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The Back-of-the-Envelope Guide to Communications Strategy

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09/12/2017

The Back-of-the-Envelope Guide to Communications Strategy In an article published earlier this year, we asked ... on super-strategic communications efforts that will result in lasting change . But...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Announces the 2023 Sloan Research Fellows

Release Date:

02/15/2023

... A Sloan Research Fellowship is one of the most prestigious awards available to young researchers, in part because so many past Fellows have gone on to become towering figures in science...

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Science

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

28 Oct 2014

Collective Impact: From Concept to Reality in NYC

Tuesday, October 28, 2014 -

2:45pm to 5:00pm

... and integrated it into their way of working together. In this session, we will discuss one health focused initiative - The Staten Island Partnership for Community Wellness - Tackling Youth ... Adrienne Abbate...

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All Funders

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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

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Community Development

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New York City

18 Jun 2018

No Place Like Home: Responding to the Unique Needs of Homeless Children and Their Families

Monday, June 18, 2018 -

9:00am to 11:00am

... and adults. Children, specifically, can experience long -term negative impacts on their health, mental health, ... City’s homeless children struggle to get to school with over half of homeless students missing...

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Children, Youth and Families

Housing and Homelessness

Responding to the Challenge of Strengthening Grantee Boards

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06/07/2010

Despite the billions of dollars distributed to nonprofits in our region each year, and the tremendous influence that a nonprofit’s board of directors can exert over an organization, many funders are not certain...

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Insights

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Governance

Leadership Development

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United Way of New York City

The State of Foundation Performance Assessment: A Survey of Foundation CEOs

Publication date:

09/2011

Over the past decade foundations have worked to assess their performance in the fields and communities they seek to address. ...

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Report

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Evaluation

Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

The Transformative Power of Philanthropy

Release Date:

05/09/2013

The fourth in a series of Rockefeller Foundation President Judith ... 14, the Rockefeller Foundation will mark our Centennial. In the lead up to the celebration, I’ve been contributing a ... about what we’ve...

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The Rockefeller Foundation

Though Enrolling More Poor Students, 2-Year Colleges Get Less of Federal Pie

Release Date:

05/22/2013

... declining share of government spending on higher education over the last decade even as their student bodies have become ...

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Public Policy

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Education

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The Century Foundation

From Health-Care Reform, Lessons for Education Policy

Release Date:

07/09/2013

... factors that broke decades of political stalemate over national health-insurance reform was the emergence of ...

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The Century Foundation

A Nonprofit Trendsetter Becomes 4th CEO in 4 Years at Tides

Release Date:

02/09/2014

... profiled Kriss Deiglmeier, the new CEO of Tides. Over the past two decades, Kriss Deiglmeier has helped start some of the biggest trends in the nonprofit world. In the early 1990s, when she...

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Target Gives $1 Billion for Education

Release Date:

08/31/2015

... goal to give $1 billion for education. Target’s support over the years has provided books, school supplies, food, ...

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Target Corporation

Simons Foundation Supports Collaboration of Libraries in Digital Era

Release Date:

10/17/2016

Simons Foundation Supports Collaboration of Libraries in Digital Era Amid declining budgets and an increasing ... University prepares for the arrival of 800 more students over the next four years, ensuring that...

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Communications/Media

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The Simons Foundation

Century Foundation Senior Fellow Says Political Behavior Is Predicted by Past Political Behavior

Release Date:

11/30/2016

... Political Behavior Today, 15 percent of the population is over 65; in 2050, 22 percent will be. The number of white senior ...

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Civic Engagement

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The Century Foundation

NYC: The New Capital of Fast-food Nation

Release Date:

09/20/2017

... establishments has not stopped them from proliferating in the city. Taco Bell, Chick-fil-A, McDonald's and Dunkin' ... expanding here. And so is a new breed of eateries with over -the-counter service...

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Food Systems

The Goldilocks Approach to Nonprofit Board Size: What Is “Just Right”?

Release Date:

10/05/2017

... What Is “Just Right”? Among many interesting findings in BoardSource’s “Leading with Intent: 2017 National ... on board size. Average board size has steadily declined over the past 20 years, as the chart below...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Bloomberg Commits $375 Million to Education Initiatives

Release Date:

06/01/2018

... million to a variety of education initiatives nationwide over the next five years, increasing his commitment to an ...

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Education

ASPCA and NYPD Celebrate Five Years of Fighting Animal Abuse and Rescuing Victims across New York City

Release Date:

01/29/2019

... Department (NYPD) . The collaboration launched citywide in January 2014 with the NYPD taking the lead role in responding to all animal cruelty complaints in the five ... more than 3,300...

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Animal Welfare

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ASPCA

Salk Institute Receives $42 Million From Helmsley Charitable Trust to Create Research Center for Genomic Medicine

Release Date:

01/24/2013

... Center for Genomic Medicine will enable scientists in a range of fields to explore how certain cellular pathways ... Studies has received a $42 million gift—the largest in the Institute’s history—to establish...

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Health

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The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust

Research to Prevent Blindness Backs Innovative Glaucoma Research

Release Date:

04/10/2015

... totaling $300,000 for research into molecular activity in the retina that initiates glaucoma. His goal is to ... the present time, treatment focuses on reducing pressure in the eye that can trigger glaucoma,...