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United Way of New York City Names Elwanda Young as Interim President & CEO

Release Date:

09/03/2012

... Operating Officer. In that capacity, she was responsible for management of the day-to-day operations and activities of ... Integration and Strategic Planning and Vice President of Community Investment. Ms...

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09 Oct 2012

Engaging Stakeholders for Impact: Involving Grantees and Others in Your Grantmaking

Tuesday, October 9, 2012 -

12:00pm to 3:00pm

... Forum of New York's annual meeting. To solve complex community problems, grantmakers must work more closely with their grantees, community leaders and other important stakeholders. Involving ... Heather...

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2/11/2016 - "National Leadership as Diverse as the U.S. - Philanthropy Can Make It Happen" Live Stream Recording & PPT Presentation

View materials and recording of the program "National Leadership as Diverse as the U.S. - Philanthropy Can Make It Happen."

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All Funders

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Bloomberg Philanthropies Intensifies Efforts to Protect the World’s Ocean

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09/21/2022

... to leverage data-driven solutions, policy solutions, and community involvement to protect coral reefs, stop illegal ... an important climate regulator and a source of livelihood for one out of every 10 people...

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Environment and Climate Change

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A New Way to Sustain the Campaign — BMAFunders.org

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03/28/2013

... ago, the Open Society Foundations created its Campaign for Black Male Achievement to address the economic, ... web portal BMAfunders.org, created in partnership with the Foundation Center to strengthen and...

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The Sky Really is Falling…Now What? A New Working Group for Funders

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04/03/2012

On the heels of a new Foundation Center report on the impact of the 2008 financial ... New York program exploring the report, Cricket Island Foundation Executive Director Liz Sak talks about a new working group...

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Insights

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Social Justice

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Philanthropy New York

Try it, You’ll Like It: The Promise of Digital Media

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07/26/2012

... Civic Ventures) and former Chief Communications Officer for the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Pew Charitable Trusts, provide a recap of ... how and why social media are essential elements of a...

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Grantees Report Back: Helpful Reporting and Evaluation Processes

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01/2011

... seek to simplify reporting and evaluation processes for grantees so that these nonprofits can spend more time ...

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Report

Building a More Resilient 21st Century Infrastructure

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01/10/2013

Rockefeller Foundation President Judith Rodin sits for a three-part interview series about the NYS 2100 ... for long-term recovery from Superstorm Sandy. Rockefeller Foundation...

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The Rockefeller Foundation

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Disaster Relief

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Grantmakers Play an Important Role in Comprehensive Immigration Reform Efforts

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02/20/2013

... (including the Open Society Foundations and the Ford Foundation ) supporting immigration reform. Laughter and jokes ...

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

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Immigration

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Critics of State’s Campaign Finance Laws Seek Philanthropists’ Help

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01/24/2013

Representatives from the Mertz Gilmore Foundation , the Rockefeller Brothers Fund and the Open ... a meeting organized by the Piper Fund to enlist support for changing New York’s campaign finance laws. Advocates of...

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Four charter schools will be launched under initiative started by Mayor Bloomberg

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03/05/2013

The state Education Department has received applications to open the schools as part of the mayor’s Young Men’s Initiative, which is funded by Bloomberg Philanthropies and the Open Society Foundations.

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Education

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The Transformative Power of Philanthropy

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05/09/2013

The fourth in a series of Rockefeller Foundation President Judith Rodin’s reflections on the ... philanthropy. Next week, Tuesday, May 14, the Rockefeller Foundation will mark our Centennial. In the lead up to the...

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It’s Time to Cut Through the Hype of Impact Investing

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08/19/2013

This op-ed mentions the roles of the Ford Foundation and the F.B. Heron Foundation in the evolution of impact investing. In a time of ... business, and nonprofit leaders are eagerly looking for...

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Impact Investing

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New Ford CEO Understands What Triggers Social Change

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07/26/2013

Center for Effective Government President and CEO Katherine McFate praises the Ford Foundation ’s selection of Darren Walker as its next President. The Ford Foundation ’s board has made an...

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Ford Foundation

10 Oct 2013

Creative Strategies for Family and Board Education

Thursday, October 10, 2013 -

12:00pm to 1:30pm

Webinar

... to "Generations of Giving," the National Center for Family Philanthropy’s seminal study of ... in part by the family members’ commitment to the foundation ’s work, the satisfaction they take in doing...

How to Build Strong Ties With Companies

Release Date:

10/08/2013

American Express Foundation President Timothy McClimon and DoSomething,org CEO ... companies to provide more than money is a daunting task for charities But some nonprofits have done just that. Among ... gets...

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