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How Should Philanthropies Respond to Emergencies?

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05/13/2014

... engagement or is it a one-time rescue mission? Ford Foundation discussed in The Atlantic. Earlier this year, ... Kresge, Knight, and Community Foundations committed $366 million to help lift Detroit out of...

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Learning in Place

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07/14/2011

By Maria Mottola, Executive Director, New York Foundation I am an ambivalent traveler. I get anxious about ... surroundings can be jarring, but in a good way. Just over a year ago, the New York Foundation...

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Insights from Indonesia: Protecting Our Coral Reefs

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02/08/2018

... Coral Reefs By Antha Williams, Head of Environmental Programs , Bloomberg Philanthropies. This post was originally ... Indonesian government’s designation of Wakatobi as a one- million -hectare marine park (...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Rockefeller Brothers Fund and Others Make $1.1M Grants to CEP and GEO

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10/16/2015

... Their organizations have each received a surprise $1.1- million unsolicited grant from six foundations to spend on ...

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Rockefeller Brothers Fund

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Rauschenberg Fee Dispute Goes to Florida Supreme Court

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03/23/2016

Rauschenberg Fee Dispute Goes to Florida Supreme Court A foundation is asking the state Supreme Court to take up a dispute about $24.6 million in fees awarded to trustees who managed the assets of ... after he...

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Robert Rauschenberg Foundation

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Arts

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Research to Prevent Blindness Announces Low Vision Research Awardees

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06/13/2016

... (RPB), in partnership with the Lions Clubs International Foundation (LCIF) and Reader’s Digest Partners for Sight Foundation (RDPFS), has announced the first grantees in its $1.2 million , two...

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Research to Prevent Blindness

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Health

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Five Questions for Laurie Tisch, Founder/President, Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund

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07/24/2017

... up for its tenth anniversary and will have given $100 million to support access and opportunity for New Yorkers by ... describes philanthropy as something that's in her DNA. Foundation Center's Jen...

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Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund

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Closing Space for Open Society

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05/17/2018

... has gotten so ugly for Open Society, which gave $3.6 million to 46 different groups in Hungary in 2016, that the foundation announced this week they will relocate their ... more complex story about how a...

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12 Sep 2012

Technology and the Promise of Blended Learning

Wednesday, September 12, 2012 - 11:00am to Thursday, September 13, 2012 - 4:00pm

The Roosevelt Hotel, 45 E. 45th Street at Madison Ave, NYC

... Include Rachel Abrahams , Program Officer, AVI CHAI Foundation Cami Anderson , State District Superintendent, ... Scott Benson , Program Officer, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Larry Berger , Founder and...

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Insights from “Responding to the Moment: Participatory Approaches in Philanthropy”

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09/19/2024

... They shift power from traditional power centers, like foundation boards and donors, to the people and communities ... New York members Eileen Farbman, Co-Founder of the Kolibri Foundation , and Sabrina...

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17 Jan 2013

A Holistic Approach to Education Reform in Brooklyn’s Community School District 16

Thursday, January 17, 2013 -

7:30am to 10:30am

... on gaps in CSD16 educational enrichment and after-school programs , including tutoring, mentorship and social services ... stakeholders to exert a greater positive influence over the management, policy...

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19 Apr 2016

A New Vision for Gates: Bob Hughes Goes to Seattle

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9:00am to 10:30am

... New York City, will be joining the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation as the new K - 12 Strategy Director in ... off to Seattle soon for an intensive orientation at the Foundation , but will return to NYC in a...

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New York State Census Equity Fund in the New York Community Trust Awards Grants for Census 2020

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09/17/2020

... count,” said Randi Hewit, president of the Community Foundation of Elmira-Corning and the Finger Lakes . “This ...

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Community Development

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From Boston to New York: Is a More Just City Possible?

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04/21/2014

By Kevin Ryan, Program Director, New York Foundation On April 2 and 3, Neighborhood Funders Group ... than 40 grantmakers joined us for the tour, as well as over 40 organizers, activists, community residents, .....

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13 Dec 2016

School Discipline, Pushout and Gender Norms

Tuesday, December 13, 2016 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

... and further off track and eventually out of school. Over the past 15 to 20 years, ’school pushout’ has been ... Community Trust Kaberi Banerjee Murthy , Vice President of Programs , Brooklyn Community ...

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02 Dec 2015

Neighborhood Info at Your Fingertips: An Introduction to DATA2GO.NYC

Wednesday, December 2, 2015 -

2:45pm to 4:30pm

... picture of what’s happening in the communities that your foundation ’s mission focuses on? In New York City, ...

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Katy Toolin Named Director of Finance and Administration at Unbound Philanthropy

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08/22/2013

... as the Director of Finance and Administration. Toolin has over thirty years of experience in finance, having served ... empower youth through education using two interconnected programs , an after-school youth...

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The Term Impact Investing Needs to Be Better Understood

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02/03/2016

... decade. It can mean many things to many people, but for foundation leaders concerned about putting all of their ... and at any level of responsibility in their organization. Over the course of the series,...

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Unbound Philanthropy, Nathan Cummings Explore the Promise and Potential of Pop Culture for Social Change

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05/04/2016

... by Unbound Philanthropy and the Nathan Cummings Foundation . The Executive Brief provides an overview of ... effort. As Paul Silva notes in his blog for the Ford Foundation , “Of course, no one television...

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