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After a Gay Rights Victory, a New Challenge for Grantmakers

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07/10/2013

... and the People’s Fund (now known as the Bread & Roses Community Fund), provided support to these organizations. ... for LGBTQ Issues, also notes that “the philanthropic community played an essential role...

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Prisoner to Proprietor: Entrepreneurship as a Re-entry Strategy

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09/29/2016

... to earn a living that provides disposable income for investment in assets. Given our changing demographics, ... color, especially men, go to prison only to return to the community with huge legal and systemic...

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Justice Reform

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Seven Performing Artists Win 2018 Doris Duke Artist Awards

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06/26/2018

... said Otake to the 2018 Doris Duke Artists. “This is an investment for what you will do.” The foundation designed ... is not a lifetime achievement award. Rather, it is a deep investment in the creative...

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Arts

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Doris Duke Foundation

Ralph C. Wilson Jr. Foundation To Help Support Expansion of the Empire State Trail Initiative

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09/18/2018

... of the state," Governor Cuomo said. "This significant investment from the Ralph C. Wilson Jr. Foundation will .....

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Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Foundation

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Community Development

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13 Apr 2023

Employee Ownership Strategies for Economic Resilience and Equity: Pathways for Philanthropy - A Webinar Hosted by AFN

Thursday, April 13, 2023 -

1:00pm to 2:00pm

... stability for low wage workers. Thanks to an expanding community of organizations using business as a force for ...

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

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Johnson Family Foundation Welcomes Dylan Hoos as the New Executive Director

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01/04/2023

... national advocacy and policy development to rural community building. Previously, Dylan worked at the Telluride ... a degree in Urban and Environmental Planning from the University of Virginia where he also...

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Johnson Family Foundation

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When a Successful Program Can’t Expand, It’s Time to Grow a Network

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11/23/2015

... with colleagues at New York research institutions, university laboratories, environmental, technological and ... programs, we knew that our colleagues in the philanthropic community would have to step in and...

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17 May 2016

Unlocking the Potential of Young People: Effective Strategies for Engaging Youth

Tuesday, May 17, 2016 -

2:00pm to 4:00pm

... and reach their potential. But, engaging youth in any community can be challenging and requires all sectors to ... working to engage young people as meaningful partners in community change How philanthropy can...

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Housing and Homelessness

Advancing Women in Science: A Groundbreaking Model

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08/27/2012

... Dr. Michal Rivlin-Etzion, a neurobiologist from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, offers a glimpse of the program’s ... program was customized for Israeli women, who delay their university education in order...

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Burke Foundation Co-Funds Inaugural Class of Safer Birth Cities: Tackling the U.S. Maternal Mortality Crisis

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09/26/2019

... Through the Camden Coalition of Healthcare Providers, a community -based organization working to improve maternal ... Across the Country As part of our work, we partner with community -based organizations which...

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Gender Justice

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The Burke Foundation

F.B. Heron Foundation President Clara Miller to Step Down

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06/20/2017

... peers to jettison outdated operating models that leave resources untapped in the face of systemic social ills." .....

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JPMorgan Chase and Target Join Initiative to Create Job Opportunities for Young People

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07/13/2015

... With support from the Aspen Institute Forum for Community Solutions; foundations including MacArthur, ...

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Workforce Development

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Dana K. Bezerra Named President of Heron Foundation

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11/20/2017

Dana K. Bezerra will assume the role of President at Heron as of December 31, 2017, the Heron Foundation announced today.

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Salesforce.org Announces $18 Million in Grants Towards Bay Area Education, Homelessness and Cleanliness at Dreamforce 2018

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09/25/2018

... for newcomers, and college access programs. This latest investment marks more than $50 million in donations to Bay ... Parks Department and the San Francisco Parks Alliance. The investment will help ensure San...

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Education

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Thomas H. Kean is Elected Board Chair of Carnegie Corporation of New York

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03/01/2013

... eight years of trusteeship. Kurt Schmoke, Dean of Howard University Law School and former Mayor of Baltimore, ... journalism initiative, as well as for her work with the Investment Management Committee and the...

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

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03 Oct 2012

Can Social Justice Organizations Endure? New Ideas to Get Us to “Yes”

Wednesday, October 3, 2012 -

2:30pm to 5:00pm

... social justice organizations Innovative approaches and new investment vehicles designed to generate revenue for ... Robert F. Wagner School of Public Service , New York University ; Fellow, Tides Foundation...

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Social Justice

Scherman Foundation Welcomes Catherine Porter

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03/13/2014

... functions; helps develop the annual budget and manage investment tracking; coordinates all aspects of the office, ... A Texas native, Porter graduated from Texas Christian University with a B.F.A. in Theatre...

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Rockefeller Provides Capital for Start-Up Aiming to Increase Worker Savings

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12/09/2015

... from Georgetown and a Ph.D. in political science from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, he was hired in ...

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