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Century Foundation Fellow on Legacy Admissions Begetting Educational Inequality

Release Date:

07/29/2016

... on Legacy Admissions Begetting Educational Inequality At many universities that have eliminated legacy preference, alumni have still continued to donate in large numbers. For example, ... actually witnessed an...

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Education

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Sample Job Descriptions: Philanthropic Advisors

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09/2013

... on PNY's Jobs Board . We update our sample job description resources as we post new positions on our site. Sample Job .....

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HR & Operations Staff

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"Unveiling the Illusion: How DEI Roles Echo the 'Magical Negro’ trope in Philanthropy

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03/01/2024

... “You seem to have a much better grasp on this than I do. Why don’t we make YOU the hero of the story?” In the case ... their strategies require reckoning with past harms or still extant inequities in the...

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Young Black Males and the Urgency of Now

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11/26/2012

... odds while too often ignoring the fact that the odds are still overwhelmingly stacked against nearly half our ... philanthropy can and must play a leading role in investing resources in advocacy; in ensuring...

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All Funders

06 Jun 2012

Workforce Funders Quarterly Meeting: Innovative Approaches to Better Serve Youth and Young Adults

Wednesday, June 6, 2012 -

8:45am to 11:00am

... emphasis will be placed on new work to engage employers in growth areas of the economy and foster collaborations that ...

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Is Nonprofit Board Service Worth It? Reflections from a One-Time Skeptic

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01/16/2014

... their work. What I hadn’t fully anticipated were the many requests to serve on nonprofit boards. Early in my ... I think I’ve got a pretty full dance card. But why serve on nonprofit boards at all? I have...

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Governance

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Food Funders Working Group

... is a philanthropic organizing project that supports the growth of an equitable, ecologically sound, and economically ... New Jersey, and Connecticut. We provide information, resources , and networking...

Don’t Be A Stranger: Tips for Philanthropy on Distancing vs. Building Solidarity

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04/27/2021

... the lead of grassroots leaders to invest all necessary resources – including our time – to build a more ... so we can all do better as a sector. The nonprofits many of us fund can teach philanthropy so much...

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Edward W. Hazen Foundation (Closed)

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What World Do You Want to Live In?

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05/21/2015

... College of Professional Studies on May 15, 2015. Many years ago, one of those key people in my life, a ... – no doubt about it, but inequality and injustice are still very much with us. If you want to see how...

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Community Development

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Aetna Joins Corporate Effort to Save Hartford Financial and Psychological Slump

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03/15/2017

... is non-taxable, and the tax base is much smaller than many suburbs. The result is a serious structural problem. Of course, Hartford is also famously the home of top U.S. insurance companies, which are based in...

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Community Development

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History of U.S. Philanthropy

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08/2008

A brief history of U.S. philanthropy, along with key facts about philanthropy in New York.

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Hilton and American Express to Donate Up to 1 Million Rooms to Frontline Medical Professionals During COVID-19 Crisis

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04/06/2020

... who collectively represent more than 1 million healthcare workers to provide access to the program, designed to support ... on accommodations. “During this crisis, we have seen so many examples of medical...

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Disaster Relief

Health

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American Express

At Ford Event, de Blasio Says Cities Must Innovate Since Feds and State Won’t

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03/30/2016

... grapple with income inequality. “In the end, on so many issues of inequality and so many economic isues, cities have to innovate solutions, ... de Blasio said during the launch of the Inclusive Growth...

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Economic Security

How One Foundation Became The First (Trust-Based) Follower

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01/06/2021

... terms, what fundamentally is trust-based philanthropy? Why is it important to name “trust” at the core of this ... community and staff. Our role as funders is to provide resources to nonprofits and let them...

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