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Improving Education May Come Down to Changing Principals

Release Date:

09/08/2014

... — mainly, did their kids get the best ones? But what if, in the interest of educational improvement, we paused to ... too — what and how students are learning. The Wallace Foundation has offered six urban...

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Education

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Deutsche Bank Gives USD 1 Million to Address Homelessness in New York City

Release Date:

12/04/2015

Deutsche Bank Gives USD 1 Million to Address Homelessness in New York City The Deutsche Bank Americas Foundation today announced it has selected four New York City organizations that support four...

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Bloomberg's Kelly Henning on Working Together Around The World To Kick The Big Tobacco Habit

Release Date:

01/06/2017

... it came to tobacco. Fewer than twenty developing countries in the world had even one strong tobacco control policy in ... little financial or technical help was available to support countries...

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A Peek into Bloomberg Philanthropies’ New Public Health Initiative

Release Date:

06/23/2017

... For the next 18 months, Bloomberg Philanthropies, in partnership with the World Health ... to be part of “Partnership for Healthy Cities,” the foundation ’s latest initiative launched just last month, .....

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Health

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Hometown Hope: How Amazon is Paying Attention to Homelessness in Seattle and Beyond

Release Date:

09/20/2017

... Hope: How Amazon is Paying Attention to Homelessness in Seattle and Beyond “It’s permanent until homelessness ... to thousands (or tens of thousands) of people roughing it in the streets, funders are looking...

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Corporate Social Responsibility

Lots of Men Are Gender-Equality Allies in Private. Why Not in Public?

Release Date:

10/13/2017

Lots of Men Are Gender-Equality Allies in Private. Why Not in Public? Real male allies tend to have ... Megan Tompkins’s research, using the National Science Foundation ’s ADVANCE program at the...

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Gender Justice

SeaChange Capital Partners Co-Authors Report Highlighting Challenges Faced By Non-Profits In Philadelphia

Release Date:

11/27/2017

... Report Highlighting Challenges Faced By Non-Profits In Philadelphia As Malcolm Burnley highlights in ... is based on a report commissioned by the Philadelphia Foundation and coauthored by...

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Children, Youth and Families

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OSF Denounces Hungarian Government's Attacks Against Soros

Release Date:

11/27/2017

... enemy to distract citizens." The Open Society Foundations, in a note posted on Soros's personal website, responded to a ... of Prime Minister Viktor Orbán to Hungarian voters in October which alleged...

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24 Jul 2017

Interested in Working in Philanthropy?

Monday, July 24, 2017 -

3:30pm to 5:00pm

... group informational interviews to explore career paths in the philanthropic sector, as part of our " Interested in Working at a Foundation " series. This July, we will learn about...

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Professional Development

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Nonprofit Staff/Grantseekers

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

23 Jun 2021

Reopening, Hybrid Work, and Why are the Guidelines Constantly Changing? Aaaaarrrrgh!

Wednesday, June 23, 2021 -

10:30am to 12:00pm

The Foundation Administrators Network (FAN) is a Philanthropy ... guidelines into account as they plan their re-openings, in addition to more logistical matters. There have been a ... arrangements? What are the...

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All Funders

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HR & Operations

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24 May 2017

Reproductive Services as Healthcare Entry Point: Planned Parenthood, FQHCs and the Families that Rely on Them

Wednesday, May 24, 2017 -

9:00am to 11:00am

... to the Guttmacher Institute of the 38 million women in need of contraceptive care in 2014, 20 million were in need of publicly funded services and supplies because they ...

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28 Jun 2018

Policy Core Course 2018 - June 28th Sessions

Thursday, June 28, 2018 -

9:00am to 12:15pm

... State-Level Campaigns June 28th - Policy Core: Engaging Foundation Leaders and Board Members Knowledge of the ... delivered over two half-days, offering training to foundation trustees and staff at all levels...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Social Justice

A New Funder Embrace for Workforce Development

Release Date:

04/18/2013

After the staggering job losses that followed the economic downturn, many funders considered the best ways to address rampant unemployment.

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Workforce Development

Lessons Learned from Hurricane Sandy

Release Date:

01/29/2013

The recently created New York 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, Director of the...

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Driving Change in Public Policy: Responsible Budgeting in New York State

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02/29/2012

In July 2009, New York Governor David Paterson asked Richard ... budget crisis, but prevent new fiscal emergencies in later years. Ravitch’s proposed solutions, and their ... A. Rockefeller Institute of Government...

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Media Development In The Developing World

Release Date:

01/04/2013

... Development Loan Fund has provided more than $120 million in loans and equity investments to media companies in 26 emerging market countries and independent news outlets in countries with a...

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Communications/Media

Technology

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Media Development Investment Fund

To Be a True Practitioner of Democracy

Release Date:

05/22/2013

... Brandeis University’s class of 2013 on Sunday, May 19. In 1831, Alexis de Tocqueville, a young French aristocrat visiting the United States saw a new phenomenon in America. In Democracy...

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

Resources from the Executive Order Philanthropy Group

Publication date:

05/2025

In a time of rapid shifts and evolving challenges, the ... innovation, and build a shared roadmap for impact in an increasingly complex and dynamic landscape. Resources ...

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Jonas Center Achieves Goal with 1,000 Doctorally Prepared Faculty, Clinical Leaders in All States

Release Date:

10/26/2015

... with 1,000 Doctorally Prepared Faculty, Clinical Leaders in All States The Jonas Center for Nursing and Veterans ... 1,000 nurse faculty and clinical leaders nationwide in 2016. The Jonas Center committed...

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Veterans

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Jonas Center / Barbara & Donald Jonas Family Fund

20 Jul 2017

Federal Policy Update and Q&A - A Webinar Hosted by GCIR

Thursday, July 20, 2017 -

4:00pm to 5:00pm

... Please click on the "Register Now" link above. Dial- in and webinar information will be emailed to you before the ... email register@philanthropynewyork.org with any questions. In collaboration with...