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29 Apr 2015

What Kind of Welcome? How are Unaccompanied Children from Central America Faring in New York?

Wednesday, April 29, 2015 -

2:15pm to 4:30pm

About 6,000 unaccompanied immigrant children from Central America were released to sponsors in New York State last year, the second highest receiving state after Texas.

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Why Philanthropy Should Help Strengthen Community Colleges

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04/17/2014

... informative and engaging as the ones that came before it. We were joined by an esteemed panel: CUNY Interim Chancellor ... The panelists left us with several imperatives. We must: See opportunity where others...

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Education

04 Dec 2014

Big Ideas for Short Videos

Thursday, December 4, 2014 -

8:00am to 10:45am

... and nonprofits, the question is no longer “Should we be producing multimedia?” but “How do we ?” Human Rights Watch and the Ford Foundation, winners of ...

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New York State

Making the Most of Interesting Times – and Achieving the Global Goals

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02/22/2018

... As Robert Kennedy remarked in 1966, “Like it or not, we live in interesting times. They are times of danger and ... efforts impact the SDGs. As the practice of human resources becomes more closely aligned to...

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#AfricaNoFilter Launches, A Multi-Partner Collaborative, Including the Ford Foundation, Seeking to Amplify African Voices Through Reimagining Deep-Rooted Narratives

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02/26/2020

... and contextualized stories about the 55 countries in Africa today. A continent home to 1.2 billion people, Africa boasts 3,000 different ethnic groups who speak more ... of more vibrant, diverse and unfiltered...

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Open Society’s Soros among Brookings Top Politically Influential Global Billionaires List

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09/16/2014

... Influential Global Billionaires List Darrell West 's Global Billionaires Political Power Index is a ranking ... book, Billionaires: Reflections on the Upper Crust , West examines the political use of great...

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The J.M Kaplan Fund Announces the 2023 J.M.K Innovation Prize

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02/09/2023

... heritage conservation, and social justice. In 2023, we will award up to ten Prizes, each including a cash award ... 1:00 PM ET / 10:00 AM PT Download our 1-page overview ( PDF ) En Español ( PDF...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Social Justice

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Atlantic Fellows for Racial Equity Announces 20 Leaders for 2019 Cohort

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06/06/2019

... cohort of Atlantic Fellows—20 leaders from across South Africa and the United States who are employing a broad ... As part of the programme, Fellows will receive financial resources and embark on a leadership...

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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

... based in Asheville that serves as a resource for LGBTQ youth. The group, which hosts regular support sessions ... in 2016 that prevented local governments from passing LGBTQ anti-discrimination policies and...

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Gender Justice

Ford Foundation and Bloomberg Philanthropies Join Governments and Private Funders to Announce Historic Pledge at COP26 in support of Indigenous Peoples and local communities

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11/01/2021

... today at a high-level World Leaders Summit at COP26. “ We are demonstrating our commitment today by announcing an ... says a statement released today by the donors. “ We call on other donors to significantly...

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Environment and Climate Change

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How Foundations Can Be the Risk Takers They Want to Be

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06/25/2014

... your high-risk grants and jeopardize my future funding if we fail. I’m going to give you something safe." Lots of heads nodded in agreement. How have we gotten to the point where nonprofits see foundation...

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Free To Fail? Foundations Face Few External Performance Pressures

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01/11/2017

... in the world, only about one out of every eight of us feel we actually are making such a difference. What’s behind ... been called by The Bridgespan Group? I think it is because we are squandering the biggest...

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Innovative Finance and the Search for the Next Big Idea

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10/17/2014

... Foundation launched its impact investing work in 2007, we ’ve invested nearly $50 million to build the necessary ... exciting ideas being surfaced within innovative finance, we launched a Twitter campaign at...

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The Rockefeller Foundation

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Come Help Me Be Less Racist

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10/21/2015

... Come Help Me Be Less Racist As the song says, “ We ’re All a Little Bit Racist.” And sexist. And ... coding in our brains that makes us think and act the way we do, no matter how much we...

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The Amida Care Fund at Stonewall Community Foundation Announces 2021 Grant Awards for HIV/AIDS Initiatives at NYC Community Organizations

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12/09/2021

... based on their outstanding work to address HIV/AIDS in LGBTQ communities throughout New York City. Amida Care, the ... said Doug Wirth, President and CEO of Amida Care. “ We can’t end the HIV epidemic in New...

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