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Brooklyn Community Foundation Announces Five Organizations Selected to Receive First Spark Prize

Release Date:

01/10/2017

... its kind celebrating excellence and impact in Brooklyn’ s thriving nonprofit sector. Each of the five Spark Prize ... recipients will get $100,000 in general operating support from Brooklyn Community...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Brooklyn Org

Furthering Conflict with George Soros, Hungary Tightens Rules on Foreign-Funded NGOs

Release Date:

06/13/2017

... Hungary Tightens Rules on Foreign-Funded NGOs Hungary' s parliament approved on Tuesday strict new rules for ... Hungarian-American billionaire George Soros. Defying calls from the European Parliament and...

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Open Society Foundations

Open Society Foundations: Central Asia at History’s Crossroads

Release Date:

07/17/2017

... burdened by the weight of a history defined by subjugation from its Great Power neighbors abroad and repression from its domestic rulers at home. A frequent assumption is ... Open Society Foundations: Central...

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Philanthropy’s Best

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International/Foreign Affairs

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Open Society Foundations

Clarity Needed In Clean Labeling

Release Date:

08/30/2017

... important as the product itself, according to new research from the Nielsen Co. Nearly 4 in 10 U. S . consumers say they would switch from the food and beverage brands they currently buy to ...

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Food Systems

City Council to Consider Expanding Stays at Shelters for Runaway and Homeless Teens, Young Adults

Release Date:

09/08/2017

... runaway youth would be able to stay longer in the city’ s crisis shelters under new legislation that will be ... and young adults to stay in the shelters for 120 days, up from 30 days under current law...

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Housing and Homelessness

Top White House Official to Discuss Climate Change at U.N.

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09/13/2017

... adviser, is convening senior climate and energy ministers from about a dozen nations in advance of next week’ s United Nations General Assembly meeting, the White House ... of devastation in the United States...

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Environment and Climate Change

Republicans Are Reconsidering Full Repeal of State and Local Tax Deduction

Release Date:

10/04/2017

... Local Tax Deduction Republican leaders are backing away from a proposal to fully repeal an expensive tax break used ... tax filers to deduct state and local taxes amid pushback from fellow lawmakers whose...

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Economic Security

Inspired or Frustrated, Women Go to Work for Themselves

Release Date:

10/04/2017

... still struggle with both — are a testament to what’ s possible. Here are their stories. Chupi Sweetman-Durney ran away from home when she was 6. She wisely took along the duvet cover from her...

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Gender Justice

Commonwealth Fund Analysis Shows how Disastrous the Medicaid Work Requirement Would be, Given the Opioid Crisis

Release Date:

01/12/2018

... the Opioid Crisis The first state waiver is likely to be from Kentucky — a state that has benefited enormously from Medicaid coverage for people facing opioid ... will lose their coverage within five years of...

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Health

The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Funds Program to Improve Retention and Graduation Rates for All Students

Release Date:

04/27/2018

... All Students Wabash College has received an $800,000 grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to improve retention and ... rates for all students with special emphasis on students from particular populations...

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Education

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Mellon Foundation

12 May 2016

Diverse and Dispersed: Managing a Far-Flung Family - Webinar

Thursday, May 12, 2016 -

12:00pm to 1:30pm

... trustees only.* In our increasingly mobile society, family philanthropies once defined by their proximity now encounter ... geography. How does geography affect a philanthropy’ s mission? How do you keep the...

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Family Foundation

New York Life Foundation awards $1.5 million in grants to out-of-school time programs to help middle school students transition to 9th grade.

Release Date:

06/03/2021

... and Texas (2). The organizations were selected from a total of 589 applicants, a new high for the Foundation' s Aim High education initiative, now in its fifth year. In ... Alliance The Afterschool...

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Children, Youth and Families

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New York Life Foundation

Joining Forces for Equity

Release Date:

07/11/2019

Philanthropy New York along with the Connecticut Council for Philanthropy, Grantmakers for Effective Organizations, Maryland Philanthropy Network, Northern California Grantmakers, PEAK Grantmaking, and Philanthropy Northwest have joined forces to...

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PNY News

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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PEAK Grantmaking

Philanthropy Northwest

Northern California Grantmakers

14 Jan 2021

Defining and Translating Motivations and Values - A Webinar Hosted by NCFP

Thursday, January 14, 2021 -

12:00pm to 1:15pm

In this webinar, learn how to facilitate productive conversations on motivations for giving, strategies for translating shared values into action, and how to successfully carry forward values across generations.

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Tools & Strategies

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Panel

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Family Foundation

09 Sep 2021

Scaling for Success - A Webinar Hosted by NCFP

Thursday, September 9, 2021 -

12:00pm to 1:15pm

In this webinar, learn how families have scaled their operations strategically for impact.

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Tools & Strategies

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Webinar/Teleconference

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Family Foundation

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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

HR & Operations

Technical Assistance and Strong Relationships: Key to Quality Capacity Building

Release Date:

09/15/2014

... This post originally appeared on The Foundation Center’ s GrantCraft blog. The Robert Bowne Foundation has ... everyday decisions, grantees have the opportunity to learn from each other and share their...

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Insights

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Technical Assistance & Capacity Building

Will The City’s Cultural Plan Walk The Talk Of Equity?

Release Date:

05/19/2017

Will The City’ s Cultural Plan Walk The Talk Of Equity? By Michelle Coffey ... to direct the City’ s policies on arts and culture, from generating affordable live/work spaces for artists to .....

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Arts

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Lambent Foundation

14 Jun 2022

A Moment for International Grantmaking: Applying Ethics to Practice

Tuesday, June 14, 2022 -

3:30pm to 5:00pm

... Kavelman Group and Co-Chair of Philanthropy New York’ s International Grantmakers Network Co-Facilitators Cordell ... of New York and Co-Chair of Philanthropy New York' s International Grantmakers Network...