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07 Nov 2013

YOUR Career in Philanthropy: Insights from the Field’s Top Recruitment Experts

Thursday, November 7, 2013 -

7:00am to 9:45am

Looking to grow in your current position? Wondering how to get noticed in the field or within a pool of applicants? Come hear renowned headhunter, Marilyn Machlowitz, and top HR professional, Diana Davenport, give their insights and sometimes varied...

16 Oct 2013

CEO Interview Series with Earl Lewis, The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation

Wednesday, October 16, 2013 -

3:45pm to 6:00pm

It’s a new era at the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. This year the venerable $5.3 billion New York-based foundation chose as only its sixth president an esteemed scholar of African American studies, Earl Lewis, to lead its efforts to advance higher...

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10 Jan 2012

Reimagining Service and Cities of Service: A Funder’s Guide to Driving Change through Volunteerism

Tuesday, January 10, 2012 -

7:45am to 11:00am

Volunteers have always been critical to the nonprofit sector’s ability to bring about positive change in the community. New research shows an even higher level of impact from nonprofits that strategically engage volunteers, and they’re doing this...

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06 Jan 2012

Young Leaders Breakfast Club Info Session

Friday, January 6, 2012 -

12:00pm to 2:00pm

We are excited to launch the second year of Philanthropy New York’s Young Leaders Breakfast Club! Piloted in 2010-2011 with the support of American Express, the Young Leaders Breakfast Club is a peer-to-peer networking and group-based mentoring...

AARP, Weinberg Foundations Commit $10.5 Million for Skilled Nursing Care Model

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07/17/2013

The AARP Foundation and the Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation have announced commitments totaling $10.5 million to the Green House Project, a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation initiative to provide high-quality skilled nursing care to low-income...

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Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Awards $7.8 Million to Sixteen Physician-Scientists

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07/19/2013

The grants, part of the foundation’s annual Clinical Scientist Development Awards competition, will support the physician-scientists as they transition to clinical research.

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Dodge Foundation Awards Grants Totaling $4 Million to New Jersey Nonprofits

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07/19/2013

The Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation has announced ninety-four grants to nonprofits in New Jersey working in the areas of education, media, the arts and the environment.

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Affording Obamacare: New York's New Health Plan Rates

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07/19/2013

A blog post from James Knickman, President and CEO of the New York State Health Foundation.

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Stavros Niarchos Foundation Awards $41.5 Million in Grants

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07/20/2013

The grants are to organizations working in the areas of education, health, the arts and social welfare, and will also go in part to the foundation’s three-year commitment to help address the effects of the prolonged socioeconomic crisis in Greece.

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At Ford Foundation, Vice President Rises to Top Job

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07/24/2013

Darren Walker will become the 10th President of the Ford Foundation this September.

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Ford Foundation Names Darren Walker as New CEO

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07/25/2013

The Chronicle spoke with Walker and several other philanthropic leaders about his new appointment.

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New Ford CEO Understands What Triggers Social Change

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07/26/2013

Center for Effective Government President and CEO Katherine McFate praises the Ford Foundation’s selection of Darren Walker as its next President.

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The Charitable-Industrial Complex

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08/26/2013

An op-ed by Peter Buffett, Co-Chair of the NoVo Foundation.

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Schools Rake In Private Funds

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07/28/2013

This article on the record $47 million in pledges that the fundraising arm of the New York City public-school system received this past year quotes Rick Smith, president of the Pinkerton Foundation, which helped fund the Summer Quest academic summer...

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ASPCA Awards $8.9 Million to Animal Welfare Organizations in First Half of 2013

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07/29/2013

Altogether, the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals made 847 grants to 636 organizations in 49 states during the first six months of this year. (ASPCA Vice President of Grants Management Michael Barrett is also quoted in this...

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79 percent in neighborhoods hardest hit by Sandy say rebuild even in face of risk

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07/30/2013

A survey from the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research examining resilience following Superstorm Sandy (and funded by the Rockefeller Foundation) also found that about 1 in 4 Americans believe they live in an area extremely at...

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Businesses With a Social Conscience Reach a Tipping Point

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08/01/2013

An op-ed by Phillip Henderson, President of the Surdna Foundation.

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Finance & Asset Management

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Penn Announces $1.28 Million Grant for Digital Archaeological Archive

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08/01/2013

The grant from the Leon Levy Foundation to the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology will support a collaboration with the British Museum to create a digital archive of archaeological excavations of the ancient...

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William T. Grant Foundation Awards $1.7 Million for Research to Benefit Youth

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08/03/2013

The seven grants totaling nearly $1.7 million are in support of researchers and organizations working to understand and improve the environments in which youth spend their time.

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Children, Youth and Families

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Underwater Mortgages, Drowning Cities, and Rogue Financiers

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08/06/2013

A blog post by Robert C. Hockett, Fellow at The Century Foundation.

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