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Groundswell Fund Shares An Open Letter to Philanthropy, from People of Color-led, Movement-Accountable Public Foundations

Release Date:

06/10/2021

... As Executive Directors and CEOs of the nation’ s foremost people of color-led, movement-accountable public ... our own experience, as an invitation to colleagues from private and family foundations and the...

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

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Social Justice

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Groundswell Fund

Tax Reform that Sustains and Grows Charitable Giving

... is unlikely government could find a better way to leverage private investment in community services.” In its ...

Susan G. Komen Names Dr. Judith Salerno as President and Chief Executive Officer

Release Date:

07/01/2013

Susan G. Komen’ s Board of Directors has named Judith A. Salerno, M.D., M. S ., as the organization’ s new President and Chief Executive ... Salerno oversaw research into aging and designed public...

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Surdna Foundation Names George Soule As Director Of Communications

Release Date:

06/03/2013

... joined the Foundation on June 11 to lead the organization' s internal and external communication efforts. Soule will ... with grantees, funders and leaders in the public and private sectors to foster...

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The Rockefeller Foundation

Surdna Foundation

Melissa Bradley To Step Down As Tides CEO

Release Date:

04/01/2013

... and most recently as the CEO, embodies the organization’ s long-term commitment to racial and social justice and has ... groundbreaking work in the social sector. Under Bradley’ s leadership, Tides innovations...

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United Nations Foundation Board of Directors Names Kathy Calvin Next President and CEO

Release Date:

12/03/2012

... February 1, 2013. At a meeting of the Foundation’ s Board, Founder and Chairman Ted Turner announced a number ... Fábio Barbosa, Chief Executive Officer of Brazil’ s Abril Group, will assume the chairmanship...

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Warhol Foundation Elects Two New Board Members

Release Date:

11/01/2012

... a grant panelist for numerous federal, state, city and private foundations. He holds a B.A. from Brandeis University and a Master' s degree from the Visual Studies Workshop, the State ... In Photography...

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The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts

Abby Youngblood Joins North Star Fund as Food and Environment Program Officer

Release Date:

08/01/2012

As the North Star Fund' s Food and Environment Program Officer, Abby Youngblood is ... in New York State. She is currently pursuing a Master' s in Public Administration at New York University'...

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Environment and Climate Change

Food Systems

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North Star Fund

Ford Foundation Appoints Kavita N. Ramdas as Representative in New Delhi

Release Date:

06/04/2012

... Delhi office has the distinction of being the foundation’ s first office outside of the United States and has ... philanthropy and international development,” said Pablo J . Farías, the foundation’ s...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Ford Foundation

Rockefeller Brothers Fund

21 Jun 2012

-- POSTPONED -- Saving Our Communities: Historic Preservation Initiatives in NYC

Thursday, June 21, 2012 -

8:45am to 11:00am

The saying “you don’t know what you have until it’ s gone” epitomizes the challenge of historic preservation. ... character. The City now has 29,000 landmarks, including private homes, high-rises, monuments,...

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09 Oct 2012

College and Career Ready: Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals

Tuesday, October 9, 2012 -

2:45pm to 5:00pm

... applying for deportation deferrals under President Obama’ s Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA). While ... What impact will the program have on young people’ s opportunity to apply to college – and...

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28 Nov 2012

Coordination Updates on the Philanthropic Response to Hurricane Sandy: A Webinar for Funders and Regional Associations Nationwide

Wednesday, November 28, 2012 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

Webinar

... long-term. The conversation will illuminate areas where private and corporate dollars would be most helpful and ... grantmaking including best practices and philanthropy’ s role Get beyond the general...

10 Nov 2010

How Will Election Results Impact the Education Agenda? A Post-Election Policy Briefing for Grantmakers

Wednesday, November 10, 2010 -

1:00pm to 3:30pm

Webinar

... impact the level of support for the Obama Administration' s education platform, including the allocation of funds for ... practices grantmakers can follow to establish new public/ private partnerships in...

30 Mar 2011

Trend or Tipping Point: Arts and Social Change Grantmaking

Wednesday, March 30, 2011 -

8:30am to 11:00am

... and CrossCurrents Foundation . WHO SHOULD ATTEND : Private and public sector funders interested in community, ... , Program Officer, Strategic Opportunities Fund of U. S . programs, Open Society Foundations ...

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21 Nov 2013

Education Funders Research Initiative - Building Better Schools

Thursday, November 21, 2013 -

7:45am to 11:00am

Ford Foundation

... array of education reform strategies. These and other private foundations have invested over $2 billion in New York ... driven by one question: How can we improve on what' s working in NYC? This program...

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Education

27 Mar 2014

Foundation Administrators Network Meeting: Evaluating the Onboarding Process

Thursday, March 27, 2014 -

8:45am to 10:30am

... be very different, yet critical to ensuring a new person’ s success. Explore The different aspects of onboarding — ... outside the network. This program is "Completely Private ." Designed for Members...

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Network Building

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Executive Leadership

HR & Operations Staff

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HR & Operations

Are Your Grantees Keeping Workers in Poverty?

Release Date:

10/22/2014

... wages lead to decreased need for services? Do private funders that give mostly project support rather than ... Mandated to Pay Living Wages, and What Is Philanthropy’ s Role ?” Nonprofits should pay living...

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PNY News

The Living Wage Debate: Affordability and Feasibility

Release Date:

11/17/2014

... Mandated to Pay Living Wages, and What is Philanthropy’ s Role? ”), I outlined serious concerns about the costs of ... the results. All agreed that the decentralized, private , community-based provision of...

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Insights

Funding Area

Workforce Development

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Citizens Budget Commission

Silicon Alley: The Road to Tomorrow’s Workforce

Release Date:

11/12/2013

... The New School for Design Silicon Alley , our City’ s tech sector (and the nation’ s second-largest), sounds like the younger, grittier version ... of Postsecondary Readiness is working with public and...

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All Funders

Topic(s)

Information Technology

Funding Area

Children, Youth and Families

Education

Technology

Workforce Development

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The New York Community Trust

Simple and Fast City Contracting: Introducing the Health and Human Services Accelerator

Release Date:

07/17/2013

... everyday needs of New Yorkers. The Accelerator System’ s primary goal is to simplify and speed the contract process, ... include those frequently requested by the City and private grantmakers such as...

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