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Infrastructure Design as Innovation

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04/02/2019

... determine how innovative and forward-looking their grant making is or they themselves are. They spend significant time ... a foundation’s governance, grants management and grant making , and compliance. Without...

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Build Up Companies

Is Universal Voting an Idea Whose Time is Coming?

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11/17/2022

... voting in the United States. The occasion for the event was the publication, by The New Press, of the book 100% ... benefits to our democratic system that would accrue from making voting a required civic duty...

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Three Easy Questions to Get Past the ‘Reflexive No’

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02/18/2016

... mission-related funding areas. One way to make grant making more effective is by increasing access for people who ... providing books in Braille, the response by the Foundation was the "reflex no.” Lack...

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

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Disabilities

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Reader's Digest Partners for Sight Foundation

Commonwealth Fund Names David Blumenthal, M.D., as Its Next President

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08/01/2012

... Fund Commission on a High Performance Health System. In making the announcement, Commonwealth Fund Board Chairman ... as the National Coordinator for Health IT, Dr. Blumenthal was a practicing primary care...

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Appointments & Transitions

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Health

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The Commonwealth Fund

09 May 2013

God Loves Uganda - Philanthropy New York's Documentary Series

Thursday, May 9, 2013 -

5:30pm to 8:30pm

... interview with gay activist David Kato shortly before he was murdered. It tells the moving story of Bishop Christopher ...

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Issue-Based

Three Essential Insights on International Impact Investing

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09/08/2014

... exploring investment opportunities is important when making international impact investments. Arabella recently ... impact investors. If you are new to impact investing, making your first investments can be ...

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Impact Investing

Young Professionals, Get On Board

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10/07/2014

... skills and expertise, leveraging their relationships, and making philanthropic contributions. In return, board ... on the PBAC provided me with necessary skills that I was able to utilize when I later joined...

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Volunteerism

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Community Development

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Morgan Stanley

United Way of New York City

12 Feb 2015

Key Traits of Phenomenal Foundation Executive Directors

Thursday, February 12, 2015 -

2:00pm to 5:00pm

... (Youngme Moon) A marketing book about standing out Making Movies (Sidney Lumet) The value of preparation and the ...

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Mission Possible: Supporting Returning Veterans (No Matter What Your Mission)

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01/10/2013

... issues facing our returning veterans and their families. I was encouraged to see that so many of New York’s ... clear that devoting resources and energy to this area was very much on mission for us. And I...

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All Funders

United Hospital Fund Issues Report on Pediatric Primary Care

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01/08/2016

... analyst at UHF and the report’s author. “But for making changes that have long-term benefits on many fronts, ...

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Member News

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Children, Youth and Families

Health

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United Hospital Fund

United Hospital Fund Releases Report on Hospital Clinics Driving Growth of Primary Care Medical Homes in NY

Release Date:

09/22/2016

... by 28 percent over the last three years, though the growth was slowest in the most recent year analyzed. New York City ... primary care” (APC). New York has an ambitious goal of making sure that 80 percent of...

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Member News

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Health

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United Hospital Fund

16 Feb 2017

Legal Series - London’s Calling! So is Syria, Sudan, North Korea… Best Practices in International Grantmaking

Thursday, February 16, 2017 -

9:00am to 11:00am

... Interest May 5 – Legal Series - Investing in People: Making Grants to Individuals What do you get when you pair a ... about how to navigate the legal and programmatic issues in making grants outside the United...

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Professional Development

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Public Policy

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International/Foreign Affairs

07 Jun 2017

Trailblazers: The Bold States Leading the Charge on Climate Change

Wednesday, June 7, 2017 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

In the absence of federal legislation or a national will to put a price on carbon, the federal government is unlikely to make progress on climate action over the next four years. Recognizing that we can’t afford to wait that long, activists in some...

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Issue-Based

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All Funders

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Environment and Climate Change

Science

Finding My Power and Community in Philanthropy

Release Date:

08/03/2017

... do if they’re not in the sector. For me, this isolation was compounded by the dearth of young professionals in ... people in philanthropy usually don’t sit in a decision- making position within their...

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Here's How to End the Culture of Sexual Harassment

Release Date:

01/16/2018

... of the Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation This piece was originally published by The Baltimore Sun on December 17, ... today, they are being used to tear us down and apart, making us feel helpless and...

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Beyond Equity as a Trend, Toward Real Change

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04/24/2018

... truly listen in order to learn; Accept responsibility for making change, rather than assuming we are not implicated; ... critical steps to ensure that our approaches to grant making result in a pool of...

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Arts

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Doris Duke Foundation

The New York Community Trust

Why We Support Media

Release Date:

07/05/2018

... so, the Edwin Gould Foundation has concentrated its grant- making on improving educational outcomes for low-income ... , BEAM and One Goal, to name a few. Lately, we’ve begun making grants in another area that...

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Insights

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Communications/Media

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Edwin Gould Foundation | EGF Accelerator

04 Jun 2019

Stonewall 50: Lessons in Unerasing Underrepresented Histories

Tuesday, June 4, 2019 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

... of the field, and how various projects and initiatives are making this invisible history visible. Like other ... underrepresented communities can apply similar methods in making visible their hidden pasts Ways...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Social Justice

Philanthropy's Social Compact In A Changing World

Release Date:

10/09/2019

... why it does it, and who and how is engaged in decision- making , and how they are engaged. This can include ... and representation of communities served in decision- making , and support a consultative method of...