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Vivian Tseng of The William T. Grant Foundation on Meeting this Moment (Part II): Unpacking Anti-Asian Racism

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03/31/2021

... but I suspect my concern for her safety will endure. How could it not? Amid mounting attacks on Asian elders and the ... experiences of Asian Americans first requires unpacking what Asian American means. The...

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Social Justice

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William T. Grant Foundation

Commentary: “Visibility” and Corporate Foundations

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10/22/2009

... we want to encourage a space where people can openly say what they want, an occasional commentator may feel ... I thought to myself that while private foundations need to do a better job of communicating their...

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Why Aren’t There More Nonprofit Leaders of Color?

Release Date:

04/28/2016

... also tackled this issue and there were very good resources available everywhere. At roughly the same time, we ... for free download on our website . We are not sure what we will find. But we do...

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Now is When Nonprofits Need Philanthropy the Most: Five Ways Funders Can Step Up

Release Date:

08/05/2025

... to recommit to our missions and protect civil society. We do not seek to dictate what other funders should do , but because we are such a ... frontline organizations and make the case for...

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Foundation for Child Development

Robert Sterling Clark Foundation

World Education Services / WES Mariam Assefa Fund

New York Foundation

The Scherman Foundation

The J.M. Kaplan Fund

Century Foundation Fellow Argues for an "Economic Fair Housing Act" to Combat Racial Zoning

Release Date:

08/04/2017

... for an "Economic Fair Housing Act" to Combat Racial Zoning Supreme Court rulings that outlawed racial zoning hardly ended racial .....

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Community Development

Economic Security

Housing and Homelessness

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The Century Foundation

Ripple Effects: How Can We Continue DACA’s Positive Impact?

Release Date:

01/23/2014

... individuals who lack only the educational requirement and could qualify by simply enrolling in an adult education ... funding for local community organizations that can do outreach in their respective...

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The New York Immigration Coalition

25 Jan 2024

Brooklyn’s Baddest: The Lasting Impact of Police Misconduct & Wrongful Convictions

Thursday, January 25, 2024 -

3:00pm to 4:30pm

... of clips from Brooklyn’s Baddest, and engage in conversation with exonerated New Yorkers and leaders focused on criminal legal reform . What will you learn? Ongoing work to expose and address...

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

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Justice Reform

Gun Violence, Advocacy, and Leadership

Release Date:

04/05/2018

... big brother, I take the job of telling my sister what to do very seriously. So when she starts giving me lessons in my ... day, she decided to move forward rather than retreat. What ...

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Milbank Memorial Fund

The New Parameters of Our Policy Work

Release Date:

12/15/2016

... approved by the Board in 2011 before we really began to do policy work and before our members began to ask us to take ... document on our website, this is the language delineating what types of issues we might...

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PNY News

18 May 2016

Can Failure Be a Success?: Dissecting the Rikers Social Impact Bond Experiment

Wednesday, May 18, 2016 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

... Divestment: When Is It Either-Or? Can My Foundation Do Both Well? May 18 – Can Failure Be a Success?: ... social impact bonds are about learning from and scaling what works, and discontinuing what...

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Justice Reform

12/16/2014 - Best Practices in HR Compliance - Surviving a Department of Labor Audit - PowerPoint Presentations

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12/2014

View related materials presented during the program, " Best Practices in HR Compliance - Surviving a Department of Labor Audit ."

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A Critical Catalyst: Lessons Learned from Hurricane Sandy

Release Date:

01/30/2013

... into a long phase of recovery, many new questions arise: what have we learned? What could we have done better? What must we keep in mind in ... messengers” and what...

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Actions Civics: Activating Young Citizens to Go Beyond the Ballot

Release Date:

07/03/2018

... a civic reckoning . Society is finally realizing what many academics and advocates have known for a long time, ... tragedy into a national campaign for comprehensive gun reform . Yet Parkland exemplifies a...

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Generation Citizen

Philanthropy Should Support Frontline Workers During Pandemic and Beyond - from Arabella Advisors

Release Date:

03/27/2020

... In the longer term, grant makers should put philanthropic resources toward bolstering regional supply chains that ... can help now by supporting the school fund that pays for what ’s not in the normal school...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Arabella Advisors

Beyond the Glass Cliff: Reimagining Executive Transitions in the Sector

Release Date:

04/06/2023

... President “I joined BoardSource grounded in a vision for what I hope the nonprofit ecosystem will be one day – a ... of hope for what these new leaders and their visions will do to transform...

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HR & Operations

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BoardSource

Research Studies: A Convener’s Best Friend

Release Date:

05/26/2020

... Part 2 of their 3-part Insights series. Read Part 1: Could the Rauch Foundation Change Long Island? Only by ... to an issue, but we discovered that, given time, it can do much, much more. In the course of a...

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Community Development

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The Rauch Foundation

This Is Not A Normal Grant Cycle Or A Time To Wait And See

Release Date:

02/21/2017

... the direction our president is taking America should do : 1. Give generously Civil rights organizations, public ... record as a donor, or the legacy you are pursuing, find resources to give to organizations...

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Arabella Advisors

Democracy Funders Collaborative Census Subgroup Pushes Census Turnout

Release Date:

05/09/2018

... plans and a general rise in an anti-immigrant sentiment could distort the results of the crucial once-a-decade ... Bureau to hire people to go door-to-door. An effort to do more of the count online is untested...

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

Ford Foundation

Groundswell Fund

Freedom Together Foundation

Mertz Gilmore Foundation

The Nathan Cummings Foundation

Open Society Foundations

Proteus Fund (NYC Office)

Rockefeller Family Fund

Rockefeller Brothers Fund

Silicon Valley Community Foundation

Tides

Unbound Philanthropy

Unitarian Universalist Veatch Program at Shelter Rock

Philanthropy Can Play a Role In Managing Student Debt Crisis

Release Date:

06/27/2016

... recent Philanthropy New York member briefing entitled Know What They Owe--Ensuring that New York’s Students Graduate College with Manageable Debt could recall a time when “getting in” was the goal. But .....

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Edwin Gould Foundation | EGF Accelerator

13 Jun 2023

Three Years Later, Funding Social Movements Matters More Than Ever (Two-Part Series: May 9 and June 13)

Tuesday, June 13, 2023 -

2:00pm to 3:30pm

... ) for peer-to-peer reflection and hands-on practice. What will you learn? A deeper understanding of the ... barriers that arise in supporting social movements Resources to catalyze conversations within...