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Accessibility Takes a Community

Release Date:

10/31/2019

... So, while only a handful of foundations explicitly fund “disability services”, most grantmakers already do ... disabled people through their regular programming . As such, all funders across the philanthropic...

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Disabilities

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The New York Community Trust

Foundation Transparency: What Nonprofits Want

Publication date:

05/2013

... giving from 2007 to 2012, and that noncash contributions as a percentage of total giving grew from 57 percent in 2007 ...

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Report

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Evaluation

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Six Months Later

Release Date:

05/08/2013

As philanthropy looks back on the last six months of ... Health and Environmental Funders Network Communications Associate Lauren Linville shares some of the challenges, ...

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Disaster Relief

William T. Grant Foundation President Receives 2013 Spencer Foundation Award

Release Date:

10/18/2013

... Gamoran , President of the William T. Grant Foundation , as the recipient of the 2013 Spencer Foundation Award, which ...

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Education

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William T. Grant Foundation

Protect Census 2020

... is a major threat to a full and fair Census 2020 count. As the Funders Committee for Civic Participation has noted, ...

Evaluating a Culture

Release Date:

05/22/2019

... recommendations for next steps based on grantee feedback. As a team, we found the first of the recommendations to be ... Second, the Board strategically identified an executive director , Laura Aden Packer,...

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Howard Gilman Foundation

Pair of Community Foundations Chosen to lead Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Flagship New Jersey Grantmaking Program

Release Date:

11/14/2022

... -- including its assets, needs, and partners as they relate to the mission of advancing health equity, ... at the helm," said. Maisha Simmons, RWJF's senior director of NJ Grantmaking. "Both...

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Community Development

Health

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Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

A Conversation on Public Service Loan Forgiveness: The Philanthropic Community Can Help 250,000 New Yorkers Access $10 Billion in Loan Forgiveness (Part Two)

Release Date:

10/13/2022

... of student debt. In this whole country and in this city as well. I know that the philanthropic sector has been ... is a law that says when the President has certified it as a national emergency the Department...

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What’s Good, and What’s Missing, in Congress’ Third COVID-19 Emergency Response Package - Report from The Century Foundation

Release Date:

03/26/2020

... who are out of work because of the COVID-19 crisis, such as gig workers and the self-employed. Provides an additional ... extra benefits for new entrants to the labor market, such as college students and other...

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Member News

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Public Policy

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The Century Foundation

Philanthropy's Social Compact In A Changing World

Release Date:

10/09/2019

... and Assistant Corporate Secretary, Olga Tarasov, Director , Knowledge Development, Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Trust in philanthropy is ... it creates. The social compact encompasses concepts such...

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Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors

Issue Guide: Payments in Lieu of Taxes (PILOTs)

Publication date:

10/2013

Philanthropy New York's local public policy issue guide on the idea of Payments in Lieu of Taxes (PILOTs) for property-owning nonprofits in New York City.

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PNY Issue Guide

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Policy Staff

Policymakers

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Public Policy

After Orlando – After the Anger and Sadness – There Is Work to Be Done

Release Date:

06/15/2016

... LGBTQ Anti-Violence Project and Beverly Tillery, Executive Director , AVP The largest mass shooting in recent US history ... hearts are heavy, and our thoughts are with the survivors as well as...

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Insights

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Funding Area

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Dara Major Philanthropy Consulting

25 Feb 2019

Census Jobs: How Do You Mobilize a Temporary Workforce of Half a Million People in Less Than Two Years?

Monday, February 25, 2019 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

... and local nonprofit, government and business leaders – as well as our upstate sister organization New York Funders Alliance ... with technology, among others Speakers Jeff T. Behler , Director...

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Issue-Based

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Roundtable Discussion

Webinar/Teleconference

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All Funders

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Census 2020

Workforce Development

Celeste Ford Appointed Chief Communications Officer of Carnegie Corporation of New York

Release Date:

07/24/2023

... of New York announces the appointment of Celeste Ford as chief communications officer. She is responsible for ... 10 years with the Corporation. In her most recent position as director of...

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Appointments & Transitions

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

26 Feb 2015

Administrative Relief: Helping the City’s Undocumented Immigrants Benefit from New Education, Employment and Health Care Opportunities

Thursday, February 26, 2015 -

2:15pm to 5:00pm

... (DACA), which allows undocumented immigrants who arrived as children remain in the U.S. free from fear of deportation ... Introductory Remarks: Eric Weingartner, Managing Director , Robin Hood Foundation Panel...

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Panel

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Immigration

Children, Youth and Families

11 Jul 2018

Service for Impact - Exploring Successful Skills-Based Volunteering Models

Wednesday, July 11, 2018 -

8:45am to 11:00am

... changing needs of key stakeholders Speakers Dan Kamins , Director of Employee Engagement and Volunteerism, MetLife, ... Johnson & Johnson Suzane Rhee Brown , Executive Director , Community Affairs and...

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Professional Development

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05 Oct 2018

Documentary Screening and Discussion with Tarana Burke

Friday, October 5, 2018 -

10:00am to 12:30pm

... 2017, the hashtag has served to unify and empower millions as the "me too" movement seeks to foster healing for those ... conversation about necessary changes in power dynamics. As we continue...

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26 Feb 2020

Advancing Equity through Employee Ownership Models

Wednesday, February 26, 2020 -

9:00am to 11:00am

... ownership models are being explored across the country as ways to build and share wealth in low income communities ... New York and a panel of muncipal and non-profit leaders as we we explore Employee...

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Workforce Development

Eero Simoncelli Leads New Center for Computational Neuroscience at The Simons Foundation

Release Date:

01/26/2021

... models to understand how brains work. The CCN joins existing Flatiron Institute centers devoted to ...

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Appointments & Transitions

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Science

Technology

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The Simons Foundation

16 Nov 2021

Funder Briefing: What the Incoming NYC Administration Means for Criminal Legal and Policing Reform + How Philanthropy Can Respond

Tuesday, November 16, 2021 -

10:00am to 11:00am

As a new elected leadership – mayoral team and City Council ... reform/transformation in NYC, including campaigns such as #LessIsMoreNY, #CloseRikers, End Solitary NYC, as well ... this new era...