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The Schott Foundation for Public Education

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14 Sep 2012

Social Justice on the Streets: New Developments Around "Stop-and-Frisk" and Discriminatory Policing

Friday, September 14, 2012 -

8:45am to 11:30am

In 2011, the New York Police Department conducted over 685,000 stops of New Yorkers—equivalent to 78 stops an hour and an over 600% increase in the number of stops since Mayor Bloomberg took office. Eighty-seven percent of those stopped were Black...

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Understanding Risk Tolerance in Grantmaking

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08/10/2015

... to proceed. Staff likely experience greater regret from making a grant that fails than from letting a good opportunity go by, which may inject a ... question compared a program officer who switched away...

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The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust

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New York Community Trust Names David Marcus as Director of Communications and Marketing

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07/01/2013

... anniversary next year, has funded thousands of projects, from after-school chess programs in Harlem to AIDS research. ... courts in Latin America to enforce laws protecting women from violence. After earning...

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The New York Community Trust

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Communications

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Community Development

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Arlene Rodriguez Selected for Noyes Foundation Board

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07/02/2012

... did something different by asking for recommendations from their email list of about 3,000 contacts. They set priorities: a person of color, preferably a Latina/o; from the Midwest or South; and with...

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Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation

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09 May 2012

Citizenship: New Pathways to Economic Opportunity, Civic Participation, and Immigrant Integration

Wednesday, May 9, 2012 - 11:00am

Carnegie Corporation of New York

... eligible for citizenship represent diverse communities, from Filipino immigrants to Ethiopian refugees. Citizenship ...

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

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Public Policy

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Immigration

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Reflections on Board Service: Something to Consider

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12/01/2017

... created strong relationships with peers. Being in these learning communities were incredibly beneficial and ... and identified new ways to communicate with our members. Learning and hearing from...

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Robert Sterling Clark Foundation

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13 Dec 2018

The Underpinning Stories: Climate & Scale - A Webinar Hosted by CLIMA Fund

Thursday, December 13, 2018 -

12:00pm to 1:30pm

... – The Underpinning Stories: Climate & Scale February 11 – The Underpinning Stories: Climate & Metrics ...

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Environment and Climate Change

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11 Feb 2019

The Underpinning Stories: Climate & Metrics - A Webinar Hosted by CLIMA Fund

Monday, February 11, 2019 -

12:00pm to 1:30pm

... – The Underpinning Stories: Climate & Scale February 11 – The Underpinning Stories: Climate & Metrics ...

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The Will and The Way: Philanthropy's Grantmaking Defaults Must Change

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02/05/2020

... terms) while the proportion of cost-minus funding goes up. From this perspective, scaling makes it harder to cover full ... even a cost-minus restricted grant might be seen as far from “unfair.” They can say...

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The Rockefeller Foundation Names Erica Guyer as New General Counsel

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03/27/2023

... She is a graduate of Brown University and received a M.A. from Arizona State University and J.D. from the University of Chicago Law School. From 2004 to 2005, Ms. Guyer was also a Fulbright...

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The Rockefeller Foundation

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Helmsley Charitable Trust Announces Two New Program Directors

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03/01/2013

... (T1D) Program. James O’Sullivan comes to the Trust from Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors (RPA), where as a ... of New York at Albany, and has a Master's in Public Health from Columbia University and an M...

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Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors

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The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust

New Menino Survey of Mayors Reveals Top Priorities For Cities Across The Country (Citi)

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01/21/2016

... concerns about receiving too little financial support from federal and state government. On the issue of policing, ... The key findings of the survey can be read in full at www .usmayors.org - http:// ...

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Evelynn M. Hammonds Joins Arcus Board of Directors

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08/22/2013

... history. Hammonds served as the Dean of Harvard College from 2008 to 2013. Prior to her appointment as Dean, she ... of Difference: Sciences of Race in the United States from Jefferson to Genomics, published...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Arcus Foundation

New Report Funded by Foundation for Child Development Focuses On Restructuring the Financing of Early Care and Education

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02/22/2018

... to strengthen the ECE workforce, says a new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and ... amounting to at least an estimated $140 billion annually from the public and private (...

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Chad Shearer Promoted to Vice President for Policy at United Hospital Fund

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10/25/2016

... Medicaid work. Mr. Shearer joined UHF in 2014, coming from the Woodrow Wilson School of Public & International ... Network, a project coordinating technical assistance to 11 states on the implementation of...

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Joan Mitchell Foundation Announces 2017 Young Artist Residency Pilot Recipients

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06/02/2017

... of this pilot program. New York nominees were invited from JMF Art Education program alumni pool. Then, a secondary ... visual artists, arts administrators, and individuals from the academic arts community...

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Arts

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PNY Annual Meeting Headliner Radhika Jones Interviews Feminist Icon Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

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05/08/2017

New York Times Editor of Books Radhika Jones will be the moderator for the headline panel of PNY's 38th Annual Meeting "The Power of Participation." Check her out interviewing feminist icon Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie.

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06 Oct 2020

Measuring and Addressing Institutional Racism in Your Foundation - A Workshop

Tuesday, October 6, 2020 -

10:00am to 12:00pm

Join us for a discussion on how to measure and address institutional racism as it influences how you bring people into your organization and ensure their success as employees. Our facilitator will lead us in workshopping tools and practicing with...

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01 Apr 2026

Rethinking Risks in Philanthropy: Myths, Misconceptions, and Where Funders Should Focus - A Webinar Hosted by Foundant

Wednesday, April 1, 2026 -

1:00pm to 2:00pm

Across the philanthropic sector, funders are being asked to navigate increasingly complex forms of risk - financial, operational, reputational, and programmatic - while supporting nonprofit partners who are facing their own rising uncertainties.

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