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From Katrina to the “Next Sandy”: Disaster Preparedness, Relief and Recovery for Older Adults

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04/04/2013

By Rachael N. Pine, J.D., Program Officer, Altman Foundation On February 27, Philanthropy New York hosted a ... Former Director of the Grantmakers in Aging Hurricane Fund for the Elderly following Hurricane...

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Salesforce.org Announces Advancements to the Salesforce.org Education Cloud Platform

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09/20/2018

... three-quarters of students classified as "non-traditional" 1 , such as adult learners, part-time students, primary ... to focus on student success, and giving every student the foundation to drive...

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David Rockefeller’s Thoughtful Path to Philanthropy

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11/08/2017

... died in March at age 101. The money from the sales will fund pledges he made more than a decade ago to a dozen ... of Modern Art, which stand to receive more than $100 million each. Several other groups will...

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21 Nov 2013

Education Funders Research Initiative - Building Better Schools

Thursday, November 21, 2013 -

7:45am to 11:00am

Ford Foundation

The Education Funders Research Initiative (EdFunders) is a project of Philanthropy New York supported by 16 funding organizations that have pursued a diverse array of education reform strategies. These and other private foundations have invested...

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An Opportunity for Will: Announcing PNY’s Racial Equity Working Group

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12/01/2021

Philanthropy New York announces new Racial Equity Working Group.

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Founding Members of Open Research Funders Group Include Three PNY Members

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12/16/2016

... Group Include Three PNY Members TheAlfred P. Sloan Foundation , the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation , and Open Society Foundations form the Open ...

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10 Nov 2022

Five Levers of Legacy - A Webinar Hosted by NCFP

Thursday, November 10, 2022 -

12:00pm to 1:15pm

... Philanthropy limits attendance to private and family foundation staff and trustees only.* Historically, legacy in ... Goradia , Executive Director, Vijay and Marie Goradia Foundation Janice Simsohn Shaw ,...

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After Implementing New Strategic Approach, Andrus Announces First Round of Grants

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07/17/2015

... Announces First Round of Grants The Andrus Family Fund has undergone a strategic assessment which led to a new ... populated rural areas came through their portal. The Fund is excited to partner with...

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Bank of America Provides Light to 500 Schools in the Developing World

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08/13/2015

... Light to 500 Schools in the Developing World GivePower Foundation —a charitable non-profit organization that ... a $500,000 donation from the Bank of America Charitable Foundation , GivePower Foundation...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Education

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24 Mar 2015

Administrative Relief and Philanthropy Webinar Series - Making the Case for Immigrant-Related Grantmaking: A Funder Conversation on Messaging and Communication Strategies that Work

Tuesday, March 24, 2015 -

2:00pm to 3:30pm

... the case to support immigrant-related work within your foundation ? Wondering how other funders are connecting ... Obama announced a new policy that could allow nearly five million undocumented immigrants,...

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Yes, It Can Be Done: A Philanthropist on Transforming Rural Communities Through the Arts

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09/06/2017

... the Arts Not long ago, I wrote about the Maine-based Libra Foundation betting big that the arts can transform a ... founded the Hunter, New York-based Catskill Mountain Foundation (CMF), an organization...

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Towards an Equitable NYC Cultural Policy in 2017: What We Can Learn from Seattle and Nashville

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01/09/2017

... is certainly the case at the New York City Cultural Agenda Fund in The New York Community Trust , where we seek to ... have an equitable share of City resources. [i] At the Fund , the pursuit of cultural equity...

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Is Nonprofit Board Service Worth It? Reflections from a One-Time Skeptic

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01/16/2014

by Phillip Henderson President, Surdna Foundation ; Vice Chair, BoardSource Board of Directors ... a board member. In 2003, while at the German Marshall Fund , I joined the board of the Trust for Civil Society in...

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Paul Connolly Joins Bessemer Trust

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09/03/2013

... he was Associate Director of the Nonprofit Facilities Fund (NFF), a community development organization that ... Their Collaborators,” and has published articles in The Foundation Review, Stanford Social...

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Why We Support Media

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07/05/2018

... By Mark Bieler, Chairman of the Board of the Edwin Gould Foundation For the last two decades or so, the Edwin Gould Foundation has concentrated its grant-making on improving ... will that would in turn...

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Edwin Gould Foundation | EGF Accelerator

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Communications/Media

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Why Do Banks Care About Youth Career Readiness in New York?

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06/03/2014

... its biggest philanthropic undertaking ever: a $250 million initiative to bolster the skills of workers, with a ... on young people. Then, just three months later, the Citi Foundation announced its biggest...

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Ford Backs Initiative to Fight AIDS in the Deep South

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05/29/2015

... Fight AIDS in the Deep South With backing from the Ford Foundation , AIDS United awarded $ 1 million in grants to community-based organization in the ...

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Health

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Ford, Atlantic Philanthropies Bring U.C.L.A. Center on Police-Community Ties to John Jay College

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03/22/2016

... behavior, including stops and use of force. A $ 1 .5 million gift from the Ford Foundation and another $ 1 million from Atlantic ...

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The Atlantic Philanthropies

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Justice Reform

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Why Helping Pets Helps People

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12/05/2013

... dollars for “Animals and Wildlife” constituted only 1 percent of grants awarded by the largest U.S. foundations, according to 2011 Foundation Center statistics. The false notion we need to ... gave a $100,000...

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