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PNY Officially Endorses Principles for Good Governance and Ethical Practice

... Governance and Ethical Practice outlines 33 principles of sound practice for charitable organizations and ... efforts to increase the strength, integrity and governance of the field. PNY’s Public Policy...

Rico Blancaflor

As Vice President of Policy and Collaboration Rico will further refine and ... continues to thrive. Rico comes to us after 20 years of experience with the Posse Foundation . At Posse, he was...

Food Funders Working Group

... philanthropic organizing project that supports the growth of an equitable, ecologically sound, and economically robust ... Star Fund and is led by a steering committee comprised of grantmakers from ten...

Philanthropic Assistants and Coordinators Network (PACNET)

... quarterly and seeks to develop a community for the purpose of sharing questions, experience and resources among peers in ... Steering Committee The network is guided by the leadership of a steering committee,...

24 Oct 2011

Taking the Next Steps Toward a Greater Collective Impact

Monday, October 24, 2011 - 8:45am to Thursday, January 19, 2012 - 9:30am

... a new approach first featured in the Winter 2011 Issue of the Stanford Social Innovation Review. To utilize a Collective Impact approach: a group of cross-sector actors commit to a common agenda for solving...

14 May 2012

Conversations for Grantmakers: Our Returning Veterans

Monday, May 14, 2012 -

12:00pm to 1:00pm

Teleconference

... cares for the whole person. Veterans receive the breadth of services needed to regain their mental, physical and ... New York Collaborative Program hosted by Grantmakers Forum of New York . Presenters Jim...

11 Feb 2013

Money and Power in Post-Election America: Where is Philanthropy?

Monday, February 11, 2013 - 4:00pm to Tuesday, February 12, 2013 - 4:00pm

Kimmel Center, 60 Washington Square South, NYC

At this conference post-2012 election, foundation executives, individual donors and civic leaders ... with public policy and government means in the context of the rapidly changing political scene. Participants...

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09 May 2013

Over the River and Through the Woods: Geographic Dispersion in Family Philanthropy

Thursday, May 9, 2013 -

12:00pm to 1:00pm

Webinar

... family? How are families balancing the commitment to the foundation 's "hometown" and their growing concern for their ... Using their stories, this webinar will offer examples of how families...

13 Jun 2013

Disaster Grantmaking and Preparedness: The Role of Family Philanthropy

Thursday, June 13, 2013 -

2:30pm to 4:00pm

Webinar

... experience that both coordination and effective spending of donor dollars is a particular challenge, not just while ... from the Center for Disaster Philanthropy and leaders of family foundations experienced...

15 Jul 2010

EarlyLearn NYC: New Opportunities for Innovative System-Building with Quality

Thursday, July 15, 2010 -

9:00am to 11:30am

... New York Members Briefing sponsored by the A. L. Mailman Foundation , Altman Foundation , and The Schott Foundation ... child care system and increase investments in elements of...

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Schendler & Haynes: Finally, ski resorts wake up to warming

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09/05/2013

... Sustainability Director Auden Schendler and Mertz Gilmore Foundation Vice President Lukas Haynes talk about a ... flirting with disaster. But now there's evidence that some of those who have the most to...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Mertz Gilmore Foundation

Goldman Sachs, Buying Redemption

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10/26/2013

... Times' DealBook section examined the philanthropic giving of Goldman Sachs and its foundation , while PND reported on Goldman's new $250 million ... a master at giving it away. Goldman — for many a...

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Goldman Sachs Brings 10,000 Small Businesses Initiative to Detroit

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12/01/2013

... in Detroit. Goldman Sachs has announced the launch of its 10,000 Small Businesses initiative in Detroit. In ... Community College, Wayne State University, and a variety of community-based organizations, the...

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Community Development

Governor Cuomo Announces Members of Commission on Youth, Public Safety & Justice

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04/09/2014

Governor Cuomo named Tow Foundation Executive Director, Emily Tow Jackson, to the ... York's criminal and juvenile justice systems by the end of this calendar year. Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced...

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Children, Youth and Families

Justice Reform

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The Tow Foundation

The Post-Bloomberg Plunge

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04/10/2014

... NYC nonprofits miss their biggest patron. No other leader of New York City has run the place from his own pocket the ... as the world’s 13th richest man in 2013, donated north of $263 million to city art,...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Bloomberg Philanthropies

The Importance of Criticizing Philanthropy

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05/12/2014

The Importance of Criticizing Philanthropy, an article featuring the Rockefeller Foundation in The Atlantic. Last month, readers of the Chronicle of Philanthropy, the trade...

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The Rockefeller Foundation

Strategic Philanthropy for a Complex World: A Response

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05/23/2014

[Ford Foundation ] - President Darren Walker: Strategic philanthropy ... philanthropies should, and do, deploy a multiplicity of methods in both our work and our assessment of its impact. This...

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Governance

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Ford Foundation

Digital Storytelling for Social Impact

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06/02/2014

Digital Storytelling for Social Impact The ubiquity of digital technology and the explosion of content on the Internet have made it increasingly ... this intersection of story and technology, The...

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Communications

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The Rockefeller Foundation

Report Details Employment Challenges Facing Latino Youth

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06/13/2014

... Facing Latino Youth A study supported by the Rockefeller Foundation finds that Latinos, the youngest and fastest-growing segment of the American labor force, face considerable challenges ... Them An Edge ,...

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Economic Security

Workforce Development

New Center Aids Torture Survivors

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06/18/2014

... Aids Torture Survivors A new WNY Center for Survivors of Refugee Trauma and Torture, made possible by a $250,000 grant from the New York State Health Foundation , will help torture survivors who have resettled...