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12 Jul 2017

Service for Impact

Wednesday, July 12, 2017 -

9:00am to 11:00am

As the workforce continues to change , it is shaping how volunteer opportunities are ... successes, challenges, and ongoing strategies. The Service for Impact working group provides a unique opportunity for...

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NYS Health Foundation Launches ‘Health Reform Watch’

Release Date:

03/17/2017

... and replace the Affordable Care Act, the implications for health care across the country and here in New York State ... one-stop shop to keep track of the latest developments at the State and national levels...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Supports Cities' Ability to Tap Into Big Data

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04/26/2017

... in rehabbing their properties and which ones to cite for code violations. The city is wrapping up a second survey of blighted properties to measure the net change over the past year, says Jeff Carter,...

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Community Development

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The Rockefeller Brothers Fund: A 19th Century Fortune Tackles 21st Century Problems

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05/17/2017

... though, the RBF, as it’s called, has been better known for its investments than for its grant-making. In 2014, RBF ... campaign is symbolic — it has produced no more than at blip, if that, on...

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Afua Atta-Mensah, Executive Director of Community Voices Heard, Says "Basebuilding is a Contact Sport"

Release Date:

06/22/2017

... to share narratives with one another face-to-face. " At a time when we sit across the breakfast table and text the ... than just identifying the problem and move to action. Change movements are built by a...

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Civic Engagement

Ford Report Finds that Boards of NYC Museums Lack Diversity

Release Date:

08/24/2017

... the percentage of people of color among board members at most institutions remains strikingly low, while more than ... of visitors. There are execeptions, of course: at the Studio Museum in Harlem, 82 percent...

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Giving Back: 4 Ways Your Company Can Do Good

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08/31/2017

... Today's consumers, particularly millennials, are looking for more than just a product from the brands they support. ... want social responsibility and corporate accountability. For many companies, this is...

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How Nonprofit Programs Scale Up: Findings From The Wallace Foundation

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10/03/2017

... a little bit like the nonprofit equivalent of reaching for the Holy Grail. Back in 2011, Casey Family Programs even ... “Scaling what works is a crucial component of systems change .” The Wallace Foundation,...

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Young Invincibles’ Jen Mishory & Skadden Fellow Yan Cao have joined The Century Foundation

Release Date:

10/04/2017

... record is unmatched when it comes to driving policy change to help improve the lives of young people across ... tenacity will be invaluable in forging new policy paths for leaders at all...

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Banking Against Urban Poverty, Inside JP Morgan Chase Philanthropy

Release Date:

10/05/2017

... a new approach began in 2012, when CEO Jamie Dimon asked for a review of company grantmaking—which was then running at about $200 million a year. Dimon didn’t feel that all ... or strategically. And he was...

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Community Development

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New Video From TCC Group: The Missing Link for Maximizing Impact: Foundations Assessing Their Capacity

Release Date:

10/13/2017

New Video From TCC Group: The Missing Link for Maximizing Impact: Foundations Assessing Their Capacity ... Melinda Fine introduces the article, "The Missing Link for Maximizing Impact: Foundations Assessing...

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Funded Sloan Digital Sky Survey Will Map The Entire Sky

Release Date:

11/20/2017

... directed by Juna Kollmeier of the Carnegie Institution for Science, will move forward with mapping the entire sky ... kickstart a groundbreaking all-sky spectroscopic survey for a next wave of discovery,...

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New App Plentiful, Funded By The Helmsley Charitable Trust, Streamlines How NYC Food Pantries Feed The Hungry

Release Date:

12/04/2017

... assistance a fast way to find a meal — just in time for winter. Dubbed Plentiful, it allows people to register and check in at food pantries using their phones, via the app or text, ... also allows pantries to...

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The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust

New Report From Silicon Valley Community Foundation Helps Companies Align With the U.N.’s Sustainable Development Goals

Release Date:

12/11/2017

... Sustainable Development Goals: A Why, When and How Guide for Business – will help business leaders understand the ... Stuart Burden, vice president of corporate responsibility at SVCF. “In this practical guide...

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Arcus Winter Grantees Work for LGBTQ Equality Across the Globe

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01/05/2018

Arcus Winter Grantees Work for LGBTQ Equality Across the Globe Advocating for the rights of LGBTQ persons across the globe and through ... Africa, to bring about national and regional policy change...

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Ford Foundation Appoints Hilary Pennington as Executive Vice President

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01/19/2018

... globally. Previously, Pennington served as vice president for the foundation's programming on Education, Creativity, ... Hilary in it—will make the foundation more effective at serving the organizations...

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UJA-Fed NY Launches Digital Resource to Support Disability Inclusion in Congregational Life

Release Date:

02/13/2018

... in a religious community enhances quality of life for people with disabilities. Likewise, congregations are ... a vast array of abilities. It is indeed a broad mandate for a congregation to start from scratch...

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Ford, Hilton Foundation, and JPB Foundation Join others in Collaborative Fund to Address Housing Instability

Release Date:

02/23/2018

... that stable homes provide an important platform for individual success and thriving communities, nine of the ... than half of their income on rent — or have no homes at all — will be able to afford safe,...

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Housing and Homelessness

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Supported by the Stavros Niarchos Foundation and The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Dance/NYC Launches Immigrant Artists Initiative

Release Date:

02/27/2018

... Dance/NYC Launches Immigrant Artists Initiative On Sunday, at its annual Symposium for the dance field, Dance/NYC announced the launch of a new ... first initiative deliverable, and makes a data driven case...

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Online Data Journalism Hub Funded by OSF Is Set To Launch

Release Date:

03/12/2018

... collaborating across borders and disciplines is necessary for success. The Global Editors Network (GEN), ...

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