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Frontier Thinking: Staten Island as Innovation Lab

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05/12/2015

Betsy Dubovsky, Executive Director of The Staten Island Foundation, discusses Staten Island's unique challenges and opportunities.

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Community Development

The Staten Island Foundation

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This Teen Pregnancy Program’s Tight Focus Is a Success

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05/02/2016

Lola Adedokun of the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation says teen pregnancy rates in the United States are in decline.

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Gender Justice

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Rethinking Scholarships As a Force for Social Justice

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05/04/2016

Hilary Pennington of the Ford Foundation says social justice fellowships use non-traditional ways to recruit talented individuals already working toward positive change in their communities.

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Four Ways Philanthropy Can Support School Integration

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06/09/2016

Halley Potter of The Century Foundation asks: How can we translate research into policy? And how can we support and expand burgeoning efforts to diversity schools?

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

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For Funders Focusing on Developing Countries, Impact Bonds Present Fresh Opportunities

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08/04/2016

Emily Gustafsson-Wright and Sophie Gardiner of The Brookings Institution encourage philanthropic actors to consider the high potential impact of contributing outcome funds to supplement government funding.

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Impact Investing

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The Brookings Institution

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Lessons Learned from a Journey to Impact Investing

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03/13/2017

Phillip Henderson, president of the Surdna Foundation, writes about a nine-month learning process that led to the Surdna board unanimously voting to commit approximately 10 percent of its endowment — $100 million — toward impact investing.

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Corporate Social Responsibility

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Surdna Foundation

Foundations and Peer Review: Time to Reconsider the Process?

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05/02/2017

Betsy Myers, Ph.D., Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Director for Medical Research, says foundations should challenge, reconsider, and improve the peer review process.

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

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05/09/2017

Brooklyn Community Foundation's Prachi Patankar talks about what it really takes to build a movement.

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Immigration

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Brooklyn Org

Private Philanthropy Cannot Replace the NEH

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05/16/2017

Andrew W. Mellon Foundation President Earl Lewis on why the NEH remains unique in rallying private support, supporting rural and urban communities equitably, and bringing the humanities to the national forefront.

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Want to Make a Change in the United States? Look Abroad!

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10/23/2017

Karabi Acharya, Director, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation shares how global ideas translate to local solutions.

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Civic Engagement

Responding to Change: A Look at Strategies Helping Wildlife and People Adapt to Shifting Climates

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03/28/2018

Danielle Levoit, Program Officer for the Environment, Doris Duke Charitable Foundation writes about cultivating landscapes’ health and biodiversity through conservation practices that consider the changing climate.

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Environment and Climate Change

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14 Jun 2018

Policy Core Course 2018 - June 14th Sessions

Thursday, June 14, 2018 -

9:00am to 12:45pm

The Policy Core Course consists of four sessions delivered over two half-days, offering training to foundation trustees and staff at all levels help navigate the legal, strategic, and governance practices necessary to incorporate advocacy and...

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Social Justice

15 Nov 2018

Immigration Policy after the Midterms: What Can Funders Expect? - A Webinar Hosted by GCIR

Thursday, November 15, 2018 -

4:00pm to 5:00pm

Immigration was front and center in the lead-up to the midterms, including contentious debates on birthright citizenship, the migrant caravan, and protections for asylum seekers

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Public Policy

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Immigration

To Get a Railroad Project Moving Long Islanders Had to Pull Together

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06/23/2020

How a research project transformed a region - and the foundation that sponsored it. The Rauch Foundation presents Part 3 of their 3-part Insights series.

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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

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The Burke Foundation Awards Support to Help Young Children and Families Thrive

Release Date:

01/21/2021

... well-being, and resilience for a lifetime. David Willis, M .D., Senior Fellow at the Center for the Study of Social ...

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The Burke Foundation and the New Jersey Adverse Childhood Experiences Collaborative Announces New Statewide Campaign

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06/23/2021

The effort aims to educate and train teachers and law enforcement on how to identify and reduce the impact of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs)

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