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Proactive Support Pays Off: The American Art Renewal Fund

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04/11/2012

... in, American art galleries without essential heating, and small museums unable to afford the specialized personnel they ... know how to help.” (An executive director from a small mid-Atlantic museum.) While...

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A Glass Half Full: Japan’s Disaster Response at One Year

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03/27/2012

... Meanwhile, numerous groups are pioneering new methods for small donor support of fisheries and oyster farmers in return ... organization (NGO) capacity building. Hundreds of small nonprofits have been...

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Reducing Summer Learning Loss: Thoughts from Ron Fairchild

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03/09/2010

... learning loss , private philanthropy has funded relatively small -scale programs run by nonprofits and other entities ... In most major U.S. cities, it’s not difficult to find a small number of comprehensive,...

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Let's Fight Racial Bias in Voting Through Donor Collaboratives and Litigation

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09/08/2016

... immigrant integration policy in the states. Jay has a small team. I have a small team. I would not be able to do the work I do without ...

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

Design Is Key to Expanding the 21st Century Neighborhood Library

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12/13/2016

... stone so clearly identifiable as “Carnegies” to the small cinderblock “Lindsay Boxes” designed or built ... one of the highest rates of use in the city, is far too small to accommodate the burgeoning demands...

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Arts

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Charles H. Revson Foundation

26 Apr 2016

Learning from LA - Is Our Sister City Supporting Nonprofits Better?

Tuesday, April 26, 2016 -

1:30pm to 3:30pm

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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

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06 Apr 2017

Beyond the Headlines: A Conversation about Immigration and Immigrants

Thursday, April 6, 2017 -

9:00am to 10:30am

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Sample Job Descriptions: Development VP / Director / Officer

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09/2013

The following jobs descriptions for senior director professionals were previously posted on PNY's Jobs Board. We update our sample job description resources as we post new positions on our site.

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Original Instructions: A Challenge to Philanthropy to Expand Health and Educational Opportunities for Native Youth

The Schott Foundation for Public Education in partnership with Native Americans in Philanthropy, with support from Nike N7, recently released a set of recommendations for helping Native youth live healthy lives. These recommendations came directly from Native American leaders who hold expertise across health, physical fitness, education and youth development sectors. The report, Original Instructions , outlines both challenges and opportunities to philanthropy. It’s a first step towards using our resources to recognize and learn from the resilient Native youth

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Children, Youth and Families

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The Schott Foundation for Public Education

Newsmakers: Darren Walker, President, Ford Foundation

Release Date:

12/23/2013

... graduate of public schools. I attended public school in a small town in Texas, and I am also a graduate of the first ... is the result of my Southern upbringing. I was born in a small town in Louisiana, in a...

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Ford Foundation

04 Nov 2015

Dear Board...Are You Reading This?

Wednesday, November 4, 2015 -

8:45am to 11:00am

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Can Philanthropy Support the Transformation of Society?

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03/06/2014

... can play a role in the transformation of society. The small town of Immokalee in Florida used to be a swamp ... these systems, where exploitation is normalized so that a small minority can benefit, need to be...

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Food Systems

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NoVo Foundation

The Art of Dentistry, Or: How Philanthropy Can Scale Away S.V.

Release Date:

08/23/2010

... into this deep dark chasm. If you were unable to see the small type between the paragraphs, please, look again: ... is President of the Frank and Ruth E. Caruso Foundation, a small family foundation whose...

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What BP Won’t Be Paying For—and How You Can Help

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07/01/2010

... is not funding organizations. BP is addressing individual small claims with checks. BP is hiring individual fishermen ... workers? Is BP funding the watchdogs? Is BP funding small community groups that have a...

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The Nation’s Eyes on Rikers: A Report on Community Leader-Identified Priorities, Opportunities for Funders and Key Organizing Objective

“The Nation’s Eyes on Rikers: A Report on Community Leader-Identified Priorities, Opportunities for Funders and Key Organizing Objectives” is an easy-to-scan report featuring strategic takeaways from the Funders Summit on Justice Reform hosted by Philanthropy New York in December 2017. It provides an overview of the justice funding landscape, appraisals of potential funding strategies and additional resources for funders seeking collaboration on justice reform. The report, approved by the Justice Reform Funders Steering Committee at its June 2018 meeting, focuses on six strategic takeaways,...