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World Education Services / WES Mariam Assefa Fund

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Impact Investing

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Economic Security

Immigration

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30 Jul 2014

Building Capacity in Isolated Neighborhoods

Wednesday, July 30, 2014 -

2:45pm to 5:00pm

... in the materials from this program? You can view the resources here . *Registration for this session is ...

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Panel

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Community Development

06 May 2015

Executive Assistants Network - Tech Trends

Wednesday, May 6, 2015 -

8:15am to 10:30am

... and tips pertaining to Microsoft Office How to navigate social media, particularly regarding our personal branding ...

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Network Building

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Executive Support Staff

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HR & Operations

29 Sep 2016

501(c)4s - Increasing Your Impact with Creative Grantmaking

Thursday, September 29, 2016 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

... to achieve its goals. Funders, investors, and social entrepreneurs are eager to go beyond traditional ...

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Professional Development

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Panel

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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

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Legal Issues

Public-Private Partnership With Ford, Surdna, Niarchos, Bloomberg, Mellon, and Rockefeller Award Placemaking Grants Totaling $11 Million

Release Date:

12/09/2016

... efforts to use the arts and culture to strengthen the social , physical, and economic fabric of local communities. ...

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Stavros Niarchos Foundation

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Arts

Community Development

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Ford Foundation

Surdna Foundation

Mellon Foundation

The Rockefeller Foundation

Bloomberg Philanthropies

Ford Foundation's Darren Walker on the Perils of Meritocracy

Release Date:

06/30/2017

... rags to American riches, romanticized not just the social and economic power of hard work, but also the power of ...

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Social Justice

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Ford Foundation

MasterCard Foundation Commits 100 million to Projects Within Its Young Africa Works Strategy

Release Date:

04/16/2018

... The move continues a trend of foundations, donors and social investors deepening their stakes in the continent’s ...

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Children, Youth and Families

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MasterCard Foundation

Newman's Own Foundation Announces New Class of Fellows

Release Date:

06/06/2018

... their careers to experience the world of philanthropy and social purpose," said Bob Forrester, President and CEO of .....

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Workforce Development

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Newman's Own Foundation

Bloomberg Philanthropies Announces 14 Finalists In The Running For Its 2018 Public Art Challenge

Release Date:

07/18/2018

... with proposals addressing a range of pressing issues and social themes such as community development, environmental ...

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Arts

Community Development

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Bloomberg Philanthropies

BNY Mellon Partners With Girls' Leadership Initiative on Stem Boot Camp

Release Date:

08/02/2018

... boot camps focused on how STEM can be used to solve global social problems, according to a news release. The curriculum ...

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Appointments & Transitions

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Gender Justice

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BNY

Ross Initiative in Sports for Equality Appoints Diahann Billings-Burford as New CEO

Release Date:

10/30/2018

... girl” is well-prepared for the challenge. RISE uses an alliance of sports leagues, organizations, athletes, ... professional leagues are making major contributions in social activism. That means there’s even...

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Pursuit Bonds, Funded by Inherent Foundation, Helps Provide Workforce Training for Disadvantaged New Yorkers

Release Date:

03/15/2019

... co-founder and the chief executive of Pursuit, a nonprofit social venture. “But there’s real skepticism about that ...

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Economic Security

Technology

Workforce Development

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Inherent Group, LLC

Pfizer Foundation Awards Grant to the Maryland Department of Health to Address Decreases in Childhood Vaccinations During COVID-19 Pandemic

Release Date:

07/21/2020

... across the state to ensure safety measures, such as social distancing, are firmly in place... Pfizer Foundation ...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Communications/Media

Health

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Pfizer

20 Oct 2021

Impact Investing, Picking Up Where Philanthropy Leaves Off

Wednesday, October 20, 2021 -

2:00pm to 4:00pm

... into more place-based investment into nonprofits and social enterprises that have not traditionally been able to ...

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Webinar/Teleconference

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Finance & Asset Management

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Impact Investing

PRIs and Effective Intermediaries

Release Date:

06/30/2015

... when SeaChange approached us last year about combining resources with a few other like-minded foundations by ... to structure NYPRI as a “club fund” which pools PRI resources , centralizes deal making, and...

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Insights

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Finance & Asset Management

Funding Area

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

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Altman Foundation

Advancing Black Philanthropy

Release Date:

08/22/2018

... the voice and leadership of Black folks in driving social change should be a top priority for all foundations ... my engagement in philanthropy, I offer some advice and resources for philanthropic institutions...

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Trinity Wall Street

13 Jul 2023

The Gendered Nature of Climate Change - A Webinar Hosted by CDP

Thursday, July 13, 2023 -

2:00pm to 3:00pm

... Akerkar , Director, Centre for Development and Emergency Practice (CENDEP) , Oxford Brookes University Jenna Wallace , ...

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Issue-Based

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Disaster Relief

“The City Where America Is Going to Find Herself Again”: A Funders Conversation with Mayor Mitch Landrieu

Release Date:

01/12/2011

... capital and capacity around a unified rebuilding plan and social justice concerns. Finally, they asked the foundations ...

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Insights

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26 Apr 2023

Preventing Youth Homelessness Series Webinar: Identifying Student Risks through Project Upstream - A Webinar Hosted by Funders Together to End Homelessness

Wednesday, April 26, 2023 -

2:00pm to 3:00pm

... shepherded Upstream from the beginning. Joining US-based research powerhouse, Chapin Hall, we will discuss what makes ... , Managing Director, A Way Home Canada Forrest Moore , Policy Fellow, Chapin Hall...

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Issue-Based

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Webinar/Teleconference

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

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Housing and Homelessness

08 Oct 2019

Edgar Villanueva: Why Indigenous Wisdom Is Essential to Strengthening Philanthropy

Tuesday, October 8, 2019 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

Are institutions that control wealth inherently broken? Are wealth and the systems by which it's distributed causing separation and hurt in our communities? How can wealth be used as a powerful tool of healing, love and belonging? Please join us for...

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Tools & Strategies

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Roundtable Discussion

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