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Dear Fellow Funders: No More Statements on Racial Equity Please (Until You Publish “The Receipts”)

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09/23/2021

Funders should commit to tracking and publicly sharing a few basic diversity, equity and inclusion metrics.

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Transparency

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Arbor Rising

PNY Announces New Racial Equity Working Group

Release Date:

12/02/2021

... commitment to ensuring that a structure exists to curate resources and support equity work within philanthropy, ...

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The Rockefeller Foundation Invests in Satellite Data & AI to Accelerate Economic Development and Climate Resilience in Africa

Release Date:

08/29/2022

... analytics models, and software platforms to guide complex policy and investment decisions. "For more than a decade, the ... dynamic and practical understanding of how constrained resources can best...

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International/Foreign Affairs

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Technology

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The Rockefeller Foundation

Beyond Divestment: Decarbonizing Our Investment Portfolio - New Report from The Rockefeller Brothers Fund

Release Date:

02/02/2023

... and practices that can enable meaningful climate policy and to transform violent conflict that is both driven ... weather-related migration and competition for natural resources . The 2023-24 budget approved...

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Finance & Asset Management

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Environment and Climate Change

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Rockefeller Brothers Fund

06 Mar 2025

POSTPONED Using Philanthropic Assets beyond Grantmaking: Shareholder Engagement as a Tool to Drive Change

Thursday, March 6, 2025 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

... opportunities, including practical tools, strategies, and resources to complement the work of partners on the ground ...

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Workforce Development

19 Mar 2025

Building People Power & People's Budgets in NYC: A Briefing With The People’s Plan

Wednesday, March 19, 2025 -

2:00pm to 4:00pm

... and fight for more, both for a People’s Budget that puts resources where they’re needed most, and for a more ... attend? All interested funders in grantmaking, public policy , and related roles. What to expect...

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02 Jun 2025

Stronger, Smarter + Louder Together: A Report From New York's Statewide Power Fund

Monday, June 2, 2025 -

10:00am to 12:00pm

... discuss how the fund used a power-shifting process to move resources to emerging and growing coalitions. What will you ... attend? All interested funders in grantmaking, public policy , and related roles. What...

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To Get to the Good, You Gotta Dance With the Wicked

Release Date:

09/19/2013

... of the Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund — respond to a recent SSIR article on how the nonprofit sector sets its goals and achieves impact. In their recent article, “When Good Is Not Good Enough” (Stanford ...

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Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund

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New Gifts Offer Clues on Bloomberg’s Philanthropic Direction

Release Date:

02/27/2014

Bloomberg Philanthropies' annual letter and its recent grants - including a $10 million initiative to prevent ... will focus next, reports The Chronicle of Philanthropy. Recent grants by Michael Bloomberg’s...

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

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Bloomberg Philanthropies

Weinberg Foundation Approves $400,000 in Emergency Response Funding for 10 Baltimore Nonprofits

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05/14/2015

... nonprofits – current Weinberg grantees – following recent unrest and violence in Baltimore City. “Based on ... individuals, youth, families, and seniors impacted by the recent events,” said Rachel Garbow...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Community Development

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The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation

MetLife Foundation Noted Among Funders of Arts and Justice Initiative

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07/19/2017

Carnegie Hall recently announced that its Weill Music Institute and the Los Angeles-based Arts for Incarcerated Youth Network have partnered to launch a national initiative focused on the "intersection of arts and youth justice."

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

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Arts

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MetLife

Building a Movement to Advance Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in Philanthropy

Release Date:

07/25/2013

D5 Coalition Director Kelly Brown talks about their 2013 State of the Work Report and how it can help institutions at all levels of engagement learn more about effective best practices and policies for increasing diversity, equity and inclusion in...

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These Days Everyone Can Be A Communicator…But Is That Enough?

Release Date:

01/12/2012

... New York's new Vice President of Communications & Public Policy , Michael Hamill Remaley, discuss the changing .....

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Philanthropy New York

Gender Lens on Poverty Primer

Publication date:

12/2013

... for women. Compiling the research of leading scholars and policy thinkers, the primer highlights the realities and ...

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Report

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Economic Security

Gender Justice

Anti-Poverty Research Study Launched in NY

Release Date:

05/18/2014

... based on their work with the Community Advocates Public Policy Institute in Wisconsin. This is the first time UI will ...

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UJA-Federation of New York

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Religion

Social Justice

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Tech Companies Lead the Way on Paid Family Leave, and the Rest of the Country Should Catch Up - Century Foundation Study

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11/13/2015

When it comes to paid family leave, the United States has a dismal record. But one industry is leading the way on family leave policies: the technology sector.

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Children, Youth and Families

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Gender Justice

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The Century Foundation

With Support from Citi Foundation, Report Highlights Innovative Education Development

Release Date:

11/30/2016

... and the Center for an Urban Future selected the 15 urban policy reforms after conducting hundreds of interviews with mayors, agency chiefs, policy experts, academics, business leaders, labor unions and ...

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Education

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US Trust Study Finds Small Foundations Honing Strategies for Greater Impact

Release Date:

02/03/2017

... respondents saying they have a formal conflict of interest policy in place, up from 30 percent in 2005, and 78 percent saying they have an investment policy statement, up from 52 percent... US Trust Study...

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Bank of America Private Bank

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William T. Grant Foundation Supports Research on How Social Context Shapes School Choice for Inner-City Students

Release Date:

02/10/2017

High school choice policies attempt to improve the educational outcomes of poor and minority students by allowing access to high schools beyond neighborhood boundaries.

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