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Philanthropy 101: Re-Thinking Power Beyond the Grantmaking Role

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02/14/2017

... the facilitators pushed participants to think beyond power in a grantmaking role. The session thus concentrated on ... automatically think you have power, even if you are not in a grantmaking role (e.g.,...

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Carnegie and Ford Plan to Foot Entire Bill for Cuomo's Public-Private Legal Defense Fund For Immigrants

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03/30/2017

... the initiative would spend “more than $1 Million” in “Public and Private investment” to “provide services ... to meet the urgent legal needs” of New York immigrants. In fact, the program is budgeted at $1...

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

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Immigration

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Why the Ford Foundation Launched a Program for Formerly Incarcerated People—and How They Did It

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05/19/2017

... for Formerly Incarcerated People—and How They Did It In late 2015, Darren Walker approached the foundation’s Talent and Human Resources team and asked us to create a professional ... is essential to rebuilding...

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Justice Reform

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Podcast: A MasterCard Plan for Financial Inclusion

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08/21/2017

Podcast: A MasterCard Plan for Financial Inclusion In this interview with the Business of Giving, Shamina Singh, ... Growth, discusses how the credit-card company is utilizing resources and expertise from across...

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Economic Security

Mastercard Center for Inclusive Growth

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Girl Scouts Accuse Boy Scouts of Recruiting Girls, Souring Century-Old Friendship

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08/29/2017

... into resourceful and virtuous future leaders, instilling in them the admirable traits of citizenship, loyalty and ... The Boy Scouts admitted young men, and the Girl Scouts let in young women — a fundamental...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Mexican Women Stand Up to Cyberattacks and Vicious Digital Violence

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09/08/2017

... began hosting women-only online security workshops in 2016 to have a safe space to discuss and address digital ... and losing control over their personal information online. In July, The New York Times...

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NoVo Foundation Featured in Funder Spotlight

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09/20/2017

NoVo Foundation Featured in Funder Spotlight The NoVo Foundation recently announced ... four years, this fund embodies trust-based philanthropy in many ways. As part of our ongoing series featuring ... making...

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Skoll, Ford and Others Work with Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors on How to Listen More to Nonprofits & Speak Less

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09/26/2017

... to investigate how to more effectively apply their resources toward large societal problems like education, ...

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Giving Away $100 Million: A Peek Behind the Curtain At Macarthur Foundation

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09/27/2017

... 100&Change competition began as an experiment in openness, in response to criticisms that the philanthropic sector is ... solved if they receive this kind of focused attention and resources...

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Filling New York Harbor with Millions Of Oysters to Fight Pollution

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09/28/2017

... use them—an estimated one-tenth of the total amassed in the city each week—to build reefs and nurture oyster populations in New York Harbor. Oysters filter out excess nitrogen—the ... 22 million of the...

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Environment and Climate Change

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In The Battle For Trans Equality In North Carolina, This Teen Is On The Front Lines

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09/28/2017

In The Battle For Trans Equality In North Carolina, This Teen Is On The Front Lines North ... with Youth OutRight, a nonprofit organization based in Asheville that serves as a resource for LGBTQ...

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This Is How NYC Plans To Solve Its Homeless Problem

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10/03/2017

... five boroughs, WNYC first reported. As a start, the Human Resources Administration sent out a letter to all city ... struggling families will be eligible to fill 17 apartments in Newark, New Jersey. The city...

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Housing and Homelessness

Ms. Foundation Seeks to Increase Traction for Childcare Amongst Funders

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10/03/2017

... reach for working families, but few funders have stepped in to fill the gap. In 2015, the Economic Policy Institute, a progressive-leaning think tank, found that in 33 states and the District...

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Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Funds New Exploration Into Labor and Civil Rights History at National Park Service

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11/28/2017

... grant will fund one fellow to work under a leading expert in one of three fields: gender and sexual equality, the ... Movement, and the history of labor and productivity. In addition to conducting original...

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North Star Fund Announces 9 Catalyst Grants

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01/16/2018

... who are organizing for new solutions to challenges created in our city by inequity and injustice. Like all our grantees, ... they are taking on. These grants include access to resources to help them grow their...

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How the Poses Family Foundation is Leveraging Dollars for Impact through Public-Private Partnerships

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03/23/2018

... Partnerships Kessler Foundation's participation in a pooled funding initiative, NYC: AT WORK, began with a ... connects people with disabilities to living-wage jobs in high-growth industries across the...

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National Grid Supports United Way Family Fund to Help Families in Need

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03/30/2018

... Grid Supports United Way Family Fund to Help Families in Need Since its creation. United Way’s Family Fund has ... $1.5 million spanning over a decade to help families in need. Last year alone, United Way’s...

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Pete Peterson and Our Chaotic National Debates

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04/06/2018

... our current political chaos by shifting more political resources toward efforts to find sensible, consensus ... Pete Peterson played large on the national stage, in business, politics, and policy. In...

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Peter G. Peterson Foundation

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Public Policy

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Ford Foundation Partners with Other Funders to Increase Educational Attainment in the Rio Grande Valley

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05/03/2018

... with Other Funders to Increase Educational Attainment in the Rio Grande Valley RGV FOCUS leaders recently unveiled ... Valley students now match or outperform their Texas peers in nine out of 11 key indicators...

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Education

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