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Don’t Say “When Did You Stop Caring About Children?” and Other Guidance for Child Advocates

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09/23/2010

By Douglas Gould President, Douglas Gould and Company As state budget deficits and competition for resources mount, ... individual awareness and collective responsibility. My New York-based strategic...

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Two Distinct Types of NY Funders are Gearing Up for Redistricting, Here’s Why

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03/03/2021

... Why By: Patricia A. Swann, Steering Committee Chair, New York State Census Equity Fund (NYSCEF) and Michael Hamill Remaley, consultant to the ... be sacrificed to achieve partisan political goals? As...

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Housing and Homelessness

15 Jun 2021

Why Care About Care? Our Economy Depends on it - A Webinar Hosted by Asset Funders Network and Economic Opportunity Funders

Tuesday, June 15, 2021 -

1:00pm to 2:00pm

... care for older adults and people with disabilities as well as the caregivers who provide the associated ... the issues that impact the care economy. Explore A new report designed to deepen...

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Free To Fail? Foundations Face Few External Performance Pressures

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01/11/2017

... Pressures This post from Kevin Jennings, executive director of the Arcus Foundation, was originally published by the Center for Effective Philanthropy and is the sixth in a series of eight essays ... a...

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Stavros Niarchos Foundation Awards Grants Totaling $80 Million

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04/19/2019

... of journalism; Chatham House in London, in support of a new SNF Wing and an ideas and innovation lab that will ... grant recipients include the Theater of War Productions in New York City — which uses...

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Rockefeller Foundation Announces ShiftLabs: A Community Design Lab on the Future of Work

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02/28/2018

... hours and is a source of purpose and pride. Today, work as we know it is shifting, and rapidly. Jobs are no longer as clearly defined. Workers cannot expect to stay in one ... existing technology. At the...

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George Soros Transfers Billions to Open Society Foundations

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10/18/2017

... Society Foundations George Soros, the billionaire hedge fund manager and a major Democratic donor, has given $18 ... increased its attention on the United States, investing in programs to protect gays and...

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Ford Foundation Launches Effort To Diversify Art Museum Leadership

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11/29/2017

... despite the fact that 38 percent of Americans identify as Asian, Black, Hispanic or multi-racial. Through the ... Family Foundation will support innovative strategies and programs to advance diversity across...

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Arts

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01 Mar 2012

Using Time to Transform Schools: Opportunities, Challenges, and How Foundations Can Make a Difference

Thursday, March 1, 2012 -

1:45pm to 5:00pm

Philanthropy New York, 79 Fifth Ave., 4th floor, NYC

... of student needs. Our discussion will highlight some of New York City's successes, identify opportunities for ... foundations help? What should be on our To Do lists? Philanthropy New...

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A Forever 41’s Perspective on Social Media

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05/28/2015

... Corporate Vice President - Corporate Responsibility, New York Life Foundation I confess that I am a neophyte to ... best for me. Hashtags set me atwitter, and do they count as part of my tweet characters? You...

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PNY Board Member Kenneth T. Monteiro Appointed General Counsel and Vice President of Ford Foundation

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09/08/2014

... has announced the appointment of Kenneth T. Monteiro as its next Vice President, Secretary of the Board, and ... Associate at Debevoise & Plimpton. He is on the board of Philanthropy New...

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Goldman Givers: Seven Things To Know About Donors from Goldman Sachs

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08/14/2017

... more than 100 of these donors, now, and are discovering new ones all the time. After many years of boom times on Wall ... winners. And it's good to see a corresponding rise in philanthropy . Moreso even...

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Michael Bloomberg Announces Midwestern Collegiate Climate Summit

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05/16/2019

... from institutions of higher education. In parallel to the new global commitments made by federal leaders in line with ... “And Washington University is a great example – as a hub for cutting edge research,...

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04 May 2022

Funder Briefing with Chief Climate Officer & Commissioner, Rohit Aggarwala (NYC Department of Environmental Protection)

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1:00pm to 2:00pm

Please join us for a conversation with Rohit Aggarwala, New York City’s Chief Climate Officer and Commissioner for ... City’s sustainability and climate agenda The role that philanthropy and public/private...

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JPMorgan Report: Good, Growing Middle-Skill Jobs Exclude Women

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03/24/2016

... in growing, middle-skill jobs that pay at least $35,000 or as much as $102,000 per year, according to a new report ( PDF ) by the Institute for Women’s Policy ... in the last decade,” said...

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Video: Rockefeller Features Jada Pinkett Smith in Latest Insight Dialogues

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10/03/2016

On September 19th, Pinkett Smith joined Rockefeller Foundation President Judith Rodin for the third edition of Insight Dialogues, touching on the many roles she balances in Hollywood, her vocal advocacy for girls and women and youth empowerment and...

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Children, Youth and Families

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NYTimes Examines the Legacy of Newman’s Own Foundation

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11/03/2016

... Sundance Kid.” But many people will identify Mr. Newman as the philanthropic kingpin, whose Newman’s Own food brand ...

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Helmsley Charitable Trust Awards Support to the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Service Automatic Defibrillator Devices

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05/17/2021

... count during a cardiac arrest,” said Tim Wilson, Program Director for the DHHS Office of Emergency Health System and a ...

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