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Post Election: Can Philanthropy Move The Conversation On Gun Safety?

Release Date:

11/03/2016

... in U.S. history. The shooting prompted renewed debate about gun control in the United States, including proposals ... for a powerful documentary and a chance to talk with peers about the critical issues...

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President's Message

PNY News

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Arts

Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust Breaks New Ground in a Critical Health Niche

Release Date:

06/28/2017

... in a Critical Health Niche Generating public concern about less widely known diseases—and speeding biomedical ... up from $3.4 billion in 2010. Its massive funding ( about $265 million in grants in 2016),...

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Member News

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Health

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The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust

American Liver Foundation Elects Nicholas DeRoma as Chairman to its Board

Release Date:

10/13/2017

... from the Harvard Business School at Harvard University. About the American Liver Foundation Founded in 1976, the ... of turning patients into survivors. For more information about ALF, please visit www...

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Appointments & Transitions

Ford Foundation Funded, "Zero Weeks" Director Ky Dickens, Interviewed By Women And Hollywood

Release Date:

11/07/2017

... the film for us in your own words. KD: “Zero Weeks” is about America’s paid family leave crisis and the cost of ... injured or sick — it matters to all of us. We talk a lot about family values in America but...

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Member News

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Gender Justice

The Century Foundation Has Obtained New Data Showing 99 Percent of Student Fraud Claims Concern For-Profit Colleges

Release Date:

11/13/2017

... obtained new data from the U.S. Department of Education about nearly 100,000 “borrower defense ... of predatory behavior, and raising serious concerns about the federal government’s current approach to ...

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Member News

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Education

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The Century Foundation

28 Feb 2018

Tackling Implicit Bias and Microbehaviors in Your Philanthropic Practice

Wednesday, February 28, 2018 -

9:00am to 11:00am

... of race, but Implicit Bias also affects our perceptions about the size of organizations, leaders of organizations, ... ways in which body and verbal language convey ideology about power and privilege, can be...

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Tools & Strategies

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Presentation

Audience

All Funders

Topic(s)

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

How Surdna Foundation Is Using its Grantmaking to Champion Impact Investing

Release Date:

01/18/2018

... we saw the foundation make a $100 million commitment ( about 10 percent of its endowment) toward investing that ... for grantmaking, but also to make investments that bring about both social and financial gain...

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Member News

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Surdna Foundation

Doris Duke Charitable Foundation and The New York Community Trust, Commissioned A Report on what Cultural Institutions of Color Need to Thrive

Release Date:

02/20/2018

... and philanthropy, and there is also a need for information about how they might make shifts in their portfolios to move ... is full of arts agencies making work by, for, and about communities of color. These...

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Member News

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Doris Duke Foundation

The New York Community Trust

Salesforce.org And United Way Are Teaming Up To Change Corporate Giving

Release Date:

02/27/2018

... but a social networking app that allows you to learn more about causes, suggests new ways for you to get involved, and ... have to seek the app out.It would be available to just about every paycheck earner as...

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Member News

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Technology

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Salesforce

Research Funded by Russell Sage Foundation Shows Great Recession Still Plagues Workers With Lower Lifetime Wages

Release Date:

03/13/2018

... less than comparable workers who had not been displaced. About 45 percent of these long-term earnings losses resulted from reduced work hours, and about 55 percent from lower hourly wages. The majority of ...

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Member News

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Economic Security

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Russell Sage Foundation

09 Apr 2018

Participate. Convene. Invest.: A Call to Action for Philanthropy - A Webinar Hosted by FCCP

Monday, April 9, 2018 -

2:00pm to 3:00pm

... “Census Day,” April 1st, 2020! Join a conversation about why the census matters and the role that philanthropy ... colleagues, stakeholders, and community leaders to learn about and strategize for a fair and...

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Tools & Strategies

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Webinar/Teleconference

Audience

All Funders

Topic(s)

Public Policy

Funding Area

Civic Engagement

01 Jun 2018

Overstepping? When Should Foundations Weigh In On Grantee Governance

Friday, June 1, 2018 -

9:00am to 11:00am

"We fund this organization, but I'm worried about their board." You've likely heard this sentiment ... mission completely. But what can and should a funder do about it? This session is designed...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

The Rockefeller Foundation has Announced the Launch of The Communities Thrive Challenge

Release Date:

04/05/2018

... of the Rockefeller Foundation and CZI will visit about a dozen communities, where they will meet with local ... policy makers , and others identify and learn more about approaches that are already making a...

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Member News

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Community Development

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The Rockefeller Foundation

26 Jul 2018

Interested in Working in Philanthropy?

Thursday, July 26, 2018 -

3:30pm to 5:00pm

... Working at a Foundation " series. This July, we will learn about the field of philanthropy from the perspectives of two ... York Designed for Individuals interested in learning about careers in the field...

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Professional Development

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Panel

Audience

Emerging Leaders

New Staff

Nonprofit Staff/Grantseekers

Job Seekers

Topic(s)

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Funded by Heckscher Foundation for Children, Behavioral Science Meets College-Bound Student Success in Nudges, Norms, and New Solutions

Release Date:

05/08/2018

... can seem simple and easy to implement—a reminder about a financial aid deadline, a prompt for students to plan ... to take in the coming semester, or student testimonials about their college experiences. But...

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Member News

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Education

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The Heckscher Foundation for Children

How the Art For Justice Fund Hopes to Reduce Mass Incarceration

Release Date:

08/16/2018

... transform hearts and minds and transform the way we think about criminal justice in America." Extending this line of thinking a bit further, I asked Huang about the fund's plans to change the hearts...

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Member News

Funding Area

Arts

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Ford Foundation

Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors

Robert Sterling Clark Foundation Launches New Blog Series on Trust-Based Philanthropy

Release Date:

10/17/2018

... to know what trust-based philanthropy is and what it is about . We’re also being asked to speak about it with increased frequency." Visit Robert Sterling .....

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Member News

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Robert Sterling Clark Foundation

03 Apr 2019

Respected and Reflected: Dismantling Racial Bias in Schools through Culturally Responsive Education

Wednesday, April 3, 2019 -

10:00am to 12:00pm

... and community leaders are calling for a shift in thinking about school environments, structures, curricula, and ... culturally relevant education (CRE). Join us as we learn about CRE and its potential to...

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Tools & Strategies

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Panel

Audience

All Funders

Topic(s)

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Funding Area

Education

Funding From Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Helps Find First Evidence of Transitive Inference in Lowly Paper Wasp

Release Date:

05/14/2019

... Paper wasps have a nervous system roughly the same size-- about one million neurons--as honeybees, but they exhibit a ... they seem to use known relationships to make inferences about unknown relationships,...