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Brooklyn Community Foundation and the Power of Participatory Grantmaking

Release Date:

12/12/2017

... and the Power of Participatory Grantmaking While the BCF' s board retains ultimate authority over grants, the ... the practice of giving more power over philanthropic spending to the people that it is...

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Member News

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Philanthropy & Nonprofit Sector Support

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Brooklyn Org

Reimagining Early-Warning Systems for At-Risk Students in NYC High Schools

Publication date:

03/2013

Susan Fairchild of New Visions for Public Schools discusses how policymakers and educators are rethinking how to measure what matters when it comes to college and career readiness for New York students.

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Program Presentation

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Public Policy

Funding Area

Education

SNF Temporarily Pauses Submission of New Grant Requests for Projects in Greece

Release Date:

12/11/2018

... we are and where we need to be going.” Follows SNF’ s announcement: “The Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF) has ... including the severe socioeconomic crisis in Greece, SNF’ s grant commitments in the home...

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International/Foreign Affairs

Philanthropy & Nonprofit Sector Support

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Stavros Niarchos Foundation

06 Jun 2019

POSTPONED: Food Fight: NYC Youth vs. Predatory Marketing

Thursday, June 6, 2019 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

... program is postponed until further notice.** Traditional health education provides children and youth a simple recipe for good health : stay away from drugs, don’t drink or smoke, and eat ... Countermarketing...

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12 Dec 2019

Philanthropy & the 2020 Census: What a Fair and Accurate Count Means for Ending Homelessness - A Webinar Hosted by Funders Together to End Homelessness

Thursday, December 12, 2019 -

12:00pm to 1:00pm

... investing in housing and homelessness programs should care about the count, what some of the concerns and barriers ... timeline The importance of the Census 2020 count' s impact on housing and...

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Issue-Based

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Webinar/Teleconference

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Census 2020

Housing and Homelessness

Citi Foundation Announces $50 Million Community Finance Innovation Fund to Support the Growth of Community Development Financial Institutions Across the U.S.

Release Date:

03/24/2022

... Community Development Financial Institutions Across the U. S . New York – The Citi Foundation (the “Foundation”) ... For more information on this opportunity, please visit: www .citifoundation. com...

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Member News

RFPs Etc

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Community Development

Economic Security

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Citi Foundation

Doris Duke Performing Artist Awards Provide Financial Literacy Workshops to Individual Artists

Release Date:

04/08/2016

... Artist Awards — that integrates Creative Capital’ s financial planning curriculum into the five-year structure ...

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Member News

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Arts

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Doris Duke Foundation

09 Jan 2012

Unsilencing the Voices of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders: A briefing about national polling of AAPIs in the United States

Monday, January 9, 2012 -

2:00pm to 5:00pm

... today, including immigration, reproductive justice, health care reform, and civil rights. We are pleased to invite you ... Director, National Asian Pacific American Women’ s Forum Designed...

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The Rockefeller Foundation, Open Society Foundations, and The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Create New Multilateral Development Banks Challenge Fund To Increase Investment in Developing Countries

Release Date:

10/12/2022

... The group is making an initial commitment of up to $5. 25 million. By aligning its assistance around the ... is to help accelerate financing for the United Nation’ s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and...

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Economic Security

International/Foreign Affairs

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The Rockefeller Foundation

Open Society Foundations

JPMorgan Chase Invests In Dallas Students to Prepare for Well-Paying, High-Demand Careers

Release Date:

05/23/2018

... the number of young people graduating from the region’ s public high schools with career opportunities in healthcare ... cannot look away from this moral and economic crisis. It’ s the responsibility of...

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Member News

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Education

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JPMorgan Chase & Co.

27 Nov 2012

Social Impact Bonds: The Brains Behind the Buzz

Tuesday, November 27, 2012 -

7:45am to 11:00pm

... Nonprofit Finance Fund Linda Gibbs , Deputy Mayor for Health and Human Services , City of New York Kippy Joseph , ...

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Tools & Strategies

23 Oct 2018

The Art of Knowledge-in-Action: Building Your Reflective Practice as a Funder

Tuesday, October 23, 2018 -

9:00am to 11:00am

... Partner, The Giving Practice and author of Philanthropy’ s Reflective Practices Yvonne Moore , Principal Philanthropic ...

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Professional Development

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Workshop

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All Funders

Topic(s)

Leadership Development

To Avoid Being a Supporter of the Status Quo, Ask “So What?”

Release Date:

01/27/2016

... Keeping Our Eyes on the Prize” in the book “What It’ s Worth: Strengthening the Financial Future of Families, ... they focus on income inequality, educational attainment, health outcomes, social development,...

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Insights

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Citi Foundation

Economic Recovery Through Racial Equity: Thoughts from Maya Wiley

Release Date:

01/07/2010

... to increase the equitable impacts of government stimulus spending . One of the presenters was Maya Wiley , Executive ... College in 1986. She has litigated, lobbied the U. S . Congress, and developed programs to...

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Insights

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All Funders

20 Apr 2010

Nourishing Strong Communities II: Food Works - New York City Council Engages Around Healthy Food

Tuesday, April 20, 2010 -

8:30am to 11:00am

... SHOULD ATTEND: Funders interested in community building, health , families, early childhood, and youth. PROGRAM ... to produce a comprehensive plan to use New York City’ s food system to create jobs, improve...

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Issue-Based

A Road Less Traveled….

Release Date:

11/01/2011

... and also built their skills and employability. Exalt’ s infrastructure model was a logical place for us to turn for ... the seven young people who now made up the Initiative’ s “Youth Advisory Council” had a...

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The Conrad N. Hilton Foundation Announces Homeboy Industries as the 2020 Recipient of the Annual Humanitarian Prize

Release Date:

08/03/2020

... $2.5 million in unrestricted funding. As the world’ s largest annual humanitarian award, the Prize is presented ... , SHOFCO , icddr,b and The Task Force for Global Health , selected by an independent,...

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Member News

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Community Development

Social Justice

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Conrad N. Hilton Foundation (New York)

19 Jun 2012

An Update on New York City’s Promise Neighborhood Initiatives

Tuesday, June 19, 2012 -

8:30am to 11:00am

The federal Department of Education’ s Promise Neighborhoods Initiative is challenging ... The prototype for the initiative was the Harlem Children’ s Zone; four New York City nonprofits have won Promise ... ,...

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Issue-Based

Is There an App for That? New Thinking on Kids and Digital Media

Release Date:

03/10/2016

... an enormous amount of time consuming digital media. What’ s less clear is how we ought to feel about it. Depending on ... tools for teaching and learning . Given philanthropy’ s impact on education and...