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29 Jan 2025

Using Philanthropic Assets beyond Grantmaking: Shareholder Engagement as a Tool to Drive Change

Wednesday, January 29, 2025 - 5:30pm

... largely untapped - opportunity to leverage the totality of their assets to make an impact beyond grantmaking. ... You will hear directly from the Nathan Cummings Foundation and the Woodcock Foundation...

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29 Mar 2023

Sustaining the Unsustainable: The Imperative for Innovative Financing for Child-Care Facilities - A Webinar Hosted by AFN and NYWF

Wednesday, March 29, 2023 -

1:00pm to 2:00pm

... the pandemic child care was already unaffordable for 63% of parents . In fact half of families lived in child-care ... September Jarrett, Program Officer, Heising-Simons Foundation Bevin...

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22 Apr 2025

Protecting New York City’s Immigrant Small Business Ecosystem - An Event Hosted by Asset Funders Network

Tuesday, April 22, 2025 -

10:30am to 12:00pm

... One study , co-authored by a Massachusetts Institute of Technology economist, found that “immigrants are about ... of Lending, Inclusiv Carina Kaufman-Gutierrez, Deputy Director , Street...

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Stephanie Bencivenga Joins Rockefeller Brothers Fund

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01/01/2013

... agencies, and promoted local and national releases of environmental documentaries. She also co-founded and served as the Executive Director of the urban agriculture...

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Why Impact Investing Is An Emerging Paradigm Shift In Philanthropy

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07/30/2013

An op-ed by Amy Bell, Executive Director and Head of Principal Investments for JPMorgan Chase’s Social ...

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

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09/19/2013

... nonprofit leaders — including Gail B. Nayowith, founding Executive Director of the Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund — respond to a ...

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New JPB-Backed Collaborative Aims to Make Affordable Housing Healthier

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05/21/2015

... Healthier Co-founded by The New School's Parsons School of Design, Healthy Building Network, Green Science Policy ... release issued by Parsons quotes Bill Walsh, founder and executive director...

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Freedom Together Foundation

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American Cancer Society Honors Dave Hattem of AXA at 54th Annual Gala on Long Island

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10/20/2016

American Cancer Society Honors Dave Hattem of AXA at 54th Annual Gala on Long Island The American ... Cancer Society honored Dave S. Hattem, Senior Executive Director , General Counsel, AXA...

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United Hospital Fund Supports Family Caregiver Centers

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01/18/2017

... a greater interest in family caregivers in part because of new penalties for hospital readmissions, said Jill ... day’s surgery, said Dr. Peter Semczuk, the hospital’s executive director .....

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Farhana Khera of Muslim Advocates Talks About The Fight Against Discrimination After 9/11

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05/07/2014

Farhana Khera of Muslim Advocates Talks About The Fight Against ... York's 35th annual meeting, Farhana Khera , president & executive director of Muslim Advocates,...

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Bloomberg Urges World Leaders Not to Follow President Donald Trump’s Lead On Climate Change

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04/24/2017

... was no political motive tied to last week’s release of his new book, “Climate of Hope: How Cities, Businesses, ... Can Save the Planet,” co-authored by former Sierra Club executive ...

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Climate-Smart Agriculture Urgently Needed in Africa

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09/05/2017

... Needed in Africa Africa contributes only 4 per cent of global greenhouse gas emissions, while six of the 10 most ... water use. In an interview with IPS, Elwyn Grainger-Jones, Executive...

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Amid Hurricane Chaos, Domestic Abuse Victims Risk Being Overlooked

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09/12/2017

... stability and routine. But during catastrophes, victims of domestic violence face a unique challenge: seeking safety ... safety from the looming disaster, said Ruth Glenn, the executive director...

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Investing in Advocacy Work Is Good — for Everyone

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04/03/2014

by Carla Washington , Executive Director , Direct Care Alliance I have had some funders ... engage and empower direct care workers to speak on behalf of themselves to gain public policy wins that...

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Nobody Needs a ‘Shark Tank’ in Philanthropy

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03/27/2015

by Maria Mottola, Executive Director , New York Foundation Gail Nayowith, Nonprofit ... Jon Pratt, Executive Director , Minnesota Council of...

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Frontier Thinking: Staten Island as Innovation Lab

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05/12/2015

by Betsy Dubovsky, Executive Director , The Staten Island Foundation As the Executive Director of The Staten Island Foundation...

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Co-Chief Investment Officer of Carnegie Corporation of NY Meredith Jenkins Goes to Trinity Wall Street

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01/19/2016

Co-Chief Investment Officer of Carnegie Corporation of NY Meredith Jenkins Goes to ... Corporation has a long history as a laboratory for executive talent and leadership, and Meredith is one such...

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What More Can We Do?

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02/03/2021

... Community Foundation and Marcella Tillett, Vice President of Programs and Partnerships, Brooklyn Community Foundation . ... grantee’s annual budget size, the identity of its...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Funds "Innovation Team" in Syracuse

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03/12/2015

... Mayor Stephanie Miner has tapped her former planning director to head a new “innovation team.” Tim Knauss ... for Syracuse.com that Andrew Maxwell has been named the municipality’s director...

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