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19 Jun 2012

An Update on New York City’s Promise Neighborhood Initiatives

Tuesday, June 19, 2012 -

8:30am to 11:00am

The federal Department of Education’s Promise Neighborhoods Initiative is challenging organizations across the country to craft bold service networks that would provide youth in low-income communities with the support they need to thrive from birth...

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20 Jun 2012

Learning a New Language: Digital Media for Advocacy

Wednesday, June 20, 2012 -

8:45am to 11:00am

... integrate new media into an organizational communications plan . Presenters Edith Asibey (Moderator), Chief ...

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25 May 2010

Funders Briefing on the Work of Advancement Project

Tuesday, May 25, 2010 -

10:00am to 12:00pm

A Philanthropy New York Members Briefing , presented by Carnegie Corporation of New York , Open Society Institute , Ford Foundation , The Atlantic Philanthropies and The New World Foundation . WHO SHOULD ATTEND:...

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Private Citizen Bloomberg on Philanthropy

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04/25/2014

When it comes to giving away his fortune, Michael R. Bloomberg, the former mayor of New York City and founder of Bloomberg Philanthropies, says he seeks causes others may have overlooked and ways to test new ideas.

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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

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KACF Expands to San Francisco

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06/19/2014

The Korean American Community Foundation has announced plans to open an affiliate in San Francisco.

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Korean American Community Foundation

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Fate of Detroit’s “Grand Bargain” In Hands Of City Workers, Pensioners

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06/20/2014

... in state-appointed emergency manager Kevyn Orr’s plan for Detroit’s restructuring. ... Fate of ...

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ACA May Be Modified, But Based On Enrollments, It's Here To Stay

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07/02/2014

Now that an estimated 20.1 million Americans have insurance because of the Affordable Care Act—and as that number grows—the wholesale repeal of the law is less likely, Commonwealth Fund President David Blumental, M.D., and Sara R. Collins, Ph.D.,...

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Health

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Michael Hirschhorn To Step Down From IHRFG

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08/07/2014

Michael Hirschhorn has announced plans to step down in the fall from his post as executive director of the International Human Rights Funders Group.

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11 Sep 2014

Generational Transitions: The Never-Ending Story - Webinar

Thursday, September 11, 2014 -

2:30pm to 4:00pm

... family foundations who have developed useful techniques to plan and prepare for generational transitions over the long ...

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Board & Trustees

Nonprofit Excellence Awards Application Process Helps Organizations Improve Management Practices

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09/09/2014

... governance, and focus on results). 75% of respondents plan to make additional improvements to management practices. ...

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The New York Community Trust

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Former Deutsche Bank Americas Foundation VP to Lead LISC NYC

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09/18/2014

Sam Marks is the new executive director of the Local Initiatives Support Corporation's New York City program.

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Deutsche Bank Americas Foundation

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Lukas Haynes Appointed Executive Director of the David Rockefeller Fund

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11/21/2014

Lukas Haynes, Vice President of the Mertz Gilmore Foundation, will become the new Executive Director of the David Rockefeller Fund in January 2015.

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Children, Youth and Families

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Aetna Foundation Announces Launch of the 2015 GoLocal: Cultivating Healthy Communities Grants Program

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03/27/2015

... closer together — people of all ages come together to plan and nurture gardens, take part in farming activities and ...

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Food Systems

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Ella Baff will Join the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation as Senior Program Officer

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07/15/2015

... established its first endowment and commissioned a master plan for it campus, which now covers 225 acres, according to ...

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NY Charities Bureau Launches Searchable Database of Non-Profit Dissolutions Approved by Attorney General

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08/07/2015

New York’s Nonprofit Revitalization Act of 2013 made changes to the procedures concerning transactions that previously required court approval. Now, petitions for approval of most transactions – disposition of assets (other than by religious...

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Oct 22 White House Conference on Criminal Justice Reform with Funders to be Live-Streamed

Release Date:

10/22/2015

Round table discussion with the President to be live-streamed at The Marshall Project and Yahoo.

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Justice Reform

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The Tow Foundation

BofA, Rockefeller Noted for Adding Profit Incentives to Nonprofit Work

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11/06/2015

Impact investing—using private funds to achieve social benefits along with financial returns—has been growing over the past five years, and the Pay for Success approach shows promise.

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The Rockefeller Foundation

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Hudson Farmlink Organizers See Room for Growth - Doris Duke Foundation

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11/23/2015

Organizers of an online platform that connects property owners with current and aspiring farmers in search of land, funded by Doris Duke Charitable Foundation and others, are already making plans to expand the year-old program.

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Farms in the Projects? (Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund)

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01/05/2016

Tisch Fund leaders write about an an innovative public-private partnership that brings agriculture, parks, farmers' markets and more to areas in need of good food, education and jobs.

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