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28 Mar 2013

Looking at the 990 Part I (March 28) and Part II (April 4)

Thursday, March 28, 2013 - 8:45am to Thursday, April 4, 2013 - 8:45am

Philanthropy New York

The IRS Form 990 is used by funders as a tool to track and scrutinize the finances, governance, and accomplishments of grant applicants and recipients. What information can be gleaned from the form? What has changed within the form since prior years...

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15 Sep 2011

New York's Diverse Muslim Community: Building Civic Engagement and Responsive Social Services - Learning Tour

Thursday, September 15, 2011 - 8:00am

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture

The events of September 11, 2001 had a profound effect on all New Yorkers who still recall a deep sense of loss and dislocation. Also vivid ten years later are memories of coming together. People across the city formed strong networks of mutual...

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

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Community Development

Hartford Foundation Awards Grants Totaling $6 Million to Improve Geriatric Care

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09/19/2013

The three grants from the John A. Hartford Foundation include an award of more than $5 million to the Gerontological Society of America to create the Hartford Change AGEnts Initiative, and a grant to Community Catalyst, Inc. which augments an award...

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Ford Foundation Awards $6 Million to Strengthen International Human Rights Movement

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09/20/2013

The grants were to seven leading human rights organizations operating in many countries and international forums.

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International/Foreign Affairs

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Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Awards $4.5 Million for Conservation Scholars Program

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09/20/2013

The University of Washington, Northern Arizona University and the University of Florida will each receive $1.5 million to provide undergraduates with opportunities to participate in mentored research activities in conservation biology and other...

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Carnegie UK Trust Announces 2013 Andrew Carnegie Medals of Philanthropy Honorees

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09/24/2013

The Medals of Philanthropy are awarded every two years to families and individuals around the world who, like Andrew Carnegie, have dedicated their private wealth to the public good. (Carnegie Corporation of New York President Vartan Gregorian is...

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Be Our Guest: New York City lags far behind other cities in investing in its public libraries

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09/25/2013

An op-ed by Julie Sandorf, President of the Charles H. Revson Foundation.

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To Get to the Good, You Gotta Dance With the Wicked

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09/19/2013

Four nonprofit leaders — including Gail B. Nayowith, founding Executive Director of the Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund — respond to a recent SSIR article on how the nonprofit sector sets its goals and achieves impact.

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Knight Foundation Invests $3.6 Million in Black Male Engagement Network

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09/22/2013

The project, in partnership with the Open Society Foundations' Campaign for Black Male Achievement and the Heinz Endowments, has worked over the last two years to recognize black male leaders from all walks of life.

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JPMorgan Joins Gates Foundation, Drugmakers in Fund

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09/23/2013

The Global Health Investment Fund, which will back late-stage development of technologies to fight diseases including malaria, tuberculosis and HIV, as well as maternal and infant mortality, in low-income countries.

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Will California Choose Prisons Over Schools—Again?

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09/18/2013

An op-ed by Lori Bezahler, President of the Edward W. Hazen Foundation.

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Carnegie Corporation of New York Awards $52.3 Million in Grants

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09/28/2013

The third-quarter grants were awarded across all areas of Carnegie's grantmaking portfolio.

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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

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Peter Buffett Takes to Twitter to Advance Critique of Philanthropy

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09/19/2013

In this episode of the Social Good podcast, the NoVo Foundation Co-Chair discusses why he decided to write his New York Times op-ed and how social media are helping to spread a thoughtful debate about the future of philanthropy.

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Women Remain Rare in the Ranks of Top-Earning Nonprofit CEOs (Login Required)

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09/22/2013

The New York Community Trust’s Lorie Slutsky is among the leaders interviewed in this article.

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Surdna Foundation Awards $9.7 Million in Grants

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09/30/2013

The grants, awarded in the foundation's three program areas to 56 nonprofit organizations across the country, represent the third cycle of quarterly grants since Surdna introduced changes to each of its program strategies late last year.

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Economic Security

Environment and Climate Change

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Live From Independent Sector Conference: Innovation Coming Faster, Needs Collaboration

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09/30/2013

Rockefeller Foundation President Judith Rodin and New York Community Trust President and CEO Lorie Slutsky were among the speakers at the opening of the Independent Sector annual conference.

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Funders Launch National Conversation on A ‘Common Purpose’

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10/01/2013

At Independent Sector’s annual conference, Stephen Heintz, President of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, revealed that RBF and six other major foundations — including the Rockefeller Foundation, the Open Society Foundations and the Carnegie...

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Updated: Government Shutdown: What It Means for Nonprofits

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10/01/2013

Stephen Heintz, President of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, and Diana Aviv, President of Independent Sector, weighed in on the government shutdown during Independent Sector’s annual conference.

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Stavros Niarchos Foundation Commits $136 Million to Create Youth Job Opportunities in Greece

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10/07/2013

The foundation will also convene a conference in New York City in early 2014 to explore proposals to combat the ongoing socioeconomic crisis in Greece.

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Children, Youth and Families

Workforce Development

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How to Build Strong Ties With Companies

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10/08/2013

American Express Foundation President Timothy McClimon and DoSomething,org CEO Nancy Lublin participated in a Chronicle Live Discussion on how nonprofits can make themselves more attractive to a corporate benefactor.

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