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The Source Codes of Foundation Culture

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10/2015

... to and impedes efforts to lead productive change in philanthropy . One theme that has arisen time and again is the importance of creating and nurturing an organizational culture that ... is the personality, behaviors and underlying assumptions of an organization. While culture can be understood in ...

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Ford Foundation Head on ‘Time’ List of 100 Influence Leaders

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04/25/2016

Ford Foundation Head on ‘Time’ List of 100 Influence Leaders Darren Walker’s moves to steer the ... and inclusion won him a spot on Time magazine's 2016 list of the world’s most influential people. A brief...

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Edna McConnell Clark and Other Powerful Funders Stand Behind At-Risk Students

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11/23/2016

... McConnell Clark and Other Powerful Funders Stand Behind At -Risk Students When you hear about philanthropy 's role in K-12 education these days, so often ... on in K-12 philanthropy , with...

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Blue Meridian Partners, Inc.

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25 Apr 2019

Dissecting Rape Culture: Roll Red Roll, A Screening and Discussion

Thursday, April 25, 2019 -

4:30pm to 7:00pm

As part of our collaborative film series, Media Impact Funders and Philanthropy New York invite you to a special screening and discussion of ... social media-fueled “boys will...

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23 Jul 2019

Saving the Vaquitas: Screening and Discussion of National Geographic's Sea of Shadows

Tuesday, July 23, 2019 -

3:00pm to 6:00pm

As part of our collaborative film series, please join our partners, ... PNY Members: To register yourself and/or a colleague at your organization, please log in and click the Register ... Environmental Grantmakers...

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Groups seek changes in NY policy as hunger grows

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10/14/2013

ALBANY, N.Y. — Advocacy groups are pushing for changes in New York policy to attack what they say is a rising tide of hunger among the working poor, children and the elderly ... to streamline its procedures to...

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Food Systems

NY begins first statewide school-to-job project

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11/03/2013

... Litow was quoted in a Wall Street Journal article about a new statewide workforce development program for high school ... program to link students with companies in search of specific job skills is set to...

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Workforce Development

JPMorgan Plans to Unveil a Program for Job Skills

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12/11/2013

JPMorgan Chase's new $250 million initiative aims to close the "skills gap in in some of the largest United States and European job markets, reports The New York Times. When Mayor Rahm...

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Community Development

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Ruskay Reflects on 15 Years At Helm of UJA-Fed NY

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06/11/2014

Ruskay Reflects on 15 Years At Helm of UJA-Fed NY In an interview with the Jewish ... down at the end of the month as CEO of UJA-Federation of...

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UJA-Federation of New York

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Mellon Foundation Awards St. Lawrence University $800,000 to Support Sophomore-Year Experience

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10/21/2016

... awarded a large grant by a private foundation to support a new program aimed at enhancing the academic experience for its second-year ... program. This new program will offer a new...

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Century Foundation Fellow Gives NYC Schools B-Minus in Efforts to Increase Diversity

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11/02/2016

... Gives NYC Schools B-Minus in Efforts to Increase Diversity New York City’s schools are among the most segregated in ... Advocate Letitia James called for the city Department of Education to appoint a chief...

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2014 Klingenstein-Simons Fellowship Awards in the Neurosciences Announced

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06/10/2014

... Foundation and the Esther A. and Joseph Klingenstein Fund have announced the 12 recipients of the 2014 Klingenstein-Simons Fellowship Awards in the ... each receive $75,000 a year for three years. Aimed...

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Health

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Ford and MetLife Work to Measure Impact of Community Investing

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06/09/2015

Ford and MetLife Work to Measure Impact of Community Investing Community loan funds are ... While community loan funds have a 30+ year track record of successfully lending in underserved areas, investors and .....

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Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Backs Initiative to Increase Arts Integration in Research Cirricula

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08/06/2015

... Arts in Research Universities (a2ru) and the University of Michigan's ArtsEngine program have received an $800,000 ... from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. The grant will fund the SPARC Project:...

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Ford Foundation Head in India Moves On, Hints at Discord with Government

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09/08/2015

Ford Foundation Head in India Moves On, Hints at Discord with Government The head of the Indian operations of the U.S.-based Ford Foundation, one of the world's largest .....

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Rita Allen Supported Prize Goes In Part To Vanderbilt Project Intended To Combat Fake News

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06/28/2017

... bolstering the public’s trust in journalism is the aim of a Vanderbilt research project that was selected to receive ... a share of a $1 million prize through the Knight Prototype Fund . After...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Could This Major Grant by Paul Allen Signal Deeper Climate Giving to Come?

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10/02/2017

... by Paul Allen Signal Deeper Climate Giving to Come? One of Seattle billionaire Paul Allen’s major philanthropic ... are changing. The funding goes toward the work of Greg Johnson, who works for the NOAA...

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26 Apr 2016

Learning from LA - Is Our Sister City Supporting Nonprofits Better?

Tuesday, April 26, 2016 -

1:30pm to 3:30pm

... time for nonprofits all across the United States. Years of government cost-cutting, shifting priorities and funding ... in LA and about the strategies that might be employed in New York to increase the...

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Lessons learned from Sandy

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01/14/2013

... to talk about the most crucial infrastructure changes New York should act upon in the wake of Superstorm Sandy. Lessons learned from Sandy ...

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