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Citi’s $1 Billion Action for Racial Equity Initiative Demonstrates Early Results in the Fight to Address the Racial Wealth Gap

Release Date:

04/26/2021

... know that many are rightfully calling on banks and other big companies to put real action behind their commitments. ... of color have the same access to the financial tools and resources that benefit other...

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Economic Security

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Citi Foundation

International Crisis Group Receives Grant from Open Society Foundations Aiming to Combine Local Voices and Global Expertise to Reduce Human Suffering

Release Date:

04/25/2022

... new funding ideas particularly aimed at attracting big bets and increased philanthropic support for innovative ...

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Human Services

International/Foreign Affairs

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Open Society Foundations

For Jobseekers: Facts About the Sector

Publication date:

04/2014

... 10% came from operating foundations Below is a sampling of data that may help you to form a more well-rounded ... Staff at Community Foundations: 8.2 Representative Human Resources Data : Benefits, tenure, and promotion Close to one-quarter of ...

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The Joys and Frustrations of Managing Young People

Release Date:

09/29/2016

... could be disastrous. We determined that having Tatianna do data entry for an ongoing research project was not the right fit, because the chance that questions about the data arose after she completed her time...

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Leadership Development

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Public Policy

17 Oct 2018

A New Paradigm for Justice: Centering Women and Families

Wednesday, October 17, 2018 -

9:00am to 11:00am

... government, private sector, and academia – to leverage resources towards common goals and at the scale required to ...

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Children, Youth and Families

Gender Justice

Justice Reform

Public Policy

04 May 2021

Towards a NYC COVID-19 Food Response in 2021 - A Webinar Hosted by Community Food Funders

Tuesday, May 4, 2021 -

9:30am to 11:00am

Virtual Meeting - Register by 5/3

... crisis, no entity had the bandwidth or mandate to collect data and analyze both the impact of COVID-19 on hunger and ... sectors. In response, a number of foundations pooled their resources to collectively...

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All Funders

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Evaluation

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Community Development

Food Systems

New Grants from The Henry Luce Foundation Amplifies Diverse Experiences and Funds Community-Engaged Projects

Release Date:

12/14/2021

... a grant to University of California, Riverside ’s AAPI Data project—a public resource for demographic data and policy research on Asian Americans and Pacific ...

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Arts

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Hugh Hogan to Step Down as van Ameringen Foundation Executive Director to Launch Advisory Practice and to Become Senior Advisor to The Action Lab

Release Date:

03/24/2022

... to any individual, family or private foundation with resources to give.” Andrew Friedman, Senior Director of ...

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Bloomberg Announces $200M American Cities Initiative to Help U.S. Cities Innovate, Solve Problems, & Work Together

Release Date:

06/26/2017

... national level." The 2017 Mayors Challenge: An Innovation Platform for America’s Mayors The first offering of the .....

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Schott Foundation, Race Forward, and NYU's Metro Center Announces First Grants to Support Anti-Racist, Culturally Responsive Schools and Defend Against Attacks on Public Education

Release Date:

04/06/2022

... should ensure that these multiracial groups have the resources to fight back against these well-funded right-wing ... of South Georgia to bring them equitable access to resources available to citizens: health...

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Education

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The Schott Foundation for Public Education

Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Philanthropies

Pfizer and the Avon Foundation for Women Support Patients Living with Metastatic Breast Cancer

Release Date:

01/21/2015

... services, support, financial, and legal support Distribute resources and services available to vulnerable populations Share educational resources with the public focusing on metastatic disease, ... a...

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Health

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Avon Foundation

Route Fifty Recognizes Bloomberg Philanthropies’ What Works Cities at Second Annual Navigator Awards

Release Date:

11/17/2017

... results in performance management, transparency, access to data and the adoption of best practices and data -driven decisionmaking strategies. What Works Cities’ early goals involved using data...

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Civic Engagement

Community Development

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Bloomberg Philanthropies

Salesforce.Org Expands Philanthropic Efforts to Improve Schools

Release Date:

12/12/2018

Salesforce.org, the philanthropic arm of the San Francisco cloud computing company, is doling out its largest grant to an education nonprofit, giving $2 million to New Leaders to help train principals and teachers.

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UPDATE: Foundations Cannot Waver in Face of Latest Census Challenges

Release Date:

07/10/2019

... census, this new threat means that important philanthropic resources will now be siphoned for litigation and the ... soon. But do they know the history of the use of census data for political purposes, and how...

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Insights

Independent Sector’s 33 Principles for Good Governance and Ethical Practice

... of Interest 4. "Whistleblower" Policy 5. Document and Data Retention and Destruction 6. Protection of Assets 7. .....

21 Jun 2017

Evolving Roles for Intermediaries Can Add Value to International Grantmaking

Wednesday, June 21, 2017 -

9:00am to 11:00am

... the intermediary as a crucial link in using philanthropic resources to build strong, resilient and sustainable ...

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Philanthropic Consultants/Advisors

Topic(s)

Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

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Community Development

International/Foreign Affairs

Teresa C. Younger, President and CEO of Ms. Foundation for Women on Creating a Culture of Equity

Release Date:

03/14/2018

... sparked by tech companies that publicly release internal data on gender- and race-based pay statistics in recent ... companies by starting with a conversation with their human resources department. “You need...

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Gender Justice

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Ms. Foundation for Women

18 Sep 2019

Evaluation as a Tool for Equity – A Primer on Equitable Evaluation

Wednesday, September 18, 2019 -

2:00pm to 3:30pm

... Who asks the questions? Who owns and interprets the data ? Who determines impact? Who benefits from the evaluation ... the core principles of equitable evaluation , and share resources to spur your thinking...

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Tools & Strategies

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Webinar/Teleconference

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All Funders

Topic(s)

Evaluation

15 Apr 2020

Responding to COVID-19 Globally – via Zoom

Wednesday, April 15, 2020 -

3:00pm to 4:00pm

Webinar

... Environment Index, which are two of the leading data sources of global development, philanthropic giving and ...

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Issue-Based

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Webinar/Teleconference

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All Funders

Topic(s)

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Funding Area

Disaster Relief

Health

International/Foreign Affairs

23 Jul 2020

On Balance: Increasing Payout and Living to Fund Another Day

Thursday, July 23, 2020 -

3:00pm to 4:30pm

... our own financial holdings in perpetuity, making those resources available to social change work only as much as ... spending policies which often rely on a limited set of data and outdated assumptions, and...