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For Foundations, Succession Planning Should Be a High Priority

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03/31/2016

... city. Should you wait until you are formally notified to start thinking about how you would go about replacing ... important positions. Create a Formal Succession Plan: We like to say that...

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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 Together By: Nancy Rauch Douzinas , President, Rauch ... collaboration for over a decade—the broadest partnership we could imagine,...

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Andrew W. Mellon Foundation's Monuments Project Supports Williamsburg Bray School project

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02/19/2022

... discovery was made last year. The school is believed to be the only remaining Colonial-era building in the country that was dedicated to the education of Black children. The Williamsburg Bray ... country...

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Mellon Foundation Announces Imagining Freedom, An Arts & Humanities Initiative Supporting Creatives and Thinkers Reenvisioning the Criminal Legal System

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02/15/2023

... , Imagining Freedom exemplifies Mellon’s vision to create just communities enriched by meaning and empowered ... from the earliest days of native conquest and enslavement to ongoing and entrenched structural...

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Three Easy Questions to Get Past the ‘Reflexive No’

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02/18/2016

Three Easy Questions to Get Past the ‘Reflexive No’ By Susan Olivo, Executive ... not otherwise be able to take advantage of a program. What we can strive for, in essence, is more inclusive .....

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Reader's Digest Partners for Sight Foundation

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14 Dec 2017

Funders Summit on Justice Reform: The Nation’s Eyes on Rikers

Thursday, December 14, 2017 -

9:00am to 3:30pm

We have reached maximum capacity for this program and will ... a waitlist. Please email register@philanthropynewyork.org to join the waitlist. We will notify you as spots open up. ... the U.S...

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Ariane Cruz Represented Philanthropy New York with City Council Testimony to Improve Contracting for Nonprofits

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04/30/2025

... Philanthropy New York with City Council Testimony to Improve Contracting for Nonprofits As a part of Philanthropy New York's ongoing efforts to serve as an ally to nonprofits and...

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Choose the Fund for 2025 for #GivingTuesday

... New York colleagues, who is personally donating to the Fund for 2025, told me a funny story: “When I was in high school, all I wanted was to come to New York and become a famous actor,...

Melissa Bradley To Step Down As Tides CEO

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04/01/2013

... CEO, embodies the organization’s long-term commitment to racial and social justice and has opened new doors of ... Tides. Bradley is stepping down as CEO and will continue to serve as a special advisor...

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ASPCA Elects Tim F. Wray to Chair of the Board

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07/02/2012

The Amer ican Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals has announced that Tim F. Wray, an investor and ... provides financial management and advisory services mainly to high-net-worth private clients. Wray...

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26 Jun 2012

-- POSTPONED -- Public Service Excellence and Diversity: A Leadership Opportunity

Tuesday, June 26, 2012 -

2:45pm to 5:00pm

... and by 2042 our nation will be over 50% people of color. We are truly the most diverse nation in the world, and ... an opportunity, will enable greater ability and appeal to people of color in solving social...

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19 Jul 2010

Turbulent Economic and Budget Times: What Lies Ahead and How Should Grantmakers Respond?

Monday, July 19, 2010 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

... SHOULD ATTEND: This session is for all funders who want to be updated on New York City and State budgets and discuss ... respond. PROGRAM DESCRIPTION Should grantmakers try to fill the funding gaps created by...

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Open Comment Period: Simplifying the Excise Tax on Private Foundations

Release Date:

08/01/2012

... York board approved a formal process for our organization to take an official position on pressing policy concerns, and earlier this year we formed a Public Policy Committee to advise staff...

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United Hospital Fund Works to Tackle Antibiotic Misuse in Outpatient Care

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02/22/2016

United Hospital Fund Works to Tackle Antibiotic Misuse in Outpatient Care The United ... across the metropolitan area in a concerted effort to improve antibiotic-prescribing practices in the community. ... of...

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21 Apr 2016

Documenting Impact featuring “Girl Rising” (OVEE screening, featuring clips and live chat)

Thursday, April 21, 2016 -

12:00pm to 1:00pm

... team.) Girl Rising journeys around the developing world to witness the strength and courage of nine young girls who face incredible obstacles to obtaining an education. Their unforgettable stories ... online...

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Children, Youth and Families

Leadership Doesn’t Just Happen

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05/12/2016

... Sterling Clark Foundation; excerpted from his address to members at the PNY 37th Annual Meeting . This was the ... for PNY! When Leisle Lin handed over the board chair reins to me at this meeting last year,...

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21 Jul 2016

Documenting Impact featuring “The Look of Silence” (OVEE screening, featuring clips and live chat)

Thursday, July 21, 2016 -

12:00pm to 1:00pm

... youngest son, an optometrist named Adi, who decides to do something unimaginable in a society where the murderers ... his brother and, while testing their eyesight, asks them to accept responsibility for their...

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18 Apr 2017

Mobilizing for Mission - On Grassroots Climate Change

Tuesday, April 18, 2017 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

... No matter our politics, one thing is clear these days. We ’re all feeling called to take a stand for what we believe in. Join us for Mobilizing for Mission - a new program model designed...

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J & J: Douglas Wallace, Ph.D., Wins 2017 Dr. Paul Janssen Award for Biomedical Research; Campaign for Champions of Science Launched

Release Date:

06/20/2017

... Janssen Project – a new year-long, multi-faceted program to recognize the impact of science on humanity. The full ... Award in the past 13 years, including two who went on to win the Nobel Prize. Mitochondrial...

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