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Building long-term partnerships with nonprofits to scale impact: Lessons from sustained funding relationships

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10/25/2021

... and help them grow. But while shared vision and mission are important, they are not everything. What are the elements ... doubled that user base to more than 20,000 members today. ...

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Lavelle Fund for the Blind

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Open Society Foundations Announce 2020 Puerto Rico Youth Fellows

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01/13/2021

... Rico Youth Fellows SAN JUAN—The Open Society Foundations are pleased to announce the 2020 recipients of the Puerto Rico Youth Fellowships, which support young Puerto Rican leaders working to elevate justice...

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Open Society Foundations

28 Apr 2021

Telling A New Coming of Age Story – A Workshop on Narrative Change

Wednesday, April 28, 2021 -

1:00pm to 3:00pm

Regardless of your funding area (youth, homelessness, education, immigration, etc.), narratives play a crucial role In advancing systems change. Some narratives, steeped in racial and social inequity, impede our work, perpetuating false choices in...

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Human Services

16 Jun 2016

Will Philanthropy Join In The Fight To Vote?

Thursday, June 16, 2016 -

8:30am to 11:00am

In the midst of this year’s presidential election , understanding the right to vote – and exercising ... era. Where and how does philanthropy fit in? What are the particular challenges faced by the voting rights...

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Public Policy

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Civic Engagement

For philanthropy, racial equity isn't enough: Why we've moved to redistribution to address the racial wealth gap

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10/14/2021

... partners, selected from among more than ninety proposals, are diverse in scope and geographic focus. They are working ... is essential because those who hold the bulk of ill-gotten resources...

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PNY is Headed to Capitol Hill - Learn More about Foundations on the Hill and Why We're Going

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02/16/2024

... networks together to collectively advocate for issues that are important to the philanthropic sector before Congress. It provides a centralized date and time to share resources with policymakers about the...

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How Philanthropists Can Play Politics

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09/24/2012

... have made—or plan to make—political contributions this election cycle but were looking for guidance. Our ... decisions. You can also support those organizations that are already knowledgeable about your issue...

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What More Can We Do?

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02/03/2021

... America. Nearly 70 percent of the borough’s residents are non-white. For our staff at the Brooklyn Community ... and who had been systematically denied the material resources to buffer them from the pandemic’s...

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Brooklyn Org

Elevating Philanthropy's Impact: Grassroots Leaders' Perspectives on Advancing Criminal Legal Reform and Sustaining Movement Support

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09/29/2023

... a reverberation that echoes through all our communities, making it imperative to explore how funders can better ... in this space often span multiple years, yet many grants are awarded for only one or two...

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Justice Reform

A Message from the Funders Census Initiative

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04/01/2020

... outreach operation is in full swing, self-responses are coming in (and being reported) daily, and despite the ... power and more than $1.5 trillion per year in federal resources , further marginalizing the...

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Census 2020

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Long Island Community Foundation

16 Nov 2015

Neighborhoods Count: Using Data to Transform High Poverty Neighborhoods

Monday, November 16, 2015 -

8:45am to 11:00am

... data be used more effectively to demonstrate whether they are making a difference ? Silo-ed programs may work at cross purposes ...

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Less Talking, More Doing: Operationalizing Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Philanthropy

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06/15/2016

... will explore how our implicit biases impact our decision- making , what steps can be taken to counter these biases ... have improved the sector’s understanding of where we are and what challenges remain as we...

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Edwin Gould Foundation | EGF Accelerator

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Reader's Digest Partners for Sight Foundation

Surviving COVID-19: 6 Recommendations for Nonprofits and Funders

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03/17/2020

... COVID-19: 6 Recommendations for Nonprofits and Funders We are in the midst of the 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and our lives are evolving on an almost daily basis. Industries globally ... their...

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Build Up Companies

23 Oct 2020

Philanthropy 101: So You're Working for a Foundation... Power and Your New Community

Friday, October 23, 2020 -

10:00am to 12:00pm

... for a Foundation... Power and Your New Community So you are working for a foundation. While the other parts of this ... People are drawn to the field of philanthropy to make a difference ...

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New Staff

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Appointments & Transitions

Getting Started with Philanthropy New York

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Noa Meyer Joins Brooklyn Community Foundation’s Board of Directors

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12/16/2016

... Brooklyn Community Foundation is pleased to announce the election of Noa Meyer to its Board of Directors, effective November 18, 2016 . Ms. Meyer is the Managing Director and Head of ...

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For Board Orientation Book Communications 2023

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06/2023

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Board & Trustees

The Case for Giving Cash to Poor Kids

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08/25/2014

... In most of the developed world, the poorest citizens are the children . In the United States, which has the ... something to do with the small amount that we spend on our young —little more than 1 percent of U...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Economic Security

Health

Social Justice

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The Century Foundation

NYC's Action on School Discipline Moves Closer to Just Education

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07/30/2015

... the punitive repercussions for minor misbehavior are even more severe. This crisis of punitive discipline ... the climate for learning. Schools themselves are now making the case that there...

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