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Why a 'Gender Transformative' Approach?

Release Date:

04/06/2015

... so long to take off in the United States. One idea offered was that international donors are more used to dealing with ... in today's grantmaking process. Another idea offered was that to help funders...

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Community Development

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LGBTQ

Gender Justice

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True Child

The Overbrook Foundation

The New York Women's Foundation

14 May 2015

Earning Stories for Good – Big Rewards for Your CSR Programs

Thursday, May 14, 2015 -

9:00am to 11:00am

... coverage for your CSR or employee engagement programs. Making a case for support to your internal teams. Identifying ...

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Professional Development

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20 May 2015

Youth Participation: Creating a Rich Civic Ecosystem for Young People in NYC

Wednesday, May 20, 2015 -

8:30am to 11:30am

... explores opportunities for involving youth in decision making related to public policy and community action in NYC. ...

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Panel

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All Funders

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Public Policy

Children, Youth and Families

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New York City

Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Funds New Justice in Education Initiative

Release Date:

05/07/2015

... op-ed about teaching in Taconic Correctional Facility was published in the Washington Post last month. This summer, ...

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Education

Justice Reform

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Mellon Foundation

Creating Onramps Towards Economic Success – Tackling Youth Unemployment in the U.S.

Release Date:

06/05/2015

Brandee McHale discusses how Citi Foundation tackles youth unemployment with their innovative Pathways to Progress initiative.

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Children, Youth and Families

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Citi Foundation

Century Foundation’s Li to Chair Philanthropy New York Board

Release Date:

06/09/2015

... 2010. Prior to joining The Century Foundation in 2011, Li was the Chief Operating Officer for Brooklyn Community ... entire philanthropic sector, the Fund for 2025 is also making possible the creation of a...

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PNY News

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The Century Foundation

Mertz Gilmore Foundation

The Cricket Island Foundation

Altman Foundation

New York Health Foundation

Credit Suisse Americas Foundation

Wellspring Philanthropic Fund

The Atlantic Philanthropies

The New York Women's Foundation

The New York Community Trust

16 Nov 2015

Neighborhoods Count: Using Data to Transform High Poverty Neighborhoods

Monday, November 16, 2015 -

8:45am to 11:00am

... be used more effectively to demonstrate whether they are making a difference? Silo-ed programs may work at cross ...

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Panel

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All Funders

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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Morgan Stanley and Kresge Foundation Supported Fund Doubles Commitment to Disadvantaged Areas with $100M for Affordable Housing, Health Care

Release Date:

11/04/2015

... to low-income families.. Even before the new capital was announced, the partners had more than $25 million in new ...

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Housing and Homelessness

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Morgan Stanley

The Kresge Foundation

Harvard University, Wildlife Conservation Society Launch ‘Planetary Health Alliance’ with Support from Rockefeller

Release Date:

12/14/2015

... together researchers and policymakers from diverse fields, making it the perfect home for the Planetary Health ...

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Environment and Climate Change

Health

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The Rockefeller Foundation

09 Feb 2016

Service for Impact

Tuesday, February 9, 2016 -

9:00am to 11:00am

Strategic volunteerism is a critical component of how corporations harness the time and talent of employees at all levels to support nonprofit partners and meet true community needs.

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Issue-Based

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All Funders

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Chosen by Librarians, 2016 Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction Announced

Release Date:

01/12/2016

... of family, a beloved Virginia farm, and the why and how of making art, revealing in the process the deep wellsprings of ...

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Arts

Education

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

Open Society, Tow and Other Foundations Release Blueprint for Youth Justice Reform

Release Date:

01/12/2016

... of the YTFG's Youth Justice Work Group. "We felt it was important to draw public attention to the latest research .....

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Children, Youth and Families

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Open Society Foundations

The Tow Foundation

Karen Brooks Hopkins Joins the Jerome L. Greene Foundation Board of Directors

Release Date:

01/12/2016

... and arts administration. Since 1979, Ms. Hopkins was an employee at the Brooklyn Academy of Music and served ... of Critical Issues for the Classical Performing Arts and was a Fellow with the Cap Gemini Ernst...

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Arts

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Mellon Foundation

Jerome L. Greene Foundation, Inc.

Hartford Foundation Funds New Geriatric Workforce Center

Release Date:

01/21/2016

... adults to foster engagement in their own care and decision- making , all HRSA goals that align with those of the AGS and ...

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Aging

Health

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The John A. Hartford Foundation

James Short Named Program Director for Teaching and Human Capital Management at Carnegie Corp.

Release Date:

02/09/2016

... Museum of Natural History in New York City, where he was the founding director of the Gottesman Center for Science ... investigations and project-based learning by students. He was also on the faculty of the...

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Education

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

Citi Foundation Among Funders of National Effort to Diversify College Faculty

Release Date:

03/31/2016

... next few years. Mr. Milano said, "The PhD Project model was developed for business schools, but any discipline can .....

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Education

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Citi Foundation

NYS Health 10th Anniversary Awards to Recognize Leaders Improving State Health

Release Date:

05/03/2016

The New York State Health Foundation (NYSHealth) has created two special awards programs to recognize a total of ten influential organizations and/or leaders working to improve health in New York State.

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Health

Well-Told Stories Can Super-Power Social Change

Release Date:

05/17/2016

... strategies can empower the positive changes their grant making seeks to support. It was a pleasure to represent The Opportunity Agenda on the ... be a narrative-shift and cultural strategies practitioner...