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Does Funder Risk Aversion Stifle Innovation?

Release Date:

09/12/2013

by Lukas Haynes, Vice President, Mertz Gilmore Foundation and Nancy Lublin, CEO, DoSomething.org Lukas ... America’s great social entrepreneurs, who founded Dress for Success and turned DoSomething.org into a...

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What Philanthropy’s Response to Changes in Washington Means for Civic Engagement

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06/15/2017

... Philanthropy’s Response to Changes in Washington Means for Civic Engagement by Kristen Cambell, Executive Director, ... Engagement This pieces originally appeared on the website of the Center for...

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Doris Duke Supports NY Dance and Performance Bessie Award Nominees

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09/20/2016

... House. The Bessies are also thrilled to announce that all of the 2016 nominees will receive a cash award of $500, made ... possible by a generous gift from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation...

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Arts

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Open Society Awards $8 Million to Physicians for Human Rights

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04/19/2017

Open Society Awards $8 Million to Physicians for Human Rights Physicians for Human Rights has announced ... grant from the Open Society Foundations in support of its efforts to...

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Robert Sterling Clark: Supporting Our Grantee Partners in the Era of COVID-19

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03/19/2020

... Sterling Clark: Supporting Our Grantee Partners in the Era of COVID-19 For the last two weeks, I have been picturing Wile E. Coyote ... that reality, we are making some changes in how the foundation...

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Disaster Relief

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2021 FFMG Administrative Expense Survey

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07/2021

The Foundation Financial Managers Group (FFMG), continuing its ... in the survey, FFMG calculates average expense ratios for New York area foundations. Many foundations use these ratios for a group of comparable foundations as part of their budgeting ...

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23 Jul 2025

Building Power, Resourcing Communities: How NY is Leading Efforts to Reconceive Child Safety and Family Well-Being - Hosted by Youth and Families Forward

Wednesday, July 23, 2025 -

2:00pm to 4:00pm

... invites its members and friends to join leading advocates for a critical discussion on how New York is reconceiving ... on federal and local policy shifts, discuss a variety of interconnected...

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Children, Youth and Families

Gov. Andrew Cuomo Joins Jim and Marilyn Simons to Dedicate Flatiron Institute

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09/14/2017

... Jim and Marilyn Simons to Dedicate Flatiron Institute New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo joined Simons Foundation co-founders Jim and Marilyn Simons on Sept. 6 to ... new Flatiron Institute, an...

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12 Oct 2017

ESSA: How Much Will it Change School Testing, Equity, Diversity and Discipline Practices?

Thursday, October 12, 2017 -

9:00am to 11:00am

... more power and tasked with producing its own framework for identifying and intervening in struggling schools. This ... to think past test scores and focus on other indicators of student success such as...

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Rockefeller Brothers Fund Aligns Investments with Mission: Diversifying Investment Managers

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03/31/2020

... Brothers Fund has set a new goal to invest 25 percent of its endowment holdings with firms majority-owned by women ... sector and incentivize the creation of new...

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

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Diversity in Philanthropy

Philanthropy New York has a long history of supporting programs that seek to increase diversity in our ... issue. Examples of our work include: Special Committee for Equitable...

28 Mar 2025

AI and Its Impact on Workforce Development: The Need for Urgency and Action

Friday, March 28, 2025 -

8:30am to 12:30pm

Civic Hall; 124 E 14th St New York, NY 10003

... are pleased to invite you to a half-day convening on AI for the philanthropic sector—AI and Workforce Development: The Need for Urgency and Action. A series of panel discussions will bring...

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Data-Driven Gender Equality

Release Date:

09/15/2017

... families and productivity in the developing world. Today, for example, women make up nearly half of the agricultural workforce in Sub-Saharan Africa. Yet, ... (SDG 1). To help fill data gaps...

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24 Jul 2017

Interested in Working in Philanthropy?

Monday, July 24, 2017 -

3:30pm to 5:00pm

... sector, as part of our " Interested in Working at a Foundation " series. This July, we will learn about the field ... President of Programs and Advocacy at Schott...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Legislator To Propose Federal Tax On Sugary Drinks

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06/06/2014

... beverages, and hopes to introduce a bill "in a matter of weeks." The two-day gathering brought together leading ... researchers and scientists, public health officials, foundation executives, and...

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Jonas Center for Nursing & Veterans Healthcare Celebrates 10 Years & 1,000 Scholars

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02/05/2016

Jonas Center for Nursing & Veterans Healthcare Celebrates 10 Years & 1,000 ... leading philanthropic funder of graduate nursing education , the Jonas Center has grown from a New...

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Michael R. Bloomberg Partners with Commissioner Arias Cañete to Support European Transition from Coal Power

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09/18/2018

... founder Michael R. Bloomberg and European Commissioner for Energy and Climate Action Miguel Arias Cañete pledged to ... away from coal. Bloomberg and Arias Cañete announce a new partnership to step up Europe’s...

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Good Grantmaking Where Our Work is Not Always Welcome

Release Date:

04/27/2015

... but not all countries provide the legal authority for civil society to flourish, nor have they traditionally ... and former program officer in China for the Ford Foundation ; Steven Heintz,...

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Community Development

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UHF Honors 63 Health Care Quality Improvement Leaders at Tribute to Excellence Today

Release Date:

07/15/2020

... patient experience. The Tribute provides an opportunity for external recognition of excellence. Health care ... by TD Bank, and funds donated through the TD Charitable Foundation...

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PNY Members Funding LGBT Senior Care

Release Date:

10/30/2014

... their not-so-golden years. But how often do you think of the shaky ground that many older LGBT Americans find ... a number of funders have been locked onto this issue for a while now...

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The New York Community Trust

The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation

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