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The Brooklyn Community Foundation Launches The Just Brooklyn Prize in Partnership with The Joe and Clara Tsai Foundation's Social Justice Fund

Release Date: 
04/10/2023
... within Brooklyn’s communities. Leaders are submitted for consideration through a public nomination process (April 10 - May 15, 2023) and chosen by a Selection Committee of ... in the pursuit of racial and...
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Member News
Topic(s) 
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
Funding Area 
Community Development
Related Organizations 
Brooklyn Org

Borealis Philanthropy and Ford Foundation Launch $1 Million Disability x Tech Fund to Advance Leadership of People With Disabilities in Tech Innovation

Release Date: 
02/28/2023
... at the intersection of disability and technology, and it nominated and selected the inaugural cohort of grantees. ... In doing so, the Disability x Tech Fund models a vision for the world where the leadership...
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Disabilities
Technology
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Ford Foundation
Borealis Philanthropy
25 Jun 2015

Nailing It: Building A National Movement of Nail Salon Workers

Thursday, June 25, 2015 -
2:45pm to 5:00pm
... are paid less than the cost of the bottle of nail polish for a 12 hour day. For their labor, they gain respiratory ... miscarriages. While recent public attention has focused on NYC leading...

Impact Investing in New York and Beyond

Release Date: 
07/12/2012
... surveys some of their efforts and provides guidance for those interested in joining the impact investing ... to pursue the changes they want to see in the world. For example: The W.K. Kellogg Foundation and...
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Insights
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All Funders

Benchmarking Foundation Evaluation Practices

Publication date: 
09/2016
Benchmarking Foundation Evaluation Practices For foundations, there are lots of questions to reflect on ... should a foundation invest in evaluation? What can they do to ensure that the information they receive from ... at foundations in the U.S. and Canada giving at least $ 10 million annually, or members of the Evaluation Roundtable, ...
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Report
Funding Area 
Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Making Kids Into “Makers”

Release Date: 
09/22/2017
... In many traditional classroom settings, students do not spend a lot of time honing their problem-solving ... around them. But a new program is encouraging them to do so outside of school. This spring, more...
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Sector News
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Education
13 Dec 2010

School Climate: What Is It? And Why Does It Matter?

Monday, December 13, 2010 - 2:00pm to Tuesday, December 13, 2011 - 5:00pm
... can’t learn in chaotic, disorganized schools. As the NYC Department of Education puts it , “Effective teaching and learning can only take place in ... in which students and staff members work collaboratively...
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Issue-Based
17 May 2023

What Does It Mean to Be Black-Led? - Going Beyond Demographics

Wednesday, May 17, 2023 -
3:00pm to 4:30pm
... a research project focused on the question, "What does it mean to be Black-Led?" to center and learn from Black ... equitable organizations and workplaces. Please join us for a snapshot presentation...

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