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10 May 2010

Funders' Update: Where Are We Now with Health Care Reform?

Monday, May 10, 2010 -

3:00pm to 4:00pm

MEMBERS: Please log in to register yourself or a colleague online by clicking on ... Expand your understanding of the issues as some of our foundation leaders most knowledgeable in the health...

15 Apr 2009

Philanthropy New York Funders of Women & Girls Network Meeting: Advancing Women’s Leadership

Wednesday, April 15, 2009 -

9:00am to 11:00am

... focus on improving the lives of women and girls in New York. PROGRAM DESCRIPTION   Philanthropy New ... Ana Oliveira, President and CEO of the New York Women’s Foundation , will also offer her thoughts on...

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Network Building

Bill Gates: 'Philanthropy Should Be Taking Bigger Risks Than Business'

Release Date:

09/25/2013

... tackled were easy, business and government could step in and solve them, Bill Gates said at this week's Clinton ... Gates used his own venture, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation , as an example of...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Philanthropy: Beyond Business or Charity

Release Date:

11/01/2013

Lori Bezahler, President of the Edward W. Hazen Foundation , wrote about the problems with adopting a "business planning" model for philanthropy in the latest issue of NCRP's Responsive Philanthropy...

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Edward W. Hazen Foundation (Closed)

Scott Stringer Unveils Transition Team

Release Date:

11/18/2013

... Ana Oliveira, president of the New York Women’s Foundation , and Robert Kasdin, senior executive vice ...

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What Inequality Deniers Have In Common With Climate Change Skeptics

Release Date:

06/16/2014

What Inequality Deniers Have In Common With Climate Change Skeptics In an op-ed on Quartz, Ford Foundation President Darren Walker says recent attempts to ...

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Economic Security

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Ford Foundation

Effective Philanthropy Takes Time

Release Date:

06/26/2014

Effective Philanthropy Takes Time In this episode of Making Change , a podcast of the Chronicle ... of Philanthropy, Phil Henderson, president, Surdna Foundation , discusses why effective philanthropy is about .....

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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

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Surdna Foundation

Target Hits $25 Million Goal For School Supply Donations

Release Date:

08/04/2014

... that it hit its campaign goal to donate $25 million in school supplies to children in need based on purchases made in its stores nationwide from ... the school supply donations through the...

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Education

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Target Corporation

Viriginia "Ginnie" Sloane Remembered for Her Philanthropic Spirit

Release Date:

11/04/2014

... Virginia Sloane presided over the Heckscher Foundation for Children for nearly 25 years, helping to give ... of millions of dollars to organizations serving youngsters in New York. She was also the soul of her...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Ford's Walker Explores the Value of Civil Society in Recent Report

Release Date:

07/09/2015

Ford's Walker Explores the Value of Civil Society in Recent Report During my very first days as President of the Ford Foundation , I participated in a roundtable on civil society with the...

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Andrew W. Mellon Study Examines Demographic Composition of Museum Staff

Release Date:

08/05/2015

... Women account for a clear majority of art museum staffs in the United States, comprising approximately 60% of ... museum demographic survey released by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation . But non-whites accounted...

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Arts

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Mellon Foundation

Q&A with Sreenivasan: The Met Engages Audiences with Digital Technology (Bloomberg Philanthropies)

Release Date:

02/02/2016

... Kate Levin for a wide-ranging conversation with the foundation ’s staff about how digital technology is changing ...

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Arts

Technology

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Bloomberg Philanthropies

At Rockefeller, Actor Robin Wright on Negotiating Equal Pay on ‘House of Cards’

Release Date:

05/18/2016

... Wright on Negotiating Equal Pay on ‘House of Cards’ In an interview with the Rockefeller Foundation about closing the gender gap, Wright explained ...

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Gender Justice

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Lawyer Seeking $22M in Final Dissolution of Irene Diamond Fund

Release Date:

05/20/2016

Lawyer Seeking $22M in Final Dissolution of Irene Diamond Fund A lawyer is trying ... scout and her husband, the Manhattan philanthropist’s foundation charges in a new lawsuit. The Irene Diamond...

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Aging

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Doris Duke Environmental Program Director Comments on Global Poo Menace

Release Date:

08/08/2016

... what DDT did to birds, what diclofenac did to vultures in India, or what neonicotinoid insecticides are thought to be doing to honeybees, now in decline worldwide. Companies keep finding great products .....

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Health

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How Bloomberg Philanthropies' Big Investment in Mayors May Shape Education Reform, and More

Release Date:

09/16/2016

How Bloomberg Philanthropies' Big Investment in Mayors May Shape Education Reform, and More Mayoral control remains a controversial issue in education, but some see it as a major boon for reform efforts...

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How to Recruit Panelists for Your Next Program

Release Date:

09/22/2016

... Program Brian Byrd, program officer at the NY State Health Foundation , explains how he chose the panel for the PNY ...

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Insights

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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New York Health Foundation

Rockefeller Leads Initiative to Help Young People Without College Degrees Land First Job

Release Date:

09/21/2016

... Abigail Carlton, managing director at the Rockefeller Foundation , leads the U.S. Youth Employment Initiative, ...

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Workforce Development

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Apply Now to Join TCF Institute's Summer 2017 Class

Release Date:

01/03/2017

... TCF Institute's Summer 2017 Class Each year, The Century Foundation (TCF) typically invites six interns to join our office in New York City to spend the summer building new .....