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Philanthropy Must Lead With Its Heart

Release Date:

02/19/2015

by Jennifer and Peter Buffett, Co-Presidents, The NoVo Foundation This post originally appeared in the Chronicle ... and at nearly the same time, to become stewards of a large foundation we’ve called the NoVo...

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07 May 2015

The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution - Documentary Film Screening

Thursday, May 7, 2015 -

5:00pm to 8:30pm

In the 1960's, ready or not, change was coming to America. A new revolutionary culture was emerging and those seeking to drastically transform the system believed radical change was not only feasible, but imminent.

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Film Screening

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

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Social Justice

03 Jun 2015

NYC Early Childhood Mapping Convening

Wednesday, June 3, 2015 -

9:00am to 4:00pm

... the systems that support them. Join us for a convening of foundation representatives and City officials to identify ...

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Technical Assistance & Capacity Building

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Human Services

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New York City

Frontier Thinking: Staten Island as Innovation Lab

Release Date:

05/12/2015

by Betsy Dubovsky, Executive Director, The Staten Island Foundation As the Executive Director of The Staten Island Foundation , I know a thing or two about “frontier ... COAD: the Staten Island Not-for-Profit...

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25 Jun 2015

Nailing It: Building A National Movement of Nail Salon Workers

Thursday, June 25, 2015 -

2:45pm to 5:00pm

... Patricia Eng, Vice President, New York Women’s Foundation Aleyamma Mathew, Director, Women’s Economic Justice, Ms. Foundation for Women Luna Ranjit, Executive Director, ...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Immigration

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Scaling Effectively: Create a Plan, Support the Vision and Manage the Risks

Release Date:

06/17/2015

... were Pooja O’Hanlon, Executive Director of The Elmezzi Foundation and Chitra Aiyar, Executive Director of Sadie Nash ... were Sarah Jankowski, Program Director of Viking Global Foundation , and Sarah Walzer,...

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10 Dec 2015

Crisis Communications: How to Think, Advise and Respond During Tough Situations

Thursday, December 10, 2015 -

8:45am to 10:30am

Is your foundation ready for the next big media crisis? The one issue ...

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Morgan Stanley Helps Address Housing, Health and Employment Needs in Washington D.C.

Release Date:

07/30/2015

... Fund (HFF). HFF is a partnership between The Kresge Foundation , Morgan Stanley and the Local Initiatives Support ...

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29 Oct 2015

Exploring Grantmaking Strategy: Options and Approaches

Thursday, October 29, 2015 -

8:15am to 10:30am

... Club cohort. If you had $1 billion to start your own foundation , how would you strategically use your resources to ...

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Network Building

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Emerging Leaders

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HR & Operations

Oct 22 White House Conference on Criminal Justice Reform with Funders to be Live-Streamed

Release Date:

10/22/2015

... . . Editor's Note: This program is supported by the Tow Foundation . Oct 22 White House Conference on Criminal Justice .....

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Justice Reform

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BofA, Rockefeller Noted for Adding Profit Incentives to Nonprofit Work

Release Date:

11/06/2015

... Merrill Lynch, and philanthropies such as the Rockefeller Foundation . It is being applied to programs as diverse as the ...

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Critics of Health Insurer Mergers Urge States to Act; Commonwealth Fund Quoted

Release Date:

12/03/2015

... premiums for consumers. The Commonwealth Fund is a private foundation that, among other things, supports the Affordable ...

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Rockefeller Provides Capital for Start-Up Aiming to Increase Worker Savings

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12/09/2015

... full-time and got a $1 million grant from the Rockefeller Foundation . In 2010 he launched HelloWallet as a for-profit ...

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Verizon Supported Study Finds Smartphone App Can Improve Self-management for Some with Spina Bifida

Release Date:

12/10/2015

... Living, and Rehabilitation Research, the Verizon Foundation and the National Institutes of Health. . . Verizon ...

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New York Community Trust Gives $5.1 million to 42 Nonprofits in the City, Nation

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12/11/2015

... The New York Community Trust, the City’s community foundation , is spending $5.1 million on dozens of projects to ...

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Arts

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Erik Estrada Joins Andrus Family Fund

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12/14/2015

... Officer and he joins Andrus from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation ’s New Jersey Health Initiatives (NJHI) in Camden ...

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Edited Stem Cells Offer Hope of Precision Therapy for Blindness (Doris Duke, Research to Prevent Blindness)

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02/03/2016

... National Institutes of Health, the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation , and Research to Prevent Blindness. . . Edited ...

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Research to Prevent Blindness

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18 Mar 2016

The Global Goals in New York City

Friday, March 18, 2016 -

9:00am to 2:00pm

As American philanthropy grapples with local challenges, how do our solutions and experiences link to challenges elsewhere around the globe?

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Conference

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Food Systems

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29 Sep 2016

501(c)4s - Increasing Your Impact with Creative Grantmaking

Thursday, September 29, 2016 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

Strategic philanthropy is increasingly requiring advocacy and creative collaboration to achieve its goals. Funders, investors, and social entrepreneurs are eager to go beyond traditional grantmaking to employ innovative approaches to achieving...

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