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... and inclusive cities in the United States, Latin America, Africa , Asia and the Middle East. Briggs’s appointment ... the U.S. and other democracies — Brazil, India and South Africa — to lead change at the...

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2021 J.M.K. Innovation Prizes Awarded to 10 Initiatives With Standout Potential, Shared Community Focus

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11/16/2021

... participation in the Prize to date, and the submissions we received were more integrated and layered across our three ... with valuable tools, training, and capacity-building resources , in addition to crucial...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Toyota Named Among of World’s Best Companies on Addressing Water Concerns

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10/22/2015

... that are on the path to sustainably managing water resources . They are taking action to mitigate corporate ... Motor Company, (US) Harmony Gold Mining Co.Ltd, (South Africa ) Kumba Iron Ore, (South ...

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If You Want to Go Further – Invest in Advocacy

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03/20/2017

... changing skill requirements and variety of specific human resources needs. This paid off: the low-income program ... [2] . This leads us to the age-old question: If we know what works, why hasn’t government...

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The Case for Using a Social Justice Lens in Grantmaking

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09/18/2012

... combination of tactics such as policy advocacy, grassroots organizing , litigation and communications that together are ... communications; and the ability to mobilize additional resources over the long term?...

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United Hospital Fund Produces User-Friendly Data Sets to Advance Population Health in New York

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11/07/2014

... utilization of New York’s Medicaid beneficiaries. “ We created these data sets to fill a void we ’ve heard about time and again recently, especially from ... “While the data were already publicly available,...

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Banks that Actually Serve Communities, What a Novel Idea

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07/08/2014

... all revolved around one common theme: community control. We posited that the problem with finance today is that it has ... by having greater community control over finance itself. We discussed a wide variety...

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Roosevelt Institute

14 Apr 2016

Active Ownership vs. Divestment: When Is It Either-Or? Can My Foundation Do Both Well?

Thursday, April 14, 2016 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

An increasing sense of urgency about issues like climate change has upped the pressure on foundations and endowments to take a stand in their investment portfolios. For some, divestment, for example from fossil fuels, is the right choice.

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01 Nov 2016

Getting Your Board on Board with Impact Investing

Tuesday, November 1, 2016 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

Taking on impact investing often requires board approval. Yet impact investing is still quite new terrain for many board members. What’s the best way to engage board members so that they are supportive of the development of an impact investing...

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Lorelle Espinosa to Join Alfred P. Sloan Foundation as Director of Programs for Diversity in STEM Higher Education

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06/11/2020

... mentoring, and networking and professional development resources aimed at helping graduate students from ... effective partnerships that result in real change. We are excited that she will be joining the Sloan...

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26 Jun 2024

Grantmaking Equity Hour: Deepening Your Practice - A New Series for Programming Staff

Wednesday, June 26, 2024 -

12:00pm to 1:15pm

... to the processes and communications that bring them to the resources they need. During this conversation, participants ... they approach the movement of monetary and non-monetary resources to grantseekers...

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PNY Officially Endorses Principles for Good Governance and Ethical Practice

... Principles for Good Governance and Ethical Practice . We are now requesting member input on whether or not we should officially endorse these principles. PNY ...

Germany Provides One Example for Ending the Cycle of Homelessness to Prison

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04/18/2017

... excellent input in the Q&A portion of the program. We asked him to share some more of his thinking with a wider ... with justice-system involvement? The answer is yes. Before we discuss possible solutions...

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The David Rockefeller Fund

09 Jul 2014

Foundation Administrators Network Meeting: Managing Urgency in a 24/7 Work Environment

Wednesday, July 9, 2014 -

3:15pm to 5:00pm

... HR and operations professionals to share knowledge and resources , to test complex ideas with peers about ... or not it truly is. But this way of working means that we may not be putting our time, energy and...

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24 Sep 2014

Expanding Opportunities and Improving City Social Services Quality through a Career Ladder Approach

Wednesday, September 24, 2014 -

8:45am to 10:30am

... Pay Living Wages, and What is Philanthropy's Role? View resources from this program. The City of New York ... lower tier making inadequate wages. In this program, we will explore a unique opportunity to...

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UJA-Federation of New York Announces Additional $11 Million in Grants and Loans to Those Affected by COVID-19

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03/31/2020

... engagement opportunities to New Yorkers. “Ten days ago, we allocated over $23 million in our first wave of emergency ... immediate assistance —are at risk of running out of resources in just a few months,”...

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Children, Youth and Families

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UJA-Federation of New York

13 Mar 2017

The Roles of Arts & Culture in Addressing Islamophobia

Monday, March 13, 2017 -

8:00am to 6:00pm

... Arab and South Asian communities. In recent months, we have borne witness to a growing number of hostile acts ... in our communities Meaningful mechanisms that currently exist or can be adapted to magnify...