Leadership Transitions Funders Group
... committed to holistically supporting organizations through successful leadership transitions from a racial ... the launch of Leading Forward, a national community of practice focused on more equitable...
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2017 New York Community Trust Nonprofit Excellence Awards Semifinalists Announced
Release Date:
08/02/2017
... to recognize these nonprofits, and share their best practice with the sector, because we know strong nonprofits ... with youth to end dating abuse and domestic violence through community education, supportive...
Between Resistance and Rebuilding
Release Date:
04/05/2021
... How can rapid response formations envision affirmative policy advocacy? How can philanthropy invest in these ... communities. Or, we can be weavers if we have access to resources in order to target ...
Essential Skills and Strategies for Program Officers
... myriad ways they can contribute to social change. The “ science ” of philanthropy: Participants gain practical tools ... effective grantmakers and philanthropy professionals. Through highly interactive sessions...
What We Do
... that strives to advance meaningful social change. Through our work, members: Convene and collaborate as a ... programs help members cultivate key skills and implement practice models that fit their unique...
Foundation Lawyers Network
... top-priority topics and provide an opportunity to share resources and strategies. Opportunities to meet peer ...
Philanthropy: Beyond Business or Charity
Release Date:
12/12/2013
... slave markets and the dehumanization of African Americans through their commodification. As Sandel demonstrates, ... subject to market norms. Markets prioritize return for the resources invested and use...
Three Ways Funders Delude Themselves About Equity
Release Date:
04/26/2017
... on the latest trend (like crowdfunding) without thinking through its relevance and usefulness. Fortunately, these ... geography. It seems elementary, but investing time and resources to gain clarity around...
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Philanthropy New York's 43rd Annual Meeting - Purpose as Compass
Tuesday, May 3, 2022 -
9:00am to 11:00am
... and conventional wisdom that often shape philanthropic practice and imagine new ways of working. 2022_PNY_Annual ... how to interpret data, in both its presence and absence? Through her powerful work, In...
Ford Foundation Appoints Ursula Burns to Board of Trustees
Release Date:
02/20/2015
... at Xerox in 1980 as a mechanical engineer intern, and through the years assumed many positions that led her to ... including FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology), the National...
Surdna Foundation & Andrus Family Fund Pledge $800,000 to Next-Generation Social Justice Philanthropy
Release Date:
02/06/2018
... philanthropists who are engaged in social justice work. Through the initiative, the Surdna Foundation and Andrus Family Fund are providing resources for family foundations, community foundations and ... on...
Casey Family Programs Played Key Role In Changing Foster Care Forever
Release Date:
04/12/2018
... the opposite, keeping kids in foster care or helping them through adoption, rather than preventing the breakup of biological families. With an opioid ... states use to house foster youth. “We know that federal...
Rediscovering the Enterprise Investment Approach
Release Date:
09/17/2014
... Recently here at Heron we adopted a new investment policy statement that puts an enterprise approach to ... care a lot about how enterprises deliver value to society through the economic opportunity available...
Using Data to Save Lives: The Rockefeller Foundation and Partners Launch $100 Million Precision Public Health Initiative
Release Date:
09/25/2019
... systems and frontline health workers with the latest data science innovations, including more accurate and precise ... tools. This initiative will address the reality that data science and new innovations are...
Legacy Foundations and Risk-Taking: Different Approaches to Empowered Philanthropy
Release Date:
06/07/2017
... includes having had a direct and profound impact on public policy , education, civil rights, education, and basic and applied science . Now is the time for all of us to bring our very best ... whether that...
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Awards Grant to the Bard-Brooklyn Public Library College Degree Program
Release Date:
10/30/2019
... ethos.” Together, BPL and Bard provide critical resources for classroom success including dedicated ... for Writers; Grammar, Rhetoric, and Style; and Citizen Science . The partnership disrupts traditional...
Why the New Teachers’ Contract Is Great News for NYC’s Students
Release Date:
06/03/2014
... News for NYC’s Students by Greg Anrig, vice president of policy and programs at The Century Foundation This post was ... withdrew from contract renewal talks—was resolved through a sensible set of compromises...
William T. Grant Foundation President Receives 2013 Spencer Foundation Award
Release Date:
10/18/2013
The Association of Public Policy and Analysis Management (APPAM) has selected Adam ... Award, which recognizes noteworthy contributions through research and analysis in the field of education policy...
Uprooting Racism to Advance Health Equity
Release Date:
01/04/2022
... Dr. Hamilton has gained national recognition for shaping policy solutions to close the racial wealth gap, which refers ... years of structural racism have deprived Black families of resources that accumulate...
The New York Women’s Foundation Creates Collaborative Fund To Support Justice Reform for Women and To Help Dismantle Mass Incarceration
Release Date:
10/19/2018
... kind in the country to engage in criminal justice reform through a lens of gender and racial equity. Through The ... have both a moral and practical imperative to leverage our resources...