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Insights from The Mechanics of Working Through Grantmaking with a Racial Justice Lens - A Workshop Led by PRE

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12/06/2022

... described the need to impact both current and longer- term change: “Racial equity addresses the prevention of ... commitments to racial justice, PRE found in its 2021 report that the investments in both racial...

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30 Jan 2018

Exchanges, Scholarships, and Fellowships: Examining a Century of Foundation Funding of Individuals

Tuesday, January 30, 2018 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

... via fellowships, scholarships, and exchanges. Funders have long recognized the value this type of giving brings: to ... been few published studies examining the impact of this long history of support for...

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Tools & Strategies

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Roundtable Discussion

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All Funders

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Three Easy Questions to Get Past the ‘Reflexive No’

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02/18/2016

... dollars by increasing the effectiveness and reach of their resources – wanting to make a bigger impact within ... remarkable improvement in visual function and school performance , thereby exposing others to...

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Reader's Digest Partners for Sight Foundation

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Barry I. Schloss Named New Weinberg Foundation Board Chair

Release Date:

03/01/2016

... five trustees, succeeds Ellen M. Heller, who concluded her term as chair on February 29, 2015, and who will also ... Ellen Heller. Ambassador Levin will officially begin her term as trustee on May 16, 2016...

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The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation

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Four Philanthropy Leaders Join Forum's Board of Directors

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07/26/2017

... to the Forum’s Board of Directors for a first three-year term are Amanda Andere, CEO, Funders Together to End ... membership elected one Director to a second three-year term on the Board: Claudia Herrold,...

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Forum of Regional Association of Grantmakers

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NY/NJ Area Common Application

Publication date:

04/2014

... spearheaded a project to develop common application and report forms to help streamline the grant application process ...

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Sample Document/Template

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Nonprofit Staff/Grantseekers

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Philanthropy New York

Ford Foundation Appoints Ricardo Castro as General Counsel

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02/01/2013

... as they support visionary people on the frontlines of social change around the world.” Prior to joining the Open ... where he was Editor-in-Chief of the Review of Law of Social Change and President of the...

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14 Jul 2010

The Federal Stimulus Package, Funders, and Communities of Color

Wednesday, July 14, 2010 -

9:00am to 11:30am

Philanthropy New York, 79 Fifth Ave., 4th floor, NYC

... Wiley, founder and executive director of the Center for Social Inclusion, will present information about the racial ... Maya Wiley , Founder and Executive Director, Center for Social Inclusion . The Federal...

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Paula Moreno To Join Ford Foundation Board of Trustees; Kofi Appenteng Elected as Board Chair

Release Date:

06/23/2014

... has been elected as its 11th chair. Ms. Moreno is a social justice pioneer who previously served as Colombia’s ... Visibles, a nonprofit foundation established to promote social inclusion and peace building in...

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Ford Foundation

New Leadership at the Pershing Square Foundation

Release Date:

10/08/2015

... Charter School Fund, Bridge International Academies, Social Finance, Inc., TheDream.US, the Innocence Project ... just a few examples. Our work with organizations like the Social Entrepreneur’s Fund, the One...

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Pershing Square Foundation

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Health

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Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Releases New Book on the Value of Diversity

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10/25/2016

... -- the enactment of individual and civil rights, the social and civic connections that unite a diverse polity into ... interests in context -- demographic, historical, social and economic... Andrew W. Mellon...

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Education

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George Soros, Mastercard to Partner to Aid Migrants, Refugees

Release Date:

01/19/2017

... their communities worldwide to improve their economic and social status. The partnership, Humanity Ventures, stems from ...

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Open Society Foundations

Two Weeks Left to Apply to The J.M.K. Innovation Prize

Release Date:

04/14/2017

... those tackling our country's most pressing needs through social innovation. The Prize will provide up to three years ... working in the fields of heritage conservation, social justice and the environment...

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RFPs Etc

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The J.M. Kaplan Fund

With Support from the Arcus Foundation, Study of Transgender Preschoolers Assesses Preferences and Identity

Release Date:

04/25/2017

... and Identity Gender may be the earliest identity and social category to emerge in development, research suggests, ...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Gender Justice

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Arcus Foundation

Opinion: Disaster Preparedness Requires a 211 System; New York City Still Doesn’t Have One

Release Date:

10/04/2017

... build a canonical directory of all the health, human, and social services available in New York City so people know ... representative that can refer you to the health and social services that meet your needs...

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Russell Sage Foundation Issues RFP for Research on Effects of Affordable Care Act

Release Date:

11/26/2017

... Russell Sage Foundation initiative will support innovative social science research on the social , economic and political effects of the Affordable Care ...

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RFPs Etc

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Health

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Russell Sage Foundation Issues RFP for Research on Effects of Affordable Care Act

Release Date:

11/26/2017

... Russell Sage Foundation initiative will support innovative social science research on the social , economic and political effects of the Affordable Care ...

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RFPs Etc

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Health

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Ford Foundation Appoints Roy Swan to Lead Mission Investments Portfolio

Release Date:

12/05/2017

... executive with a passion for using finance to achieve social impact, Swan will begin his new position on January 4, ... such a wonderful balance of corporate investment and social impact experience to the...

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Brooklyn Community Foundation Invests $2.5M in Youth Initiatives for 2017

Release Date:

12/14/2017

... 2015 as a 10-year, $25 million commitment to improving social and economic opportunities and outcomes for 16- to ... color, whose leadership and voice are critical levers for social change,” said Brooklyn...

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