapting to the COVID-19 crisis

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03/30/2020

... of our society have been thrust into the light. Only the best and healthiest parts of our society will see us through ... in this moment, we have decided to: Dramatically increase resources and capacity...

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Building Bridges: Philanthropy's Journey Towards Active Advocacy

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04/12/2024

... our missions are being made.” When exercised at its best , philanthropy is not only capable of providing financial ... influx of new New Yorkers seeking asylum with essential resources . However, the nonprofits...

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03 Mar 2015

Summer Youth Employment Programs: Ensuring Greater Career Readiness

Tuesday, March 3, 2015 -

7:00am to 10:00am

... in adulthood. JPMorgan Chase recently released a report as an extension of its New Skills at Work initiative, ... to learn about the trajectory of summer youth programs and best practices for ensuring maximum...

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Children, Youth and Families

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New York City

23 Mar 2015

What’s On the Plate of NYC’s Food Workers?

Monday, March 23, 2015 -

11:45am to 2:00pm

... the Mayor’s Jobs for New Yorkers Task Force released a report that identified the food-service industry as one of ... development in New York City and beyond. Explore: Best practices for skills-training,...

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Rethinking Scholarships As a Force for Social Justice

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05/04/2016

... program. And in doing so, these programs, despite their best intentions, end up perpetuating inequality and an ...

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Education

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Mellon Foundation and Digital Preservation Coalition Sponsor Formation of Task Force for Email Archives

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11/03/2016

... the next 12 months. The task force will then prepare a report of its findings, with recommendations for specific ... work, training and workforce development, research and best practice, and enabling...

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Technology

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Mellon Foundation

04 Jun 2018

Philanthropy New York’s 39th Annual Meeting - Democracy, Demographics & Destiny: All in the Details

Monday, June 4, 2018 -

1:00pm to 6:00pm

... Race, Gender and Cross-Movement Building What’s working best as movement leaders seek to grow cross-movement ...

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Moving to An Earned Knowledge Model of Philanthropy

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03/24/2020

... practice is inadequate to the challenges we face. At its best , learned knowledge philanthropy is conducive to top-down ...

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Morgan Stanley Builds Digital Platform to Help Billion Oyster Project Speed Up Oyster Bed Growth

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06/08/2021

... client onboarding processes, and advising organizations on best practices around cybersecurity. About Morgan Stanley ...

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Corporate Social Responsibility

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Environment and Climate Change

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Annie E. Casey Foundation and TCC Group Collaborate on Nesting to Achieve Impact: Lessons for Family Funders from a National Foundation

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10/26/2021

... family as a unit. Our findings are summarized in a recent report , “Innovating Place-Based Grantmaking: An ... in what is funded, and how community organizations are best supported. Find a balance: Although...

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Mellon's “Humanities for All Times” Awards More Than $16 Million to Liberal Arts Colleges for Social Justice-Oriented Humanities Curricular Development

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01/26/2022

... awareness of social justice issues. A recent study from Best Colleges noted that over 72 percent of undergraduates report that their awareness of social justice issues had ...

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Education

Social Justice

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Philanthropy Can Help Build a Thriving Democracy by Building Up Programs and Places That Fuel Civic Involvement

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01/20/2022

... “free,” according to the most recent Freedom House report , the country’s declining score over the past ... on the Practice of Democratic Citizenship. We produced a report calling for a Trust for Civic...

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Rockefeller Brothers Fund

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Public Policy

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Let’s Close the Gap on Mental Health for Good in 2023

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02/16/2023

... health (Zimmerman 2020). There is an urgent need for resources and funding. Nowhere is that truer than in rural ...

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The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust

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Disaster Relief

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The Legitimacy of Foundations in Perpetuity

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10/14/2014

... “ A Better Way to Encourage Charity ” (October 5, 2014 ) contains several inaccuracies masquerading as ...

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Philanthropy New York

Supported By The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, The National Alliance for Audition Support Looks to Increase Diversity in Orchestras

Release Date:

04/18/2018

... only 1.8 percent of the nation’s orchestra players in 2014 , according to an industry study , which found that the ... which they play. Orchestras remained 85 percent white in 2014 , according to the league, and...

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