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27 Jan 2021

Connected? Broadband Access Remains a Challenge - A Webinar Hosted by Asset Funders Network

Wednesday, January 27, 2021 -

2:00pm to 3:00pm

... access is essential to conduct daily, routine activities online such as learning, basic services, telemedicine, and ... by for so many individuals. Those without access to this online world – more than 18...

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Issue-Based

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Webinar/Teleconference

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All Funders

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Information Technology

Funding Area

Economic Security

Rockefeller Foundation Grants $4.6M for Bay Area Resilience by Design Competition

Release Date:

01/23/2017

... climate change- related threats and seismic, housing and income disparity challenges. The groundwork for this effort ... while continued sea-level rise is threatening coastal resources . These are real and...

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Member News

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Community Development

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The Rockefeller Foundation

New York Owes Nonprofits More than a Parade

Release Date:

10/07/2021

... rely on prompt payments, well-intentioned government resources may never make it to the very communities they are ... pandemic. While we are proud to be able to use some of our resources to help these...

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Insights

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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Trinity Church Philanthropies

Five Nonprofits Win Brooklyn Community Foundation’s Spark Prize for Outstanding Commitment to Racial Justice

Release Date:

01/12/2022

... support that gives nonprofits the flexibility and resources they need to serve their communities and grow. Each ... work day in and day out in bringing together programs and resources that enhance our...

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Member News

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Community Development

Social Justice

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Brooklyn Org

Meet DaLyah Jones, the new Program Officer of the Racial Equity in Journalism Fund at Borealis Philanthropy

Release Date:

03/22/2022

... where the first settlements started. I grew up in a lower income , rural, and segregated community. Oral history, ... So that means ensuring that grantees have enough resources and access to capacity building,...

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Appointments & Transitions

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Borealis Philanthropy

Beyond the Glass Cliff: Redefining Leadership in the Non-Profit Sector

Release Date:

06/28/2024

... organization’s issues, without the necessary support or resources , and without room for error – though the risk of ... the structural and systemic inequities experienced by low- income communities of color. I’...

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Leadership Development

Leading With Race Equity: Building Stronger Culture and Practice

... designed to help foundation leaders gain the tools and resources to work towards equity internally and externally. ... organization please click here Application Process Apply online : ...

Laurie Tisch Illumination Fund Launches $15 Million Healthy Foods Initiative

Release Date:

02/15/2013

... work to improve access to healthy foods for people in low- income neighborhoods. The Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund ...

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Member News

Funding Area

Community Development

Food Systems

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Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund

Infusion Bolsters Nonprofit

Release Date:

03/11/2013

... core mission of rehabilitating affordable housing in lower- income neighborhoods. A 38-year-old nonprofit lender has ...

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Member News

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Economic Security

World Bank Looks to Leverage Partnerships With Foundations

Release Date:

06/02/2013

The World Bank is looking to increase the number of such partnerships — which include a recent effort with the Ford and Open Society foundations — to help reduce global poverty and boost incomes for the bottom 40 percent in developing countries by...

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Member News

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Funding Area

Economic Security

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Open Society Foundations

At Ford Foundation, Vice President Rises to Top Job

Release Date:

07/24/2013

... with help from a Pell grant scholarship, awarded to low- income students based on financial need... At Ford ...

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Member News

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Ford Foundation

Heavy Hitters Debate School Achievement Gap

Release Date:

10/15/2013

... racial and ethnic groups, and between affluent and low income students... Heavy Hitters Debate School Achievement Gap ...

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Member News

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Education

JPMorgan Joins Gates Foundation, Drugmakers in Fund

Release Date:

09/23/2013

... and HIV, as well as maternal and infant mortality, in low- income countries. Merck & Co. and Pfizer Inc. have also ...

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Member News

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Pfizer

A Free Lunch Coalition Tries to Make School Meals a Mayoral Issue

Release Date:

10/17/2013

... to enact a free lunch plan for all students, regardless of income , immediately after taking office... A Free Lunch ...

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Education

Food Systems

Seven Cities Compete for Citi Foundation's Urban Renewal Initiative

Release Date:

04/13/2015

... Foundation to adopt innovative city plans to support low- income populations.... Seven Cities Compete for Citi ...

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Member News

Funding Area

Community Development

Workforce Development

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Citi Foundation

Commonwealth Fund Finds Both 'Private Option' and Traditional Medicaid Expansions Improved Access to Care

Release Date:

01/06/2016

... Medicaid Expansions Improved Access to Care Low- income adults in Kentucky and Arkansas, which both expanded ... paying medical bills or affording prescriptions than low- income adults in Texas, which did not...