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11 May 2023

“No Justice Without Love” & Community: A Roundtable Discussion on Criminal (In)Justice in NYC and How to Disrupt the System

Thursday, May 11, 2023 -

2:00pm to 4:30pm

... arrive at 2:00pm to participate in a guided tour of Ford Foundation Gallery’s latest exhibition, No Justice Without ... (Facilitator), Director of Justice Initiatives, Tow Foundation Who should attend? All...

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Why Philanthropy Should Help Strengthen Community Colleges

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04/17/2014

By Nicole Rodriguez Leach, Deutsche Bank Americas Foundation Research shows the increasing importance of the ... Executive Director of the Stella and Charles Guttman Foundation , who served as the moderator. The...

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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

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02 Oct 2014

How Philanthropy Can Act to Stop the Ebola Crisis

Thursday, October 2, 2014 - 1:00pm

The CDC estimates the number of Ebola cases could reach 1.4 million within just four months, in a worst case scenario. Join us for a timely conversation with the experts in the field.

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What Am I Doing Here?

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03/01/2016

... Eng, Vice President of Programs for New York Women’s Foundation , and Cynthia Rivera-Weissblum, President and CEO of Edwin Gould Foundation . I find both of them so inspiring, and it’s ...

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This Teen Pregnancy Program’s Tight Focus Is a Success

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05/02/2016

... Director for Child Well-being at the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation As we enter National Teen Pregnancy Prevention ... committed to child well-being, such as our own foundation , but also to those interested...

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Gender Justice

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What Post-9/11 Advocacy Can Teach Us about Fighting for Brooklyn Immigrant Rights Today

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01/30/2017

... Patankar, senior program officer at Brooklyn Community Foundation Re-posted with permission from the Brooklyn Community Foundation In 2002, I moved to Brooklyn's Flatbush/Midwood ... rights organizations...

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Ford-funded Study Points to Potential Security Weakness in Online Voting Registration Systems

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09/06/2017

... suggest that the government didn't invest enough money or resources into security," Yoo said. "But it's just the nature ... This research was supported with funding from the Ford Foundation...

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Two Emblematic Markers of Policy Progress

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10/24/2018

... need for a collaborative fund. The New York Women’s Foundation stepped up to fill that need by creating “ The ... collaboration. Patience, judiciously deployed resources and multi-sector relationship-building...

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As the South Goes: Philanthropy and Social Justice in the US South

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02/2013

Grantmakers for Southern Progress commissioned this report exploring how Southern and national funders support social justice work in the South; how local, regional and national foundations think and talk about social justice work in the South; and the major barriers and facilitating factors for foundations to support social justice work in that region.

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Diversity & Inclusion Action Kit

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04/2011

The 2011 Action Kit, designed around the Diversity Framework, Minnesota Council on Foundations' groundbreaking guidelines that frame the discussion of grantmakers' diversity practices around the four roles they play in a civil society, is intended to help foundations identify what steps they can take to advance diversity and inclusion.

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Increasing Impact, Enhancing Value: A Practitioner's Guide to Leading Corporate Philanthropy

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04/2012

What is the role of corporate philanthropy in business and society? This guide offers original field research and provides clear and practical paths forward for the future of the field and the role of corporate foundations, including a five element agenda for leaders of corporate foundations and giving programs to advance their practice and profession.

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Partnering With State Governments to Strengthen Families

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06/25/2013

Ford Foundation President Luis Ubiñas describes the Work Supports ...

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Reshaping the Business of Social Change

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06/20/2013

... pleased to have Monique Villa, CEO of the Thomson Reuters Foundation , discuss her organization’s unique approach to giving, the principles of shared value and the Foundation 's many initiatives geared...

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These Days Everyone Can Be A Communicator…But Is That Enough?

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01/12/2012

... Hamill Remaley, discuss the changing responsibilities of foundation communicators as digital and social media tools ... becomes increasingly important to successful foundation missions. These Days Everyone Can...

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Working with Grantees: The Keys to Success and Five Program Officers Who Exemplify Them

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05/2010

Successful foundation -grantee relationships hinge on the prowess of ... officers, whose abilities may vary widely within a single foundation . This research explores what grantees value in ...

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Staten Island after Sandy: A Funder Update

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04/10/2013

... Betsy Dubovsky, Executive Director of The Staten Island Foundation , update us on the relief efforts on Staten Island in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy and what her foundation and other organizations are...

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