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Jessie Smith Noyes At Top of the List of Family Foundations Who Fund Social Justice Work

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10/07/2015

... foundations lag the rest of the philanthropic sector in funding social justice initiatives, a report from the ... Honors Our Roots and Empowers Communities (18 pages, PDF ), found that between 2004 and 2012...

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JP Morgan Chase Report Addresses Summer Youth Employment Deficit

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02/25/2016

... highs – with a slow predicted recovery – including in the United States, where young people are experiencing ... which surveyed programs supported by JPMorgan Chase in 15 cities across the United States, found...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Surdna’s Garcia Interviewed in Philanthropy News Digest

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05/12/2016

Surdna’s Garcia Interviewed in Philanthropy News Digest You don't need a political scientist to tell you something is amiss in America. It's there, lurking, in the presidential primary...

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Ford, JPB, Novo, Carnegie Corporation of NY Listed as Top Funders of Refugee and Migrant Issues

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02/15/2017

... of Refugee and Migrant Issues While foundation funding in support of global human rights initiatives rose to $2.7 billion in 2014, from $2.3 billion in 2013, the share of funding for .....

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Freedom Together Foundation

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

Surdna-Funded Study Calls for Targeted Federal Policies to Create Quality Jobs

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05/09/2017

... public policies that encourage private-sector investment in the creation of quality jobs are needed, a report from ... Foundation, the report, Public Policy and Investments in Good Quality Jobs: Ideas for...

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Open Society Foundations and Bloomberg Philanthropies Noted In Report Released By Foundation Center: Quantifying Hope: Philanthropic Support for Black Men and Boys

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11/01/2017

Open Society Foundations and Bloomberg Philanthropies Noted In Report Released By Foundation Center: Quantifying Hope: ... Support for Black Men and Boys U.S. foundation funding in support of programs and...

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Surdna Foundation Announces Over $600,000 in Impact Investing Grants

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01/11/2018

Surdna Foundation Announces Over $600,000 in Impact Investing Grants The Surdna Foundation ... and complement the Foundation’s commitment, announced in February 2017, to allocate $100 million of its endowment .....

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Mellon Releases New Publication Celebrating 30 Years of Grantmaking in South Africa

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10/22/2018

... New Publication Celebrating 30 Years of Grantmaking in South Africa his year, the Mellon Foundation celebrates 30 years of grantmaking in South Africa. Since 1988, when then president William G. ... the...

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Russell Sage Foundation Grantees Cited in NY Times on Disputed Timeline for When Whites Will Assume Minority Status in US Population

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11/29/2018

Russell Sage Foundation Grantees Cited in NY Times on Disputed Timeline for When Whites Will Assume Minority Status in US Population The graphic was splashy by the Census ... standards and it showed an...

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Census 2020

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Arabella Advisors Report Calls on Philanthropy to Catalyze Inclusive Investment

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03/04/2019

... of Color Through Inclusive Investing (36 pages, PDF ), systemic biases deeply embedded in investment practices are restricting access to capital for ... but only 17.5 percent and 19.4 percent of business owners...

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Edward W. Hazen Foundation Welcomes New Board Members

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07/18/2019

... at a critical time when the foundation is going all in to support young people of color, their families, and ... their attacks. Hazen’s new board members are leaders in their communities and the national...

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Carnegie Corporation of New York Launches New Voting Rights Report, Philanthropy’s Role in Protecting and Strengthening American Democracy

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11/01/2019

... Launches New Voting Rights Report, Philanthropy’s Role in Protecting and Strengthening American Democracy The Role of Philanthropy in Protecting American Democracy There is a new urgency today ... Act, there...

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Civic Engagement

Carnegie Corporation of New York

Public Policy

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To Achieve Equity, We Must Accurately Measure Need

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10/06/2022

... Even persons who’ve dedicated their careers to working in human services with individuals and families who are ... wages, and pay is so low that 60 percent of those working in the sector utilize or have a...

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Newsmakers: Darren Walker, President, Ford Foundation

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12/23/2013

In September, Darren Walker became the tenth president of the ... out of Ford Foundation-supported research on early child development at Yale University. After high school, I ... doesn’t work that way anymore. It...

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09 Dec 2014

Serving Those Who Served

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7:00am to 2:00pm

... targeted and effective? The number of Post 9/11 veterans in civilian life is swelling even as the overall veteran ... agencies that serve veterans are undergoing major changes in their leadership and service...

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Don’t Forget the Small Guys

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07/09/2010

... to learn about entrepreneurship from Junior Achievement. In college, I was active in Amnesty International and eventually earned a graduate ... standards to our due diligence processes—yet funneling ...

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Virtual Employee Engagement through Virtual Conversational Leadership

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01/20/2023

... remain completely remote, others have decided to return to in -person, while others still are exploring the possibilities ... work life. Conversational leadership is practiced both in -person and virtually. What...

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