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Avila Kilmurray, Global Fund for Community Foundations, Talks About Philanthropy Outside North America

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06/08/2015

... a bit of a hidden story, what's going on in the global south , and indeed in Eastern Europe and across Russia. Avila .....

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New York Women’s Foundation President Says Trans Women Need More Than Victim Remembrance

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11/21/2016

New York Women’s Foundation President Says Trans Women Need More Than Victim ... election has served to compound the anxiety of the LGBTQ community. Several LGBTQ suicide hotlines have reported...

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New Report From The Redlich Horwitz Foundation: New York Should Use Family First Act As “Tailwind” for Curbing Congregate Care

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04/24/2018

New Report From The Redlich Horwitz Foundation : New York Should Use Family First Act As ... Act , a sweeping new federal law rewriting rules for funding the child welfare system. Among other...

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Arcus Foundation announces social justice and ape conservation grants

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07/02/2023

Arcus Foundation announces social justice and ape conservation ... awarded grants to organizations working to ensure that LGBTQ and allied movements have the resources needed to keep their...

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Open Society Foundation Partners with Charles Koch Foundation to Launch Foreign Policy Think Tank

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07/04/2019

Open Society Foundation Partners with Charles Koch Foundation to Launch Foreign Policy Think Tank Two ... will be "an action-oriented think tank that [lays] the foundation for a new foreign...

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Sheila Burke and Simon Stevens to Join Commonwealth Fund Board of Directors

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08/22/2013

... of the Affordable Care Act are implemented and as the foundation seeks to promote delivery system reforms that will ... Commission, and she was on the board of the Kaiser Family Foundation from 1999 to 2008...

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The Burke Foundation Awards Support to Help Young Children and Families Thrive

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01/21/2021

The Burke Foundation Awards Support to Help Young Children and Families ... The Burke Foundation seeks to improve this situation by funding the most promising and transformative programs and .....

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Living Cities Board Commits To Fund Racial Equity Centered Mission

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02/27/2020

... institutions have committed to harness their collective resources to support local communities. Unlike previous ... change," said Maria Torres-Springer, Vice President for US Programs at the Ford ...

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New York Women's Foundation Fund for the MeToo Movement and Allies Awards Grants to 8 Groups

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10/15/2018

New York Women's Foundation Fund for the MeToo Movement and Allies Awards ... 8 Groups Eight groups across the nation have been awarded funding from the New York Women's Foundation for...

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Abby Youngblood Joins North Star Fund as Food and Environment Program Officer

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08/01/2012

... which is a philanthropic organizing project providing resources and networking opportunities for funders in the New ... has ten years of experience working on food systems issues . Before joining North Star,...

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Commonwealth Fund President Karen Davis to Step Down at End of 2012

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01/02/2012

... debate and to the implementation of those reforms. The foundation is extremely fortunate to have had Karen at its ... as Fund president, Tallon pointed to areas in which the foundation has made a difference...

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Open Society Foundations Announce 2022 Soros Equality Fellows

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11/09/2022

... the United States, the 12 fellows will take on a range of issues at the core of Open Society’s work advancing racial ... Fellows will be working on: multimedia educational resources on race and equity in...

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The Business of Philanthropy: “Exit Interviews” with Former and Departing Foundation CEOs

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06/30/2011

By Richard Smith, President, The Pinkerton Foundation How has the increasing influence of the tools and ... a total embrace of a culture so reliant on numbers make us better? Measurement, by itself, is neither...

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Moody’s Corporation Provides $1 Million in Funding for COVID-19 Relief

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03/26/2020

Moody’s Corporation Provides $1 Million in Funding for COVID-19 Relief NEW YORK--( BUSINESS WIRE ... where Moody’s operates, including: Global: UN Foundation ’s COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund ... The company...

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The Power of Partnerships: 25 Years of the Mayor’s Fund to Advance New York City

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07/24/2019

... walks of life. I came to the Mayor’s Fund from the foundation world, where I’d had a bird’s-eye view of both ... New Yorkers from various walks of life to the vital public resources they deserve in safe and...

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McNulty Prize Catalyst Fund Awarded to Emerging Organizations Challenging Entrenched Inequities

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10/14/2020

... New York, NY, October 14, 2020 ––The McNulty Foundation and the Aspen Institute announced the 2020 ... to advance an anti-racist and equitable vision in the US , to incubating a social entrepreneurship...

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03 Oct 2025

Investing in Change: Foundation Support for Lobbying and Other Advocacy

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1:00pm to 3:00pm

Virtual via Zoom

... This comprehensive workshop will delve into the nuances of foundation engagement in advocacy. We'll explore how ... such as: How can your foundation advocate effectively on issues like...

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29 Jan 2016

School Funding: The Road to Equity for NYC

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9:45am to 12:00pm

... New York City’s public schools includes a call for more funding . Yet, we rarely discuss where the funding comes from, the history of advocacy for more funding ... Senior Vice President of...

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Newsmakers: Darren Walker, President, Ford Foundation

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12/23/2013

... Darren Walker became the tenth president of the Ford Foundation . Before coming to Ford, where he was vice ... a long-distance runner when it comes to addressing social issues like poverty. Today, we face some...

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