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10 Mar 2022

Building Capacity of CDFIs to Support Entrepreneurs of Color - A Webinar Hosted by Asset Funders Network

Thursday, March 10, 2022 -
9:30am to 11:00am
Small business is experiencing a vanguard moment in its role to build wealth and close the racial and gender wealth ... capacity for CDFIs. What will you learn? What specific role does your organization play in...
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Finance & Asset Management
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Economic Security
03 Mar 2022

Pursuing Meaningful Change in a Hyper-partisan Environment

Thursday, March 3, 2022 -
3:30pm to 5:00pm
... among policymakers Where and how philanthropy can play a role in partnering with advocates towards success Who should attend? All interested funders, regardless of role within your foundation. What to expect:...

After We Say Goodbye

Release Date: 
01/29/2010
... in 2015. Yes, our decreasing assets played a major role in the board’s decision to adopt this course of ...
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Member Input on Official Statements on Indirect Costs

Philanthropy New York’s Public Policy Committee has voted to recommend that our organization formally approve two separate but related statements concerning indirect costs in government contracts. The next stage in our policy...
31 Oct 2014

Documentaries That Pull Back the Curtain on Big Oil

Friday, October 31, 2014 -
8:45am to 12:00pm
Recent documentary films are conveying incredibly powerful stories and imagery around environmental destruction -- from flaming faucets and endangered species to eviscerated landscapes and communities uniting against polluters.

A Unique Nonprofit Lender

Release Date: 
08/19/2009
“Neither a borrower nor a lender be” is a well-known early seventeenth century sound bite (from Shakespeare’s Hamlet; Polonius’ advice to his son, Laertes). Yet sound bites or one-sentence quotes found in cute management books are no way to manage a...
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09 Jun 2015

Catch a Ride on a Roller-Coaster! Immigration Issues Facing the New York Region

Tuesday, June 9, 2015 -
8:45am to 11:00am
In the wake of Congressional inaction on federal immigration reform, President Barack Obama announced on November 20, 2014 , the Immigration Accountability Executive Action, which provides nearly five million unauthorized immigrants...

Edna McConnell Clark Announces Spend-Down, Major Investment in Blue Meridian Partners

Release Date: 
12/14/2016
With a deep desire to improve the lives of many more disadvantaged children and youth, the Edna McConnell Clark Foundation's trustees have decided to "sunset" the Foundation and spend all of its resources (approximately $1 billion) over the next...

Hilton Foundation Awards $25.5M in Grants in Q2 '17, Approves New Foster Youth Strategy

Release Date: 
07/19/2017
The board of directors of the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation announced today that it approved 31 grants totaling $25.5 million during the second quarter of 2017. The board also approved a new five-year strategy for the Foster Youth Strategic Initiative.

Ford-funded Study Points to Potential Security Weakness in Online Voting Registration Systems

Release Date: 
09/06/2017
Online attackers may be able to purchase - for as little as a few thousand dollars - enough personal information to potentially alter voter registration information in as many as 35 states and the District of Columbia, according to a new Harvard...
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