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Open Society Foundations Announce 2020 Puerto Rico Youth Fellows

Release Date:

01/13/2021

... voices of communities too often left out of political and policy debates.” The Puerto Rico Youth Fellowships Program ... develop Amarilla, a workshop and community garden offering resources for a more...

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Solon E. Summerfield Foundation, Inc. Announces Two New Board Members

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10/14/2020

The board and staff of the Solon E. Summerfield Foundation, Inc. are thrilled to announce the election of Cynthia Rivera Weissblum and Randy Moore to its board of directors.

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Appointments & Transitions

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How Nonprofit Programs Scale Up: Findings from the Wallace Foundation

Release Date:

10/06/2017

Sometimes, when one reads the phrase “getting to scale,” it feels a little bit like the nonprofit equivalent of reaching for the Holy Grail.

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

16 Nov 2016

Gun Violence in America: Newtown and a Public Health Crisis

Wednesday, November 16, 2016 -

4:00pm to 6:30pm

We invite you to join Media Impact Funders and Philanthropy New York for a special screening and discussion of the powerful film Newtown and a conversation about the increasing need to take a public health approach to curbing gun violence in America.

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Children, Youth and Families

Lessons Learned from a Journey to Impact Investing

Release Date:

03/13/2017

Phillip Henderson, president of the Surdna Foundation, writes about a nine-month learning process that led to the Surdna board unanimously voting to commit approximately 10 percent of its endowment — $100 million — toward impact investing.

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Hurricane Season is Here, Sandy is Not Over

Release Date:

10/31/2014

... the days after Sandy. Cowan worked around the clock to get resources to vulnerable families in Red Hook in the absence ...

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North Star Fund

Johnson & Johnson Announces $1.75 Million Donation to Save the Children to Support Syrian Humanitarian Refugee Crisis

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11/18/2015

... access to food and clean water, safe shelter, hygiene resources and winter clothing. The funding will also support ...

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Children, Youth and Families

International/Foreign Affairs

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Johnson & Johnson

The Nathan Cummings Foundation Selects Rey Ramsey as Independent Trustee

Release Date:

05/15/2017

... and networks will deepen our ability to use all of our resources – grantmaking and investments – to advance our ...

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25 Apr 2019

Empathy in an Era of Social Division and Toxic Politics - A Food for Thought Conversation

Thursday, April 25, 2019 -

12:00pm to 2:00pm

... and is it too late? What role could philanthropy have in advancing empathy in our society? Resources Links to articles exploring empathy and the ...

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Roundtable Discussion

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All Funders

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Surdna Foundation Announces Additional $36 Million for Racial Justice

Release Date:

10/14/2020

... an America in which all communities have opportunities, resources , and power to thrive.” As a longtime funder of ...

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Research Studies: A Convener’s Best Friend

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05/26/2020

... “Good information presented in a neutral manner can move policy .” The indicators in our first report, released in ...

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The Rauch Foundation

"Unveiling the Illusion: How DEI Roles Echo the 'Magical Negro’ trope in Philanthropy

Release Date:

03/01/2024

... Magical Negroes cannot exist without a clueless white person — sometimes an entire family of them! — who ...

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Robert Sterling Clark Foundation Launches New Blog Series on Trust-Based Philanthropy

Release Date:

10/17/2018

The new blog series, to be published biweekly throughout the fall, explores the trust-based philanthropy approach Robert Sterling Clark Foundation takes in itswork.

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What It Takes: Supporting New BIPOC Executives

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05/19/2021

... Funders need to double down and add on general support resources during leadership transitions. This flexibility ... their brilliant ideas. Leaders of color need early resources and support to be able to lean...

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Open Society Foundations

Art Groups Fear Losing a Mayor, and His Money

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07/01/2013

With less than six months remaining in Michael Bloomberg’s tenure as mayor, and the recent end of a two-year grant program from Bloomberg Philanthropies, many artists and art-supporting organizations have grown concerned.

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26 May 2010

Tools for Greater Fulfillment and Impact On and Off the Job: Knowing and Expressing Your Talents and Passions

Wednesday, May 26, 2010 -

8:30am to 11:00am

Philanthropy New York, 79 Fifth Ave., 4th floor, NYC

A program in Philanthropy New York’s OF PERSONAL/PROFESSIONAL INTEREST series, presented by the Foundation Administrators Network (FAN). WHO SHOULD ATTEND: Individuals looking to connect with their authentic personal and professional calling card,...

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Network Building

Verizon Foundation Donates $10K to MAP Intl. to Help Storm Survivors

Release Date:

02/08/2017

The funds will support 1,000 personal hygiene kits for south Georgia tornado victims.

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Disaster Relief

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Verizon

Responding to 3/11: Helping with the Japan Disaster

Release Date:

05/12/2011

... if they can only attract sufficient financial and human resources . 4) There are effective ways to support Japanese ... regrant funds to Japanese groups, and they can be useful resources for American...

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Where Walls Exist, the Arts Provide a Doorway

Release Date:

03/27/2017

Zeyba Rahman at the Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Art writes, "I am convinced that the arts offer a common language with which to understand one another and to break through the substantial barriers dividing our country."