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Inequality Is the Problem—What’s Our Response?

Release Date:

07/02/2014

... Inequality is all over the headlines these days. From the mayor of New York, to President Obama, to Pope ... last three decades. Less than 10 percent of young people from families in the lowest income quartile...

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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

Public Policy

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Children, Youth and Families

Economic Security

Education

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William T. Grant Foundation

Simons Foundation Supports CUNY Graduate Center to Diversify Astrophysics Education

Release Date:

02/09/2022

... igniting the imaginations of many as they learn about it from television shows or news of space exploration. Like many ... cost of graduate education, particularly at the master’ s level, where scholarships...

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The Simons Foundation

WES Mariam Assefa Fund Announces New Grants to Support New York City Asylum Seekers

Release Date:

02/21/2023

... arrived in New York City. The majority of migrants arrived from Latin America, including many Venezuelans fleeing an ... approximately 27,800 asylum seekers were in the city’ s shelter system and Humanitarian...

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Human Services

Immigration

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World Education Services / WES Mariam Assefa Fund

Design Thinking for Advocates: Don’t Knock it Till You Try It

Release Date:

02/23/2016

... You’ve probably heard of design thinking by now. It’ s an approach to creating innovative products and services, ... had covered the walls with Post-its with ideas from previous sessions . This charrette was...

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Arts

Civic Engagement

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The New York Community Trust

27 Feb 2014

What to Look for in a Nonprofit’s Financial Statement

Thursday, February 27, 2014 -

7:45am to 11:00am

... of reading and interpreting financial statements What' s changed since last year within the financial statements How to spot red flags as well as signs of an organization' s financial health Ratios...

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Issue-Based

28 Feb 2012

Thinking Out of the Box: Meeting Challenges with Creative Leadership

Tuesday, February 28, 2012 -

7:00am to 12:00pm

... Lilien , Bureau Chief, New York State Attorney General' s Charities Bureau . Tim McClimon (Moderator), President, .....

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22 Mar 2012

What to Look for in a Nonprofit’s Financial Statement

Thursday, March 22, 2012 -

8:45am to 11:00am

Philanthropy New York, 79 Fifth Avenue 4th floor, NYC

... Spot red flags as well as signs of an organization' s financial health. Familiarize yourself with ratios and ... of the organization. Part of Philanthropy New York' s series Not for New Grantmakers...

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21 Mar 2013

What to Look for in a Nonprofit’s Financial Statement

Thursday, March 21, 2013 -

8:45am to 11:00am

Philanthropy New York, 79 Fifth Ave., 4th floor, NYC

... Spot red flags as well as signs of an organization' s financial health. Familiarize yourself with ratios and ... of the organization. Part of Philanthropy New York' s series "Not for New...

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Issue-Based

18 Jul 2013

Foundation Administrators Network Meeting: A Focus on Human Resources, TED Style

Thursday, July 18, 2013 -

8:45am to 10:30am

Philanthropy New York' s Foundation Administrators Network (FAN) creates a .....

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Network Building

05 Dec 2013

Ripple Effects: DACA’s Impact on DREAMers and Their Families

Thursday, December 5, 2013 -

11:45am to 3:00pm

Philanthropy New York

... offered by DACA is the next challenge in the program’ s implementation. Join us for this discussion to learn how a ... Children, Youth, and Families. Ripple Effects: DACA’ s Impact on DREAMers and Their...

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Immigration

Children, Youth and Families

06 Feb 2014

Service for Impact

Thursday, February 6, 2014 -

7:45am to 10:30am

Philanthropy New York

... will focus upon best practices in aligning your company’ s grantmaking and volunteer programs, as well as examples of ...

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Network Building

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Volunteerism

28 Feb 2014

The Impact Assessment - Moving Towards Greater Impact

Friday, February 28, 2014 -

7:00am to 10:30am

US Trust

... impact, but how do we get there? Participants will use ASF' s new 10-Minute Impact Assessment tool to identify .....

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Issue-Based

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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

Impact Investing

Nonprofit Excellence Awards Application Process Helps Organizations Improve Management Practices

Release Date:

09/09/2014

Encouraging findings emerge from a survey of over 630 Nonprofit Excellence Awards applications.

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Member News

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Ford Foundation

The New York Community Trust

Fund for the City of New York

WNYC Radio

Rockefeller Brothers Fund Profiled in Rolling Stone

Release Date:

01/16/2015

... also "an economic reason for divestment," Wayne says. RBF' s business is philanthropy. It was determined not to damage ... have concerns. One of the primary assets on an oil company' s...

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Rockefeller Brothers Fund

NoVo Foundation Examines Unequal Funding for Women and Girls of Color

Release Date:

10/23/2015

... grew out of an interview I did with NoVo Foundation’ s Executive Director Pamela Shifman about the new Grantmakers ... pay attention to women and girls of color. “There’ s a myth out there that for girls and...

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Social Justice

Gender Justice

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NoVo Foundation

BofA, Rockefeller Noted for Adding Profit Incentives to Nonprofit Work

Release Date:

11/06/2015

... and one recent technique in particular shows promise. It’ s called Pay for Success, and it allows investors to fund ... effectiveness—with no downside for taxpayers. Here’ s how it works: A government agency...

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The Rockefeller Foundation

Bank of America [Corporate]

Columbia University School of Nursing to Become New Home of the Jonas Center for Nursing and Veterans Healthcare

Release Date:

11/17/2015

... at Columbia University. It will reside in Columbia’ s School of Nursing via an $11.1 million, 10-year grant to the University that underscores the Jonas Center’ s enduring commitment to the future of the...