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26 Mar 2012

Changing the System: Effective Strategies for Grassroots Activism to Make NYC More Fair, Just, and Compassionate

Monday, March 26, 2012 -

2:45pm to 5:00pm

... Join funders and grassroots activists in a discussion about the leadership, strategy, and resources required to ... results. Explore What funders have learned about grassroots activism over the last generation...

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14 Dec 2010

A Conversation with Jonathan Mintz, NYC Commissioner of Consumer Affairs

Tuesday, December 14, 2010 -

2:00pm to 5:00pm

... anticipation loans” than those with bank accounts? About twice as many households without bank or credit union ... – then we offer you the opportunity to learn more about what the Department of Consumer...

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16 Nov 2011

Role Models in the Classroom: Creating Teaching Pipelines for Black and Latino Males

Wednesday, November 16, 2011 -

1:30pm to 5:00pm

Over the past decade, the achievement gap in New York City schools has remained almost constant, with Black and Latino males at the low end of that gap. While the City takes pride in a 2010 graduation rate of over 65%, less than 40% of Black and...

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15 Apr 2010

Sexual Violence Prevention: NYC Community Based Organizations at the Forefront of Interventions for Families, Workplace and Neighborhoods

Thursday, April 15, 2010 -

8:30am to 11:00am

... intervention and prevention. Grantmakers will learn about model programs and approaches developed by New York ... (SAAM). The goal of SAAM is to raise public awareness about sexual violence (focusing on sexual...

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21 Oct 2013

Sandy Bus Tour Site Visit – The Rockaways and Long Beach, L.I.

Monday, October 21, 2013 -

9:00am to 5:00pm

... long-term. Insights into how despite misconceptions about suburban communities being well-resourced and ... strength. Funder participants will see and hear about these communities from a variety of angles and...

William Caspar Graustein Memorial Fund Names New Executive Director

Release Date:

01/15/2014

... system and philanthropic sectors can play. The work is about being analytical, certainly, and also about building relationships. The way to bring about justice and change is to reach out and...

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09 Jul 2014

Foundation Administrators Network Meeting: Managing Urgency in a 24/7 Work Environment

Wednesday, July 9, 2014 -

3:15pm to 5:00pm

... knowledge and resources, to test complex ideas with peers about administrative issues related to managing a foundation, ... and limited-attendance session, you’ll leave with ideas about tools and practical...

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Young Professionals, Get On Board

Release Date:

10/07/2014

... by actively engaging their peers in the legal industry about the importance of pro bono and by serving as sponsors ...

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Volunteerism

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Community Development

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Morgan Stanley

United Way of New York City

Innovative Finance and the Search for the Next Big Idea

Release Date:

10/17/2014

... makers that are already active in the space to learn more about both the challenges and solutions for innovative ... finance. Most importantly, we hope to learn more about how we can apply what we’ve learned...

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Technology

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The Rockefeller Foundation

Hurricane Season is Here, Sandy is Not Over

Release Date:

10/31/2014

... the storm and its aftermath brought? “We can't talk about physical infrastructure without talking about social infrastructure.” This was the central message ... Committee on Recovery and Resiliency, spoke...

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Disaster Relief

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North Star Fund

In the Aftermath: How to Help in the Philippines

Release Date:

11/13/2013

... other kind of giving. Donors benefit by gaining clarity about their values and motivations, their goals, their ... to define and measure success and by thinking proactively about where they can find allies and...

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Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors

Resilience Begins at Home

Release Date:

07/30/2013

... supported the survey because we wanted to learn more about how neighborhood characteristics and social factors ... and after the storm were friends, family and neighbors. About a third say they reached out to...

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All Funders

We Can Make Changes to the Charitable Deduction that Benefit Nonprofits With No Loss or Even an Increase in Revenues

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03/08/2013

... of both parties on the Committee, who asked many questions about them. I don’t presume to have all of the answers ... proposed changes to the charitable deduction being bandied about Washington these days...

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

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07/26/2012

... by Edith Asibey of The Atlantic Philanthropies , to talk about how foundations can do better—“discover the ... one has to acknowledge Dan Yankelovich’s admonition about social media becoming an “echo chamber...

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