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04 Dec 2015

Catching Up: What High Schools Are Doing to Move Kids from Elementary Knowledge to College Ready

Friday, December 4, 2015 -

9:15am to 11:30am

Almost a quarter of our New York City kids do not graduate from high school. Thousands come in far behind and ... is not meeting their needs. The key goal of this panel is to help funders understand the enormous...

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Ford and RPA Work to Foster Sustainable Development in Ghana

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07/09/2015

Ford and RPA Work to Foster Sustainable Development in Ghana Today, more ... — a project of the United Nations Development Programme, Foundation Center , and a group of leading foundations guided...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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International/Foreign Affairs

Philanthropy & Nonprofit Sector Support

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Health Care Innovators Are Filmmakers and Farmers, Not Physicians, Insurers, Hospitals and Drug Companies

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12/12/2016

... Sandman, President and CEO, New York State Health Foundation Originally published on the Huffington Post and ... New York State Health Foundation . If you’re on a mission to improve people’s...

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New York Health Foundation

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D.C. Schools Attracted Record Amounts of Philanthropy in Recent Years

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08/27/2015

... more than $31 million from national foundations, according to an analysis by two professors at Michigan State University ... philanthropies funding kindergarten through 12th grade education that year. The...

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Education

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Funders Teaming Up to Strengthen Voices of LGBTQ People of Color

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06/16/2014

Funders Teaming Up to Strengthen Voices of LGBTQ People of Color The Ford Foundation is teaming with the Arcus Foundation and the ... efforts in the Southeastern United States focused on ...

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LGBTQ

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14 Jun 2011

Speaker's Bio: Commissioner Nirav R. Shah, M.D., MPH

Tuesday, June 14, 2011 - 12:00pm

... regulation of hospitals and other health care facilities; supports primary care development; manages a premier ... Dr. Shah was attending physician at Bellevue Hospital Center in Manhattan, associate...

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A Message from the Funders Census Initiative

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04/01/2020

... outreach, organizations in every state are working hard to Get-Out-the-Count. For organizations and their census ... census cycle: Tracking census progress factsheet and CUNY hard- to -count...

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Census 2020

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17 Mar 2026

Reframing Financial Due Diligence

Tuesday, March 17, 2026 -

9:30am to 12:30pm

... operating landscape, many nonprofits are facing the need to recalibrate their business models and plan for previously ... in an era of shifting revenue models, as well as what supports organizations may need...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies' 2019 Annual Report: Michael R. Bloomberg’s Annual Letter on Philanthropy

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06/13/2019

... change grows smaller. More Americans lose loved ones to opioid overdoses and gun violence. More students miss out on a good education and the opportunity to go to college...

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08 Dec 2016

Food as a Community-Building Tool

Thursday, December 8, 2016 -

9:00am to 11:00am

... advantage of that relationship by using food as a means to engage the residents of a place to build community? What ... Director, Just Food Nick Freudenberg , Director, CUNY Urban Food Policy...

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27 Feb 2018

BBB Charity Effectiveness Symposium XII: Dealing with Disruption - Framing Leadership Strategies for the Future

Tuesday, February 27, 2018 -

8:30am to 12:00pm

Please join Education and Research Foundation of the Better Business ... College/Marxe School of Public and International Affairs; Center for Nonprofit Leaders at Fordham University; ...

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How Should Philanthropy Respond to Obama’s Speech on Black Men and Boys?

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08/15/2013

... in our nation’s history. A good start is for every foundation president and board of trustees to read ... spun off Black Male Engagement , which organizes and supports a network of black...

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“The City Where America Is Going to Find Herself Again”: A Funders Conversation with Mayor Mitch Landrieu

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01/12/2011

... the innovations and citizens’ participation in his city to philanthropy’s efforts and support. The mayor began by ... Dr. Albert Ruesga, President of the Greater New Orleans Foundation (GNOF) , and Flozell...

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29 Nov 2018

The Urgency of the First Amendment: Holding on to Core Values in Crisis - A Webinar Hosted by Media Impact Funders

Thursday, November 29, 2018 -

11:00am to 12:00pm

... Media Impact Funders, who has extended an invitation to PNY members. Space is limited and will be granted on a ... discourse. We’re inviting participants in Pittsburgh Foundation ’s recent 1A conferences -- The...

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Philanthropy in Haiti: Don’t Miss Out on the Opportunity

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01/22/2010

... Fujiko Willgerodt Executive Director, Prospect Hill Foundation A catastrophic earthquake measuring 7.3 on the ... and country of Haiti recover and rebuild in a way that supports sustainable development, human...

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03 Oct 2011

Philanthropy, Women & Social Justice: a Breakfast Conversation with Sara K. Gould

Monday, October 3, 2011 -

8:30am to 10:30am

The Funders of Women and Girls Network invites you to a candid conversation with Sara K. Gould, Atlantic Philanthropies Senior Fellow at the Foundation Center and former president & CEO of...

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Network Building

14 Dec 2017

Leveraging Small Grants for Big Impact - Webinar

Thursday, December 14, 2017 -

12:00pm to 1:30pm

*The National Center for Family Philanthropy limits attendance to private and family foundation staff and trustees only.* Domino effect. ...

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Tools & Strategies

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Family Foundation

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Commonwealth Fund Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer John Craig to Retire at the End of 2014

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03/17/2014

... end of 2014, after 33 years at the Fund. Since joining the foundation in 1981, he has served as vice president and ... and in doing so, has shored up the Fund's capacity to continue enhancing "the...

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Appointments & Transitions

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Health

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Mellon Releases New Publication Celebrating 30 Years of Grantmaking in South Africa

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10/22/2018

... Years of Grantmaking in South Africa his year, the Mellon Foundation celebrates 30 years of grantmaking in South ... awarded over $187 million in arts and humanities grants to a total of 44 South African...

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