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Afua Atta-Mensah, Executive Director of Community Voices Heard, Says "Basebuilding is a Contact Sport"

Release Date:

06/22/2017

Afua Atta-Mensah, Executive Director of Community Voice Heard, tells funders in this PHIL Talk that "basebuilding is a contact sport... change movements are built by a small cadre of people."

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NY Community Trust, Mellon, Ford Among Supports of New York Live Arts 2017-2018 Season

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07/03/2017

New York Live Arts, under the artistic leadership of MacArthur Genius Award and National Medal of Arts awardee Artistic Director Bill T. Jones and Associate Artistic Director Janet Wong, announced the organization's 2017-2018 season.

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Arts

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New York Foundation Welcomes Altaf Rahamatulla as Program Officer

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08/04/2017

Altaf Rahamatulla comes to New York Foundation from the Ford Foundation where he served as a program associate on the Gender, Racial, and Ethnic Justice team.

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30 Oct 2017

Census 2020 - Time to Act - A Webinar Hosted by United Philanthropy Forum

Monday, October 30, 2017 -

1:00pm to 2:00pm

"If you underfund the Census, you get an undercount," says Kenneth Prewitt, who directed the bureau during the 2000 Census.

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The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts Teams Up With Lin-Manuel Miranda to Aid Puerto Rico

Release Date:

10/18/2017

The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts and the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation are teaming up with theater impresario Lin-Manuel Miranda to donate $300,000 to Puerto Rico relief efforts in the wake of Hurricane Maria.

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The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts

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Disaster Relief

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Ana Marie Argilagos Named HIP’s New President

Release Date:

12/15/2017

Hispanics in Philanthropy announced today that its board of trustees has unanimously chosen Ana Marie Argilagos as the organization’s president. Ana Marie, currently a senior advisor at the Ford Foundation, will succeed Diana Campoamor, HIP’s...

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Hispanics in Philanthropy

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Ford Foundation Appoints Hilary Pennington as Executive Vice President

Release Date:

01/19/2018

... make the foundation more effective at serving the organizations on the frontlines of social change." Pennington ... capacity and sustainability of up to 300 social justice organizations around the world...

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Trinity Joins Brief Filed in Support of Dreamers

Release Date:

01/29/2018

... in our neighborhood, Trinity joined 86 other religious organizations that recently filed an amicus curiae brief ... by forcing committed members of their congregations and organizations to leave the country or...

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Trinity Church Philanthropies

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Immigration

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Arcus Foundation's Andrea Marra Announces Challenge to State Senator Jose Peralta

Release Date:

02/08/2018

... has lived in Jackson Heights since 2009 and has worked for organizations such as Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against ...

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LGBTQ

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Open Society Foundation Creates $10 Million Fund for Rohingya

Release Date:

04/03/2018

On the eve of the South Asian monsoon season, the Open Society Foundations have announced the creation of a $10 million emergency assistance fund to help Rohingya people displaced from Myanmar and their host communities in Bangladesh.

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02 May 2018

New York City Schools: Is Integration Necessary?

Wednesday, May 2, 2018 -

12:00pm to 1:30pm

Please join Philanthropy New York’s Committee on Equitable and Inclusive Philanthropy (CEIP) for a brown bag lunch session to discuss school segregation.

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Roundtable Discussion

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All Funders

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

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Children, Youth and Families

Education

Bloomberg Philanthropies Expands Arts Innovation and Management Program

Release Date:

05/11/2018

... programming of more than 200 small and midsize cultural organizations within seven cities: Atlanta, Austin, ... 2011, AIM has helped more than 500 small and midsized organizations in all creative disciplines,...

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Arts

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Arcus Foundation Funds a New Partnership to Reduce Poverty and to Protect the Endangered Bonobo Population In the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Release Date:

05/21/2018

... security. This first-of-its kind project unites the two organizations in a dual mission to improve the livelihoods of ...

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United Hospital Fund Releases Report With Observations from New York City’s Partnerships for Early Childhood Development Initiative

Release Date:

07/12/2018

... York City health systems with one or more community-based organizations each screened 5,534 very young children and ...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Health

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United Hospital Fund

Ford Foundation President, Darren Walker to Receive 2018 Director’s Award

Release Date:

07/30/2018

... for his inspiring leadership and unwavering support of organizations across all spheres of influence who are working ...

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Dodge Foundation Awards $3.8 Million to New Jersey Nonprofits

Release Date:

08/13/2018

... announced grants totaling nearly $3.8 million to nonprofit organizations in the state working in the areas of the arts, ...

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Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation

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Ford Foundation’s Build Initiative is Hitting Its Stride

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08/14/2018

... survey data from grantees, and emerging anecdotes from organizations that are planning for long-term change and ...

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Wallace Foundation Names New Director of Arts, Bahia Ramos

Release Date:

08/16/2018

... initiative, Wallace is working with 25 performing arts organizations to develop practical insights into how arts organizations can successfully expand their audiences in ways ...

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Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Foundation Supports Play in Michigan Schools

Release Date:

08/22/2018

... kids in 153 schools and out of school time youth serving organizations in Southeast Michigan to experience safe and ... schools. Over 1,095 school staff and other youth serving organizations in both...

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