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Buffett Says Government Should Do More to Combat Poverty

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10/04/2017

Buffett Says Government Should Do More to Combat Poverty Billionaire Warren Buffett says America ... a barrier success. "The American dream has succeeded in aggregate. We have failed, in my...

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19 May 2010

Philanthropy New York's 31st Annual Meeting, with NYS Lt. Gov. Richard Ravitch

Wednesday, May 19, 2010 -

3:15pm to 6:30pm

... New York business meeting and program -- 3:15 to 5: 30 PM • Reception -- approx. 5: 30 to 6: 30 PM ... speaker at our 31st Annual Meeting . He will be...

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29 Oct 2015

Exploring Grantmaking Strategy: Options and Approaches

Thursday, October 29, 2015 -

8:15am to 10:30am

... Young Leaders Breakfast Club cohort. If you had $1 billion to start your own foundation , how would you strategically use your resources to ... members of the Young Leaders Breakfast Club...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Jonas Center Releases Homelessness Report Targeting Female Veterans

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03/26/2015

... Report Targeting Female Veterans Roughly 34, 000 female veterans are homeless, and many have children who share the burden, according to the report. The authors estimate that the VA currently spends...

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Jonas Center / Barbara & Donald Jonas Family Fund

New York Life Backs Save the Children's Relief Efforts in Nepal

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05/04/2015

New York Life Backs Save the Children's Relief Efforts in Nepal New York Life announced today it will donate $50, 000 to Save the Children. Nearly two million children are ... and CEO of New...

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Jim Simons, the Numbers King

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12/13/2017

... King Jim and Marilyn Simons became major charitable donors in the nineteen-nineties, when they launched their foundation . They have funded a math center at Stony Brook, ... science at Berkeley. The ...

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Farms in the Projects? (Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund)

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01/05/2016

Farms in the Projects? (Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund) You ... Canarsie in Brooklyn, East Harlem, the Bronx and Staten Island . These new farms will increase access to fresh...

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How Evaluations Make Programs Stronger

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08/21/2014

... of the Social Innovation Fund When funders invest in programs and organizations, they want some assurance that ... initiative and program of the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS), that...

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Blue Meridian Partners, Inc.

Morgan Stanley Launches Initiative to Advance Equity in Education and Career Outcomes for Underrepresented Groups

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12/20/2021

... backgrounds." In partnership with the Morgan Stanley Foundation , the initiative convenes a consortium of partners ... inequities and drive stronger financial outcomes in the long...

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16 Feb 2012

Funders Supporting Veterans

Thursday, February 16, 2012 -

7:30am to 10:00am

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

... September, funders have met twice at Philanthropy New York to learn about the issues facing returning veterans that can ... conversation but is now delving deeper into each other’s grants to...

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Racial Equity Resource Guide

Publication date:

05/2014

The W.K. Kellogg Foundation offers an online racial equity resource guide. The ... provides individuals and organizations with access to extensive learning materials, tools and data on racial ... been working to foster racial healing and racial equity in communities across the country. The practical resources ...

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W.K. Kellogg Foundation

Rockefeller Announces Joint Initiative with Obama Administration to Create New Resilience AmeriCorps Program

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07/13/2015

... New Resilience AmeriCorps Program The Rockefeller Foundation announced their latest commitment to building resilience in communities across the country through the launch of .....

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Trump Denies He Made A Deal With Democrats On DREAMer Protections

Release Date:

09/14/2017

... A Deal With Democrats On DREAMer Protections It wasn't long before President Trump pushed back after leading ... night to pass legislation that would protect the about 800, 000 DREAMers...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Funded Studies Make Progress In Fight Against Malaria

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10/05/2017

Bloomberg Philanthropies Funded Studies Make Progress In Fight Against Malaria Two new strategies show promise in battling malaria, a disease that kills more than 400, 000 people each year,...

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Children's Health Fund Launches New Mobile Clinic in NYC Made Possible by the Leona M. And Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust

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07/12/2019

Children's Health Fund Launches New Mobile Clinic in NYC Made Possible by the Leona M. And Harry B. Helmsley ... announced a new mobile clinic which will travel weekly to shelter sites across the city and...

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American Express NGen Fellows Program 2021 Fellows

Release Date:

07/22/2021

... opportunity for changemakers, age 40 and under, to strengthen their leadership capacity, hone their ... NGen Fellows program selects 12 individuals to participate in a nine-month leadership...

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17 Jan 2012

Improving Effectiveness in an Age of Uncertainty

Tuesday, January 17, 2012 -

1:00pm to 3:30pm

Webinar

In this age of austerity, it is more important than ever to ... for grantmaking and communication at the Berks County Community Foundation , will discuss the changes the ...

29 Jan 2025

Using Philanthropic Assets beyond Grantmaking: Shareholder Engagement as a Tool to Drive Change

Wednesday, January 29, 2025 - 5:30pm

... efforts to help us to drive impact while also increasing long -term shareholder value. Please join us to learn more ... You will hear directly from the Nathan Cummings...

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Environment and Climate Change

Marion Nestle Challenges Funders to Be More Strategic and Political

Release Date:

08/08/2013

by Jenny Rempel, Tom Ford Fellow in Philanthropy, Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems, Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation Food systems funding is hot right now. ... Foundations are supporting everything from food...

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The Case for Giving Cash to Poor Kids

Release Date:

08/25/2014

By Clio Chang, Policy Associate, The Century Foundation This post originally appeared on the The ... then a country is only as rich as its poorest citizens. In most of the developed world, the poorest citizens are...