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Surdna Foundation Appoints Melissa D’Arienzo, Miguel A. Santana, and Ommeed Sathe to its Board

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12/16/2022

... Ommeed Sathe to its Board New members bring expertise in social media, racial and social justice, and impact investing The Surdna Foundation ... communities across Southern California to advance racial,...

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38th Annual Meeting Recap: The Power of Participation

... discuss the importance of fun in engaging communities in social justice work, and the power of "spect-acting" in ... touched on the distrust of traditional media, the rise of social media as a...

20 Nov 2013

Changing the Narrative: Using Storytelling to Expand Your Foundation’s Impact

Wednesday, November 20, 2013 -

7:45am to 11:00am

Storytelling has been the buzz of social change circles for years. This forward-looking session ... new Working Narratives publication, “Storytelling and Social Change: A Strategy Guide for Grantmakers.” Starting...

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Proteus Fund President Meg Gage Steps Down, Paul Di Donato Will Be Interim President

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12/03/2015

... President Following decades of leadership and many social justice victories to her credit, Meg Gage has stepped ... service and commitment to both Proteus and the field of social justice philanthropy. Meg also...

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Freedom, Justice, and Immigrant Mentorships: Ford's Arts Strategy in Action

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10/23/2017

... Change fellowships all have a demonstrated commitment to social justice, and reflect a powerful diversity of ... Gund, underscores its commitment to generate meaningful social change through the arts. Ford...

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Surdna Foundation's Board Announces Phillip Henderson’s Departure

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11/14/2017

... fostering sustainable communities guided by principles of social justice. Ever nimble and flexible, Phil led us through ... and developed publications sharing our work in Social Justice, Multi-generational...

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Funding From Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Helps Find First Evidence of Transitive Inference in Lowly Paper Wasp

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05/14/2019

... neurons--as honeybees, but they exhibit a type complex social behavior not seen in honeybee colonies. University of ... biologist Elizabeth Tibbetts wondered if paper wasps' social skills could enable...

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Environment and Climate Change

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03 Oct 2019

Funder Roundtable: Supporting a Culture of Consent in Our Grantee Organizations

Thursday, October 3, 2019 -

9:00am to 11:00am

... philanthropy. Join this roundtable conversation of social justice funders to talk with your peers about our ... how to support grantees to create organizational and social justice movement culture that...

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Tools & Strategies

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Roundtable Discussion

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All Funders

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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

HR & Operations

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Social Justice

New President Selected to Lead the William T. Grant Foundation

Release Date:

03/01/2013

... will begin his tenure with the Foundation in September 2013 . He succeeds Robert C. Granger, who has served as ...

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Robert Rauschenberg Foundation Announces Inaugural Creative Director For Its Captiva Artists Residency

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05/01/2012

... to convert the compound and launch the pilot program in 2013 . “The development of an Artists Residency on the ...

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Arts

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15 Nov 2012

Putting a Human Face on the Fiscal Cliff for Nonprofits and Foundations: A Post-Election Reality Check with Tim Delaney

Thursday, November 15, 2012 -

7:45am to 11:00am

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

... be even worse if Congress fails to act before January 1, 2013 . If you read National Council of Nonprofits CEO Tim ...

19 Jun 2013

Infrastructure at Risk: How to Protect Public Investments from Stronger Storms and Tidal Surges

Wednesday, June 19, 2013 -

8:45am to 11:00am

... This subject was one of the most popular topics of the 2013 Philanthropy New York Annual Meeting, which included an ...

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03 Oct 2013

Service for Impact Working Group

Thursday, October 3, 2013 -

8:45am to 10:30am

... in corporate volunteerism from the highly anticipated 2013 Edition of CECP’s “ Giving in Numbers ” report. ...

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Milbank Memorial Fund Announces Board and Staff Appointments

Release Date:

11/01/2013

... Board of Directors and management team. At its October 15, 2013 meeting, the Board of Directors of the Fund elected Paul ...

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Who Are the One Million New Yorkers Still Without Healthcare?

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06/25/2014

... plans, and across a mix of age groups. From October 1, 2013 and through April 15, 2014, 960,762 New Yorkers enrolled ...

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Health

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Community Service Society of New York

Mediacracy — A Dialogue With Experts on the Troubled Intersection of Media and Democracy

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11/26/2013

Media Impact Funders recaps our PNY event on the fraught relationship between democracy and media and the critical role foundations play in ensuring that our media system serves our democracy.