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Children, Youth and Families

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Education

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New York Life Foundation

Spending Down the Family Foundation

Release Date:

03/10/2014

Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors CEO Melissa Berman and Arabella Advisors Managing Director Elliot Berger share their thoughts in a Wall Street Journal article on the growing spend-down trend at family foundations.

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Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors

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Arabella Advisors

New Gifts Offer Clues on Bloomberg’s Philanthropic Direction

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02/27/2014

Bloomberg Philanthropies' annual letter and its recent grants - including a $10 million initiative to prevent child drowning deaths in Bangladesh - indicate where the former mayor's philanthropic efforts will focus next, reports The Chronicle of...

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Representing the Old And New in Brooklyn

Release Date:

03/10/2014

Brooklyn Community Foundation Chairman Alan Fishman, who has donated $1 million to the foundation, was also the Wall Street Journal's Donor of the Day.

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Community Development

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Brooklyn Org

The Wall Street Journal

Turning Brooklyn Cachet Into Cash

Release Date:

03/10/2014

The Brooklyn Community Foundation and its President, Cecilia Clarke, were profiled by The Wall Street Journal.

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Environment and Climate Change

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Community Development

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Brooklyn Org

The Wall Street Journal

27 Mar 2014

Foundation Administrators Network Meeting: Evaluating the Onboarding Process

Thursday, March 27, 2014 -

8:45am to 10:30am

The Foundation Administrators Network (FAN) brings together HR and operations professionals to share knowledge and resources, to test complex ideas with peers about administrative issues related to managing a foundation, and to strengthen...

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Network Building

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Executive Leadership

HR & Operations Staff

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HR & Operations

Revaluing Ecosystems: A Vision of Better Future

Publication date:

01/2014

Five Keys to Revaluing Our Ecosystems

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Report

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The Rockefeller Foundation

Impact Investing in Education: An Overview of the Current Landscape

Publication date:

01/2014

This study, conducted by D. Capital Partners, is part of the Open Society Education Support Program’s efforts to identify innovative financing mechanisms and approaches that can increase the availability and allocation of resources for education systems.

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Report

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Impact Investing

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Education

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Open Society Foundations

UJA-Federation Board of Directors Elects New CEO

Release Date:

02/12/2014

The Board of Directors of UJA-Federation of New York announced that Eric S. Goldstein has been elected CEO of UJA-Federation of New York.

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UJA-Federation of New York

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Education

Workforce Development

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Diane Sierpina Promoted to Program Director of Justice Programs at the Tow Foundation

Release Date:

02/12/2014

Diane Sierpina has been promoted from Senior Program Officer to Program Director of Justice Programs at The Tow Foundation

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The Tow Foundation

Teagle Foundation Announces Appointment of Two New Directors to Its Board

Release Date:

02/12/2014

The Teagle Foundation is pleased to announce two new members of its Board of Directors: Elizabeth Boylan and Brian Rosenberg.

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03 Apr 2014

Watchers of the Sky - Philanthropy New York's Documentary Film Series

Thursday, April 3, 2014 -

5:30pm to 8:30pm

 Join us for a wine-and-cheese reception, followed by a screening of the documentary Watchers of the Sky and a brief panel discussion. Watchers of the Sky interweaves four stories of remarkable courage, compassion, and determination, while setting...

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02 Apr 2014

Grantee Executive Transitions – When and How to Engage as Funders

Wednesday, April 2, 2014 -

8:45am to 11:00am

Foundations give grants to organizations. But let’s be real: leadership matters.

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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

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Leadership Development

13 Mar 2014

So Far So Fast: A Family Foundation Finds its Focus

Thursday, March 13, 2014 -

12:00pm to 1:30pm

How does a family foundation with no defined mission, no staff, no structure and a family that was never brought into the fold pull itself together to fashion a high performing foundation in under 4 years?

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Family Foundation

12 Mar 2014

What Philanthropy Can Do To Help Reduce Poverty in America Today

Wednesday, March 12, 2014 -

2:45pm to 5:00pm

The 50th anniversary of the War on Poverty has inspired much national soul-searching on what has been accomplished since President Johnson's 1964 State of the Union address.

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Economic Security

12 Mar 2014

Executive Assistants Network: Identifying Your Role

Wednesday, March 12, 2014 -

12:15pm to 2:00pm

This discussion will help identify the numerous, contemporary (post-Mad Men!) fundamentals of the Executive Assistant’s role, and how they vary relative to your supervisors, organization type, and culture.

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Executive Support Staff

HR & Operations Staff

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11 Mar 2014

An Examination of the Nonprofit Revitalization Act from the Foundation Perspective

Tuesday, March 11, 2014 -

8:45am to 10:30am

In December, Gov. Cuomo signed into law the Nonprofit Revitalization Act of 2013, the most comprehensive reform of New York’s nonprofit laws in decades.

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Executive Leadership

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06 Mar 2014

Freedom Summer - Philanthropy New York's Documentary Film Series

Thursday, March 6, 2014 -

4:30pm to 8:30pm

Ford Foundation

Emmy Award-winning director Stanley Nelson examines an often overlooked but essential chapter in the Civil Rights Movement: the 1964 interracial Freedom Summer campaign.

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Evan Michelson Joins Alfred P. Sloan Foundation as Program Officer

Release Date:

02/12/2014

The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation is pleased to announce that Dr. Evan Michelson joined the foundation as Program Officer on January 1, 2014.

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Environment and Climate Change

Funding Area

Technology

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

The Rockefeller Foundation

The New York Community Trust Hires Environmental Program Officer

Release Date:

02/12/2014

Environmental expert Arturo Garcia-Costas has joined The New York Community Trust as Program Officer for national and New York City environmental grantmaking.

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