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Jacqueline Jones Named President of Foundation for Child Development

Release Date:

07/01/2014

... administration, Dr. Jones -- well known for her work in policy , research and practice – served as senior adviser on ... Education, and as the first Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and Early Learning at...

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Appointments & Transitions

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Foundation for Child Development

Heintz Named To NonProfit Times Power & Influence Top 50 List

Release Date:

08/01/2014

... Burke who wrote, "Justice itself is the great standing policy of civil society, and any eminent departure from it, ... any circumstances, lies under the suspicion of being no policy at all.".....

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Environment and Climate Change

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Rockefeller Brothers Fund

Ford Foundation Partners with Mozilla to Draw Young Engineers into Nonprofit Sector

Release Date:

09/30/2014

... Google and Facebook, Mozilla believes building good public policy around technology means attracting more technologists ... to put young engineers in a position to affect how tech policy , particularly when it...

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Technology

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Ford Foundation

08 Dec 2014

New OMB Guidance on Indirect Costs: What It Does and Why It Matters - Webinar

Monday, December 8, 2014 -

1:00pm to 3:00pm

... Presenter David Thompson, Vice President of Public Policy , National Council of Nonprofits Designed for All ...

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Foundation for Child Development-Backed Research Examines the Effects of Discrimination on the Children of Immigrants

Release Date:

09/10/2015

... papers coming out over the next two weeks, the Migration Policy Institute’s National Center on Immigrant Integration Policy examines the effects of discrimination on the children ...

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Children, Youth and Families

Immigration

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Foundation for Child Development

When Integrating A School, Does It Matter If You Use Class Instead Of Race? (Century Foundation)

Release Date:

02/29/2016

... new budget, reviving an idea that hasn't gotten much policy attention in decades: diversity in public schools. If .....

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Education

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The Century Foundation

NY Women’s Foundation President and City Council Speaker Announce $20M More for Young Women’s Initiative

Release Date:

05/16/2016

... – including community-based organizations, advocates, policy experts and young women themselves – to inform how ...

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Gender Justice

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The New York Women's Foundation

PhilTV This Week: Feb. 3, 2017

Release Date:

02/07/2017

... in New York The Search is On for PNY’s Next Public Policy Fellow PhilTV This Week: Feb. 3, 2017 ...

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PhilTV This Week

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

How to Improve Diversity in Corporate America

Release Date:

08/29/2017

... like democracy and diplomacy — both in terms of public policy and on the business front. How to Improve Diversity in ...

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Corporate Social Responsibility

Google Critic Ousted From Think Tank Funded by the Tech Giant

Release Date:

08/30/2017

... what can happen when a tech giant that shapes public policy debates with its enormous wealth is criticized. The ... money helped to establish New America as an elite voice in policy debates on the American...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Trump Plans to Phase Out DACA, Administration Officials Say

Release Date:

09/05/2017

... Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals immigration (DACA) policy , according to two administration officials. According ... to the two administration officials, here’s the policy to be announced later today:...

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Immigration

Ms. Foundation Centers Black Women, Nonconforming People and Fem(me)s in Campaigns for Expanded Sanctuary Cities

Release Date:

09/15/2017

As the Trump Administration plans immigration raids and continues attacks on DACA youth, immigrants, and multiple vulnerable populations, the Ms. Foundation for Women is calling for the expansion of sanctuary policies at the local level to center...

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Gender Justice

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Ms. Foundation for Women

A Think Tank To Benefit Farm Animals

Release Date:

09/27/2017

... $2. A rotisserie chicken costs $4.99 at Costco. Government policy comes into play. Farmers get low-cost water. Cows, ...

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Food Systems

Here’s How the Trump Administration Is Quietly Undermining Food Safety

Release Date:

10/04/2017

... can’t find time?) After just nine months of controlling policy , he’s already gotten angry letters from almost every ... Food & Water Watch, STOP Foodborne Illness, Food Policy Action, and even the...

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Food Systems

William T. Grant Foundation Seeking Applications for Research Grants on Reducing Inequality

Release Date:

06/18/2019

The research grants programs support high-quality field-initiated studies that are relevant to policies and practices that affect the lives of young people ages 5 to 25 in the United States.

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RFPs Etc

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Children, Youth and Families

Economic Security

Education

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William T. Grant Foundation

Hearing More About c4s? You're Not Alone - Webinar Recording

Publication date:

05/2020

... How can funders create the best conditions for significant policy changes? Many funders are now adding c4 funding to their toolkit in order to move policy agendas forward. Is it right for your foundation? ...

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Audio/Video Recording

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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

Legal Issues

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Public Policy

18 Feb 2025

"Sing Sing": A Special Film Screening & Conversation on Art, Incarceration, and Systemic Change

Tuesday, February 18, 2025 -

4:00pm to 7:00pm

... in grantmaking, criminal legal reform, arts, public policy , and related roles. What to expect: film screening (1 ... The Tow Foundation Justice Reform Working Group Co- Sponsored By The Tow Foundation "...

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To Avoid Being a Supporter of the Status Quo, Ask “So What?”

Release Date:

01/27/2016

... they focus on income inequality, educational attainment, health outcomes, social development, or the various points ... more than incomes. Research conducted by the Economic Policy Institute, which has...

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Insights

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Citi Foundation

Race to the Top: What Grantmakers Can Learn from the First Round

Publication date:

06/2010

The nation's foundation community has provided critical financial and technical support to states applying for the first round of the U.S. Department of Education's "Race to the Top" education reform competition. Yet according to this issue brief from the Foundation Center, created from interviews conducted in March and April 2010 with foundation staff, education consultants, and government leaders who had guided the first-round application process in nine states, the success of future collaborations will depend on government including grantmakers in the development of new policies and...