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Release Date:

11/19/2014

... and work here. With a staff of only eight, we sought out the guidance of the Helicon Collaborative to help design ... wanted to hear about their experiences, the services and resources they need and desire,...

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Community Development

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Brooklyn Org

Let's Fight Racial Bias in Voting Through Donor Collaboratives and Litigation

Release Date:

09/08/2016

... or programs for new citizens. There are a lot of people out there who don’t understand the way government works. ... ability to vote, not narrowing it. We should be figuring out ways to engage the next...

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Funding Area

Civic Engagement

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

Centering Racial Equity for Generational Impact

Release Date:

06/24/2021

... Support , several findings from the research stood out to me: Nonprofit leaders report that receiving multiyear ... Equity (GARE) . Combined, these efforts have pointed out the critical need for grantmakers to...

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Cathleen Colvin and A.J. Caro Appointed to Long Island Community Foundation Board

Release Date:

02/01/2013

... Colvin worked as an NGO volunteer in Venezuela promoting rural development and health programs for women and children. ...

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Appointments & Transitions

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Long Island Community Foundation

Darren Walker on the Benefits for Men Who Live With Empathy

Release Date:

10/31/2018

... Darren Walker is in the business of hope. Raised in rural Texas with limited means, his career path cut across ...

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Member News

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Gender Justice

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Ford Foundation

New York State Census Equity Fund Research Identifies New York's Hardest-to-Count Communities for 2020 Census

Release Date:

06/04/2019

... communities of color, low-income households, immigrants, rural households, and young children. Given the state’s ...

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Census 2020

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The New York Community Trust

12 Sep 2019

Always in Season - Documentary Film Screening and Conversation with Filmmaker Jacqueline Olive

Thursday, September 12, 2019 -

5:30pm to 9:00pm

... American teen, was found hanging from a swing set in rural North Carolina. Despite inconsistencies in the case, ...

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Film Screening

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All Funders

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

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Social Justice

Giving Circles in Cross-Cultural Context

Release Date:

11/14/2013

... colleagues’ extensive networks to send the word out about Natan’s funding interests, individual Natan ... creative and fun ways to do what they can to get more resources to those in our community who need it...

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All Funders

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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The Natan Fund

Mellon Foundation Supported New York Historical Society Fellows Announced

Release Date:

10/21/2015

... their academic careers—provide scholars with material resources and an intellectual community to develop new ... Abolishing Slavery and the Racial Inequality in Early America and Enacting Freedom.” Scholarship...

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Education

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Mellon Foundation

Improving the Accuracy of Wikipedia’s Medical Information

Release Date:

01/06/2015

... school faculty will be able to assign students to carry out collaborative class projects to jointly edit Wikipedia ...

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Health

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New York Health Foundation

Capacity Building Begins At Home

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06/04/2009

... we should ask is “what is the best use of foundation resources ?” The whole independent sector would be better served if foundations invested resources more wisely in their own capacity to do a more ... do to...

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The Weight of Privilege in Crisis

Release Date:

08/19/2020

... comprehension. For those of us who have more time and/or resources , the mental health toll seems invisible, but it ... is to think, to create, to innovate, so that once we’re out of the madness of today, we...

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Disaster Relief

Social Justice

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Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors

Fair Futures: A Cross-Sector Partnership Transforming How New York City Supports Young People Impacted by Foster Care

Release Date:

06/28/2023

... recommendations to improve outcomes for youth in and aging out of care. Several recommendations pointed to the need to ... to guide service delivery and track outcomes, and other resources . Later that year,...