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24 Jun 2020

Service for Impact: Results of Corporate Volunteering

Wednesday, June 24, 2020 -

10:00am to 11:00am

... objectives through volunteerism. The focus of this year’ s meetings is uncovering new and stronger proof of business ... needs, thus moving the employee volunteer programs from a nice to have to a need to have...

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29 Jul 2020

Is COVID-19 Changing Business as Usual? The Corporate Response

Wednesday, July 29, 2020 -

2:00pm to 3:30pm

... C-Suite, Cross-Functional Teams, Community Partners and Public Sector) What questions to ask when making decisions that can either align with or depart from ongoing focus areas and initiatives How to manage ...

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Tools & Strategies

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Corporate Funders

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Open Soceity Foundations to Increase Commitment to Global COVID-19 Response

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10/07/2020

... COVID-19 around the world to $200 million. Open Society’ s funding will include support to organizations helping those ... will also strengthen humanitarian responses in countries from El Salvador to Myanmar,...

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International/Foreign Affairs

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Disaster Relief

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Dr. Christopher Howard Joins the Board of the Markle Foundation

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12/10/2020

... in Pittsburgh. He is a distinguished graduate of the U. S . Air Force Academy and saw active service as both a ... to enable unemployed and low wage workers to emerge from the current public...

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John & Mary R. Markle Foundation

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Margaret Hoover Joins the Board of The Markle Foundation

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03/31/2021

... Hoover on PBS, a revival of William F. Buckley Jr.' s long running public affairs television program. “Margaret is an astute ... to Markle’ s work. She examines issues and communities...

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John & Mary R. Markle Foundation

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Sheena Wright, United Way NYC President & CEO, named in City & State NY Power of Diversity: Black 100 List of 2021

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10/18/2021

... Adam Clayton Powell Jr. took office as New York’ s first Black member of Congress. The following decade, ... – state Attorney General Letitia James and New York City Public Advocate Jumaane Williams – are...

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United Way of New York City

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A Unique Nonprofit Lender

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08/19/2009

... is a well-known early seventeenth century sound bite ( from Shakespeare’ s Hamlet ; Polonius’ advice to his son, Laertes). Yet ... some or all of their funds be invested in such loans. The interest...

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Ford Foundation Appoints Innocent Chukwuma to Lead Its West Africa Office

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01/01/2013

... Leone. Chukwuma will be based in the Ford Foundation’ s office in Lagos and will oversee all of the foundation’ s ... the CLEEN Foundation, a civil society group that promotes public safety,...

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Simple and Fast City Contracting: Introducing the Health and Human Services Accelerator

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07/17/2013

... everyday needs of New Yorkers. The Accelerator System’ s primary goal is to simplify and speed the contract process, ... service organizations to learn more about upcoming RFPs from various City Agencies,...

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26 Mar 2015

Using Social Media to Engage Your Stakeholders in Corporate Social Responsibility Efforts

Thursday, March 26, 2015 -

9:15am to 11:15am

... CSR messages to well-parsed groups of stakeholders. CSR‘ s core purpose is to give back and, in doing so build ... strategies that work? Join our dynamic panelists to learn from their experiences of engaging...

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Research to Prevent Blindness Foundation Honored with Distinguished Service Award by American Academy of Ophthalmology

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11/13/2015

... in various areas of the profession. These range from scientific innovation and humanitarian service to ... The honorees will be recognized AAO 2015, the Academy' s 119th annual meeting in Las Vegas. Each...

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Research to Prevent Blindness

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Health

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Rockefeller Foundation President Reflects On America's Most Pressing Challenge Jobs And Economic Opportunity

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10/16/2017

Rockefeller Foundation President Reflects On America' s Most Pressing Challenge Jobs And Economic Opportunity Last ... and learn how they can help it continue to bounce back from its 2013 bankruptcy. It was...

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Teagle Foundation Releases Report on Their Initiative to Encourage Liberal Arts Colleges to Create Online Courses

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01/30/2018

... translate to high student enrollment, a report by Ithaka S &R suggests. The report, published today , looked at the ... to list a course in its catalog. One of the key lessons from the projects highlighted...

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

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Education

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15 May 2018

ComNetworkNY: Communicating Without Stereotypes: Getting Smart on Gender and Race

Tuesday, May 15, 2018 -

6:00pm to 8:00pm

... author and academic Alexis McGill Johnson says it’ s about our brains and that to be truly effective in driving ... conversation and workshop with Alexis and her colleagues from the Perception Institute that...

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Andy Warhol Foundation Joins Growing Number of Organizations Condemning University of Kansas Over Its Removal of Josephine Meckseper’s Flag

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07/25/2018

... of Kansas Over Its Removal of Josephine Meckseper’ s Flag The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts has ... the University of Kansas’ s decision to remove an artwork from its campus...

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The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts

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Arts

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Census 2020: Focus on the Real Work in Communities, Not the Legal/Political Morass

Release Date:

07/11/2019

... Council of Nonprofits The two weeks following the U. S . Supreme Court’ s June 28 ruling that the controversial ... key practical arguments of dollars, data, and democracy from the amicus...

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National Council of Nonprofits

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NYT Opinion: Rockefeller Family Fund Director, Lee Wasserman asks "Why Are We Still Looking for Oil and Gas?"

Release Date:

07/25/2019

... Gas? If an artist were to choose colors for portraits of public officials to represent their records on climate ... charcoal black. How better to capture the president’ s efforts to increase the extraction of...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Announces Grants Dedicated to the Well-being of Native Communities

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07/09/2020

... Corporation . This investment is part of DDCF’ s ongoing commitment to supporting the health, vibrancy and ... the U. S ., including Alaska and Hawaii. The grants span from Native-centered and...

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Community Development

Health

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Doris Duke Foundation

Burke Foundation Announces Release of New Jersey's Statewide ACEs (Adverse Childhood Experiences) Action Plan

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02/04/2021

Burke Foundation Announces Release of New Jersey' s Statewide ACEs (Adverse Childhood Experiences) Action Plan ... the statewide implementation of this plan, but partners from all sectors — public...

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