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The Pinkerton Foundation

21 Mar 2017

Foundation Administrators Network Meeting: Managing Difficult Workplace Conversations

Tuesday, March 21, 2017 -

9:00am to 10:30am

Handling difficult conversations with colleagues can be one of the most challenging leadership skills. While many of us avoid them, difficult conversations are inescapable and often arise in routine interaction with colleagues e.g. when delivering...

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Third Wave Fund, New York Women's Foundation and Ms. Foundation Pen Open Letter to Foundations and Donors Calling for Increased Funding to People of Color

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03/09/2017

... against injustice and for equality.” The call was issued in an open letter to philanthropy signed by a ...

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The New York Women's Foundation

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Gender Justice

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Ms. Foundation for Women

Will Cordery Joins Wellspring's Racial Justice Program

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05/04/2017

... that understanding.” Prior to entering philanthropy Will was the Development Director for Project South in Atlanta, ... anchor institution for the Southern region, and was also the first Senior Major Gift...

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Social Justice

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Casey Family Programs Among Supporters of Grandparents Rally on Lawn of U.S. Capitol

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05/10/2017

... Hope. Michelle Singletary, national syndicated columnist, was raised by her grandmother and will be the Master of ...

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Casey Family Programs

05 Jun 2017

New York Foster Youth Funders Group - Summer Meeting

Monday, June 5, 2017 -

9:00am to 11:00am

... that system actors have built with a given adolescent making them that much harder to engage in services. Speakers ...

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03 Nov 2017

Philanthropy 101: Foundation Governance and Legal Issues

Friday, November 3, 2017 -

8:30am to 11:00am

What makes up the leadership and governance of a foundation? What are the legal dos and don'ts? What role do trustees play? Join us as we review the ethics and legal guidelines of a foundation.

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09 Mar 2018

Philanthropy 101: So You're Working for a Foundation... Power and Your New Community

Friday, March 9, 2018 -

9:00am to 11:00am

So you are working for a foundation. While Parts 1 through 4 of this series provided an overview of the history of philanthropy, a foundation's leadership and governance, a high-level overview of grantmaking at foundations, and the philanthropic...

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Pinkerton Supports Internships for Young Adults in Foster Care

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07/18/2017

The Pinkerton Foundation will make grants of nearly $1 million to help eight of the city’s leading foster care agencies sponsor in-house mentored internships for the young adults they serve.

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Atlantic Philanthropies Funds New “Leadership In Action” Program to Improve Healthcare for the Most Vulnerable

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08/01/2017

The Center for Consumer Engagement in Health Innovation has launched a new, year-long program called Leadership in Action to connect staff at state-based consumer health advocacy organizations with well-known and distinguished senior leaders.

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The Atlantic Philanthropies

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Health

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New York Women’s Foundation Receives 2017 Leadership in Equity and Diversity Award from The Women’s Funding Network

Release Date:

09/07/2017

... class, (dis)ability, age, and sexual orientation when making grants. They are also mobilizing philanthropic ...

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Gender Justice

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18 Jan 2018

Bringing a Racial Equity Lens to Capacity Building

Thursday, January 18, 2018 -

9:00am to 11:00am

*Registration for this session has reached capacity. To be added to the waitlist, please email: register@philanthropynewyork.org * Grantmakers who provide capacity building support help nonprofits become more resilient so they can...

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08 Nov 2017

Service For Impact – Our History, Practice, and Program Management Challenges

Wednesday, November 8, 2017 -

9:00am to 11:00am

As New York City area companies we understand and value service for impact as a business imperative.

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Five Cultural Challenges Nonprofits Face With Digital Fundraising

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09/29/2017

In the nonprofit world, direct mail is still king when it comes to generating revenue. This is one of the few industries in which this is the case, and I can confidently say it isn't changing drastically in the near future. As a digital marketer, it...

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20 Nov 2017

Census 2020: Funders Are Getting Ready Now - November Meeting

Monday, November 20, 2017 -

3:30pm to 5:00pm

What is philanthropy’s role in ensuring that the 2020 Census is adequately resourced, equitably deployed, and capable of generating accurate and reliable information?

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Mike Bloomberg Offers to 'Match Every Donation' to Fight Gun Violence

Release Date:

10/05/2017

... to carry weapons freely between states, and which is now making its way through the House of Representatives , the ...

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Bloomberg [Corporate]

01 Feb 2018

Flexing Your Shareholder Muscle: How Foundations Can Amplify Impact with Strategic Shareholder Engagement

Thursday, February 1, 2018 -

9:00am to 11:00am

Impact investing is a hot topic in philanthropy these days. Foundations of all sizes are taking a careful look at how to mobilize beyond grantmaking’s 5 percent mandatory distribution requirement and aim for greater impact by activating the 95...

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23 Jan 2018

Designing Programs to Maximize Impact - How Behavioral Science Can Help

Tuesday, January 23, 2018 -

9:00am to 11:00am

Humans can be quirky. Yet many foundations and nonprofits design interventions that assume humans will act “rationally,” which can undermine program effectiveness.

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27 Feb 2018

The Evidence Base for Asset Building: Moving Families Toward Economic Security

Tuesday, February 27, 2018 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

Asset Building strategies shift the focus from a deficit model to one that helps people build financial security and opportunity. Funders across sectors have invested in asset-building strategies as a means for greater impact and financial security...

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Workforce Development

Redlich Horwitz Foundation Co-hosts New York Hackathon to Unites Foster Youth and Technology

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01/19/2018

... The NYC Foster Care Technology and Policy Hackathon was a two-day whirlwind event, bringing together leaders in ... government, non-profits and foster youth. The convening was broken into smaller groups, which...

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