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Surdna Foundation & Andrus Family Fund Pledge $800,000 to Next-Generation Social Justice Philanthropy

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02/06/2018

... build the field by sparking a dialogue about philanthropy centered on race, privilege, equity and social justice and by ... the Surdna Foundation and Andrus Family Fund are providing resources for family...

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Andrus Family Fund

27 Jun 2012

Family Philanthropy Online Guided Tour

Wednesday, June 27, 2012 -

12:00pm to 1:00pm

... to join this special guided tour of FP Online, the world’ s largest online knowledge center for family philanthropy - ... Explore Efficient ways to download articles and resources pertaining to family...

19 Sep 2013

Family Philanthropy Online Guided Tour

Thursday, September 19, 2013 -

12:00pm to 12:30pm

Webinar

... Make plans to join this special guided tour of the world’ s largest online knowledge center for family philanthropy - ... Explore Efficient ways to download articles and resources pertaining to family...

Three Will Share $625,000 From Reader's Digest Partners for Sight Foundation

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06/09/2014

Three Will Share $625,000 From Reader' s Digest Partners for Sight Foundation Reader' s Digest Partners for Sight Foundation has announced the ... Grant Initiative to help further its charge to devote...

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Reader's Digest Partners for Sight Foundation

Ford Foundation Invests in Environmental Philanthropy

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12/15/2014

... as he researches funding for environmental reform in the U. S . The assistant professor of history at UC Blue Ash ... Ford helped found or professionalize a number of America’ s most respected environmental...

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Podcast: A MasterCard Plan for Financial Inclusion

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08/21/2017

... Growth, discusses how the credit-card company is utilizing resources and expertise from across its operations to address ... As Ms. Singh details, the center is deploying MasterCard’ s technology, data, and...

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Mastercard Center for Inclusive Growth

Simons Foundation Partners with Kennedy Krieger’s Interactive Autism Network, Provides $2.18 Million in Funding

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08/27/2015

Simons Foundation Partners with Kennedy Krieger’ s Interactive Autism Network, Provides $2.18 Million in ... members for participation in autism research. IAN is also home to a comprehensive online library and...

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Tow Foundation Touted as Prime Example of Funder Helping Turn the Tide for Juvenile Justice Reform

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11/19/2015

... to establish 20 as the age of jurisdiction for the state’ s juvenile justice system. This would make Connecticut the ... anyone over 18 in the juvenile justice system. Eye_ home _2Not surprisingly, the...

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NPs Share Excellent Management Practices (New York Community Trust)

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01/19/2016

... by the size of the crowd in the CUNY Graduate Center’ s Proshansky Auditorium and by the whispers in the seats ... comments that attendees of The New York Community Trust’ s 2015 Nonprofit Excellence Awards...

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The New York Community Trust

Brooklyn Community Foundation Launches Spark Prize to Honor Nonprofit Changemakers

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04/20/2016

... of its kind celebrating changemakers in the borough’ s thriving nonprofit sector. Five organizations will each ... neighborhood leaders hailing from Brooklyn. Brooklyn is home to over 2,000 nonprofits, yet...

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RFPs Etc

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Brooklyn Org

Alfred P. Sloan Foundation-Backed Poll Finds Racial Divide in Financial Readiness for Retirement

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05/19/2017

... and other minority groups extends beyond pensions, 401(k) s or other retirement accounts. The survey shows older white ... from their families or receive income from the sale of a home or other physical assets...

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David Geffen Criticizes ‘Shameful’ Lack of Support for Concert Hall

Release Date:

10/05/2017

... The media mogul David Geffen, one of the cultural world’ s leading philanthropists, attacked wealthy New Yorkers on ... a “shameful” record of failing to donate to the city’ s concert halls and allowing these...

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Open Society Foundations, Ford and the Rockefeller Foundation Pledge Initial $5M For Battered Puerto Rico

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11/16/2017

... Pledge Initial $5M For Battered Puerto Rico Three major U. S .-based foundations on Wednesday pledged an initial $5 ... of homes and killed at least 55 people across the U. S . territory. "We have to...

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Yuri Tschinkel of The Simons Foundation, Elected to German National Academy of Sciences

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05/14/2018

... Yuri Tschinkel, director of the Simons Foundation’ s Mathematics and Physical Sciences division, has been ... Academy of Sciences. The honor recognizes Tschinkel’ s mathematical contributions, which focus on...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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The Simons Foundation

'Investment Club' of Foundations Pays Off for Nonprofits

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06/05/2015

... a group of New York Foundations that decided to pool their resources last fall isn't likely to generate much cash. But .....

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Community Development

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Altman Foundation

The Heckscher Foundation for Children

SeaChange Capital Partners

Can Theology Move the Needle on Environmental Issues? Henry Luce Foundation Thinks So

Release Date:

01/18/2017

... for a seminary environmental leadership initiative. It’ s a three-year grant in partnership with the Interfaith ... goal of the initiative is to establish best practices and resources for those looking to...

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Environment and Climate Change

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The Henry Luce Foundation

Cheryl Dorsey of Echoing Green and Family Van Shares Ideas After 'Leadership Transitions and Evolutions: Supporting Critical Junctures'

Release Date:

01/18/2017

... through many stages – from idea to execution to scaling impact . And it’ s not always seamless! Philanthropic dollars, staff time, and end-user resources can be wasted through inefficient and...

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After the Q&A

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Between Resistance and Rebuilding

Release Date:

04/05/2021

... taking the place of these recissions and reversals? That’ s where rebuilding comes in, a process by which we center ... communities. Or, we can be weavers if we have access to resources in order to target...

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Insights

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Community Development

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Social Justice

09 Apr 2014

Shaping the Nature of Work in the New Economy

Wednesday, April 9, 2014 - 2:45pm

... negative trends, from the expansion of low-wage, low- quality , insecure jobs to the rise in contingent and ... are focusing on the nature of work, and on how to create quality jobs with family-sustaining wages...

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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

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Economic Security

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20 Jun 2023

Cannabis, Communities and Real-World Reparations: What Funders Need to Know about How It’s Playing Out

Tuesday, June 20, 2023 -

10:00am to 11:30am

... cannabis licensing unlike any other in the nation. It’ s not going exactly as planned. The Marijuana Regulation and ... intentions of New York’ s cannabis legislation and the resources...