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Mertz Gilmore Foundation Welcomes Aditi Vaidya as its New President

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10/13/2022

... and environmental justice and health equity using community organizing, policy advocacy, and research. She will ... a commitment to cross-sector learning toward collective action . I’m eager to learn from and...

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PNY's Policy Corner: Following the Lead of our Partners by Supporting #WHY15 and #JustPay Campaigns:

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02/02/2024

... in the face of historic budget cuts. A Call to Action : In response to the challenges facing our city, and in ... safety net.” The path ahead demands not only collective action but also a form of leadership...

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Changing the Debate on Education Policy

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06/07/2012

... to be used as the sole measure of a teacher’s impact on student learning; in fact, many states put test-based teacher ...

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12 Oct 2017

ESSA: How Much Will it Change School Testing, Equity, Diversity and Discipline Practices?

Thursday, October 12, 2017 -

9:00am to 11:00am

When President Obama signed into law the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) in 2015 to replace its ... to think past test scores and focus on other indicators of student success such as diversity, discipline, and...

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'Field Trip New Jersey' Launches (Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation)

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01/14/2016

... Jersey' Launches (Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation) The Community Foundation of New Jersey and the Geraldine R. Dodge ... Field Trip New Jersey will be administered through the Community Foundation of New...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Four Ways to Incorporate a Gender Lens in Your Measurement and Evaluation Efforts

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02/20/2018

... a small nonprofit with limited human and financial resources , or a business starting to think about measuring ... relationships between different genders. To put this into action , start by analyzing the gender...

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FSG Social Impact Advisors

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Gender Justice

LGBTQ

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9/17/2015 - Exploring Communications Strategies - Presentations

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09/2015

View materials form the program, Exploring Communications Strategies for Small-Staffed Foundations.

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“Grads of Life” Builds Capacity for Demand-Driven Solutions to the U.S. Youth Employment Challenge

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10/02/2014

... not only in the education and skill development community but also among employers and private sector actors. ... to provide employers with the information, tools and resources they need to take action...

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Children, Youth and Families

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The Nathan Cummings Foundation Selects Rey Ramsey as Independent Trustee

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05/15/2017

... and networks will deepen our ability to use all of our resources – grantmaking and investments – to advance our ... Ramsey served as President and COO of Enterprise Community Partners, a non-profit...

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Watch this New Series Showing the Ordinary and Extraordinary Lives of Muslim New Yorkers

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02/23/2017

... Church, Graduate Communications Fellow for the New York Community Trust Imam Khalid Latif urged his wife not to get ... Executive director of the Islamic Center at New York University , Latif is the youngest...

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The New York Community Trust

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Surdna Foundation Announces Additional $36 Million for Racial Justice

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10/14/2020

... for racial justice require all of us to step up and take action ,” said Carra Cote-Ackah, board vice chair and ... an America in which all communities have opportunities, resources , and power to thrive.” As a...

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SIFMA Foundation Announces Winner of Fall 2018 InvestWrite Competition

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02/21/2019

... advice to a famous entrepreneur! Van Fleet recommended an investment portfolio for Yvon Chouinard, of Patagonia, that ...

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Education

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CollegePoint, An Initiative Funded by Bloomberg Philanthropies, Makes A Hard Decision Less Lonely

Release Date:

08/15/2018

... Philanthropies. Here's how it works: When a high school student with a GPA of 3.5 or higher takes a standardized test ... than double that next year. It doesn't matter where the student lives. High...

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2020 Open Society Fellows Developing Approaches to Counter Economic Inequality

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02/06/2020

... in the digital economy, a musician-activist uplifting the voices of marginalized communities, a lawyer examining the ... develop a variety of strategies for pressuring U.S.-based investment advisers into...

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

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19 Sep 2017

Documentary Film Screening - "Unrest": Women, Resilience and the Disease Medicine Forgot

Tuesday, September 19, 2017 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

... American woman with a bright future as a Harvard Ph.D. student , provides an intimate story of her struggle with the ... But it is also a global story about an international community of patients with a serious...

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Beyond the Bubble

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01/22/2020

... and Youth Funders Working Group talk about how youth voices in the Arts can build awareness about representation. ...

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Heron Calls for A New Model Of Philanthropy

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01/27/2016

... peers to jettison outdated operating models that leave resources untapped in the face of systemic social ills. In a ... first declared its quest to deploy 100 percent of its investment capital toward its...

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