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PhilTV: Do Money and Mission Mix? How Foundations Are Using Sustainable Investment to Address Climate Change

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05/31/2016

... to the issue, according to Melissa Beck , executive director of The Educational Foundation of America (EFA), ... Fund . Together, they answered the following questions at Philanthropy New York’s panel...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Impact Investing

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Cornerstone Capital Group

With $7 Million in Grant Funding Trinity Church Wall Street Joins Urgent Call for Racial Justice and Responds to COVID-19 Impacts

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06/23/2020

... to housing and other supports," said Neill Coleman, Chief Philanthropy Officer at Trinity. "The pandemic is magnifying ... education, and employment," said Susan Shah, Managing Director for...

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Newman's Own Foundation Announces New Class of Fellows

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06/06/2018

... of Fellows, as it enters the fourth year of its Fellowship Program . There will be 14 new Fellows starting the program , as 17 Fellows graduate today. The Newman's Own ... the threshold of their careers to...

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Take It From the Nonprofits: Even in a Crisis, Funders Are Falling Short on Equity

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07/29/2021

... piece was originally published by the Center for Effective Philanthropy on July 20, 2021. CEP’s latest research ... stuck in their ways, unable to “fund outside the box.” Program and grant staff have so many...

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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

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Why Helping Pets Helps People

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12/05/2013

... lives of many of the constituencies served by grantees of Philanthropy New York members. The growing importance of ... and funder thereof, finds commonality with our peers in philanthropy whose grant dollars...

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Animal Welfare

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ASPCA

CSR, the Arts, and the Double Bottom Line

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04/14/2015

... corporate funder interviewed by the Animating Democracy program of Americans for the Arts for the report Corporate ... how the arts fit into the changing world of corporate philanthropy that aims for a double...

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Corporate Social Responsibility

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Arts

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De Blasio drafts biz execs to push pre-K tax

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01/29/2014

Several business executives, including Lee Wasserman, Director of the Rockefeller Family Fund, have signed on to ... Andrew Cuomo has said that he wants the state to fund the program across New York with existing...

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Public Policy

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Education

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Rockefeller Family Fund

UJA Federation Charities Scramble to Address FEGS Closure

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03/16/2015

FEGS currently runs hundreds of city and state social-service programs.

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UJA-Federation of New York

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Climate Adaptation Fund, Supported by Duke Foundation, To Enable Conservation Projects In Urban Centers

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04/04/2016

... Enable Conservation Projects In Urban Centers A grant program managed by the Wildlife Conservation Society is ... for grants provided through the Climate Adaptation Fund, a program started in 2011 and made...

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Doris Duke Foundation

New Grant from Mellon Foundation Launches Boston Classical Music Initiative

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09/27/2018

... Community Music Center of Boston, and the string education program Project STEP, to launch the new Boston Bridge to ... up for professional success. Rebecca Bogers , the dean and director of the NEC...

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Education

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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 Reader’s ... of public awareness of low vision services. Our grant program has provided substantial seed money to launch and ... where...

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Ford Foundation Provides Initial Funding for Black Feminist Fund

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03/25/2021

... Foundation announced on Thursday that it’s providing US $15 million to help launch a philanthropic organization led ... were talking about something that was so meaningful to us —why is it difficult to get...

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Gender Justice

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Jersey City Receives $1 million Investment for Job Training from JPMorgan Chase

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07/09/2015

... New York City, Chicago and Detroit. "Through our philanthropy , we invest more $200 million every year for ... across the globe," said Alma DeMetropolis, managing director and New Jersey market...

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United Hospital Fund Explores the Struggles of Family Caregiving

Release Date:

07/31/2015

... of a lack of affordable alternatives, said Carol Levine, director of the families and health care project at the United Hospital Fund, a non-profit research and philanthropy organization in New York. “For...

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Health

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NBC News Profiles Asian Women Giving Circle at Ms. Foundation

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01/29/2016

... Twenty years ago, when Hali Lee was the executive director for a Korean-American non-profit serving victims of ... Lee found, were new to the idea of American-style philanthropy , and domestic violence was not...

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Appointments & Transitions

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Gender Justice

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Ms. Foundation for Women

Farhana Khera of Muslim Advocates Talks About The Fight Against Discrimination After 9/11

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05/07/2014

... Against Discrimination After 9/11 In this PhilTalk at Philanthropy New York's 35th annual meeting, Farhana Khera , president & executive director of Muslim Advocates, explains her trajectory as a .....

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PhilTalks

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Immigration

Yahoo Co-Founder Gives $25 Million to San Francisco’s Asian Art Museum

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09/27/2017

... Art Museum In a rare example of high-level cultural philanthropy from Silicon Valley’s entrepreneurial elite, ... the right place at the right time,” said the museum’s director , Jay Xu, of the gift, which...

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Arts

Steven Denning Joins the Board of the Markle Foundation

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01/15/2019

... digital innovation, and his strong belief in the role of philanthropy as a force for public benefit will bring ...

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John & Mary R. Markle Foundation

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New York Community Trust's HIVE Grants to Boost Digital Media Learning

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06/02/2014

... next level," says Kerry McCarthy, New York Community Trust program officer and manager of the Hive Fund. "Fun, hands-on ... for young people in the City to learn," says Leah Gilliam, director of...

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