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After a Gay Rights Victory, a New Challenge for Grantmakers

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07/10/2013

... homophobia. When I resided in Philadelphia, the reputed city of brotherly love, in the 1970s, the city ’s first LGBT organizations opened their doors. They ...

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Program Overview: Money and Power in Post-Election America

... Philanthropically and Politically An After-Dinner Dialogue What motivates Americans from diverse backgrounds and ... philanthropists and political donors on why they give, what has motivated their actions, how...

13 Jan 2016

Local to Global: Efforts to Address the Increasing Prevalence of Teen Girl Suicide

Wednesday, January 13, 2016 -

9:15am to 11:15am

Recent data from the World Health Organization (WHO) indicates an ... availability and quality of mental healthcare in New York City and throughout different regions of the world. ...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Gender Justice

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31 Jan 2024

Rapid Response Funder Call: Understanding the U.S. Supreme Court Johnson v Grants Pass Case - A Webinar Hosted by Funders Together to End Homelessness

Wednesday, January 31, 2024 -

12:00pm to 1:00pm

... in decades. At its core, this case will decide whether cities are allowed to punish people for things like sleeping ... narrative, advocacy, and power building efforts. What will you learn? An overview of...

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Housing and Homelessness

Supported by Rockefeller, MIT Competition Finalist Provides A Solution For India’s Farmers

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09/26/2016

... through a network of licensed community agents, capturing data to recommend the best solutions for smallholder farmers ...

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The Rockefeller Foundation

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Food Systems

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Gates Commits $20 Million to Women's Groups

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09/21/2017

... of its international development work, collecting data on things like vaccines and agricultural techniques to ...

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International/Foreign Affairs

Philanthropy New York Leadership Transition

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06/24/2020

... Community Foundation, about the search process. And what is next for me? For now, I am focused fully and solely ... challenge where I feel I can make a worthy contribution. What I can easily commit to right...

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PNY News

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Philanthropy New York

Podcast: A MasterCard Plan for Financial Inclusion

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08/21/2017

... Growth, discusses how the credit-card company is utilizing resources and expertise from across its operations to address ... the center is deploying MasterCard’s technology, data , and networking capabilities,...

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Economic Security

Mastercard Center for Inclusive Growth

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Mexican Women Stand Up to Cyberattacks and Vicious Digital Violence

Release Date:

09/08/2017

... in 2013 and launched Ciberseguras as a blog to share resources to combat online abuse. While the problem was ... 50 million social network users. There is no national data on the prevalence of online...

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Gender Justice

Newman's Own Foundation Forms Native American Nutrition Cohort

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05/08/2018

... is especially severe among this population. Recent data suggest that 23% of Native households don't have access to adequate food due to lack of money or other resources . Insufficient access to fresh and...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Food Systems

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Newman's Own Foundation

09 Dec 2010

Shareholder Activism: Changing Corporate Behavior

Thursday, December 9, 2010 -

7:30am to 11:00am

... a major polluter, would you ask it to clean up its ways? What about a company that repeatedly violated safety laws or ...

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Issue-Based

14 Sep 2017

Time of Opportunity: Best Practices in Summer Learning (Part 2)

Thursday, September 14, 2017 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

... of the most significant causes of the academic achievement gap between low-income students and their higher income ... learning can be best structured to meet student needs What sorts of publicly and privately...

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How Can We Apply a “Lens” That Doesn’t Distort?

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12/17/2014

... need to make inferences about the best use of limited resources based on what is known about the populations exhibiting the greatest ...

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Invest in Your Brand Endowment for Exponential Returns

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11/22/2016

... endowment you should consider: your brand endowment. What is a brand endowment? It's your organization's bank of .....

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Insights

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The Rockefeller Foundation

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Stonewall Community Foundation

Every Funder Has a Stake in This

Release Date:

04/19/2017

... to begin to focus on the best ways to leverage our resources to increase access to voting, deepen public ... The June 16 convening, will focus on questions including: What are the barriers to greater public...

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PNY News

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Civic Engagement

Nathan Cummings Foundation Announces Revised Funding Areas

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08/02/2016

... a reconnecting with the work of the last 25 years and what the world calls us to do now. We are enormously grateful ... us to remain bold and forward-thinking as we explored what climate change and inequality...

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Environment and Climate Change

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The Nathan Cummings Foundation

The Back-of-the-Envelope Guide to Communications Strategy

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09/12/2017

... But starting this process presents some challenges. What ’s the first step? And how can you help others in your ... scrappy, and accessible to everyone on your team. So what ’s the busy, frustrated strategist to...

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Appointments & Transitions

Three Prominent Foundation Leaders Join Foundation Center Board of Trustees

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04/20/2015

... Lewis joined the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation in New York City as president in 2013. The Mellon Foundation makes grants ... is a senior advisor to the Ford Foundation's Just Cities and Metropolitan...

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Community Development

Education

Health

Workforce Development

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Mellon Foundation

W.K. Kellogg Foundation

The Rockefeller Foundation and Mastercard Announce Grants to Streamline Access to Benefits for 5 Million People Living in Poverty

Release Date:

10/21/2019

... today they are awarding transformative grants to Benefits Data Trust (BDT) totaling $7.5 million to improve health and ... lives of millions of people across the country." "Benefits Data Trust...

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