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Brooklyn Community Foundation Announces $100,000 to Promote a Fair and Accurate Census 2020

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06/14/2018

... “hard to count” black communities and communities of African descent to increase fair access to resources and political power. The New York Immigration ...

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Brooklyn Org

What More Can We Do?

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02/03/2021

... was originally published by The Center for Effective Philanthropy on January 26, 2021 . Brooklyn is home to the ... and who had been systematically denied the material resources to buffer them from the...

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Give Generously—You Can’t Help It!

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12/18/2009

... Philanthropic Funds For those of you who read blogs about philanthropy and charity (you’re reading this, aren’t ... a thing?) stated, “It’s mysterious that human beings among all mammals are so hyper-social...

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The Spend-Out Presumption And The Value Of Enduring Institutions

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02/26/2010

By Charles H. Hamilton Senior Fellow, Philanthropy New York Foundations should explicitly consider ... “power.” Some board members, foundation staff, and donors favor spending out because they believe only they...

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Four Ways to Incorporate a Gender Lens in Your Measurement and Evaluation Efforts

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02/20/2018

... seen growing interest in bringing a gender lens to social change —from foundations and nonprofits aligning to the ... a small nonprofit with limited human and financial resources , or a business starting to...

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The Need for Civil Legal Aid

Release Date:

06/07/2016

... seeking civil legal aid are turned away due to lack of resources , meaning a majority of civil cases has one or both ... living in poverty with high rates of housing insecurity among other things, pinpointed by...

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The Elmezzi Foundation

16 Jun 2015

Creating and Seizing the Moment: School Discipline and School Safety Reform in New York City

Tuesday, June 16, 2015 -

2:30pm to 5:00pm

... Leadership Team, what are the current opportunities for change ? What lies ahead? Presenters Kavitha Mediratta , Head, ... Chowdhury , Coordinator, Dignity in Schools Campaign – NY Donna Lieberman , Executive...

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DC Dysfunction Isn’t the Whole Story

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04/20/2016

... on the Hill event, which aims to educate Congress about philanthropy , create visibility for foundations on Capitol ... nonprofits and encourage Congress to view foundations as resources on key public policy...

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Each year Philanthropy New York offers more than 200 programs and ... and democratic society. We break down barriers and provide pathways for individual members, member institutions, and PNY to exercise influence...

The Sky Really is Falling…Now What? A New Working Group for Funders

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04/03/2012

... to recently released data from The Chronicle of Philanthropy , spending at the largest foundations is still ... funders who primarily support community-based social change work see five years of above-average...

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Insights from “Resilient Resolve: Supporting Justice in NYC’s Nonprofit Crisis”

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10/24/2024

... complicating their already challenging struggle to secure resources for their essential work . Nonprofits supporting ... power of nonprofits and philanthropy can be one of the pathways to...

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Ford Foundation's Darren Walker on the Perils of Meritocracy

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06/30/2017

... Foundation's Darren Walker on the Perils of Meritocracy American culture nurtures many myths about the moral value of ... often remembered collectively as the prototypical tale of American rags to...

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David Berg Foundation Supports New York Historical Society Exhibition that Traces the Rise of Anti-Semitism in Germany

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02/17/2016

... City and America, as those who fled Nazism deeply impacted American cultural, educational, and scientific institutions. “Anti-Semitism is among the most harrowing topics of 20th-century history,” ... Nuremberg...

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New York Life Foundation's Award-Winning Grief-Sensitive Schools Initiative Surpasses Milestone

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07/11/2019

... it has surpassed its goal of providing grief training and resources to 1,000 schools across the country through the ... members in 46 states and generated strong engagement among New York Life's workforce...

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Century Foundation Report Recommends Universal Child Allowance

Release Date:

03/17/2016

... States is stubbornly high, with more than 12 million American children—16.5 percent of all children—currently ... Government Initiative, a universal child allowance could change all that. The report, Doing...

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Commonwealth Research Cited by NYTimes on Reducing Bounce Between Health Plans

Release Date:

03/23/2016

Millions of Americans are finding Obamacare to be unstable ground. An analysis by the Commonwealth Fund found that offering 12 months of continuous Medicaid eligibility would reduce churning by 30 percent.

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Ford Sponsors Memorial to Confront South's Troubled History of Lynchings

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09/29/2016

... director, Bryan Stevenson, said the aim is to help " change the landscape" of American racial discourse by openly acknowledging a painful .....

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Nonhuman Rights Project, Supported by Novo and Arcus Foundations, Is Featured in Documentary

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06/06/2017

... who, they allege, are being maltreated; they want to change the legal status of animals in American courts. Wise stars in a feature-length documentary ...

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Carnegie Supports a Roadmap for Storing Spent Nuclear Fuel

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06/12/2017

... solutions to their nuclear waste? Is it possible to change the narrative about nuclear waste from a burden to a possibly profitable commercial enterprise? The American Academy has been addressing this issue...

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