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Disrupting the Textbook Status Quo

Release Date:

09/05/2014

... emphasizes quality could drive much-needed competition among textbook publishers. But without philanthropy ’s help, this marketplace may struggle to ... strong materials. Developing guides and open educational...

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The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust

The New York Women’s Foundation Elects New Board Co-Chairs and Welcomes Five New Board Members

Release Date:

06/26/2019

... Five New Board Members (June 26, 2019 – New York, NY ) – The New York Women’s Foundation (The Foundation) , ... boards of Libraries Without Borders and the Association of American Rhodes Scholars. Tomasita Luz...

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Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust Breaks New Ground in a Critical Health Niche

Release Date:

06/28/2017

... making their own commitments to tackle NTDs throughout the African continent. But not all niche funding catalysts are ... especially when coupled with investments from like-minded donors , provides enormous...

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28 Feb 2023

Examining the Shameful History of Black Voter Disenfranchisement - A Webinar Hosted by FCCP

Tuesday, February 28, 2023 -

3:00pm to 4:00pm

... Director LaShanda A. Jackson and will feature Professor of American Constitutional and African - American History at the University of New Orleans, ... Cassimere Jr, Professor of ...

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Century Foundation Explores the 'Double Burden' of Poverty

Release Date:

08/12/2015

... the 'Double Burden' of Poverty The poverty that poor African Americans experience is often different from the .....

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The Century Foundation

Ford and Open Society Foundations Comment on the Legacy of Lynching, On Death Row

Release Date:

08/16/2016

... Legacy of Lynching, On Death Row In 1989, a 29-year-old African - American civil-rights lawyer named Bryan Stevenson moved to ...

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Open Society Foundations

The Uphill Battle Of United Way NYC’s First Female President

Release Date:

04/19/2017

... Raised in the South Bronx, Wright was one of a handful of African - American students at the boarding school she attended and ...

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Gender Justice

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United Way of New York City

A Top State Education Policymaker Benefited From Integration. Now, He Wants To Bring It Back.

Release Date:

09/06/2017

... away from home, wealthier and whiter — and Brown, who is African American , thinks that made a big difference. . . A Top State ...

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In an Era of Strife, Museums Collect History as It Happens

Release Date:

10/02/2017

... the protest. He was a curator for the National Museum of African American History and Culture, there to collect artifacts, ...

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Arts

Long-Held Political, Ethnic Rivalries Heating Up Fight Over Brooklyn Pfizer Site

Release Date:

10/10/2017

... of Brooklyn that borders Hasidic Jewish, Hispanic and African - American communities. On Tuesday, the City Council will hold ...

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Community Development

Brooklyn Community Foundation and the Power of Participatory Grantmaking

Release Date:

12/12/2017

... neighborhood of Hasidic Jews, West Indians and African -Americans... Brooklyn Community Foundation and the ...

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Brooklyn Org

Rockefeller Foundation Names Deborah Wright as New Managing Director for U.S. Jobs and Economic Opportunity

Release Date:

07/30/2018

... savings bank and the nation’s largest publicly-traded African - American led bank. She also served as Commissioner of the New ...

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Ford and Atlantic Back Education Policy Think Tank

Release Date:

09/04/2015

... of Harvard University's W.E.B. DuBois Institute for African and African American Research, and Kris Gutiérrez, a language, literacy .....

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The Atlantic Philanthropies

Mellon Backs Creation of Newly Created Role at GWU Musuem and Textile Museum

Release Date:

09/28/2016

... dedicated to making accessible materials that document the African - American and African diaspora. Ms. Brewer formerly served as an assistant ...

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08 Dec 2020

A New Chapter in the Fight for Immigrant Justice - A Webinar Hosted by GCIR

Tuesday, December 8, 2020 -

2:00pm to 3:15pm

... actions such as the Muslim Ban, the public charge policy change , and termination of DACA, immigrant rights advocates ... priorities, strategies, and needs heading into 2021 How philanthropy can build on...

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Immigration

Public Policy

Atlantic Awards $14.8 Million to Transform the U. S. Health Care System

Release Date:

04/06/2015

Atlantic Philanthropies will provide a $14.8 million legacy grant to Community Catalyst.

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The Atlantic Philanthropies

Wallace Foundation: New Report Sheds Light on How Effective Nonprofits Expand Their Reach Through Partnerships

Release Date:

09/19/2017

... Through Partnerships While nonprofits see growing interest among private foundations and government agencies in scaling ... and how much fidelity to the program model to demand. On pathways , the focus was on a...

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The Wallace Foundation

Money and Power in Post-Election America: Why This Conference?

February 2013 Philanthropy has become more engaged with government and in ... into the public sphere, many foundations and individual donors have become more political, more assertive and more ... resulted in...

Let's Get Explicit About Power

Release Date:

09/24/2020

... to discuss and the dynamics of who have power feel hard to change . However, shifting power is often what creates the ... of power that may be manifesting in your organization: resources , structures and...

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

Release Date:

07/01/2013

... Policy, serving as the chief officer for global climate change , freshwater and food security, biodiversity and ... Rockefeller Foundation has long been a leader in global philanthropy and international...

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