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Three Ways to Maximize Impact Through Collaboration

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01/26/2015

... effective collaboration—and also confronted the barriers to it. Reflecting on that experience, a few lessons stand ... review three cases in which we’ve seen funders go beyond grant making by collaborating...

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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

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Arabella Advisors

The Case for Using a Social Justice Lens in Grantmaking

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09/18/2012

... Phenomenon? No. As early as 1972, in an internal memo to John H. Knowles, the President of the Rockefeller ... two purposes in its mandate: To be a voice for issues ...

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Colonel (Ret.) James D. McDonough, Jr., Joins New York State Health Foundation as Senior Fellow for Veterans Affairs

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03/01/2012

... focus on building support in New York State and nationally to meet the healthcare, mental health, and social service ... and services in their communities, rather than through the Department of...

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New York Health Foundation

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18 Apr 2012

Improving Teaching: What’s Evaluation Got to Do with It?

Wednesday, April 18, 2012 -

1:45pm to 5:00pm

A debate* over the methods and purpose of teaching evaluation has been roiling in the national and ... measures, and every school district has the authority to determine which measures to use for...

Citi Backs Program to Create 5,000 Women Entrepreneurs from Low-Income Neighborhoods

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03/16/2015

Citi Backs Program to Create 5,000 Women Entrepreneurs from Low-Income ... Glen announced the new initiative, Women Entrepreneurs NYC , dubbed WE NYC , on Thursday. It will offer free training .....

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Five Borough Farm: Supporting Urban Agriculture in New York City

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11/08/2013

... New York City communities face myriad challenges related to our health, economic vitality and social and ecological ... of color, are at record-high levels. Data from the NYC ...

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Janet Robinson is New Chair of Carnegie Corporation Board, Kurt Schmoke is New Vice Chair; The Honorable Ann Claire Williams and John S. Hendricks Join Board

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03/01/2012

The Carnegie Corporation of New York has announced that Janet Robinson, former ... and CEO of The New York Times Company, has agreed to serve a one-year term as Board Chair and Kurt Schmoke, .....

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

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Brenda Henry-Sanchez Joins the Foundation Center as Director of Research for Special Projects

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07/01/2013

Brenda Henry-Sanchez has been appointed Director of Research for Special Projects at the Foundation Center . ... national and regional research projects on a wide range of issues across the field...

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Dianne S. Harris Appointed Senior Program Officer at The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation

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08/16/2017

... The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation announced the appointment of Dianne S. Harris as a senior program officer in Higher ... someone of Dianne's stature and experience has elected to pivot...

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COVID-19: Using a Racial Justice Lens Now to Transform Our Future

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04/07/2020

COVID-19: Using a Racial Justice Lens Now to Transform Our Future By: Lori Villarosa, Founder & ... have a history of earmarking only a fraction of total grant dollars for...

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Ms. Foundation for Women Announces Three New Board Members

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07/06/2023

... Ms. Foundation for Women announced the appointments of Kaberi Banerjee Murthy, Mary H. McDaniel and Don Chen to its distinguished Board of Directors. These additions are ... Studies and an Ed...

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New Member Spotlight: Reader’s Digest Partners for Sight Foundation

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09/11/2009

We are delighted to feature one of Philanthropy New York’s newest members, ... the level of public awareness of low vision services. Our grant program has...

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Atlantic Seeks To Sustain Gains From Past Work As Grantmaking Nears Conclusion

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07/30/2014

Atlantic Seeks To Sustain Gains From Past Work As Grantmaking Nears ... " to effectively realise and sustain gains in the core issues and fields that we and our grantees have seeded and .....

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05 Jun 2017

New York Foster Youth Funders Group - Summer Meeting

Monday, June 5, 2017 -

9:00am to 11:00am

... of foster youth in New York. The purpose of the group is to keep our hand on the pulse of salient issues and initiatives impacting foster youth in New York...

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Children, Youth and Families

Digital Badges: What They Are and Why Funders Should Pay Attention (Part 2)

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06/24/2014

... Badges are seen as tools for increasing equitable access to higher education and job opportunities. Bill Clinton, for ... Pittsburgh, and Washington, D.C. And the New York City Department...

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The New York Community Trust

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Rauschenberg Foundation Appoints Risë Wilson First-Ever Director of Philanthropy

Release Date:

09/16/2013

... Project Space (located in Chelsea) as a complement to its grantmaking based on a number of successful pilot ... of past grantees that include Trisha Brown Dance Company ( NYC...

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Robert Rauschenberg Foundation

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Arts

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11/25/2014 - Understanding the President's Executive Actions on Immigration - Presentation

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11/2014

View presentation from the program, "Understanding the President's Executive Actions on Immigration."

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Invest in Youth: Strengthening Brooklyn’s Future

Release Date:

07/02/2015

... Leadership, Brooklyn Community Foundation You don’t have to look far these days to see young people taking the lead on the biggest social justice issues of our time. From #...

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