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15 May 2025

Philanthropy New York's 46th Annual Meeting: Philanthropy For Our Time

Thursday, May 15, 2025 -

1:00pm to 6:00pm

** Due to overwhelming demand, registration for this event is now CLOSED. To be placed on the waitlist, please email ... inactions at this moment are critical. If foundations are to equip and...

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Philanthropy Can Help Build a Thriving Democracy by Building Up Programs and Places That Fuel Civic Involvement

Release Date:

01/20/2022

... By: Stephen Heintz, President & CEO, Rockefeller Brothers Fund . This piece was originally published by The ... epiphany and the beginning of a mass mobilization to rescue our nearly 250-year-old system of...

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Forum’s New President on Reducing Duplication and Increasing Collaboration in Philanthropy’s Infrastructure

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02/01/2016

... Associations of Grantmakers. I am incredibly excited to have an opportunity to lead a vibrant and growing ... we do. The Forum supports and advances the work of PNY and its regional...

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Open Society Foundations Announce 2020 Soros Arts Fellows

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07/15/2020

... the fellows selected each receive an $80,000 stipend to realize an ambitious project over the next 18 months. ... narratives and inspire collective change.” Now in its third year, the Soros Arts Fellowship...

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Arts

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PNY's Policy Corner: What's on the Ballot in 2024?

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10/30/2024

... Your vote is your voice, and this election is your chance to impact nonprofit's ability to advocate for marginalized communities and to promote ... Can Exercise Your Voice Philanthropy...

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Target Hands Decision on $5-Million Schools Gift to Online Voters

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08/15/2013

For the first time, Target is letting its shoppers decide, via Facebook, how it will distribute $5 million in donations to public schools through its “Give With Target” ... in the article.)...

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How One Foundation Is Making Waves With Art And Social Activism

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09/05/2013

The Robert Rauschenberg Foundation and its first Director of Philanthropy, Risë Wilson, are ... a New York City foundation that operates according to the idea that "art can change the world," it may...

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MetLife Foundation and WSJ Team up for the Financial Inclusion Challenge

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03/26/2015

... Inclusion Challenge Insurance giant MetLife and its philanthropic arm the MetLife Foundation have always been ... from the company, the MetLife Foundation revised its grantmaking strategy to...

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Economic Security

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Guttman Community College to Move to UWS

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04/05/2016

Guttman Community College to Move to UWS Stella and Charles Guttman Community College, the City ... of New York’s newest institution, will relocate from its Midtown home to much...

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Here Are Mellon's Goals for Liberal Arts Education

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09/13/2016

... higher education vertical know we've devoted a lot of ink to the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation's "big vision" for the humanities. It's interesting stuff and, more to the point, this...

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Where Have Conrad Hilton Foundation's Global Grants Been Going Lately?

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12/22/2016

... giving for global health and development. But, despite its size and reach, it keeps a relatively low profile. It's ... than a show horse as a funder. Even it constantly strives to do better, it doesn...

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Why Ford Foundation’s $1B Announcement Matters More Than You Think, and the Blind Spot of Two-Pocket Thinking

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04/07/2017

... spheres. Two-pocket thinking is everywhere, it’s easy to understand, and it’s wrong. It’s a blind spot in how ...

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Simons Collaboration on Special Holonomy in Geometry, Analysis and Physics First Annual Meeting

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07/31/2017

... Holonomy in Geometry, Analysis, and Physics will hold its first Annual Meeting at the Simons Foundation on September 14 & 15, 2017. Four of its principal investigators and four of its...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Science

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Editorial: Long Island Waters Are Dirtier, But There’s Hope

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09/18/2017

... Are Dirtier, But There’s Hope Bad news is never fun to hear, but sometimes you need to hear it. That’s the case with the recent report on water ... good steps taken recently by local and state officials...

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For the Success of Boys and Men of Color, A Call to Action

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02/14/2014

... of the Union address, President Obama opened the door to an opportunity that may be a game changer for millions of ... the lives of young men and boys of color and is committed to bolstering and reinforcing...

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

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Justice Reform

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29 Sep 2015

Preparing CBOs to Participate in the New Health Safety Net

Tuesday, September 29, 2015 -

9:15am to 11:30am

... care landscape of today, hospitals are being incentivized to keep patients out of the hospital and in community settings for as long as possible. The aim is to improve quality while also reducing the cost of...

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Health

24 Mar 2016

NYC’s Food Policy Director on Hunger, Health & Equity

Thursday, March 24, 2016 -

9:00am to 11:00am

... mission of the Office of the Director of Food Policy is to advance the City’s efforts to increase food security, promote access to and awareness of ... , Executive Director, Laurie M. Tisch...

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Community Development

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20 Jun 2016

Philanthropy, Refugees, and the Global Humanitarian Crisis: World Refugee Day - Webinar

Monday, June 20, 2016 -

1:00pm to 2:30pm

... intersections of gender, race, and age in innovative ways to create a cohesive sense of family and community across the country. Our two prior ... have often been marginalized, and learn about efforts ...

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