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Leadership for Change: Will, Skill, and Courage

Release Date:

03/23/2023

... from Kathryn O'Neal-Dunham In her recently published report , " A Change Management & Deep Equity Primer ,” ... leadership and to build the skills and courage needed to practice leadership in...

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President's Message

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Leadership Development

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Transparency

Philanthropy New York Welcomes Stephanie Boarden as Chief of Staff

Release Date:

09/16/2021

... for racial equity in organizational culture and practice . And, she comes to this role having already ... Health program. Boarden has a background in public health, research , and program evaluation and has...

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The Rockefeller Foundation, Open Society Foundations, and The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Create New Multilateral Development Banks Challenge Fund To Increase Investment in Developing Countries

Release Date:

10/12/2022

... the changes needed in incentives, operating models, and uses of banks’ financial resources to enable evolution of these institutions. ... said Kalpana Kochhar, director of development policy...

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The Burke Foundation Awards Support to Help Young Children and Families Thrive

Release Date:

01/21/2021

... health outcomes in the short term and provide significant social and economic returns in the long term. These new ... Willis, M.D., Senior Fellow at the Center for the Study of Social Policy...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Health

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The Burke Foundation

Send Grad Students Our Way

Release Date:

02/18/2015

by Michael Hamill Remaley, SVP, Public Policy & Communications This piece was originally ... or Ph.D. program in public policy , government, social work or related field of study for a two-...

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PNY News

17 Jun 2009

Challenges & Needs of African-American Girls in NYC & Strategies for Making a Difference

Wednesday, June 17, 2009 -

8:30am to 11:00am

... Girls for a briefing and dialogue on the recently released report , “Black Girls in New York City: Untold Strength & ... by Dr. Avis Jones-DeWeever of the Institute for Women’s Policy Research...

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Network Building

Ford Foundation Appoints Noha El-Mikawy to Lead Its Middle East and North Africa Office

Release Date:

01/02/2012

... Governance Centre. Currently, she serves as the Governance Practice Leader for the Arab States Region. In this role, she provides policy and technical advice to 18 country offices, manages ... Cairo. She also...

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Every Person Counts: Why the Census Must Be Rescued

Release Date:

08/08/2018

... inclusive, connecting impoverished communities with the resources they need, and so much more. But none of that ... and improving our democracy. Today, our country uses census data to apportion congressional...

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Freedom Together Foundation

Ford Foundation Appoints Samantha Power to Board of Trustees

Release Date:

10/19/2020

... Power is currently the Anna Lindh Professor of the Practice of Global Leadership and Public Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School, and William D. Zabel ... Ford Foundation’s profound impact on human rights and...

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The Reckoning Philanthropy Needs Right Now

Release Date:

08/11/2021

... and Marlon Williams, Vice President of Collaboration and Policy , Philanthropy New York. If you have attended a ... debates around Critical Race Theory , a body of academic research that shows how policies...

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PNY News

The Century Foundation Welcomes New Trustees Sonal Shah and Damon Silvers

Release Date:

09/25/2015

... they bring decades of rich experience in public service, social innovation, and economics to TCF. Sonal Shah is ... administration. Damon A. Silvers is the director of policy and special counsel for the AFL-...

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Community Development

Economic Security

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For Women, the World Remains an Extremely Dangerous Place

Release Date:

03/11/2015

... jurisdiction. The ICC has, however, adopted a detailed policy paper prioritizing sexual and gender-based crimes. ... United Nations, countries, and donors must invest far more resources and energy into...

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Health

Gender Justice

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Open Society Foundations

Nudge Your Grantmaking: Applying Behavioral Science Insights to Enhance Program Impact

Release Date:

12/13/2017

... economic theory and many of our guiding assumptions in social program development. In Thaler’s words: “In order ... and choices. Behavioral science draws on empirical research from psychology, neuroscience,...

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Insights

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

United Hospital Fund Establishes Learning Collaborative with Altman Foundation and NY Community Trust

Release Date:

03/08/2017

... or improve on efforts to screen children ages 0-5 for social and environmental risks that interfere with healthy ... participating hospitals and community organizations with resources , training, technical...

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Health

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Altman Foundation

The New York Community Trust

06 Feb 2019

The Fight for a Fair Vote - A Food for Thought Conversation

Wednesday, February 6, 2019 -

12:00pm to 2:00pm

... and closure of polling sites – the implementation of policy that better reflects a changed and changing America is ... How can philanthropy support the fight for a fair vote? Resources Links to articles...

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Roundtable Discussion

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All Funders

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Arcus Foundation's Support of Mighty Earth Has Major Impact on a Destructive Cacao Industry

Release Date:

03/29/2018

... focused on great ape and gibbon conservation (and LGBT social justice), supports a project that may finally alter ... group—is part of the nonprofit Center for International Policy in D.C. It was incubated by...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Arcus Foundation

Schott Foundation, Race Forward, and NYU's Metro Center Announces First Grants to Support Anti-Racist, Culturally Responsive Schools and Defend Against Attacks on Public Education

Release Date:

04/06/2022

... brings together this unusual alliance of a foundation, policy shop and movement builder to support family and youth ... should ensure that these multiracial groups have the resources to fight back against...

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Education

Social Justice

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Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Philanthropies

Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Announces $20 Million Natural Climate Solutions Initiative

Release Date:

09/11/2018

... carbon and effectively mitigate climate change. Recent research reveals that forests, grasslands, agriculture and ... best practices, business models and markets, finance and policy approaches, and...

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Member News

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Environment and Climate Change

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Doris Duke Foundation

07 Jun 2023

New York State Redistricting – the Good the Bad and the Ugly - A Webinar Hosted by the New York State Census Equity Fund

Wednesday, June 7, 2023 -

10:00am to 11:00am

... used as an incumbent-protection program. To combat this practice , New York voters approved an amendment to the State ... mandated a series of public hearings but provided no resources for community...

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Livestream

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All Funders

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Census 2020

Civic Engagement

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation's Imagine a New Way transformation launches with new grants

Release Date:

04/09/2021

... Justice , a statewide membership-based coalition which uses the power and strength of its member organizations to ... Institute’s cutting-edge work is focused on providing policy solutions that empower people...