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Century Foundation Report Maps the Effects of a $15 Minimum Wage on Food Insecurity

Release Date:

09/01/2016

... Maps the Effects of a $15 Minimum Wage on Food Insecurity For American families earning less than $40,000 per year, ... annual expenditures in the U.S. But when budgets tighten for low-income families, hunger...

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Member News

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Food Systems

2016 Nobel Prize Winner Yoshinori Ohsumi’s Discoveries Could Change How We Treat Disease

Release Date:

10/05/2016

... Ohsumi, 71, won the 2016 Nobel Prize on Monday for his research on autophagy ― a metabolic recycling ... in which cells eat parts of themselves to survive and stay healthy . His initial work, first started in...

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Health

Head of Aetna Foundation Approaches Health Care as a Social Problem

Release Date:

02/16/2017

... $1.5 million to communities across the country looking for ways to improve residents’ well-being by looking at ... have a significant impact on health, such as access to healthy food, threats to personal...

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Health

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Aetna Foundation

Proteus Fund Announces a New Funder Collaborative to Oppose the Use of Religious Exemptions to Undermine Fundamental Rights

Release Date:

03/16/2017

... undermine fundamental rights and liberties essential to a healthy democracy. By focusing specifically on state-based ...

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Member News

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Social Justice

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Proteus Fund (NYC Office)

Middle-Class Incomes Rise, But Census Report Shows Worrying Disparities

Release Date:

09/13/2017

... from the previous year and the second consecutive year of healthy gains, the Census Bureau reported Tuesday. The ...

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Economic Security

Aetna Foundation Supports Anti-Bullying Campaign

Release Date:

11/17/2017

... Anti-Bullying Campaign Aetna Foundation’s Cultivating Healthy Communities program has awarded SPOT 127, KJZZ’s ...

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Member News

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Children, Youth and Families

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Aetna Foundation

What We Do

... with others. We break down barriers and provide pathways for individual members, member institutions, and PNY to ... We don’t offer advice on how to ask foundations for funding. Get Involved Our members are...

24 Apr 2012

Post Penn State: Strategies for Ending Child Sexual Abuse

Tuesday, April 24, 2012 -

2:45pm to 5:00pm

... co-sponsored by the NoVo Foundation , Ms. Foundation for Women , Frank and Ruth E. Caruso Foundation, the Ittleson ... Vice President, Grants & Capacity Building, Ms. Foundation for Women Monique...

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Issue-Based

10 Oct 2012

A World of Opportunity: Increasing Diversity, Equity and Inclusion from the HR Perspective

Wednesday, October 10, 2012 -

8:45am to 11:00am

... help them “make the case” on a professional level for increasing diversity at their organizations. And for staff at smaller foundations who “wear the HR hat” ... others, the challenge can be just as acute...

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Network Building

28 Nov 2012

Coordination Updates on the Philanthropic Response to Hurricane Sandy: A Webinar for Funders and Regional Associations Nationwide

Wednesday, November 28, 2012 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

Webinar

Join us for this Webinar convening funders and Regional Associations ... to hear updates on the short-term and long-term planning for Hurricane Sandy recovery efforts. There will be ... Director, Joseph S. Bruno...

30 Nov 2011

How DREAM Leaders Are Building a New Immigration Movement

Wednesday, November 30, 2011 -

11:00am to 2:00pm

Join us for an interactive discussion with DREAM leaders about how they successfully built a new movement for change and succeeded in affecting local and national ... the mission to achieve equal access to higher...

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Issue-Based

06 May 2011

You Can’t Really Say That, Can You?: How Your Foundation Can (and Cannot) Use and Fund Advocacy to Support Its Mission

Friday, May 6, 2011 -

8:00am to 10:00am

Philanthropy New York, 79 Fifth Ave., 4th floor, NYC

... PROGRAM DESCRIPTION True or false: It’s permissible for your foundation to advocate for specific public policy or legal issues Your foundation ... to further your foundation’s work. Join colleagues for...

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Issue-Based

18 Nov 2014

Food Chains - Documentary Film Series

Tuesday, November 18, 2014 -

4:30pm to 8:45pm

Join us for a wine-and-cheese reception, followed by a screening of ... conditions. Yet supermarkets take no responsibility for this. Presenters Lucas Benitez, Co-founder, ... Romero-Alston, Program Officer, Ford...

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Workforce Development

01 Oct 2014

Foundation Administrators Network: Best Resources Swap Meet

Wednesday, October 1, 2014 -

8:45am to 10:30am

... and cost effective. Our FAN listserv is a great tool for idea and information sharing, but it only reveals a ... of our group’s great resource inventory. Join us for this meeting and trade details on your best...

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Network Building

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HR & Operations Staff

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HR & Operations

11 Feb 2015

Citizenfour - Documentary Film Series

Wednesday, February 11, 2015 -

4:00pm to 9:00pm

Join us for a screening of the documentary Citizenfour and a brief ... had already been working on a film about surveillance for two years when Snowden contacted her, using the name ... Greenwald, Co-founding...

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Issue-Based

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Film Screening

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All Funders

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International/Foreign Affairs

Social Justice

12 Mar 2015

Difret - Film Screening

Thursday, March 12, 2015 -

5:00pm to 9:00pm

Join us for a wine-and-cheese reception, followed by a screening of ... Director, Feminist Majority Foundation Designed for Philanthropy New York members and their guests. ...

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Issue-Based

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Film Screening

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All Funders

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International/Foreign Affairs

Social Justice

Gender Justice

Children, Youth and Families

14 Apr 2015

3½ Minutes - Documentary Film Screening

Tuesday, April 14, 2015 -

5:00pm to 9:00pm

*Registration for this session is at capacity. Please email ... if you'd like to be added to the waitlist.* Join us for a wine-and-cheese reception, followed by a screening of ... , Program Officer, Ford...

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We Could Not Accomplish All We Do Without Our Board of Directors

Release Date:

06/03/2015

... served on the Philanthropy New York Board of Directors for the last six years or more. Our Board serves the entire ... The Board was also integral in the success of our Vision for 2025 campaign. We could not...

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President's Message

PNY News

08 Oct 2015

Community Connections: Engaging Diverse Stakeholders in Your Grantmaking - Webinar

Thursday, October 8, 2015 -

12:00pm to 1:30pm

... you develop a strategy and plan that makes the most sense for your governance and grantmaking approach? And how can ... with their community, along with a leader from Grantmakers for Effective Organizations,...

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Webinar/Teleconference

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Family Foundation

Board & Trustees

18 Apr 2017

Mobilizing for Mission - On Grassroots Climate Change

Tuesday, April 18, 2017 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

... 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 to help ...