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27 Jan 2015

Essential Skills and Strategies for New Grantmakers

Tuesday, January 27, 2015 - 7:30am to Friday, January 30, 2015 - 5:00pm

... philanthropy for program officers with less than two years of experience in the philanthropic sector. The three day course will help ... Funding Recommendations and Decisions Managing the Grant...

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Professional Development

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Workshop

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Program Staff

The Markle Foundation, Colorado Governor and 20 States Launch the Skillful State Network

Release Date:

02/14/2018

... Governor John Hickenlooper, Zoë Baird, CEO and president of the Markle Foundation, announced that twenty governors are ... U.S. labor market at scale to one that is skills-based, in which people can...

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John & Mary R. Markle Foundation

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Workforce Development

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Citi Foundation's Youth Workforce Fund to Prepare Youth Workforces for Employment Needs in their Local Communities

Release Date:

10/30/2018

... community organizations have been selected as recipients of Youth Workforce Fund. The $ 3 .75 million fund is supporting community organizations in key ...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Citi Foundation

Employment Is Up in New York State, but Gains Are Uneven

Release Date:

09/05/2017

Employment Is Up in New York State, but Gains Are Uneven The number of employed New Yorkers rose to its highest level since the ... released Monday by the state comptroller. More than 9.1 million...

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Sector News

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Economic Security

What BP Won’t Be Paying For—and How You Can Help

Release Date:

07/01/2010

... Prospect Hill Foundation (This post originally appeared in OnEarth Magazine on June 11, 2010 and is reprinted ... this mess?” Yes. BP should and will pay. There is no way of knowing when and how. ( Exxon-...

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Insights

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All Funders

07 May 2020

COVID-19, Democracy and the Importance of Local Journalism - A Webinar

Thursday, May 7, 2020 -

9:30am to 11:00am

... news coverage. Various studies have linked the absence of local news outlets to increased municipal borrowing due to ... knowledge and engagement; reduced political competition in mayoral...

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Information Technology

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Civic Engagement

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Chris Cardona Named Director of Philanthropy at TCC Group

Release Date:

09/17/2013

... , a highly respected leader with more than 16 years of experience in the philanthropic and nonprofit sectors, ... York office, hiring staff, raising funds to support a $1.6 million...

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

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Ford Foundation

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Tinker Foundation Inc.

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Wellspring Philanthropic Fund

How Philanthropy and Nonprofits Responded to the Government Shutdown

Release Date:

10/18/2013

We are all grateful that Congress moved back from the brink of default and frankly, it is hard not to simply want to ... presented by the government shutdown.   By giving $10 million to keep Head Start going...

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President's Message

PNY News

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Public Policy

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

Rockefeller Brothers Fund

22 Apr 2025

Protecting New York City’s Immigrant Small Business Ecosystem - An Event Hosted by Asset Funders Network

Tuesday, April 22, 2025 -

10:30am to 12:00pm

... One study , co-authored by a Massachusetts Institute of Technology economist, found that “immigrants are about 80 percent more likely to found a firm.” In fact, in New York City alone,...

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Issue-Based

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All Funders

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Immigration

Philanthropy New York Signs Letter to Governor Cuomo for Prompt Contracting and Payment of Nonprofits

Release Date:

07/29/2020

... to Governor Cuomo for Prompt Contracting and Payment of Nonprofits 700 nonprofits have signed a letter to Governor ... sector employer in the State, employing (pre-COVID) 1. 3 million...

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PNY News

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Disaster Relief

Right Wing Website Questions Ford Foundation Motives on Advocating for Net Neutrality

Release Date:

01/16/2015

... largest private foundation, denies that its spending of millions of dollars on groups pressuring the federal ... regulation of Internet traffic is connected to its multi- million...

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Joan Mitchell Foundation Announces Appointment of Chief Executive Officer

Release Date:

01/09/2015

Joan Mitchell Foundation Announces Appointment of Chief Executive Officer The Joan Mitchell Foundation is ... as the Joan Mitchell Center, an artist residency center in New Orleans, LA. A visual artist herself,...

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Arts

Education

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Joan Mitchell Foundation

Effective Journalism Is Now Part of Our College Completion Mission

Release Date:

03/17/2015

... nagging feeling that, while supporting organizations that in turn helped individuals and cohorts of students was an effective strategy for a foundation of our ... held on Chicago in...

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Insights

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Edwin Gould Foundation | EGF Accelerator

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Learning Together: Collaborative Inquiry among Grantmakers and Grantees

Many grantmakers champion the idea of using evaluation to improve grantee effectiveness or ... It's a worthy endeavor, but how can you make it happen in the real world? This guide explores an increasingly ... study shows how collaborative inquiry was used to support growth in a new field. Learning Together: .....

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Report

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Evaluation

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David Rockefeller Fund - Invitation to Partner on Strategy Development

Release Date:

08/08/2023

... the organization in revising the current direction of our work and recommitting to a strategy that will allow us ... this critical societal moment. The Fund’s current $52 million endowment...

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RFPs Etc

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The David Rockefeller Fund

Brooklyn Community Foundation Announces 20 Finalists Selected for 2021-22 Spark Prize

Release Date:

10/21/2021

... by our Spark Prize Committee: Arab American Association of New York Arab-American Family Support Center Black Women's ... Worker Cooperatives Weeksville Heritage Center Created in 2015...

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Community Development

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Brooklyn Org

Ford Foundation Appoints Pradeep Nair as Regional Director for India, Nepal, and Sri Lanka

Release Date:

03/09/2017

... Lanka The Ford Foundation today announced the appointment of Pradeep Nair as regional director for its office serving ... corporate, philanthropic, and civil society partners in the dynamic South Asia region...

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International/Foreign Affairs

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Ford Foundation

Wallace Foundation Names Jody Spiro, Ed.D., Director of Education Leadership

Release Date:

02/01/2012

Will Miller, President of The Wallace Foundation , has announced the promotion of ... the foundation’s largest efforts now under way, the $75 million Principal Pipeline initiative, designed to...

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The Wallace Foundation

Carolina Espinal Elected Schott Foundation Board Chair

Release Date:

07/13/2020

... Chair The Schott Foundation for Public Education board of directors has elected Carolina Espinal as chair. A member ... 2018, she brings experience as an advisor with expertise in strategic communications and...

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