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As Speaker Race Heats Up, Gender Disparity in The City Council Is On Display

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08/28/2017

Among a diverse slate of contenders for the NYC City Council Speaker post, there is not a single woman running to become the next speaker.

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Gender Justice

More Floods Are Coming And We're Making Them Worse

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09/07/2017

“Conquering” nature has long been the western way. Our hubris, and often our religious ideologies, have led us to believe we are above nature and have a right to subdue and control it. We let our technical abilities get ahead of our wisdom.

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Environment and Climate Change

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The Role Of Entrepreneurship In Ending Poverty And Homelessness

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09/13/2017

"Social entrepreneurship has proven to provide impactful innovations for poverty alleviation ," says Abby Maxman, President of OxFam America. Maxman was among a diverse group of people working on poverty eradication who contributed to a recent...

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NYC Councilman to Propose Free Babysitting for Community Meetings

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09/20/2017

... in a phone interview. “Along with that comes a lack of diversity in the people I see involved in government and ...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Chefs Learn to Influence Food-Systems Policy

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09/25/2017

Chefs Boot Camp initiative is part of the James Beard Foundation's education and outreach programming and represents a relatively new step in the culinary community: the recognition that chefs can — and should — try to influence food-systems policy...

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Food Systems

Push for Gender Equality in Tech? Some Men Say It’s Gone Too Far

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09/26/2017

... for everything from male separatism to an end to gender diversity efforts. Silicon Valley has for years accommodated ...

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Gender Justice

The J.M. Kaplan Fund Announces 2017 J.M.K. Innovation Prize Winners

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11/17/2017

Early this year, The J.M. Kaplan Fund put out a call to anyone in the United States with a promising solution to a social problem. The J.M. Kaplan Fund sought to identify and celebrate innovation in the fields of heritage conservation, social...

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Civic Engagement

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Funds Gene Editing Research to Identify Gene that Controls Butterfly Wing Color

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10/26/2018

Many Heliconius butterflies have wing patterns and colors that mimic other species to protect themselves from predators, and new research by scientists from the University of Chicago, funded by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, shows that in one...

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

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Science

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Larry Bloom named Vice President, Global Operations and Finance at EMpower - The Emerging Markets Foundation

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03/20/2019

Larry Bloom joined EMpower – The Emerging Markets Foundation in February 2019 as Vice President, Global Operations and Finance of EMpower.

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EMPower - The Emerging Markets Foundation

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Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Announces Latinx Artist Fellowship

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07/22/2021

... prize of its kind and celebrates the plurality and diversity of Latinx artists and aesthetics... Andrew W. ...

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Arts

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Taking Care of Business (in the Business of Taking Care)

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12/09/2015

... Drucker's "theory of the firm" to the foundation world. Our very different foundations tested the boundaries of the ... added this category) We had a lively discussion of how our foundations do...

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Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors

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04 May 2020

New York Environmental Funders Network Meeting - via Zoom

Monday, May 4, 2020 -

3:00pm to 4:00pm

... to the program. Please note: To ensure fairness among our members, we reserve the right to limit the number of ...

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Environment and Climate Change

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The Commonwealth Fund Names Adam Elshaug as its First Visiting Fellow

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10/01/2012

... of identifying and critically reviewing the use of low- value health care services. He has made a commitment to ... to manage staff in Australia on a NHMRC-funded low- value project for which he is Co-Chief...

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Newman's Own Foundation Reaches Milestone of $500 Million to Charity

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02/01/2018

The company is celebrating its 35 th anniversary, and achieving this milestone during a special anniversary year helps punctuate the impact of Paul Newman's legacy.

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13 Feb 2024

Cultural and Faith-Based Funding Approaches in Family Philanthropy - A Webinar Hosted by NCFP

Tuesday, February 13, 2024 -

2:00pm to 3:00pm

This session will explore the dynamic ways in which cultural and faith-based values can shape and inform the mission and impact of your family’s philanthropic endeavors. Faith has been imbedded in US philanthropy from its earliest days and many...

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Family Foundation

Private Foundation

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Foundation Administrators Network

... foundation’s administration, including operations, human resources , IT, compensation and benefits, and office ... creates a supportive environment to share knowledge and resources , to test complex ideas with...

19 Sep 2019

Secure Jobs: A Holistic Approach to Increasing Income and Stabilizing Housing - A Webinar Hosted by Funders Together to End Homelessness

Thursday, September 19, 2019 -

2:30pm to 3:45pm

*This program is hosted by our partner, Funders Together to End Homelessness, and ... housing. This webinar is the final installment of our Employment Webinar Series. To view the past webinars, view our...

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Housing and Homelessness

Workforce Development

29 Jul 2021

Reimagining Systems - Level Changes for Economic Equity - A Webinar Hosted by Asset Funders Network

Thursday, July 29, 2021 -

1:00pm to 2:00pm

This program is hosted by our partners, Asset Funders Network (AFN) who has extended an ... addressing the structural racism and sexism embedded in our economy from its beginning. A just economy aims to remedy...

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