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16 Mar 2016

Campaign for Grade Level Reading: The Funder Action Series, Part 3 - Webinar

Wednesday, March 16, 2016 -

11:00am to 12:00pm

... lose ground over the summer months, returning to school in the fall further behind than when they left in June. Children in low-income families lack access to enriching summer ...

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Children, Youth and Families

PhilTV: Do Money and Mission Mix? How Foundations Are Using Sustainable Investment to Address Climate Change

Release Date:

05/31/2016

... potential of climate change to harm the economy in the long term. Fossil fuel companies are at risk because ... change would simply divest from fossil fuel companies, but in fact leading members of the...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Cornerstone Capital Group

New United Hospital Fund Framework Addresses Health and Housing Partnerships in New York City

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06/25/2020

New UHF Framework Addresses Health and Housing Partnerships in New York City NEW YORK, NY—June 25, 2020—United ... presents a unique opportunity for public, private, and nonprofit sectors to work together to...

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16 Jun 2021

Bracing Ourselves for the Mental Health Wave of the Pandemic - Are We Prepared?

Wednesday, June 16, 2021 -

1:00pm to 2:30pm

... overcrowded ICUs, and spiraling COVID-19 cases have abated in the city, the mental health implications of our new ... vulnerable populations. As a recent Century Foundation report highlights, “The pandemic’s...

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Inequality Is the Problem—What’s Our Response?

Release Date:

07/02/2014

... economic and social consequences to mounting inequality in the United States. Social policies can mitigate inequality ... social science research can play an important role in identifying programs, policies,...

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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

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Public Policy

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Children, Youth and Families

Economic Security

William T. Grant Foundation

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Rethinking Scholarships As a Force for Social Justice

Release Date:

05/04/2016

... complex world challenges, such as widening gaps in opportunity and income, and environmental degradation. ... inequality. Too many similar scholarship programs launched in recent years have tended to attract...

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Ford Foundation

Where Walls Exist, the Arts Provide a Doorway

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03/27/2017

... York University to discuss the role of arts and culture in addressing Islamophobia, theater artist Cristal Chanelle ... to be,” an infinite process of repetition and revision in an effort to move toward...

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Arts

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Doris Duke Foundation

Immigrant Rights Fund: 6 Lessons We’ve Learned So Far

Release Date:

05/09/2017

... Community Foundation launched our Immigrant Rights Fund in late 2016 to defend and protect the rights of immigrant communities in the face of exclusionary and unjust policies under the new ... of this critical...

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Finance & Asset Management

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Immigration

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Brooklyn Org

Key Facts on Mission Investing

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10/2011

... achieve a social benefit is on the rise, according to this report . Key Facts on Mission Investing finds that one in seven surveyed foundations are directing their assets to ... assets— are extending the public benefit of their resources . The report also offers perspective from Stephen ...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation

Carnegie Corporation Commits $15 Million for Rethinking School Design

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03/25/2013

... district-based school design work uses the principles in a new Carnegie Corporation report as a starting point. Carnegie Corporation of New York ... schools use teaching, time, technology, money, and other...

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

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Surdna Foundation Promotes Worker Co-Ops to Overcome Wealth Inequality

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04/20/2016

... to Overcome Wealth Inequality Given the current debate in the United States over income and wealth inequality, can ... the question the Surdna Foundation set out to answer in a new report ,...

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Economic Security

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Citi Joins the Economic Opportunity Coalition as Founding Member to Accelerate Financial Inclusion for All

Release Date:

07/28/2022

... today announced its participation as a founding member in the Economic Opportunity Coalition (“EOC”). This is an ... Ideas to solicit and support breakthrough innovations from nonprofit organizations working...

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04 Nov 2019

The Divest/Invest Framework: What Does It Mean for Funders Working in Housing and Homelessness? - A Webinar Hosted by Funders Together to End Homelessness

Monday, November 4, 2019 -

1:00pm to 2:00pm

... renters experiencing housing instability. Public resources that are currently invested in policies and laws that target and criminalize people ... help build more just, thriving communities by investing...

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Eligibility & Policies

(Revised November 2009) Philanthropy New York is a nonprofit membership organization created in 1979 by the New York City philanthropic sector to promote ... : A tax-exempt organization that uses...

It's Time for More Foundations to Fund Democracy - Here's How

Release Date:

12/10/2020

... diverse as the country itself, yet here is one thing all in common: each suffers when our democracy fails. Imagine a ... funders,” a small minority of the foundation sector , support efforts such as expanding...

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