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WES Mariam Assefa Fund Announces First Impact Investments to Support the Success of Immigrant and Refugee Workers

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12/15/2020

... The second investment, of $250,000, supports the RIN-CEO Social Impact Fund. Operated by Refugee Investment Network ... space.” “As a social enterprise that has a decades- long history of...

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Capital One Seeks Innovative Programs to Increase Digital Proficiency

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10/06/2014

... and individuals need to be equipped with the resources , knowledge and tools to change at the same pace. ... missing out on the most innovative approaches to solving social problems, and individuals risk...

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At Age 100, Rockefeller Targets Africa's Growing Cities

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10/15/2014

... a small portion of the population owns a lion's share the resources . Around the world, countries have been ... that African look at different dimensions, whether it is social resilience, economic...

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Surdna Foundation, Open Society Foundations and Ford Foundation Collaborate to Start Amplify Fund

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01/05/2018

... Fund In 2018, Neighborhood Funders Group (NFG), a social justice-focused membership organization of community ... Amplify Fund is all about giving communities the power and resources to influence local...

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Finance & Asset Management

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Community Development

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29 Jan 2025

Using Philanthropic Assets beyond Grantmaking: Shareholder Engagement as a Tool to Drive Change

Wednesday, January 29, 2025 - 5:30pm

... efforts to help us to drive impact while also increasing long - term shareholder value. Please join us to learn more about ... opportunities, including practical tools, strategies and resources...

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29 Jan 2020

A Trip Down Memory Lane: Activism, the Culture and the Individual Artist

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3:00pm to 5:00pm

... artists can take many forms. Support for artists have a long and varied history in the United States. While much has ... limitations and language around support The role or responsibility of funders to respond...

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Arcus, NoVo Foundation Announce Groundbreaking Philanthropy Initiative to Improve the Lives of Transgender People

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12/08/2015

... Trans Initiative will deploy grants and philanthropic resources totaling at least $20 million dollars to ... we are committed to delivering increased and necessary resources to those in the field working...

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LGBTQ

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Arcus Foundation Funds a New Partnership to Reduce Poverty and to Protect the Endangered Bonobo Population In the Democratic Republic of the Congo

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05/21/2018

... both income and savings of local residents and support the long - term protection of the bonobos,” said Jef Dupain of the ...

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The Mertz Gilmore Foundation Funds Contemporary Dance

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08/11/2017

... Entropy's Impermanent Landscape, a contemporary dance performance in the round choreographed by Valerie Green and ... has been adapted for the Museum's garden setting. The hour- long ...

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Breaking Down Barriers: Meet the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation's "Open Call" Grantees

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10/25/2023

... in New Jersey. Through their work, they advocate for the resources to address housing and homelessness, for changes to ... in south Camden, NJ, that uses the arts to promote social change and reshape the...

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If We Want to Strengthen Democracy, Let's Start in Our Back Yard

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04/14/2021

... local elections in a generation, we face a decades- long decline in democratic participation. One in four ... it is disenfranchising its citizens. MIT’s Elections Performance Index ranks New York 49th among US...

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Jerome Foundation taps respected, experienced arts leader Eleanor Savage as new president & CEO

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04/11/2023

... meaningful commitment to equity and addressing racism and long - term inequities,” said Kate Barr, Jerome Foundation board ... give voice and access where there is none — space and resources...

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Environment and Climate Change

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19 Feb 2019

True or False Solutions to Climate Change

Tuesday, February 19, 2019 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report issued in October made clear that “Limiting global ... there other proposals that would bring rapid change with a social and economic justice frame? How...

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Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Releases SDGs Guide for Philanthropy

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04/29/2019

... gives funders practical advice on how to plan, assess, report , and act on the SDGs. It also includes examples of how ... as risk capital for innovative approaches and in making long term...

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United Hospital Fund Names New Chief Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Officer

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11/30/2020

... Fund announced that Vaughn R. Murria, Director of Human Resources , was named to the additional position of Chief ... and inclusion. Mr. Murria joined UHF as Director of Human Resources in 2013. Previously, he...

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Michael Burke Joins New York Life Foundation as COO

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06/22/2015

... Foundation and corporate vice president in the Corporate Responsibility Department. He reports to Heather Nesle, ... also on the team that sets overall strategy for Corporate Responsibility . Prior to joining...

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Mismanagement at nonprofits? Think again

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06/14/2022

... sector to manage these services efficiently. Imagine a business that routinely had to float an accounts receivable ... wages for the frontline workers who provide the social services serving as a backbone to...

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Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Awards $1.5 Million to Organizations Building an Inclusive Conservation Movement

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04/13/2021

... and environmental health in Hawai’i through restoring social justice, revitalizing ancestral food systems and ... forestry practices and connect them to government resources . Native Movement in Fairbanks,...

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Food Systems

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The Nathan Cummings Foundation Selects Rey Ramsey as Independent Trustee

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05/15/2017

... “Mr. Ramsey’s decades of work at the intersection of social justice and economic development give him the ... and networks will deepen our ability to use all of our resources – grantmaking and investments – to...

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