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Funder Collaboratives: Why and How Funders Work Together

Publication date:

05/2009

... is the whole truly greater than the sum of its parts? Can foundations make a bigger impact with grant dollars by ... process of making grants. Funder Collaboratives: Why and How Funders Work Together ...

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Report

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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

Giving Back: 4 Ways Your Company Can Do Good

Release Date:

08/31/2017

Giving Back: 4 Ways Your Company Can Do Good Today's consumers, particularly millennials, are ... accountability. For many companies, this is changing how they market their products to younger generations...

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Sector News

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Communications/Media

What Money Can Buy - Ford Foundation's Pursuit of Conquering Inequality

Release Date:

01/05/2016

What Money Can Buy - Ford Foundation's Pursuit of Conquering Inequality ... set out to overcome it. Some try to raise money, but that can be depressing and futile. Others try to make money, but ... requires...

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Member News

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Social Justice

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Ford Foundation

This Is How NYC Plans To Solve Its Homeless Problem

Release Date:

10/03/2017

This Is How NYC Plans To Solve Its Homeless Problem New York City may ... five boroughs, WNYC first reported. As a start, the Human Resources Administration sent out a letter to all city ... out of New York City,...

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Housing and Homelessness

13 Oct 2016

Indispensable: How Philanthropy Fuels American Success

Thursday, October 13, 2016 -

9:00am to 10:30am

... history of solving public problems with private resources The history, purposes, effects, and modern ... of New York Philanthropy Roundtable Indispensable: How Philanthropy Fuels American Success ...

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All Funders

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

10 Oct 2018

Can Strategic Service Design Disrupt the Poverty-to-Prison Pipeline?

Wednesday, October 10, 2018 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

... in poverty but is inadequately trained or supported on how to best meet their needs when they or their loved ones ... Foundation Edwin Gould Foundation Justice Reform Group Can Strategic Service Design Disrupt...

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Issue-Based

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All Funders

Topic(s)

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Funding Area

Health

Human Services

Justice Reform

23 Jul 2012

How Youth are Transforming the Food Justice Movement

Monday, July 23, 2012 -

12:00pm to 2:00pm

... transforming their NYC neighborhoods. Join us to learn how the untapped energy of youth has been harnessed to ... will explain why they became engaged in this movement, how they assumed leadership roles as...

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Issue-Based

What Lies Beneath: The State of NYC Nonprofit Board Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

... and inclusion (DEI) gaps, strategies, recommendations and resources for NYC’s nonprofit sector. The report is a ...

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Report

Topic(s)

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Funding Area

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Commonwealth Fund Study Finds Americans Cost Barrier Decreasing, But More Improvement Needed

Release Date:

11/17/2016

A new survey of adults in the U.S. and 10 other high-income countries finds that fewer Americans are reporting that cost is a barrier to getting care.

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Member News

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Health

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The Commonwealth Fund

More Formerly Incarcerated New Yorkers Were Able to Vote This Year, but Barriers Remain

Release Date:

11/15/2018

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Sector News

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Justice Reform

25 Oct 2017

From Hurricane Sandy to Hurricane Maria: Can Disaster Philanthropy Be More Strategic?

Wednesday, October 25, 2017 -

9:00am to 1:00pm

... organizations related to disasters; and, ultimately, how funders can use data to be more strategic in their disaster-related ... all foundations, regardless of your specific area of focus How...

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22 Jan 2020

Now is the Time: How Philanthropy Is Tackling Gun Violence

Wednesday, January 22, 2020 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

... most vulnerable communities is no less a pressing concern. How can philanthropy play a positive role in reducing gun violence in America? How can contributions to research...

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Issue-Based

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All Funders

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Children, Youth and Families

Communications/Media

Corporate Social Responsibility

Health

Public Policy

Social Justice

New Lab Launches HE3AT, a STEAM Education Program for Brooklyn South High School Students, Powered in Part by Brooklyn Community Foundation

Release Date:

09/25/2019

The new initiative aims to empower nearly 200 students to explore the societal impact of technology through project-based learning and mentorship by industry leaders.

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Member News

Funding Area

Education

Environment and Climate Change

Health

Technology

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Brooklyn Org

Sheena Wright, United Way NYC President & CEO, named in City & State NY Power of Diversity: Black 100 List of 2021

Release Date:

10/18/2021

... United Way NYC President & CEO, named in City & State NY Power of Diversity: Black 100 List of 2021 Black New Yorkers ... in the 51-member body next year. City & State’s Power of Diversity: Black...

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Appointments & Transitions

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United Way of New York City

"As the South Grows: Weathering the Storm"

Publication date:

11/2017

... their enablers in concentrated, reactive, corporate-backed power . Although many of those same Southerners are organizing ...

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Report

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All Funders

Funding Area

Disaster Relief

Environment and Climate Change

Tools and Resources for Assessing Social Impact (TRASI)

... and analyzing the impact of social investments. TRASI's resources range from off-the-shelf tools and concrete ... on evidence and metrics in tracking progress. Tools and Resources for Assessing Social Impact (TRASI) .....