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Hometown Hope: How Amazon is Paying Attention to Homelessness in Seattle and Beyond

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09/20/2017

Hometown Hope: How Amazon is Paying Attention to Homelessness in Seattle and Beyond “It’s permanent ... As we’ve seen, permanence and solvability are front- of -mind for some of today’s leading...

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Making Kids Into “Makers”

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09/22/2017

... The new annual Inventor’s Challenge prompts children to develop their creative problem-solving skills by building ... classroom settings, students do not spend a lot of time honing their problem-solving skills...

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Education

Opinion: How Parks Lose Their Playfulness

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09/25/2017

... floated an idea for a new island. Called Pier 55, it was to be a two-and-a-half-acre wavy rectangle 200 feet off ... reached by two narrow bridges, replacing the remains of Pier 54 near West 14th Street, where...

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Community Development

Opinion: Powered by Women - Philanthropy in the Age of Trump Needs to Address Gender

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09/25/2017

Opinion: Powered by Women - Philanthropy in the Age of Trump Needs to Address Gender Attacks on women and gender identity have been central to the policies coming out of the...

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Gender Justice

What a Corporate Funder Is Doing to Meet Urgent Humanitarian Needs Through Technology

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09/29/2017

What a Corporate Funder Is Doing to Meet Urgent Humanitarian Needs Through Technology ... that involve moving, tracking and delivering huge amounts of material. And all this needs to happen...

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Children, Youth and Families

Rockefeller Releases Findings from Intergenerational Conference

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12/20/2017

... Findings from Intergenerational Conference In the summer of 2017, The Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Center brought together a group of ... residents themselves ranged in age from those in...

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ComNetworkNY: Leadership and the Art of Communications

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03/08/2018

ComNetworkNY: Leadership and the Art of Communications At a recent ComNetwork session panel ... provide through brief presentations in storytelling format to arrive at four unique perspectives on the importance...

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Ford and PBS Partner on Documentary Series

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06/15/2018

... Series On Friday, June 15, 2018, PBS will premiere Ford Foundation funded BREAKING BIG, a 12-episode documentary series, explores the unexpected journey to success of some of...

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Arts

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Forbes Women's Summit: Pfizer Shares 'the Way Forward' to Driving Social Impact

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06/20/2018

Forbes Women's Summit: Pfizer Shares 'the Way Forward' to Driving Social Impact In today’s increasingly complex ... in New York City, where Caroline Roan, Vice President of Corporate Responsibility...

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International/Foreign Affairs

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26 Sep 2018

How International Education Funders Facilitate Learning Among Grantees - and Translation of Practice into Policy - A Brown Bag Lunch

Wednesday, September 26, 2018 -

12:00pm to 2:00pm

... education funders have been working with a wide spectrum of primary and secondary schools, community-based organizations, NGOs and governments to improve access, quality, and relevance of...

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United Hospital Fund Names 2019 Patricia S. Levinson Fellow

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04/03/2019

... was established in 2017 with the generous support of the Robert A. and Patricia S. Levinson Award Fund at the New York Community Trust to advance UHF’s work improving health care for vulnerable ... on a new...

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Salesforce Buys Its Own Philanthropic Unit Salesforce.Org For $300m

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04/16/2019

... transition from a California public benefit corporation to a business corporation, with the $300 million going to the Salesforce.com Foundation , an independent nonprofit organization that...

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Grantmakers for Effective Organizations (GEO) Welcomes Marcus F. Walton as President and CEO

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07/16/2019

... Organizations (GEO) announced today the appointment of Marcus F. Walton, a non-profit industry veteran, as its ... maker who has successfully harnessed the power of change to develop more...

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19 Nov 2019

Equity, Access and Degree Completion: The Promise of Collective Impact in NYC

Tuesday, November 19, 2019 -

9:00am to 11:00am

... attainment in New York City are stark and widen every step of the way from high school graduation to college graduation. The end result is that only 24% of ... (Moderator), Senior Program...

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16 Jan 2020

A Balancing Act: Navigating Power in Our Capacity Building Efforts

Thursday, January 16, 2020 -

9:00am to 11:30am

As funders, we are committed to funding programs as well as strengthening the ... strengthening through our practices? What indicators of progress can we look for to understand if the...

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The 'Active (Read: Ongoing) Practice' of Equitable Evaluation

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10/23/2019

The 'Active (Read: Ongoing) Practice' of Equitable Evaluation By Kate Seely, Leadership, Culture, ... I practiced all the time – piano, soccer, reading – to get better at whatever it was I was doing. I...

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Don’t Be A Stranger: Tips for Philanthropy on Distancing vs. Building Solidarity

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04/27/2021

... Isabel Sousa-Rodriguez, Program Officer, Edward W. Hazen Foundation . This article was originally published by GEO ... and the communities we serve. As in person visits continue to be put on pause, I worry that...

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05 Apr 2022

NYC Speaks: NYC Philanthropy & Co-Governance in the New Mayoral Administration

Tuesday, April 5, 2022 -

10:30am to 12:00pm

... administration in America’s largest city taking on a one- of -a-kind effort towards co-governance and collaborative ... between philanthropy and local government are about to be redefined. Join us to...

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