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The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and the Flamboyan Foundation’s Arts Fund Announce Twenty Puerto Rican Writers Receive the Inaugural Letras Boricuas Fellowship

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11/16/2021

... Boricuas was created to identify, elevate, and amplify the voices of emerging and established Puerto Rican writers on ... and to submit applications in Spanish or English. About the Fellows Francisco Font...

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Mellon Foundation Announces Imagining Freedom, An Arts & Humanities Initiative Supporting Creatives and Thinkers Reenvisioning the Criminal Legal System

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02/15/2023

... prosecuted, or convicted of a crime; nearly half of all Americans have a relative who has been incarcerated; and ... artistic, cultural, and humanistic work that centers the voices and knowledge of people...

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For Board Orientation Book Communications 2023

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06/2023

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Mellon, Ford, Getty, and Terra Foundations Announce New $5M Initiative Designed to Advance Latinx Art in Museums

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02/13/2023

... this funding, we will encourage greater knowledge about contemporary art by Latinx artists, expand our network ... can happen when we have experienced and knowledgeable voices at the table. We are eager to...

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Leaders in Nonprofit Innovation Show How Power Dynamics in Philanthropy Are Shifting

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02/19/2020

... incarcerated queer man of color who seeks to amplify the voices of people who are most often ensnared by the justice ... is a crucible for catalytic change. According to Native Americans in Philanthropy, only...

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Closing the Queer Funding Gap

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07/21/2014

... only 24 cents goes to LGBTQ issues.” These scant resources are scattered among many community efforts. Of that ... As a philanthropic activist, I’ve long thought about what it would take to fill these funding...

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15 Oct 2018

Census Funders: Coordinating with NY Counts 2020

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3:00pm to 5:00pm

... regional philanthropic leaders working in partnership with national and local nonprofit, government and business ... statewide group of funders focused on advocacy. There are about two dozen foundations...

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30 Mar 2011

Trend or Tipping Point: Arts and Social Change Grantmaking

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8:30am to 11:00am

A Philanthropy New York Members Briefing , sponsored by the Nathan Cummings Foundation , Open ... are supporting arts-for-change work. Released by Americans for the Arts’ Animating Democracy program, the ... of...

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13 Mar 2017

The Roles of Arts & Culture in Addressing Islamophobia

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8:00am to 6:00pm

... and hate crimes against Muslim, Arab and South Asian communities. In recent months, we have borne witness to ... to be responsive to galloping need. The funders briefing will be a day of learning and...

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Ford Foundation Works to Promote Government Action on Income Equality

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11/18/2014

... show that it’s not an urgent issue for most people. Americans know economic inequality exists, but they ... messages that anti-poverty advocates use to raise urgency about the issue often fall flat. Typical...

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The New York Community Trust Awards Grants to 66 Nonprofits

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10/20/2022

... $140,000 to offer Arab, Middle Eastern, Muslim, and South Asian girls training in community organizing and give them ... $140,000 to assist young women of color in making their voices heard on issues ranging...

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Commonwealth Fund Names Joseph R. Betancourt, M.D., as Its Next President

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12/12/2022

... health. He will be among the first Latino heads of a national health care foundation. Previously, Betancourt led ... that has meant so much to me personally and to so many Americans over more than a century,”...

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Understanding Muslim America

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08/11/2011

Our February 14th members briefing —sponsored by the Daphne Foundation, the New York ... can promote tolerance and understanding for Muslim Americans in New York City and become better informed about...

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28 Feb 2017

BBB Charity Effectiveness Symposium XI: Driving Mission Through Changing Times

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8:00am to 12:00pm

... Mission Through Changing Times - Nonprofit Leadership Voices , Purposes and Priorities." Hear three stellar keynote ... society. Thought leaders will also share insights about nonprofit priorities and...

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Andrew W. Mellon Foundation's Monuments Project Supports Williamsburg Bray School project

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02/19/2022

... Project grants to date. “For far too long, crucial voices have been missing from the stories we tell about William & Mary’s past — and that of our nation,” ... and vice president for museums, preservation...

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To Be Brave and Radical in Arts Philanthropy

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02/20/2019

... what it would take for New York’s African, Latinx, Asian , Arab, and Native American (ALAANA) arts groups to ... to slow down, adjust our timeline, and allow space for new voices . We formed an advisory...

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Doris Duke Foundation

Will The City’s Cultural Plan Walk The Talk Of Equity?

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05/19/2017

... dollars are spent. Soon thereafter, the field buzzed about ways to change the City’s outdated funding model to ... two different things. How will the City ensure that more resources flow directly into and...

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Aisha Moodie-Mills Joins Brooklyn Community Foundation’s Board of Directors

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10/16/2019

... Moodie-Mills. “I’ve spent over two decades working in national politics and policy, and know firsthand that social ... was the first African American woman to lead a national LGBTQ organization in her role as...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies’ Greenwood Initiative Launches New Racial Wealth Equity Database

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09/15/2022

... and compare wealth data by race (Black, Hispanic, Asian , White, Other or multiple races), sex, age, education ... and addressed “the enormous obstacles that so many Black Americans have faced not only in...

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