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Well-Told Stories Can Super-Power Social Change

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05/17/2016

Betsy Richards at Opportunity Agenda creates video of a new social justice superhero, "Helvetika Bold," which marries comic book culture with activism.

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The Opportunity Agenda

The Art of Inclusion: New York Funders Mobilize to Make the Arts More Accessible

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05/03/2012

At our recent collaborative program at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, funders explored how to effectively increase access to the arts and culture for people with disabilities.

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Carnegie Backs New Learning Pilot Targeting Interstate Passport Initiative

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06/10/2016

Six institutions to use Aqua by Taskstream to assess student learning and proficiency as part of a new framework to aid student transfer and improve graduation rates.

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

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18 May 2018

How Racially Equitable is Your Foundation? Assessing Your Practice

Friday, May 18, 2018 -

9:00am to 12:00pm

Are you a foundation executive interested in holding a mirror up to your policies and practices internally to ensure they’re not racially bias or inequitable? Are you unsure of where to start and how to get a process like this going?

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Bloomberg Philanthropies Launches Next Public Art Challenge for U.S. Cities

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02/15/2018

After a rousing success in creating public displays that help citizens focus on important issues, Bloomberg Philanthropy’s Public Art Challenge is looking for more cities with big artistic ideas.

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Arts

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03 Jun 2019

Movement Lawyering: Reimagining Lawyering before the Immigration System - A Webinar Hosted by GCIR

Monday, June 3, 2019 -

1:00pm to 2:00pm

... allies are under significant strain with rapid shifts in policy that present new and complicated legal challenges, as ... and evaluating what is working and where practices or approaches could be refined or...

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All Funders

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Immigration

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03 Dec 2019

Moving Justice Forward: Perspectives from Manhattan DA Cyrus R. Vance, Jr.

Tuesday, December 3, 2019 -

8:30am to 10:00am

... opportunity to spur innovation, test new approaches , create new partnerships and fill critical gaps in ... and ending the prosecution of marijuana possession Other policy priorities, such as gun violence...

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Technical Assistance & Capacity Building

Public Policy

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Children, Youth and Families

Justice Reform

Public Policy

The Conrad N. Hilton Foundation Announces Homeboy Industries as the 2020 Recipient of the Annual Humanitarian Prize

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08/03/2020

The Los Angeles based, nonprofit organization Homeboy Industries has been chosen as the 2020 Humanitarian Prize recipient and will receive $2.5 million in unrestricted funding.

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Conrad N. Hilton Foundation (New York)

Social Justice

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Announces Launch of the 2021 Global Mayors Challenge

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01/11/2021

... the urgency felt by cities around the world to develop new approaches amid the pandemic. The Challenge will select more ... to support leaders who are on the cutting edge of urban policy and work with them to...

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13 Apr 2023

Employee Ownership Strategies for Economic Resilience and Equity: Pathways for Philanthropy - A Webinar Hosted by AFN

Thursday, April 13, 2023 -

1:00pm to 2:00pm

Please join Asset Funders Network as we launch Employee Ownership a Pathway to Economic Resilience authored by Melissa Hoover, Co-Executive Director for Partnerships and Growth at the Democracy at Work Institute.

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Member Input on Official Statement on the Johnson Amendment

Philanthropy New York’s Public Policy Committee has voted to recommend that our organization ... repeal of the Johnson Amendment . The next stage in our policy approval process seeks comments from members. We .....

The Rockefeller Foundation Announces $65 Million Investment in America’s Working Families

Release Date:

02/25/2020

... Earned Income Tax Credit and Child Tax Credit On the policy front, the Foundation will reach at least 4.6 million ... example during the 2018 tax year, the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities calculates...

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11 Jun 2015

Funding Where Poverty Lives: City and Suburban Realities

Thursday, June 11, 2015 -

8:45am to 11:00am

... that focus on redesigning and moving policies to provide resources for metro areas. This conversation will dive deep ... address root causes of these social issues Why a focused policy effort on the suburbs is...

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Kevin Anderson Joins Media Development Loan Fund

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04/02/2012

Journalist, journalism trainer, and digital strategist Kevin Anderson is joining the Media Development Loan Fund to help lead their work assisting clients to make the digital transition.

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Media Development Investment Fund

UHF: A New Arena For Reducing Antibiotic Misuse: Outpatient Care

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03/25/2016

... has highlighted this need with an array of online resources for providers and consumers, and in March 2015 the ...

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Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation Names Meghan Jambor Interim Informed Communities Program Officer

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07/12/2017

... her natural talent for connecting people to each other and resources , make her an excellent fit for the role and will ...

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NoVo Foundation Launches Fourth Cycle of Move to End Violence

Release Date:

11/15/2017

The NoVo Foundation has named 21 phenomenal leaders to participate in the 4th cohort cycle of Move to End Violence, a 10-year capacity building program designed to support those who are strengthening the movement to end violence against girls and...

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Gender Justice

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Report Funded by Stavros Niarchos Foundation Shows Many Aging NYC Parks Have Infrastructure Problems

Release Date:

06/26/2018

The 53-page report, released by the Center for an Urban Future, found that the average NYC park is 73 years old. (The oldest parks in each borough are Bowling Green in Manhattan, Commodore Bark Park in Brooklyn, Drew Playground in the Bronx, Daniel...

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