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Season's Greetings & December Update from PNY

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12/02/2021

... last two weeks of December and the first week of January to collectively take a pause and support rest and wellness ... Our offices will be closed from December 24 to January 3 , and we will be operating with...

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A New Way to Sustain the Campaign — BMAFunders.org

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03/28/2013

Five years ago, the Open Society Foundations created its Campaign for Black Male Achievement to address the economic, political, social and educational ... black men and boys from American society. We’re pleased...

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Moving Interprofessional Education into the Mainstream of Health Professions Education

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06/22/2012

... professions learn together during their training in order to build teamwork and collaboration—and his foundation's ... Foundation and the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation to create a national center...

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Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation

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Responding to Haitian Devastation, At Home

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08/13/2010

... the New York State Health Foundation (NYSHealth) worked to find a way to help victims of the disaster—and at the same time follow its mission to improve the health of New...

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Lessons Learned from Hurricane Sandy

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01/29/2013

... State Ready Commission has been tasked with finding ways to ensure that critical systems and services are prepared for ... future natural disasters and emergencies. We’re pleased to have Dr. Irwin Redlener,...

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Disaster Relief

To Frack or Not To Frack in New York: Observations from a Donor Briefing

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08/16/2012

... in New York and the movement that is being built to stop it, and we are pleased to have Patricia Jenny, Program Director for Community ... at The New York Community Trust, provide us with a recap. To...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Communicating for Impact: Strategies for Grantmakers

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11/2009

... or consultants. Integrating communications is critical to advancing programmatic goals. See how grantmakers use a "communications lens" to develop strategy, evaluate impact, take advantage of new .....

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Learning Together: Collaborative Inquiry among Grantmakers and Grantees

Many grantmakers champion the idea of using evaluation to improve grantee effectiveness or advance a field of ... A mini-case study shows how collaborative inquiry was used to support growth in a new field. Learning Together: ...

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Mapping Change: Using a Theory of Change to Guide Planning and Evaluation

" What are we doing, and why do we think it's going to make a difference? Are we being effective?" Grantmakers ... guide explains why grantmakers use theories of change to guide their questioning, unearth assumptions that underlie ... language, and develop strong action plans. Contributors to the guide also describe how a theory of change sets the .....

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As Asian-Americans’ Numbers Grow, So Does Their Philanthropy

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01/08/2013

The Korean American Community Foundation and its Executive Director Kyung Yoon are among the philanthropic ... in a charity auction, and gave more than $1 million to a nonprofit group based in New York... As ...

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

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Laura A. Robbins Consulting, LLC

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Philanthropy Must Do More to Influence Policy, Say Government Officials

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02/13/2013

... Where Is Philanthropy?” conference. Philanthropy needs to step up its efforts to influence policy if it expects to produce big changes on ...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Infusion Bolsters Nonprofit

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03/11/2013

... received a $250 million infusion of capital from Citigroup to revive the organization and allow it to refocus on its core mission of rehabilitating affordable housing in ...

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Rockefeller Foundation To Pump $97 Million Into African Digital Jobs

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05/13/2013

The pledge is part of the foundation’s ongoing initiative to create jobs for young Africans in the rapidly growing ... Foundation has announced that it will pledge $97 million to create jobs in the digital field...

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George Soros receives 2013 Freedom Award

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11/06/2013

The International Rescue Committee presented its 2013 Freedom Award to George Soros in recognition of his constant advocacy and ...

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Appointments & Transitions

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Foundation Assets Are Climbing, but Grants Are Still Competitive

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03/2014

... of the Gates, Hewlett, and other big foundations last year to their highest levels since the Great Recession gutted endowments six years ago, according to a new Chronicle survey. Yet grant makers still aren’t as ... doing though: crimping ambitious new grant-making efforts to deal with vexing problems…. Foundation Assets Are ...

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Wellspring Advisors Program Director Andrew Park Heads to The Williams Institute

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06/13/2014

Wellspring Advisors Program Director Andrew Park Heads to The Williams Institute The Williams Institute announced Andrew Park is its new International Program Director. Previously, Andrew ... Wellspring Advisors...

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New York Community Trust Announces Leadership Fellows Program at Baruch College

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01/22/2015

... and multi-faceted professional development opportunity for its recent grantees…. New York Community Trust Announces ...

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Prudential, Goldman Sachs and Brooklyn Community Foundation Among Funders Spurring Urban Revival in Brooklyn

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03/10/2015

... Urban Revival in Brooklyn Brooklyn's success builds on its long history of diversity and creativity. From the longeshoremen of Red Hook to the American Manufacturer Co. of Greenpoint, Brooklyn was .....

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Rockefeller Foundation Pledges 100,000 Jobs for Kenyan Youth

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03/31/2015

... of 100,000 jobs within five years for Kenyan youth, via its Digital Jobs Africa initiative. The initiative focuses ... lives by connecting high-potential but disadvantaged youth to sustainable digital...

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