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29 Nov 2011

Time as a Tool: Strategies for Transforming Schools through Time

Tuesday, November 29, 2011 -
1:45pm to 5:00pm
In the last half of the 20th century, a consensus emerged that time could be a valuable tool to improve schools. Early in the 21st century, NCLB proposed “supplementing” regular school hours with additional ones used in more targeted ways to improve...
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The New HR Challenge - Managing Misclassification Risks

Publication date: 
10/2010
At this FAN meeting, Amanda Fugazy walked attendees through the new risks facing nonprofits by misclassifying employees – in particular, consultants, volunteers, and interns. Both the IRS and the Department of Labor are undertaking efforts to identify cases of misclassification in order to recoup unpaid taxes. With back wages, benefits, lawyers and accountant fees, penalties and staff time, the costs can be very high to an organization.
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Program Presentation
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HR & Operations
05 Oct 2017

Pulling Back the Curtain: Philanthropy’s Role in Bridging Research, Policy, and Practice to Improve Early Childhood Education

Thursday, October 5, 2017 -
9:00am to 11:00am
... Early Childhood Research Network—a first-of-its kind collaboration between a foundation, researchers, ... register@philanthropynewyork.org with any questions. In collaboration with Education Working Group...
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Panel
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All Funders
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Education
Public Policy
10 Nov 2021

Weaving Health and Social Care into a Comprehensive "Safety Net": Technology is Transformative, but not Enough

Wednesday, November 10, 2021 -
1:00pm to 2:30pm
... Health Zachariah Hennessey , Vice President, Public Health Solutions Who should attend? All interested funders, ... register@philanthropynewyork.org with any questions. In Collaboration With Philanthropy New...
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Webinar/Teleconference
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All Funders
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Public Policy
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Health

Giving While Living

Publication date: 
09/2017
The common quest of all who seek to achieve lasting improvements in our communities and in our world—whether we are individual donors, foundations, nonprofits or government agencies—is to make the highest and best use of our resources. It requires us to ask questions like: What are our best opportunities to make a difference? What impact can we have and how do we know what impact our grants are having? What are grantee organizations accomplishing? What’s working… what’s not? Or, as Chuck Feeney, founder of The Atlantic Philanthropies, never hesitated to ask, starting with the foundation’s...
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Report
Funding Area 
Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors
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The Atlantic Philanthropies

The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Awards More Than $72 Million to Teams Led by Humanities Scholars to Ensure “Just Futures” and Expand National Cultural Narratives

Release Date: 
01/13/2021
... and multi-institutional collaborative teams producing solutions -based work that contributes to public ... these multidisciplinary teams will propose and implement solutions to real social problems, and also...
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Member News
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Education
Social Justice
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Mellon Foundation

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