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8 Characteristics of Successful Venture Philanthropies

Publication date:

03/2014

The Rockefeller Foundation hosted the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Developmen t (OECD) for the launch of a new study on venture philanthropy. Venture philanthropy ...

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Economic Security

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The Rockefeller Foundation

New York Community Trust Honors 2015 Winners of Nonprofit Excellence Awards

Release Date:

12/01/2015

New York Community Trust Honors 2015 Winners of Nonprofit ... and Philanthropy New York announced the three winners for the 2015 New York Community Trust...

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Open Society Foundations Name Sandra Breka as Vice President and Chief Operating Officer

Release Date:

09/30/2022

... Breka, former chief executive officer of the Robert Bosch Foundation , will assume the role of vice president and chief ... who has been deeply engaged in international affairs for...

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Supported By The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, The National Alliance for Audition Support Looks to Increase Diversity in Orchestras

Release Date:

04/18/2018

Supported By The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation , The National Alliance for Audition Support Looks to Increase Diversity in ... African-American musicians accounted for only 1.8 percent of...

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Mellon Foundation

Newman's Own Foundation Provides Over $1.7 Million to Support Nutrition Initiatives

Release Date:

10/02/2018

Newman's Own Foundation Provides Over $1.7 Million to Support Nutrition ... and nutrition. This latest round brings the total grants for this category to almost $3 million in 2018. The funding ... and...

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Newman's Own Foundation

The Rockefeller Foundation Appoints Sharon Percy Rockefeller, Mellody Hobson and Admiral James Stavridis to Board of Trustees

Release Date:

12/11/2017

The Rockefeller Foundation Appoints Sharon Percy Rockefeller, Mellody Hobson ... and our programmatic teams. I know that I speak for the entire Board in saying we are thrilled they will be ... recognized voice on...

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Maya L. Harris Joins Arcus Foundation Board of Directors

Release Date:

12/12/2017

Maya L. Harris Joins Arcus Foundation Board of Directors The Arcus Foundation , a global foundation promoting respect for diversity among peoples and in nature...

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13 Apr 2022

2022 New York Age-Friendly Funders Network - Spring Meeting

Wednesday, April 13, 2022 -

10:30am to 12:00pm

New York Age-Friendly Funders Network is a peer network of grantmakers who fund or are interested in the program area of healthy aging and services for older adults...

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UJA-Federation of New York Convenes Panel on Growing Poverty on Long Island

Release Date:

01/30/2017

UJA-Federation of New York Convenes Panel on Growing Poverty on Long Island A ... where there are an estimated 16,700 poor or near-poor Jewish households. Panelists included Jolene Boden, LCSW...

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UJA-Federation of New York

30 Jan 2019

New Tools, New Partnerships: Is It Time To Break Your Engagement Mold?

Wednesday, January 30, 2019 -

9:00am to 11:00am

... emails are sent every day – an estimated 72 emails for each one of the 3.7 billion email users in the world. It’s no secret ... Prudential Financial, Viacom, and Credit Suisse Americas Foundation...

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Ford Foundation President to Step Down

Release Date:

03/06/2013

... has announced that he will leave his position in September of this year. New York, 5 March 2013 — Ford Foundation president Luis A. Ubiñas today announced his plan ...

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16 Sep 2025

September 2025 New York Age-Friendly Funders Network - Fall Meeting

Tuesday, September 16, 2025 -

2:00pm to 4:00pm

Research suggests that between 8% and 14% of older adults in New York are food-insecure, but little is ... Better data on food-insecure older adults, especially for individuals...

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Nonhuman Rights Project, Supported by Novo and Arcus Foundations, Is Featured in Documentary

Release Date:

06/06/2017

... Is Featured in Documentary Steven Wise is an attorney for animals, notably two chimpanzees, Tommy and Kiko, who ... law at Harvard and Stanford, Wise is president and founder of the Nonhuman Rights Project,...

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Animal Welfare

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Arcus Foundation

NoVo Foundation

Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Works to Preserve Scholarly Latin Texts

Release Date:

08/19/2015

Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Works to Preserve Scholarly Latin Texts The University of Oklahoma is the recipient of a $1 million grant from the Andrew W. Mellon ...

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Mellon Foundation

Philanthropy New York Welcomes Donita Volkwijn as Senior Director of Member Engagement

Release Date:

07/08/2021

... New York Welcomes Donita Volkwijn as Senior Director of Member Engagement Donita_Volkwijn.jpg Philanthropy New ... New York community. She serves on PNY’s Committee ...

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PNY News

Illumination Fund Earmarks New Donation to Help Hospital Staff Through the NYC Health + Hospitals COVID-19 Relief Fund

Release Date:

04/03/2020

... builds on the Illumination Fund’s continuous support for healthcare workers at NYC Health + Hospitals NYC Health + ... Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund is a New York City-based foundation...

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Workforce Development

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Friend or Foe? Philanthropy Should Welcome New Styles of Giving

Release Date:

04/27/2017

Friend or Foe? Philanthropy Should Welcome New Styles of Giving By Maeve B. Miccio, Vice President, Strategic ... Partnerships Eastern Region, Silicon Valley Community Foundation This member...

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Insights

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Silicon Valley Community Foundation

Wallace Foundation to Invest $47 Million In Redesigning Principal Preparation

Release Date:

03/16/2016

Wallace Foundation to Invest $47 Million In Redesigning Principal ... attention than teachers in the national conversation about education . The Wallace Foundation has been seeking to change that...

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Celeste Ford Appointed Chief Communications Officer of Carnegie Corporation of New York

Release Date:

07/24/2023

... Ford as chief communications officer. She is responsible for developing and implementing a comprehensive ... of all content and marketing activities promoting the foundation ’s work, including...

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Selects Ten Communities as 2020-2021 RWJF Culture of Health Prize Winners

Release Date:

10/26/2021

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Selects Ten Communities as 2020-2021 RWJF Culture ... the forefront of advancing health, opportunity , and equity for all. The 2020–2021 Prize...

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Community Development

Health

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Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

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