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Applied Financial Analysis for Program Officers: A Three-Part Series Program Recordings 2021

... metrics into a coherent picture of financial health, and discuss how a race-neutral approach to financial analysis may ...

12 Mar 2012

Conversations for Grantmakers: Hydrofracking Plus and Minus

Monday, March 12, 2012 -

12:00pm to 1:00pm

Join us for a discussion about the effects natural gas drilling has on community infrastructure. Amy Panek from the Park Foundation and Marilyn Bok from the Community Foundation for the Twin Tiers will also talk about their work to educate the...

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Ford Foundation's Darren Walker On His First Six Months

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06/09/2014

Six months into his job as president of the Ford Foundation, Darren Walker spoke to Alliance Magazine about philanthropy’s role in solving social problems, institution building and his vision for the future of the foundation.

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Boards as an Accountability Mechanism

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06/2014

This paper examines board functioning in relation to both legal and broader conceptions of accountability, and empirical evidence from over 5,100 nonprofits in the Urban Institute National Survey of Nonprofit Governance . It discusses areas of board weakness and considers different approaches to improving them, including regulation, self-regulation, policy-oriented strategies, and management-oriented strategies.

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Mellon Grant To New Museum Supports Contemporary Art Scholarship

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08/05/2014

The New Museum has received a three-year, $500,000 grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to expand scholarship on emerging art and ideas.

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Arts

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NYCT Funding Pilot Program for In-school STI Testing

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10/17/2014

Program is being recommended for expansion as part of a comprehensive STI care initiative.

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The New York Community Trust

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08 Dec 2014

New OMB Guidance on Indirect Costs: What It Does and Why It Matters - Webinar

Monday, December 8, 2014 -

1:00pm to 3:00pm

... Join the Forum of Regional Associations of Grantmakers to discuss the new OMB guidelines and their implications for ...

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PNY Members Explore Barriers Placed on Black Girls in School

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02/10/2015

... 11, a panel of experts will gather on Capitol Hill to discuss the issue with Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand and Rep. ...

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Casey Family Programs and the President's Advisory Council Work to Improve Financial Capability for Young People

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03/09/2015

... for Young Americans (Council) met at the White House to discuss its work to help provide the nation’s young people ...

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Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Works to Preserve Scholarly Latin Texts

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08/19/2015

... of interest and expertise in Latin can use to find, read, discuss , study, teach, edit and annotate Latin texts of all ...

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The Gender Divide in Ballet Leadership and Choreography

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09/29/2015

In the past, Ford Foundation and Wallace Foundation have worked to increase diversity in the arts.

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Atlantic Announces $40M for Fellowship to Reduce International Health Disparities

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02/01/2016

Atlantic Philanthropies, in its last year of grantmaking, announced a number of major investments to improve access to quality health care for people in both Southeast Asia and the United States.

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International/Foreign Affairs

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Commonwealth Fund Article Asks: Is Primary Care the Best and Worst Job in Medicine?

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05/26/2016

About one-third of U.S. and U.K. primary care physicians are dissatisfied with their jobs, recent Commonwealth Fund survey findings show.

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Young Journalist Responds to Darren Walker's NY Times Op-Ed on Unpaid Internships

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07/08/2016

I grew up thinking journalism was just for rich white people. I was mostly right.

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Communications/Media

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NYSHealth Foundation Hosts A Conversation With Sean Cavanaugh on the Future of Medicare

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03/31/2017

... one of the nation's leading experts on Medicare, to discuss what is in store for Medicare in this rapidly .....

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New York Health Foundation

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Nonprofit Trailblazers Unite for Third Annual American Express Leadership Academy Global Alumni Summit

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04/03/2017

... Changemakers, Common Purpose, and Independent Sector, to discuss best practices for advancing the sector’s impact on ...

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NYSHealth Funding Opportunity Now Open: Spreading OpenNotes in New York State

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04/24/2017

This RFP is open to any hospital in New York State interested in implementing OpenNotes, with awards of up to $100,000 to be granted to up to 10 hospitals. Proposals will be due on June 8, 2017.

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Long Island Community Foundation-Backed Report Finds Racial Inequities Cost LI’s Economy Billions Each Year

Release Date:

04/25/2017

... gathered at the Long Island Marriott in Uniondale to discuss the findings... Long Island Community ...

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Atlantic Philanthropies' Report Examines the Effectiveness of the Limited-life Approach

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05/01/2017

Limited-life foundations are based on the premise that if a foundation’s grants generate a social return, and that return compounds at a higher rate than its financial assets would, then making the grants sooner generates more social value than...

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