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Brooklyn Community Foundation and the Power of Participatory Grantmaking

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12/12/2017

... and the Power of Participatory Grantmaking While the BCF' s board retains ultimate authority over grants, the foundation practices participatory ... power over philanthropic spending to...

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William T. Grant Foundation Focuses on Inequality Research

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05/04/2018

... The foundation will award grants of up to $600,000 over two or three years in support of research designed to ... standing, or immigrant origin status.The foundation is particularly interested in research on...

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So many working groups, so many ways to engage!

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07/23/2014

... a great job of presenting policy-focused information that is useful to you. You will also notice that it presents ... helpful to provide a little bit of a primer here on what’ s coming up and how you can get...

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Manage Difficult Workplace Conversations Like a Jedi

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04/13/2017

... As you probably already know, communicating effectively is a fundamental skill that takes a lifetime to perfect. ... M - Mindful Preparation Negative views about a person’ s character affects the way we...

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Peter G. Peterson, Bloomberg & Others Give $10 Million to Launch Financial Crisis-Response Project at Yale School of Management

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05/17/2017

... training that can help governments fight financial crises is being supported by a group of esteemed business leaders ... . The new members are: Ben S . Bernanke, Distinguished Fellow in Residence, Economic .....

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International/Foreign Affairs

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Economic Security

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Peter G. Peterson Foundation

Meet DaLyah Jones, the new Program Officer of the Racial Equity in Journalism Fund at Borealis Philanthropy

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03/22/2022

... Fund welcomed DaLyah Jones as Program Officer. DaLyah is the former Director of Engagement at watchdog magazine ... of Texas, and reported and produced for Austin’ s NPR’ s All Things...

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Borealis Philanthropy

NY Women’s Foundation, NoVo and 15 Other PNY Members Support Leadership of Young Women of Color with $2.1M

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01/10/2017

NY Women’ s Foundation, NoVo and 15 Other PNY Members Support ... by and housed at The New York Women’ s Foundation , is an example of collaborative philanthropy where ... Ilyse Fink or Barbara...

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The New York Women's Foundation

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Gender Justice

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The Cricket Island Foundation

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The Schott Foundation for Public Education

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Andrus Family Fund

Beyond Grantmaking: Foundations as Impact Investors

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05/12/2014

... the board to match its investments with the foundation’ s values. The board recruited Imprint Capital, a San ... with a need for liquidity to meet annual payouts. This is just one example we provide in the...

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The Rockefeller Foundation

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On the Occasion of the New York Foundation’s 100th Anniversary

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11/05/2009

... and executed from above they lack staying power. It is the process of organizing that helps people develop the ... provide only a rough picture of the complexity of people’ s lives and communities and what it...

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

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07/30/2015

... Even one suspension in the 9th grade doubles a student’ s chances of later dropping out of high school, research ... declaring school discipline a civil rights issue that is pushing too many children out of...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Education

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Best Conference EVER!: #ForumCon18

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07/25/2018

... the headline above to mean that I think that this year’ s United Philanthropy Forum annual conference was its best to ... and provide people with tools to make sure the legislature is serving everyone.” Our...

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You Can't Hack Trust

Release Date:

06/17/2019

... published by Alliance Magazine on May 30, 2019. Trust is the foundation on which every philanthropic relationship ... time, patience, and a sincere belief that each donor’ s visions and dreams are as important...

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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

... to make a significant, lasting impact on America’ s most pressing challenges. The 2021 awardees reflect ... Each awardee will receive a cash award of $150,000 over three years, plus $25,000 in technical...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Social Justice

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The J.M. Kaplan Fund

Become a Philanthropy New York Member

... of equity, learning, leadership and community, PNY’ s work is rooted in our fundamental goal - to catalyze a more just ... conventional wisdom in order to adapt and evolve practice over time...

Ford’s Walker Says ‘Unusual Coalition’ Won’t Be Last of its Kind

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02/20/2015

... Public Safety. As our colleagues and I survey America’ s landscape of intractable, intolerable affronts to social justice, none is more pronounced than the United States’ shameful record ... all-or-nothing...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Justice Reform

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Ford Foundation

For CEIP, Don’t Call It a Comeback

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12/17/2015

... obsessively follow every change on Philanthropy New York’ s website, you may not have noticed that this month the ... board continually reviews the work of our committees and, over the past two years saw an...

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The Jewish Women’s Foundation of New York Elects New Officers and Welcomes Seven New Board Members

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07/01/2019

The Jewish Women’ s Foundation of New York Elects New Officers and Welcomes ... of the World Union for Progressive Judaism. Stephanie is a former member of The Commission for Social Action, and ... and Peace. Ms...

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Appointments & Transitions

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Cynthia Rivera Weissblum, CEO of Edwin Gould Foundation, Announced in New Class of Leaders for Pahara-Aspen Fellowship

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01/22/2020

... 24 individuals join the Pahara community of leaders, which is designed to support and challenge diverse and innovative leaders who are reimagining America’ s public schools. “To make sure all of our children...

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Edwin Gould Foundation | EGF Accelerator

Convening Virtually: Embracing Change and Community

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12/03/2020

... just in the last three months. As we approach year’ s end, let’ s reflect on what we have learned together with ... When technology doesn’t work as planned, as often is the case, we must...

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