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The Pinkerton Foundation

Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Announces Leadership Changes, New Teams Focused on Financial Inclusion and Environment, Rights, & Global Development

Release Date:

04/07/2021

... philanthropy also included a stint at the ACT Center for Equity in Learning. Greg’s enthusiasm about this new role ... innovative, and effective in increasing resiliency and equity among those we as a sector...

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Nathan Cummings Report Offers Insights into Mission-Aligned Investing

Release Date:

04/19/2021

... In August 2020, the foundation began to apply a racial equity lens to its investments, and a subsequent analysis ... people of color, only 9 percent had applied a racial equity lens to their underlying...

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12 Nov 2024

Clarity and Bravery in Times of Uncertainty - A Workshop for CEOs and Senior Programming Staff

Tuesday, November 12, 2024 -

9:00am to 12:00pm

... and stakeholders in fulfilling their commitment to equity work. We will hear from institutions that are ... stay the course Practice techniques for sustained racial equity work that boost confidence while...

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

20 Sep 2011

School Transformations III: Practices and Programs that Are Transforming Schools & Policies that Support Them

Tuesday, September 20, 2011 -

2:30pm to 5:00pm

This is the third session of a series designed to inform grantmakers about realistic options for significantly improving and even transforming low-performing public schools. The first session noted the tremendous challenges involved in turning...

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Issue-Based

10 Nov 2011

The Common Core: NYC’s Department of Education and the New York State Education Department Bringing It Back to the Classroom

Thursday, November 10, 2011 -

1:30pm to 5:00pm

Adopting the Common Core Curriculum Standards was a central piece of New York State’s successful Race to the Top application, which brought $700 million federal dollars to support school reform in New York. But adopting the standards was only a...

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Issue-Based

16 Dec 2014

Best Practices in HR Compliance - Surviving a Department of Labor Audit

Tuesday, December 16, 2014 -

8:00am to 11:15am

The Department of Labor has recently increased its audits, putting increased pressure on nonprofits and Foundations to ensure that both practices and records are in compliance.

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Finance & Asset Management

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The Nation Asks if Child Protective Services Has Gone Too Far

Release Date:

10/05/2015

A debate sparked by the free-range parenting movement has drawn attention to the threats and intrusions poor, minority families have long endured.

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Children, Youth and Families

New Disclosures on Mozilla Foundation and its Supporters (Ford, Helmsley)

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12/03/2015

The nonprofit Mozilla Foundation is a high-profile crusader for Internet freedom, and it shares the Firefox browser with the world.How does Mozilla spends its money? The answers — including a few surprises — have just arrived. Ten major foundations...

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The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust

Technology

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Ford Foundation

Warren Buffet Pledges$2.9 Billion to NoVo Foundation and Others

Release Date:

07/15/2016

Warren Buffett has donated roughly $2.9 billion more Berkshire Hathaway Inc stock to five foundations, as part of the billionaire's plan to give away almost his entire fortune.

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Glenn E. Martin, Founder of JustLeadershipUSA, Says He Met Some of America’s Best and Brightest While In Prison

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05/10/2016

Glenn E. Martin is a formerly incarcerated person, in a country where 70 million Americans have a criminal record on file.

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PhilTalks

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Justice Reform

The Wallace Foundation Supports Creative Ways to Expand the Taste for Classical Music in NYC Eateries

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01/17/2017

Instead of diminishing the music, small-scale concerts offer the chance to bring it into our daily lives.

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Arts

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The Wallace Foundation

Century Foundation Fellow Comments on the Fate of Student Debt Forgiveness

Release Date:

04/05/2017

Under a program known as Public Service Loan Forgiveness, some student loan borrowers were supposed to be able to have the balance of their student loans forgiven after ten years of both on-time payments and eligible work in the public sector. Last...

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Joan Mitchell Foundation Announces 2017 Young Artist Residency Pilot Recipients

Release Date:

06/02/2017

The Joan Mitchell Foundation is excited to announce the four recipients of the 2017 Young Artist Residency Pilot Program. This program will provide each artist with a two week residency experience at the Joan Mitchell Center in New Orleans.

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Trump Plans to Phase Out DACA, Administration Officials Say

Release Date:

09/05/2017

President Donald Trump plans to phase out the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals immigration (DACA) policy, according to two administration officials.

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Immigration

Witness Warrants Were Misused in Queens and Elsewhere, Court Papers Say

Release Date:

09/11/2017

It is one of law enforcement’s most expansive powers: If the authorities believe that someone has knowledge of a crime, they can — under threat of arrest — force the person to testify in court by obtaining what is known as a material witness warrant.

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Justice Reform

New Push to Replace Obamacare Reflects High Stakes For Republicans

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09/19/2017

A final GOP effort to dismantle the Affordable Care Act burst into view this week in the Senate, where leaders began pressuring rank-and-file Republicans with the hope of voting on the package by the end of the month.

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Health

Child-Welfare Agency Gets Props for New Approach to Helping Families Navigate Challenges

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09/20/2017

Happy stories rarely land the city’s child-welfare system in the headlines, and the last few weeks have been no exception.

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Children, Youth and Families

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Tax Plan Doubles Standard Deduction, Leaves Charitable Deduction In Place

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09/28/2017

Nonprofit leaders applauded the preservation of the charitable deduction but are wary of other changes that might hurt charitable giving, such as doubling the standard deduction and repealing the estate tax, under a framework for tax reform...

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Trump’s Stake in Housing Complex Spurs Lawsuit Over Sale

Release Date:

09/29/2017

Owners of Starrett City are trying to offload the massive Brooklyn housing complex – which President Trump has a small stake in – for less than fair-market value in a deal “riven with conflicts of interest,” according to investors who are suing to...

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