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Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Awards $1.3 Million in Support of Jazz, Contemporary Dance, Theatre Fields

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10/09/2013

The grants to nine national arts organizations were awarded through DDCF's Fund for National Projects and are designed to strengthen the national infrastructure of the professional nonprofit...

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New York Life Foundation Awards $750,000 to Childhood Bereavement Organizations

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10/01/2013

New York Life Foundation grants $750,000 to support 20 organizations serving grieving children across ... York Life Foundation today announced $750,000 in grants to support 20 organizations serving grieving...

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The Ford Foundation Joins the Reporting Commitment

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08/19/2014

... recently joined the Reporting Commitment, an initiative to increase the accuracy, currency, and openness of grants data. The Reporting Commitment’s interactive map ... totaling nearly $17 billion, including...

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Stavros Niarchos Foundation Earmarks Support for ArtPlace America

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05/21/2015

... in a new window recently approved a $1 million grant to support ArtPlace AmericaOpens in a new window in its national work in the field of creative placemaking. The grant ,...

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Public Policy Committee

... activity.  The Committee, which is a Committee of the Corporation, is established by Board resolution and ... Responsibilities :   Act as a thought partner to management and the board around effective...

Why Bring People Together In Person?

Release Date:

08/13/2013

... communication technologies available, it would be easy to assume that Skype, videoconferencing, webinars, Google ... are other goals that can only be met through the kinds of interpersonal interactions and...

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PhilTV: Funder Advocacy Is Powerful in Conversation on NP Sector Sustainability

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05/24/2016

... 26. New York City — With the high-profile collapse of FEGS last year, New York's nonprofit sector has been ... toward changing harmful funding practices that contributed to its, and others’ demise...

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Nathan Cummings Foundation Announces New Fellows Tackling Inequality and Climate Change

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06/27/2017

... and Climate Change Today, three innovators combatting issues of inequality and climate change were named Nathan Cummings Foundation Fellows. Each fellow will have up to $150,000 and 18-months...

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20 Oct 2022

From Cautious to Courageous: How Foundations Can Step up Advocacy & Invest in Change (Session 2 of 2)

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2:00pm to 3:30pm

... need for stricter gun control policies, and cruel efforts to harm trans people and walk back LGBTQ+ protections. These headline-churning developments come on top of ongoing efforts to...

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College and Career Readiness: Are We Measuring What Matters?

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06/11/2013

We recently held two programs — organized by PNY’s Education Working Group and the New York City Youth Funders ... readiness for college and the workforce. We’re pleased to have Deutsche Bank Americas Foundation...

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Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals: One Student’s Story

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12/06/2012

Philanthropy New York’s Education Working Group, in conjunction with the Donors’ ... at The New York Community Trust, held a recent briefing to bring greater clarity to New York City’s efforts...

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Heavy Hitters Debate School Achievement Gap

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10/15/2013

The Education Funders Research Initiative’s recent Education Forum conversation on the achievement gap in New ... across the board in New York City yet, close observers of the school system will...

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Ford Foundation's Hilary Pennington Appointed to The Center for Effective Philanthropy's Board

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03/16/2014

Hilary Pennington, Vice President of the Ford Foundation's Education , Creativity and Free Expression program has been appointed to The Center for Effective Philanthropy's Board. The...

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New Training Program Takes on Teacher Improvement

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06/17/2015

... Program Takes on Teacher Improvement Arthur Levine, an education expert of national renown, began researching problems in teacher ... education aimed at improving the way teachers are...

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Chapter 3: Fundamentals of Grantmaking

What is the business of your organization? Explore the core cycle of how foundations make grants, as well as how foundations give, ways to manage relationships with grantees, and where implicit ...

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Three Exceptional New York Nonprofits Win 2015 Nonprofit Excellence Awards (New York Community Trust)

Release Date:

11/11/2015

... – Three nonprofit groups have been chosen as winners of the 2015 New York Community Trust Nonprofit Excellence ... scholarships for the Columbia Business School Executive Education Programs in Social...

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To Get a Railroad Project Moving Long Islanders Had to Pull Together

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06/23/2020

To Get a Railroad Project Moving Long Islanders Had to Pull ... that sponsored it. The Rauch Foundation presents Part 3 of their 3-part Insights series. Read Part 1: Could the ... views, had no...

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1/20/2015 - The Power of Micro Aggressions and Micro Affirmations Live stream & Presentations

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01/2015

View materials and the live stream recording of the program, The Power of Micro Aggressions and Micro Affirmations . 1/20/2015 - The Power of Micro Aggressions and Micro Affirmations Live stream & ...

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Leon Levy Foundation Names Robert F. Goldrich President

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06/11/2015

... John Bernstein, who became chief operating officer of the Ford Foundation and has joined the Leon Levy ... housing development projects and area re-zonings. Prior to joining the Bloomberg administration, Mr...

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