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Lessons from the Field: From Understanding to Impact

Publication date:

12/2010

... — the Evelyn and Walter Haas, Jr. Fund, the Energy Foundation , and the Wilburforce Foundation — seek to make an impact on some of the most complicated challenges ...

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Report

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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

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Animal Welfare

Social Justice

Be Our Guest: New York City lags far behind other cities in investing in its public libraries

Release Date:

09/25/2013

... op-ed by Julie Sandorf, President of the Charles H. Revson Foundation . Be Our Guest: New York City lags far behind other ...

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Charles H. Revson Foundation

Atlantic on Spending Down: "We’re Actually Gearing Up”

Release Date:

08/06/2014

... spending down.” In no time, a couple of old friends and foundation -watchers wrote me to ask, “What?! When did they change their minds?” For ... been widely recognized as the largest and most prominent ...

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Governance

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The Atlantic Philanthropies

10 Mar 2015

Supporting Grantee Capacity

Tuesday, March 10, 2015 -

3:30pm to 5:00pm

Missed this session? View the recording here . Each foundation takes its own approach to thinking about and supporting grantee capacity. GrantCraft, a service of Foundation Center, launched a...

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Roundtable Discussion

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Livestream

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All Funders

Topic(s)

Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

Technical Assistance & Capacity Building

Location

New York City

Turning Brooklyn Cachet Into Cash

Release Date:

03/10/2014

The Brooklyn Community Foundation and its President, Cecilia Clarke, were profiled ... by The Wall Street Journal. The Brooklyn Community Foundation is looking to press the reset button. The $60...

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Community Development

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Brooklyn Org

The Wall Street Journal

Barbara Picower Is Back In Business As One Of The Nation's Top Philanthropists

Release Date:

09/09/2014

... one of the nation’s top philanthropists, heading a new foundation with more than $2 billion in assets. Operating ... most exclusive office towers, Picower has set up The JPB Foundation , which is now one of the...

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Environment and Climate Change

Health

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Freedom Together Foundation

Can Flexible Funding Become Our New Normal?

Release Date:

07/15/2020

... Normal? By: Florencia Spangaro, Director of Programs, Citi Foundation While there is a growing belief among funders in ... recently as 2018, general operating support was estimated to constitute only 20-25% of...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Citi Foundation

05 Oct 2018

Documentary Screening and Discussion with Tarana Burke

Friday, October 5, 2018 -

10:00am to 12:30pm

... violence knows no race, class, or gender, but the response to it does. -Tarana Burke #MeToo has been used on social ... The Rape of Recy Taylor Bridgit Antoinette Evans , Executive Director, The Pop Culture...

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A New Study Supported by Research to Prevent Blindness Reveals that Antioxidant Therapy Prevents Vision Loss in Rare Birth Defect

Release Date:

02/07/2018

A New Study Supported by Research to Prevent Blindness Reveals that Antioxidant Therapy ... that the addition of widely available antioxidants to the current standard-of-care prevented vision loss in an ... says...

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Health

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Research to Prevent Blindness

Bloomberg Philanthropies Kicks Off CityLab Paris Summit

Release Date:

10/24/2017

... and the Aspen Institute began “ CityLab: Urban Solutions to Global Challenges ,” a two-day gathering taking place in ... for CityLab Paris are General Motors, JPMorgan Chase & Co ., and Mastercard. McKinsey...

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Community Development

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Bloomberg Philanthropies

04 Dec 2014

Big Ideas for Short Videos

Thursday, December 4, 2014 -

8:00am to 10:45am

... but “How do we?” Human Rights Watch and the Ford Foundation , winners of Webby Awards and a Peabody Award, share tips including how to bring big ideas to short videos, how to...

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Information Technology

Location

New York State

How Rapid Assessments Can Help the Shift from Response to Recovery

Release Date:

05/13/2021

How Rapid Assessments Can Help the Shift from Response to Recovery By: Cynthia Steele, President and CEO, EMpower - The Emerging Markets Foundation . This article was originally published by The ... , where I...

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Community Development

Disaster Relief

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EMPower - The Emerging Markets Foundation

Peterson Poll: Broad Majority Calls for More Focus on Nation's Fiscal Outlook

Release Date:

10/27/2015

... a top concern for American voters. The Peter G. Peterson Foundation ’s October Fiscal Confidence Index, a monthly ... long-term debt and the efforts elected leaders are making to address America’s fiscal...

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Economic Security

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Peter G. Peterson Foundation

Democracy is a threat to white supremacy—and that is the cause of America’s crisis

Release Date:

01/14/2021

Democracy is a threat to white supremacy—and that is the cause of America’s crisis By: Darren Walker, President, Ford Foundation . This article was originally published by the Ford Foundation on...

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The Emma Bloomberg Center for Access and Opportunity Established at Princeton University Through Major Gift from Bloomberg Philanthropies

Release Date:

04/19/2021

... expanding Princeton University’s fundamental commitment to the college success of talented students from ... , founded by Michael R. Bloomberg, and a key focus of his foundation is helping high-achieving,...

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Education

Understanding Muslim America

Release Date:

08/11/2011

... February 14th members briefing—sponsored by the Daphne Foundation , the New York Foundation , the North Star Fund, the Open Society ... Grants Program—provided our members with an opportunity to...

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Topic(s)

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

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Daphne Foundation

EMPower - The Emerging Markets Foundation

New York Foundation

North Star Fund

Open Society Foundations

Philanthropy New York

Proteus Fund (NYC Office)

Fewer Rocks & a Traffic Light = Greater Effectiveness & More Success

Release Date:

12/14/2010

... on the right issues. Wellspring embarked upon a project to refine and strengthen its due diligence process with the ... leadership; A short list of targeted indicators of grantee health (fewer “rocks” ...

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31 Oct 2014

Documentaries That Pull Back the Curtain on Big Oil

Friday, October 31, 2014 -

8:45am to 12:00pm

... destruction -- from flaming faucets and endangered species to eviscerated landscapes and communities uniting against ... Natasegara, Producer, Virunga Vince Stehle (Moderator), Executive Director, Media Impact...

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Environment and Climate Change

International/Foreign Affairs

Social Justice

New York Community Trust Announces Gold, Silver and Bronze Winners of Nonprofit Excellence Awards

Release Date:

12/06/2016

... Breakfast sessions sponsored by JPMorgan Chase & Co ., Your Part-Time Controller, LLC, and Empower Retirement ... prizes and scholarships for the Columbia Business School Executive Education Programs in...

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Member News

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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The New York Community Trust

06 Apr 2017

Beyond the Headlines: A Conversation about Immigration and Immigrants

Thursday, April 6, 2017 -

9:00am to 10:30am

Join us for a conversation with Ali Noorani, Executive Director, the National Immigration Forum and author ... really drives America's ongoing immigration debate How to look beyond the headlines to...