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New York Community Trust President, Lorie Slutsky, Joins Community Foundation Leaders to Discuss the Role of Donor Advised Funds in Their Communities

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08/20/2018

Lorie Slutsky, Steve Seleznow, Douglas Kridler, Alicia Philipp and Max Williams share their thoughts with NPQ on how to make sure donor advised fund strengthen our communities.

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MTV Plans to Partner With Ford Foundation to Create a Mobile Voting Registration Unit

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08/20/2018

MTV plans to partner with the Ford Foundation to create a mobile unit where people can register to vote and encourage their friends to register to vote if they see they aren’t signed up. The network also plans to host events across the country on...

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Don Chen, Social Justice Veteran, Selected as Surdna Foundation’s Third President

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08/20/2018

The Surdna Foundation’s board of directors announced today its unanimous and enthusiastic selection of Don Chen as the foundation’s new president.

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27 Nov 2018

Achieving Equity: Do We Know Who We’re Serving?

Tuesday, November 27, 2018 -

2:30pm to 5:00pm

For philanthropy to advance equity in all communities, especially low-income communities and communities of color, it needs to be able to understand the demographics of the organizations being funded (and declined), the people being served, and the...

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Former VP for Grants at the New York Community Trust and Beloved PNY Member, Joyce Bove, Has Passed Away

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08/16/2018

Joyce Marie Joyce Marie Bove, age 67, of New York City, formerly of Stoneham, MA passed away on August 15, 2018 at the Sloan Kettering Memorial Cancer Center in New York City after a long and courageous battle with cancer.

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How the Art For Justice Fund Hopes to Reduce Mass Incarceration

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08/16/2018

Inside Philanthropy speaks with Helena Huang, Project Director for the Art for Justice Fund, for some additional context surrounding the second round of funding and how the fund's work is playing out on the ground.

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Open Society Foundations Appoints Kavita N. Ramdas as Director of the Women’s Rights Program

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08/16/2018

The Open Society Foundations are pleased to announce the appointment of Kavita N. Ramdas as director of the Women’s Rights Program, effective September 25.

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Wallace Foundation Names New Director of Arts, Bahia Ramos

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08/16/2018

Bahia Ramos has been selected as The Wallace Foundation’s new Director of Arts, the foundation announced today. Ramos, who will oversee one of the foundation’s key grantmaking areas, will join Wallace on September 6, 2018. She succeeds Daniel...

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CollegePoint, An Initiative Funded by Bloomberg Philanthropies, Makes A Hard Decision Less Lonely

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08/15/2018

CollegePoint , An Initiative Funded by Bloomberg Philanthropies, Makes A Hard Decision Less Lonely Some high school students think of applying to colleges as a full-time job. There are essays and tests, loads of...

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ASPCA Assists in Removing More Than 600 Birds from Ohio Hoarding Case

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08/15/2018

ASPCA Assists in Removing More Than 600 Birds from Ohio Hoarding Case At the request of Columbus Humane, the ASPCA is assisting in the removal of more than 600 birds from an overcrowded, 1,000 square-foot home in Columbus, Ohio,...

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With Support From the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, MIT Mathematicians Solve Age-Old Spaghetti Mystery

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08/15/2018

It’s nearly impossible to break a dry spaghetti noodle into only two pieces. A new MIT study shows how and why it can be done.

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United Way of New York City Names Gina Goodenow as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

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08/15/2018

United Way of New York City (UWNYC) is proud to name Gina Goodenow as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer—the organization's first female to take on this role in its 80-year history.

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Nonprofit Resource Equity and Access: A Call to Close the Gap

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08/14/2018

Kate Crisalli, Associate Director and Peter Kramer, Director at Nonprofit Finance Fund write " Nonprofits of all sizes, but especially smaller organizations and those led by people of color and other marginalized populations, have suffered from...

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Ford Foundation’s Build Initiative is Hitting Its Stride

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08/14/2018

In 2016, the Ford Foundation set out on an experiment—give $1 billion to social justice nonprofits, with all funds going to a combination of general operating support and organizational strengthening.

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01 Oct 2018

People Like Us: A Roadmap for Democracy

Monday, October 1, 2018 -

12:00pm to 2:00pm

With the November 2018 elections looming, we are seeing a wide range of individuals who are running for elected office at all levels of government and from different walks of life.

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Here Are The Leaders Of STOP: Bloomberg's $20 Million Tobacco Watchdog

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08/14/2018

STOP has just started and aims to bring new meaning to the phrase "asking for a light," when it comes to smoking. STOP is an acronym for a new $20 million Bloomberg Philanthropies initiative to create a global watchdog to shed more light on the...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Reveals 45 Atlanta Cultural Orgs Selected as part of $43M Training Program

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08/13/2018

Bloomberg Philanthropies revealed the 45 cultural organizations in Atlanta selected to participate in the Arts Innovation and Management (AIM) program, a unique initiative that seeks to strengthen the organizational capacity and vibrancy of small...

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Ford Foundation Joins Funders To Launch The Racial Equity in Philanthropy Fund

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08/13/2018

The Ford and W.K. Kellogg foundations recently teamed up with Borealis Philanthropy to launch the Racial Equity in Philanthropy Fund. The fund just released its first round of grants, totaling $14 million, which will go to advancing racial equity...

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Dodge Foundation Awards $3.8 Million to New Jersey Nonprofits

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08/13/2018

The foundation awarded forty-five grants totaling nearly $1.6 million through its Arts focus area, including a grant of $230,000 to Creative New Jersey , which works to foster creativity, cross-sector collaboration, and inclusion as a way to build...

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