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Ford to Dedicate $1B of Endowment to Mission Related Investments

Release Date:

04/05/2017

... $1B of Endowment to Mission Related Investments Ford Foundation announces that its Board of Trustees has ... allocation of up to $1 billion of its endowment, phased in over ten years, for mission-related...

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Johnson & Johnson Partners with Other Global Leaders to Expand HIV Treatment

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07/26/2018

... HIV Treatment Johnson & Johnson, the Elton John AIDS Foundation along with the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan ... Tuberculosis and Malaria, the Children’s Investment Fund Foundation (CIFF), and Gilead...

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Johnson & Johnson

06 Mar 2018

Making Inclusion More Inclusive – Join This Interactive Session!

Tuesday, March 6, 2018 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

... own ideas too. We’re sure you’ll agree: with almost 40 million Americans (American Community Survey 2014) and an ... benefit from your philanthropy Presenters: Ken Goody , Foundation Executive, Dorothea Haus...

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EdFunders Case Study Identifies Unusual Model for Philanthropic Collaboration

Release Date:

08/11/2015

... strategies. These and other private foundations invested over $2 billion in New York City public school reform efforts ... strategies that had achieved success in schools or programs effective with particular...

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Education

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Education Funders Research Initiative

Ford Foundation

Trinity Wall Street

Bloomberg Philanthropies Among Backers of Education Post News Site

Release Date:

09/01/2014

... which is backed with initial grants totaling $12 million from the Broad Foundation , Bloomberg Philanthropies, the Walton Family Foundation and an anonymous donor. It will focus on three ...

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Improving Health Care Is Billionaire Peterson’s Next Mission

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11/24/2014

... The billionaire’s New York-based Peter G. Peterson Foundation will announce a $200 million offshoot next month, the Peterson Center on ... and his son Michael Peterson, the president of the foundation...

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Edna McConnell Clark and Others Launch $1B Initiative Providing Long-Term, Unrestricted Funding

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02/02/2016

... Unrestricted Funding The Edna McConnell Clark Foundation (EMCF) and nine other donors announced a new ... Group. Blue Meridian Partners has secured $750 million toward our goal of investing at least $1 billion...

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Aetna’s 1.5M Competition Encourages Cities and Towns to Get Healthier

Release Date:

04/06/2016

... (NACo) are working with Aetna’s independent charitable foundation on the Healthiest Cities and Counties Challenge , ... the Aetna Foundation is putting money on the line—$1. 5 million...

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New York Developer Raises Fund for Affordable Housing

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09/12/2017

... and president of Jonathan Rose Cos. has raised a $233 million real-estate fund dedicated to affordable housing, the ... commitments from about 125 investors, including the Ford Foundation , Deutsche Bank AG’s...

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Housing and Homelessness

14 Sep 2012

Social Justice on the Streets: New Developments Around "Stop-and-Frisk" and Discriminatory Policing

Friday, September 14, 2012 -

8:45am to 11:30am

In 2011, the New York Police Department conducted over 685,000 stops of New Yorkers—equivalent to 78 stops an hour and an over 600% increase in the number of stops since Mayor ...

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The Post-Copenhagen Funding Landscape: Thoughts from Rachel Leon and Terry Odendahl

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02/12/2010

... should be increasing grants around climate change. If your foundation is new to the issue, think about beginning by ... the developing world. Our activist advisors have awarded 5 ,000 small grants—$500 to $...

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All Funders

21 Feb 2012

Improving Internal Practices in Philanthropy

Tuesday, February 21, 2012 -

1:00pm to 3:30pm

Webinar

Is your foundation using best practices for internal processes? Join ... Pathways Program and sponsored by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation . E. Thomas Brewer, director of programs at the...

18 Feb 2020

Immigration: When Something So Personal Depends on Policymakers

Tuesday, February 18, 2020 -

12:00pm to 2:00pm

... whether the immigrant came through legal channels or by over -staying their visa. Come join two authors of recent ... per organization for select professional development programs . Please email register@...

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All Funders

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Children, Youth and Families

Immigration

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Social Justice

Co-Impact Launches Systems Response Fund to Strengthen Systems Around the World

Release Date:

04/06/2020

... the pandemic and strengthen systems around the world. All over the world, health systems – and others – are being ... and economic opportunity are also severe. More than 1. 5 billion children are now out of...

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Alliance Building in a Hyper-partisan Environment

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02/25/2022

... is bipartisan, it will be stronger and hold up better over time. Because of our nonpartisan status, private ... New York, will take place on March 3 rd from 3:30 – 5 pm. Register today to learn more ! Alliance...

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

A Year of Service

Release Date:

07/23/2014

... at American Express and president of the American Express Foundation This post originally appeared on CSR Now! here. ... or by completing a full-time civilian service year through programs such as Teach for...

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15 Dec 2014

Why We Can’t Wait: Lessons from Listening to Girls of Color

Monday, December 15, 2014 -

1:45pm to 5:00pm

... leaders to hear directly from girls and young women. Over the past 6 months, girls and young women of color have ... Policy Forum LaShawn Jefferson , Program Officer, Ford Foundation Pamela Shifman , Executive...

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Evaluation

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

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Children, Youth and Families

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New York State

A Starting Point for Gender Equity in Grantmaking

Release Date:

05/16/2018

... philanthropy have a gender equity problem when women are over -represented in the sector?” This is a question I have ... Have we ever seen a gender-nonconforming CEO of a major foundation ? How many major...

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PNY News

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Philanthropy New York

Two Distinguished Leaders Join Carnegie Corporation of New York Board of Trustees

Release Date:

12/13/2016

... an invaluable asset to the Corporation, especially for our programs dedicated to international peace and security.” ... of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS), succeeding Ralph J. Cicerone, who served two...

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

16 Oct 2019

Who is Poor in NYC? Hint: Many More People Than You Think

Wednesday, October 16, 2019 -

9:00am to 11:00am

... living rising at nearly three times the rate of wages, 2. 5 million working-age New Yorkers are struggling to provide ... per organization for select professional development programs . Please...