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Opinion: How Parks Lose Their Playfulness

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09/25/2017

... ago, the Hudson River Park Trust floated an idea for a new island. Called Pier 55, it was to be a ... specialist in such projects) to design it. Though planned as a public park, the design also accommodated...

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Payout Redux

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04/09/2010

By Charles H. Hamilton Senior Fellow, Philanthropy New York In recent years, much has been made of ... of the basic principles of effective grantmaking, such as mission clarity, focus and impact...

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All Health Care is Local: The Power of Community to Drive Improvement

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09/11/2014

... are some fascinating exceptions to this general rule, as The Commonwealth Fund ’s 2012 Scorecard on Local Health System Performance ...

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Artists, Investors and Innovators Join Together to Launch Upstart Co-Lab

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04/14/2016

... Foundation. Upstart is a sponsored project of Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors. Artists, Investors and Innovators Join ...

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Family Values: Behind Arcus Foundation's Gift for Racial Justice

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01/24/2017

... Gift for Racial Justice The longer you hang around philanthropy , the more you'll realize how deeply family ... or the libertarian philanthropist Rebekah Mercer working as a team with her hedge ...

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Conrad N. Hilton Foundation Is Major Funder in the Fight Against Blindness

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03/03/2017

... ever there were a problem that might seem tailor-made for philanthropy , it's fighting blindness. Losing sight is a ... George Gund in 1971—has raised over $600 million to fund research advances to prevent...

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Russell Sage Foundation Publishes "Places in Need: The Changing Geography of Poverty"

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06/01/2017

... of that in cities, Allard shows the important role that philanthropy can play in the suburbs—if it’s willing to ...

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Economic Security

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Bloomberg, Gates, Others Pledge $1.2 Billion to Eradicate Polio

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06/13/2017

The Global Polio Eradication Initiative has announced public and private pledges totaling $1.2 billion in support of efforts to eradicate polio, including $450 million from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

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Simons Family 'Giving Big' on Climate Change

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08/21/2017

... Simons clan is best known for his math chops and science philanthropy . But heirs Nat and Liz Simons are taking the family’s hedge fund fortune a different direction with some serious climate ...

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Millions of Dollars From Corporations and Individuals Flow to Flood-Ravaged Texas

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08/29/2017

... before, and will be needed." Already, his organization’s fund has raised $2.7 million, he said. Most Raised in a Day ... the intended recipient nonprofit, the Center for Disaster Philanthropy , for several...

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Can Business Save The World from Climate Change?

Release Date:

09/06/2017

... on board, including Google, Apple, Nike and Microsoft, as well as a host of smaller companies. The statement was coordinated ... large collective of organizations including World Wildlife Fund...

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Growing Number of Companies Opt for Locally Driven Hurricane Relief Efforts, Reports GlobalGiving

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09/08/2017

... and in the future, according to “The Future of Disaster Philanthropy ,” a research paper produced by GlobalGiving ...

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Michael Berkowitz to Join The Rockefeller Foundation

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08/22/2013

... Berkowitz has been appointed to the role of Managing Director for the Foundation's 100 Resilient Cities Centennial ... the Foundation from Deutsche Bank , most recently serving as the Deputy Global Head...

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The End of Currents

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06/11/2014

... originally appeared in the June 2014 email edition of the Philanthropy New York Currents e-Newsletter. by Ronna Brown, President, ... but a heads-up about changes in the coming months. As we...

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Megan Holmes to Give Annual Italian Art Society/Kress Lecture

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04/15/2016

... Kress Foundation, encourages intellectual exchange between North American art historians and the international community ...

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16 Mar 2021

March 2021 Service for Impact

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10:00am to 11:30am

Join CECP and Philanthropy NY for an opportunity to connect with fellow ... per organization for select professional development programs . In collaboration with March 2021 Service for Impact ...

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Korean American Community Foundation Support Addresses Plight of Older Korean Immigrants in the Bronx

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04/02/2015

... really isolated,” said Kyung B. Yoon, executive director of the Korean American Community Foundation. ... the first of three grants totaling $90,000 to support its programs . The center raises $15,000 more a...

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25 Sep 2015

Mergers: What is the True Cost of a Merger? (POSTPONED)

Friday, September 25, 2015 -

9:00am to 11:15am

... to explore a merger. Savvy nonprofit leaders see merging as a possible means to increase impact or achieve other ... time and again. Presenters Stephan Russo, Executive Director , Goddard Riverside Community...

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The Edna McConnell Clark Foundation Releases Report on Grantmaking to Create Impact

Release Date:

09/17/2015

... reputation for quality, both locally and nationally. Yet, as executive director Paulette LoMonaco recalls, Good Shepherd lacked the ... to achieve coherence across the agency’s multiple programs...

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