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Let's Fight Racial Bias in Voting Through Donor Collaboratives and Litigation

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09/08/2016

Let' s Fight Racial Bias in Voting Through Donor Collaboratives ... Waldman, president of the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law, launched the conversation with stories ... proposals and...

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

Marketplace IT Glitches: The Sky Is Not Falling

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10/03/2013

... Dash , Georgetown University Health Policy Institute’ s Center on Health Insurance Reforms This week, the health ... access to public coverage — Medicaid and the Children’ s Health Insurance Program — through...

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The Commonwealth Fund

Seven Reasons Why Your Foundation Should Pay Attention to Fracking

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05/16/2013

... or ban fracking. Why should you pay attention? 1) It’ s coming to a town near you . According to the U. S . Energy Information Administration there are currently 36 ... research has focused on the environmental...

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Citi Foundation Announces Recipients of $50 Million Community Finance Innovation Fund

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09/12/2022

... Fund. Building on Citi and the Citi Foundation’ s long history of promoting financial inclusion, these grants ... been an economic lifeline for communities across the U. S . hardest hit by the economic impact...

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Community Development

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Citi Foundation

“The City Where America Is Going to Find Herself Again”: A Funders Conversation with Mayor Mitch Landrieu

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01/12/2011

... citizens’ participation in his city to philanthropy’ s efforts and support. The mayor began by asserting that ... also spoke of the role of arts and culture in the city’ s economy, as well as the impact of the...

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Capacity Building Begins At Home

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06/04/2009

... Fund , put it nicely: “And while most of the sector’ s management improvement and capacity-building work focuses ... genuinely doesn’t know what an organization’ s problem really is.” That insight is...

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23 Jun 2022

Language Matters: The Power of Narrative Change in Advancing Criminal Legal Reform

Thursday, June 23, 2022 -

2:00pm to 3:00pm

... Reform Working Group The Justice Fund at New York Women' s Foundation Language Matters: The Power of Narrative Change .....

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Communications

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Communications/Media

Justice Reform

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Public Policy

Social Justice

Mission Possible: Supporting Returning Veterans (No Matter What Your Mission)

Release Date:

01/10/2013

... I was encouraged to see that so many of New York’ s philanthropic organizations recognize that opportunities to ... area was very much on mission for us. And I expect that’ s true for a whole range of...

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Big Gaps in the Big Apple: Measuring Well-Being in the New York Metro Area

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05/10/2012

... and has about the same education level as the area’ s typical white resident , but earns $9,000 less per year. ... like these, stats on crucial indicators of people’ s capabilities to live fulfilled,...

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Grace Farms Launches Design for Freedom Movement to Remove Forced Labor from the Built Environment

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02/11/2021

... Bill Menking, Founding Editor-in-Chief of The Architect’ s Newspaper, discussed the fact that acknowledging forced ... could be done to eliminate it was not on the industry’ s agenda. From their initial...

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Grace Farms Foundation

The Role of Healthcare Philanthropy in Improving Maternal Healthcare for Underserved Populations

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10/29/2025

... health care practice and policy. One of the organization’ s programs, the Advancing Health Equity program, is ... the maternal healthcrisis is the Commonwealth Fund’ s Financing Birth Equity Summit, which...

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Reducing Summer Learning Loss: Thoughts from Ron Fairchild

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03/09/2010

... in New York City. We are pleased to have the program’ s moderator, Ron Fairchild , Founding CEO of the National ... opportunities for low-income youth. In most major U. S . cities, it’ s not...

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What Makes a Good CSR Leader?

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09/26/2013

... is interested in getting into CSR should have. There’ s no good answer to those questions, but there are a couple ... and Boston College Center for Corporate Citizenship ’ s “Corporate Involvement Leadership...

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American Express

Program Recap—Perpetuity or Limited Life: How Do Family Foundations Decide?

Release Date:

07/29/2009

... by Loren Renz on key findings from the Foundation Center’ s new study, Perpetuity or Limited Lifespan: How Do Family ... while Josie Lowman, Chair of the Surdna Foundation ‘ s Board of Directors, brought the...

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Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Art Awards More Than $1.7 Million to Fight Bias Against Muslims

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03/30/2017

... of and reducing bias against Muslims across the U. S ., 11 organizations will soon launch projects funded through ... said Zeyba Rahman, senior program officer of DDFIA’ s Building Bridges Program. “This year...

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Arts

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Doris Duke Foundation

The Carroll and Milton Petrie Foundation Announces Desiree Vazquez Barlatt as New Program Officer

Release Date:

07/12/2021

... served as Director of Strategic Partnerships for CUNY' s Office of K-16 initiatives. She brings seven years of ... She has also served as a student activities advisor with NYU ' s...

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Rethinking Scholarships As a Force for Social Justice

Release Date:

05/04/2016

... This post originally appeared on the Ford Foundation’ s Equals Change blog . Stanford University made headlines ... helps further social justice in some of the world’ s poorest and most unequal countries. One...

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For Funders Focusing on Developing Countries, Impact Bonds Present Fresh Opportunities

Release Date:

08/04/2016

... roles for foundations outlined by Social Finance U. S . in 2014—building capacity of service providers, ... as outcome funders in the two DIBs: the Children’ s Investment Fund Foundation is the outcome funder...

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The Brookings Institution

Beyond the Glass Cliff: Redefining Leadership in the Non-Profit Sector

Release Date:

06/28/2024

... reckoning” since the murder of George Floyd, there’ s been a surge in hiring Black leaders. This is, perhaps, an ... expectation that they will “fix” the organization’ s issues, without the necessary support...

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27 Feb 2018

The Evidence Base for Asset Building: Moving Families Toward Economic Security

Tuesday, February 27, 2018 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

... for greater impact and financial security for America’ s vulnerable families. The asset building frame is ... for asset building approaches to economic security What’ s worked with different asset building...