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For Funders Focusing on Developing Countries, Impact Bonds Present Fresh Opportunities

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08/04/2016

... risk—I will focus on mitigating investor risk and outcome funding. The primary way foundations have engaged in ... way that philanthropy can engage in impact bonds is as an outcome funder. So far, foundations...

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The Brookings Institution

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Shares 2020 Annual Report

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03/17/2021

... became even more important – while the information and resources they were receiving was scarce. The Bloomberg ... to address social and economic recovery – and drew on resources developed with the National...

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Community Development

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Bloomberg Philanthropies: National Three-Year Evaluation of Municipal Financial Counseling Model Shows Financial Counseling Works as Public Program

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08/07/2017

The Cities for Financial Empowerment Fund published An Evaluation of Financial Empowerment Centers: Building People's Financial Stability As a Public Service, a three-year assessment of the initiative's initial replication in 5 cities. Financial...

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Children, Youth and Families

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The Sozosei Foundation Reaches a Milestone Awards $4 Million in Grants to Decriminalize Mental Illness

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11/01/2021

... of Well Being Trust, an impact philanthropy dedicated to advancing the mental, social and spiritual health of the ... in the legal system, and support empirically based policy reform across the state. 2021...

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Health

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Joining Forces for Equity

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07/11/2019

... among our members. The joint effort, named Associations Advancing Equitable Evaluation Practices (“AAEEP”), will ... are already committed by providing learning opportunities, resources and, eventually...

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PNY News

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Connecticut Council for Philanthropy

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Philanthropy New York

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Building Bridges: Philanthropy's Journey Towards Active Advocacy

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04/12/2024

... as a member organization. Three years later, PNY’s policy work is one area where we still feel that tension. ... reductions in New York City, particularly as the City approaches final budget determinations. It...

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Harvard University, Wildlife Conservation Society Launch ‘Planetary Health Alliance’ with Support from Rockefeller

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12/14/2015

... opportunities to advance public health through more robust approaches to environmental stewardship. Climate change is ... of stakeholders to foster research, training, and policy action at the intersection of...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Health

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Korean American Community Foundation Distributes First Wave of COVID-19 Relief Grants Totaling $60,000

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04/15/2020

... American Federation (AAF) : $5,000 to provide in-language resources to Korean and Chinese small business owners about ... Service Center (KAFSC) : $10,000 to offer virtual and in- person counseling for...

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Insights from “A Fireside Chat on the ‘True Costs’ of Nonprofits”

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08/03/2022

... equitable grantmaking policies and shared effective approaches to combating the nonprofit starvation cycle. Learn ... Help Many foundations currently have a flat indirect-cost policy of around 15 percent of...

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Philanthropy in Focus

Release Date:

10/07/2020

Philanthropy in Focus By: Shamira Lukomwa, Public Policy Fellow, Philanthropy New York. This time last year was ... make real, transformative impact through strategic, equity- centered investments and advocacy. I...

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

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Hurricane Sandy Giving Stories

... support to relief efforts and is putting additional resources and processes in place to quickly funnel aid to ... to promote post-Sandy rebuilding and disaster protection approaches that respect nature and...

JPMorgan Chase Furthers Commitment to Closing the Housing Affordability Gap for Black and Latinx Households

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06/16/2021

... recovery. By combining its unique set of business, data, policy and philanthropic resources , the firm aims to improve housing affordability and ... in the residential appraisal process; Making data-driven...

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JPMorgan Chase PolicyCenter

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Housing and Homelessness

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Social Justice

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Ms. Foundation Announces Promotion of Ellen Liu to Vice President of Grantmaking and Capacity Building

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03/16/2022

... 15 years of experience in grantmaking, capacity building, policy advocacy, and organizational development in support of ...

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08 Dec 2016

Food as a Community-Building Tool

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9:00am to 11:00am

... food environment for community members. Can't join us in- person ? Watch live stream here: (Registration not required) ... leaders to advocate for and increase access to community resources Understanding a...

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Food Systems

Mayor's Fund Hires New Director of Development

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03/15/2016

... individuals, corporations and foundations to bring vital resources to New Yorkers in all five boroughs. Mayor's Fund .....

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Program Overview: Money and Power in Post-Election America

... , Professor and Director, Center for Arts and Cultural Policy Studies, Woodrow Wilson School, Princeton University ... constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and the outcome of the 2012 elections,...

Four Frameworks for Living Liberation

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07/01/2021

... that in my places of work, I’ve been given space and resources to not only name what is not working about ... work spaces, this has meant focusing on the behaviors and approaches of our team - creating and...

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Robert Sterling Clark Foundation

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J.M. Kaplan Fund Announces Open Call for Applications to 2019 Innovation Prize

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02/06/2019

... funding offers flexibility, letting awardees deploy resources where they are most needed, whether investing in ... cohort of people who approach their work from a community- centered perspective, and who are...

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Simons Foundation Announces First Pivot Fellowship Recipients

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09/07/2022

... who studies materials physics phenomena using traditional approaches such as performing optimization by varying one ... experiments to make more effective use of limited resources and to elucidate the complex...

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