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Study Supported by Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Finds Genetic Link to Extinct Relative of Humans in Four Modern West African Populations

Release Date:

02/13/2020

... discovered that four populations in West Africa can trace about 8% of their genetic ancestry to an archaic hominin, an ... hominid evolutionary tree more than 600,000 years ago — about 100,000 years earlier...

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

29 Apr 2020

Financial Stewardship in Troubled Times: Managing Endowments and Spending Policies - A Webinar Hosted by NCFP

Wednesday, April 29, 2020 -

2:00pm to 3:00pm

... that has resulted from COVID-19 has many funders worried about the state of their endowments and long-term ... health, such as: How can funders frame discussions about maintaining or expanding levels of giving...

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Tools & Strategies

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Family Foundation

01 Feb 2012

Diminishing Dollars: The Impact of the 2008 Financial Crisis on the Field of Social Justice Philanthropy with Sara Gould

Wednesday, February 1, 2012 -

7:45am to 11:00am

... endowments too often plays a cursory role in conversations about the economy, nonprofits, and social change. Now, a new ... among our guests at a special program on the topic. Learn about the study’s findings...

06 Jun 2012

Workforce Funders Quarterly Meeting: Innovative Approaches to Better Serve Youth and Young Adults

Wednesday, June 6, 2012 -

8:45am to 11:00am

... JobsFirstNYC and the New York City Department of Education about new initiatives to better connect youth and young ...

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Issue-Based

23 Apr 2013

Elder Abuse: How Funders Can Make a Difference — Conversations with GIA

Tuesday, April 23, 2013 -

11:00am to 12:00pm

Webinar

... and for those who love them. With growing knowledge about the aging process, systems of care and health care ... opportunity to make a difference. Funders will learn about the backdrop in which elder abuse...

30 May 2013

Knowledge Tools for Funders

Thursday, May 30, 2013 -

12:00pm to 1:00pm

... and their foundation colleagues and curate knowledge about their fields. Whether you’re a Luddite, a digital ... or a digital native, join us for a webinar to learn about online tools that can help you work...

Save the Date: Philanthropy Week in Washington 2014

Release Date:

01/15/2014

... media events, philanthropic leaders will tell policymakers about philanthropy at work in the daily lives of their constituents and raise public awareness about the sector's successes. Philanthropy Week...

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PNY News

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

19 Feb 2014

Interested in Working at a Foundation?

Wednesday, February 19, 2014 -

2:15pm to 5:00pm

Philanthropy New York

Learn about the field of philanthropy from two foundation staff ...

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Issue-Based

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

U.S.-Cuba Thaw Reverberating Through Nonprofits

Release Date:

06/04/2015

... the U.S. embassy in Havana. Some expressed trepidation about what explosive private-sector development in Cuba could ... Barnes said that while she and her colleagues were elated about the decision to re-...

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International/Foreign Affairs

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Ford Foundation

Heron Foundation's Clara Miller Remarks on the Effects of Impact Investing

Release Date:

08/17/2015

... or a donor-advised fund*. You are probably concerned about where that money goes: which nonprofit will use it ... kind of difference it will make with the causes you care about . Yet as an investor, how and...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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F.B. Heron Foundation

NoVo Foundation Examines Unequal Funding for Women and Girls of Color

Release Date:

10/23/2015

... Change and Inside Philanthropy are convening a webinar about impact giving for women and girls of color in early ... with NoVo Foundation’s Executive Director Pamela Shifman about the new Grantmakers for Girls...

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Social Justice

Gender Justice

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NoVo Foundation

14 Jul 2016

Social Movements for Good: Family Philanthropy Fuels Change - Webinar

Thursday, July 14, 2016 -

12:00pm to 1:30pm

... movements are at the core of society -- raising awareness about issues and providing a voice for those that are often ... and voices with like-minded people who want to bring about change. On this webinar,...

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Family Foundation

Board & Trustees

PhilTV This Week: Jan 27, 2017

Release Date:

01/27/2017

... the Classroom Darren Walker of Ford Foundation Speaks Out About Why It's Essential to Partner With Businesses Insights .....

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PhilTV This Week

Childcare Hasn’t Gained Much Traction with Funders. Who's Trying to Change That?

Release Date:

09/29/2017

... seems like a natural interest for funders that care either about early childhood education or the struggles of working ... investment in grassroots organizations. It got serious about childcare about...

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Children, Youth and Families

Opinion: Why Small, Local, Organic Farms Aren’t The Key To Fixing Our Food System

Release Date:

10/02/2017

... Food System The food movement has a problem: It’s right about what’s wrong with our system, but wrong about how to fix it. But what is the “food movement?” I ... food, which make us fat and sick. While we can...

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Food Systems

New York State Health Foundation Awards United Hospital Fund Grant To Study Ways To Improve Discharge Planning

Release Date:

10/25/2017

... and their families to make the best possible decisions about post-acute care through better information and ... and their communication and information preferences about care options, and 2) how staff in up to...

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Member News

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Health

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New York Health Foundation

Funded In Part by Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Bard College to Launch ‘Microcollege,’ Targeting Low-Income Applicants

Release Date:

11/01/2017

... discouraged, excluded or underestimated. “The way we go about college access in the U.S. is a catastrophic ... and daring in thinking outside conventional ideas about how to locate and engage students.” Mr...

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Education

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Mellon Foundation

Surdna Foundation Announces Over $600,000 in Impact Investing Grants

Release Date:

01/11/2018

... Surdna’s commitment to impact investing is not just about furthering its mission, but it’s also about building and strengthening the field of impact ... its experience and lessons-learned with others thinking...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Surdna Foundation

F.B. Heron Foundation Is Going 'All In' with 100 percent Impact Investments

Release Date:

02/26/2018

... into impact investments. As of the end of the year, about 60% of Heron's funds were in such vehicles, with the ... hitting 100% by 2017. (Here's a previous post I wrote about going all in). I...

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F.B. Heron Foundation

New York State Health Foundation Funded Study Finds Most NY Health Providers Are Not Ready to Care for Veterans

Release Date:

03/01/2018

... Health Providers Are Not Ready to Care for Veterans Only about 2 percent of the physicians and other health care ... veterans. The study is the first to gather information about the readiness of community-...

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Member News

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Veterans

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New York Health Foundation

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