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Lessons on Movement Building

Release Date:

06/27/2018

... we can build stronger movements. More than ever, it seems our lives depend on this. In May, right before the images of ... Make the Road and our allies followed the youth, uniting behind a...

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Immigration

Hurricane Season is Here, Sandy is Not Over

Release Date:

10/31/2014

... its aftermath brought? “We can't talk about physical infrastructure without talking about social ... community organizations, who gathered around the launch of our research report From the Edge of...

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Disaster Relief

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North Star Fund

Ford Foundation Provides $1.5 Million in Emergency Funding to Puerto Rico

Release Date:

09/27/2022

... While basic needs are by definition crucial, we also need resources to think and implement a strategy that looks ... some places along the southern and eastern coasts. MASSIVE INFRASTRUCTURE DAMAGE: Wind...

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Ford Foundation

The New Nonprofit: A Model for Innovation Across Sectors

Release Date:

03/14/2013

... moderated by Darren Walker of the Ford Foundation. Our discussion identified three major ways these nonprofits ... the creation of 145 direct jobs throughout the state. The resources NYSCF provides allow the...

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RISE Together Fund, an Initiative of the Proteus Fund, Receives Largest Grant in the Rise Together Fund History

Release Date:

11/15/2022

... to do for them. I can share what I have with them to stand behind them as they speak and act for themselves.” After a ... years, will help RTF write its next chapter: fortifying our grantmaking to...

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Proteus Fund (NYC Office)

08 Dec 2021

New York City Workforce Funders Collaborative Quarterly Meeting

Wednesday, December 8, 2021 -

10:00am to 11:30am

... jobs during the pandemic are returning to a restructured labor market and jobs that demand digital fluency and new technical skills. How can the ... good jobs during this economic recovery. Explore Current...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Workforce Development

Thanu Yakupitiyage Appointed Program Officer, Sustainable Environments at the Surdna Foundation

Release Date:

04/27/2023

... Previously, Thanu served as the U.S. Communications Digital Director and interim U.S. Program Lead at 350.org, a ... within the climate justice movement, I am eager to shift resources to organizations and...

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Surdna Foundation

Ford Foundation Announces Four Promotions

Release Date:

04/03/2014

... leadership of the foundation’s work with the USDOE Labor Management Conferences and the Teacher Union Reform ... of the most significant intractable challenges for natural resources governance in the global...

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Ford Foundation

Innovations in Corporate Employee Engagement Programs

Publication date:

04/2012

Explore how employee engagement can be used as a powerful tool to build loyalty, develop talent, and increase the value of current relationships with nonprofit partners.

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Philanthropy New York

Sample Job Descriptions: Communications VP/ Director / Officer

Publication date:

11/2013

... were previously posted on PNY's Jobs Board . We update our sample job description resources as we post new positions on our site. Sample Job Descriptions: Communications VP/ .....

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Toward a New Gospel of Wealth

Release Date:

10/01/2015

... exploration of how we can harness and direct it to advance our mission. For us, what has unfolded is a process of ... First of all, no one in philanthropy has the independent resources to solve our...

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Community Development

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Ford Foundation

Steven Denning Joins the Board of the Markle Foundation

Release Date:

01/15/2019

... substantial expertise in transforming sectors through digital innovation, and his strong belief in the role of ... a force for public benefit will bring tremendous value to our work in reforming the ...

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John & Mary R. Markle Foundation

News Stories about Philanthropy and Hurricane Sandy Recovery

... After Sandy, Wireless Providers Resist Change Immigrant Labor Center Destroyed By Sandy Restored Sandy Victims ... may include buyouts Feds to give $250M to repair N.Y. roads wrecked by Superstorm Sandy Banks...

The Next Five Years: Three Reasons We Must Adapt

Release Date:

05/01/2018

... impact. While “Keeping Impact on Track” is still our core mission, our execution of that mission has evolved. Our work has expanded to include the promotion of risk ...

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Open Road Alliance

To Get a Railroad Project Moving Long Islanders Had to Pull Together

Release Date:

06/23/2020

... we could imagine, with leaders from non-profits, business, labor , educational and research institutions, and more. It ... data showing the region’s strengths and challenges. Our goals were ones that everyone...

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Community Development

Sample Job Descriptions: Chief Executive Officer (CEO) / Executive Director / President

Publication date:

10/2013

... were previously posted on PNY's Jobs Board . We update our sample job description resources as we post new positions on our site. Sample Job Descriptions: Chief Executive Officer .....

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The Rockefeller Foundation Invests in Satellite Data & AI to Accelerate Economic Development and Climate Resilience in Africa

Release Date:

08/29/2022

... the well-being of communities through a groundbreaking digital platform, which builds upon new research and publicly ... tools to measure how infrastructural developments such as roads , electricity systems,...

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International/Foreign Affairs

Technology

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The Rockefeller Foundation

Silent Killer: Sweltering Planet Braces For Deadly Heat Shocks

Release Date:

09/19/2017

... in a year's worth of rain in just a few days, it left behind an estimated $150 billion in damage to sodden homes ... U.S. disaster. Instead, that title may go to a largely unseen killer: rising...

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Environment and Climate Change

The Rockefeller Foundation Shares National COVID-19 Testing Action Plan

Release Date:

04/28/2020

... 20 million workers without income. And while locking down our economy is crucial for saving lives now, it has ... contact tracing; a testing data commons and digital platform to track Covid-19 statuses,...