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What a Corporate Funder Is Doing to Meet Urgent Humanitarian Needs Through Technology

Release Date:

09/29/2017

What a Corporate Funder Is Doing to Meet Urgent Humanitarian Needs Through Technology ... delivering huge amounts of material. And all this needs to happen quickly in places where infrastructure may be ... improve...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

‘White Rage’ Author Kicks Off Mellon Lecture Series Aimed At Better Understanding Racism

Release Date:

12/08/2017

... Understanding Racism Policies that create barriers to black achievement are often the result of 'white rage,' ... possible by a $1.5 million grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to...

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Morgan Stanley Announces Creation of Innovative Play Spaces for Children in 14 Cities With KaBOOM!

Release Date:

02/02/2018

... 14 new play spaces for children through a Morgan Stanley Foundation grant to KaBOOM! and the hands-on efforts of hundreds of its ... Atlanta and providing creative play grants in 12 cities to...

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Children, Youth and Families

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ComNetworkNY: Leadership and the Art of Communications

Release Date:

03/08/2018

... provide through brief presentations in storytelling format to arrive at four unique perspectives on the importance of ... D'Silva , Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Red Dot Foundation (Safecity) Kim...

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Communications/Media

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Open Society Foundations

ComNetwork NY

Ford and PBS Partner on Documentary Series

Release Date:

06/15/2018

... Series On Friday, June 15, 2018, PBS will premiere Ford Foundation funded BREAKING BIG, a 12-episode documentary series, explores the unexpected journey to success of some of the world's most influential...

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Forbes Women's Summit: Pfizer Shares 'the Way Forward' to Driving Social Impact

Release Date:

06/20/2018

Forbes Women's Summit: Pfizer Shares 'the Way Forward' to Driving Social Impact In today’s increasingly complex ... the new, innovative and inclusive approaches needed to solve pressing global...

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Carnegie Corporation's July Fourth Tribute Honors 38 Distinguished Immigrants

Release Date:

06/28/2018

... lives, their work, and their example. Our philanthropic foundation , its board of trustees and staff, invite Americans to help celebrate these distinguished individuals by ... Corporation has sponsored the...

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

12 Sep 2018

New York City Workforce Funders Quarterly Meeting and Presentation of the Analysis and Recommendations from the Workforce Agenda Report

Wednesday, September 12, 2018 -

9:00am to 11:00am

... conducted by NYATEP, JobsFirstNYC, and Young Invincibles to increase the state investment in workforce programs. ... and CEO, Per Scholas Charles Buice , President, Tiger Foundation Steven Dawson, Senior...

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Workforce Development

Philanthropic Leaders Call for Protecting the Independence of Special Counsel Investigation

Release Date:

11/20/2018

... Special Counsel Investigation It’s astoundingly rare for foundation leaders to make statements about national political issues, but ... organizations across the United States joined together to...

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Commonwealth Fund Launches A New Tool for Comparing ‘Medicare for All’ Plans

Release Date:

03/15/2019

... Plans The Commonwealth Fund, a non-partisan health care foundation , introduced an interactive tool this week that allows users to compare congressional health care reform bills, including ... by Democrats...

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Health

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Video: Celebrating 20 Years of Open Society Institute–Baltimore with Patrick Gaspard and the 2018 Open Society Institute Community Fellows

Release Date:

04/01/2019

... president of Open Society Foundations and ambassador to South Africa during the Obama administration, discussed the challenges to open societies around the world. We also introduced the ... final event, we...

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Open Society Foundations

Tribeca Film Institute Announces 2019 Sloan Filmmaker Fund Grantees

Release Date:

04/04/2019

... Grantees The Tribeca Film Institute and Alfred P. Sloan Foundation have announced the three TFI Sloan Filmmaker Fund ... fresh points of view, sense of timeliness, accessibility to wide audiences, and of...

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Grantmakers for Effective Organizations (GEO) Welcomes Marcus F. Walton as President and CEO

Release Date:

07/16/2019

... maker who has successfully harnessed the power of change to develop more effective strategies for cultivating thriving communities. “I am energized by the opportunity to work alongside a diverse team of...

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Appointments & Transitions

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Grantmakers for Effective Organizations (GEO)

The North Star Fund Welcomes Kellie Terry as the new Philanthropy Programs Director

Release Date:

05/02/2022

... Programs Director The North Star Fund is thrilled to welcome Kellie Terry as North Star Fund's new Philanthropy ... Community Funding Committees , and leading the Fund's work to organize donors and...

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The New York Environmental Funders Network

... in New York City and/or State. The Network’s aim is to advance members’ knowledge of: (1) current and emerging ... Valerie Boucard, Program Officer, The Nathan Cummings Foundation Nick Sifuentes, Program...

Stephen McConnell Appointed Country Director for the United States at The Atlantic Philanthropies

Release Date:

09/03/2012

... Atlantic Philanthropies have appointed Stephen McConnell to the newly created position of Country Director for the ... & Youth and Reconciliation & Human Rights—as the foundation seeks to...

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Aging

Children, Youth and Families

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The Atlantic Philanthropies

27 Nov 2012

Social Impact Bonds: The Brains Behind the Buzz

Tuesday, November 27, 2012 -

7:45am to 11:00pm

... Philanthropies, recently announced a major initiative to reduce inmate recidivism using the social impact bond model. The Rockefeller Foundation has been at the forefront of building the enabling ... of New...

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Tools & Strategies

06 Jun 2013

Community Food Funders Breakfast Series on Risk and Resiliency in the Food System: Fostering Equity and Adaptation in a Post-Sandy World

Thursday, June 6, 2013 -

8:30am to 10:00am

We invite you to join Community Food Funders, farmers, community leaders ... by the Community Food Funders , Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation , North Star Fund and Surdna Foundation . Presenters...

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Issue-Based

16 Dec 2014

Best Practices in HR Compliance - Surviving a Department of Labor Audit

Tuesday, December 16, 2014 -

8:00am to 11:15am

... putting increased pressure on nonprofits and Foundations to ensure that both practices and records are in compliance. ... McGinn , VP Finance and Administration, William T. Grant Foundation Judith Moldover ,...

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The Building Blocks of Demonstrating Impact

Release Date:

09/09/2013

... Hui Wen Chan, Impact Analytics and Planning Officer, Citi Foundation and Christine Rhee, Manager, Philanthropy, ... York convened funders for a conversation on the best ways to measure and demonstrate the...