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From Poverty to Giving Away Millions: Darren Walker Shares His American Dream

Release Date:

11/11/2014

... "I had a thirst for what was beyond the horizon." His life changed in 1965, when his mother, Beulah Spencer, a nurse's aide, enrolled the 5- year -old in a new educational...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Bloomberg Philanthropies Donates $50M to Museum of Science

Release Date:

10/18/2016

... company and served as a three-term mayor of New York. But what people might not know is that Bloomberg ... who he became. “I went every Saturday, and it changed my life ,” recalled Bloomberg, 74, who attended...

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Science

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Bloomberg Philanthropies

SIFMA Foundation Announces Winner of Fall 2018 InvestWrite Competition

Release Date:

02/21/2019

... Chouinard, of Patagonia, that was so compelling it won her first place in New Hampshire in the SIFMA Foundation’s Fall 2018 ... students’ ability across important academic and life skills...

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Education

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SIFMA Foundation

03 Nov 2011

The American Economy, Manufacturing, and Sustainability

Thursday, November 3, 2011 -

10:00am to 2:00pm

... poverty and embarrassing wealth distribution are some new promising and hopeful themes—manufacturing growth, ... , Vice President, the Brookings Institute . Dan Swinney , Executive Director ,...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Donates $50 million to Fight Opioid Epidemic

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11/30/2018

... Donates $50 million to Fight Opioid Epidemic Former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s charity has announced a ... there were more than 70,000 U.S. drug overdose deaths last year , including more than 47,000...

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Health & Human Services

Human Services

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Bloomberg Philanthropies

24 Jan 2017

Defending ACA and Making Progress at the Same Time. Is Philanthropy Ready?

Tuesday, January 24, 2017 -

9:00am to 11:00am

... coming down the pike that will have a huge impact on New York City, healthcare consumers across the nation and, ... philanthropic sector. David Sandman , President of the New York State Health Foundation, and...

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Human Services

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28 Nov 2012

Coordination Updates on the Philanthropic Response to Hurricane Sandy: A Webinar for Funders and Regional Associations Nationwide

Wednesday, November 28, 2012 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

Webinar

... recovery efforts. There will be updates from the New York and New Jersey grantmaking communities about the ... funds that have been established, what we learned from our first convening of...

John A. Hartford Foundation Supporting Advanced Social Work Training

Release Date:

12/19/2014

... Advanced Social Work Training A $1,055,297 three- year grant to the National Association of Social Workers ... master’s level social work supervisors in four regions ( New York, Maryland, Illinois, and Florida...

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Health & Human Services

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The John A. Hartford Foundation

NY Community Trust-Supported UHF Report Outlines Ways to Strengthen Consumer Access to Provider Networks In NY State

Release Date:

05/23/2017

... The report, Networks at the Nexus: Revisiting New York State’s Provider Network Standards and Protections ... a health plan permits out-of-network access; Updating 20- year -old standards that give consumers...

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United Hospital Fund

The New York Community Trust

18 Apr 2013

Five Months Since Landfall: What Are We Learning from Hurricane Sandy?

Thursday, April 18, 2013 -

2:00pm to 3:00pm

Webinar

... and what it is doing to sustain recovery and rebuilding in New York and New Jersey. A Philanthropy New York ... Brown , President , Philanthropy New York Linda Czipo ,...

27 Sep 2016

Healthcare Crisis: Do We Have the Workforce Needed for Today and Tomorrow?

Tuesday, September 27, 2016 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

... Darlene Curley, CEO of the Jonas Family Fund and Executive Director of the Jonas Center for Nursing and Veterans ... with any questions. Co-sponsored by Philanthropy New York's Health...

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Panel

Roundtable Discussion

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All Funders

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Public Policy

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Health & Human Services

Workforce Development

Mellon Foundation Contributes to Theater Mitu's Stories About the US/Mexico Border

Release Date:

10/27/2016

... About the US/Mexico Border Internationally renowned, New York City-based experimental theater company Theater Mitu ... the US/Mexico border in a uniquely theatrical multi-media event . Led by Juárez born-and-...

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Arts, Culture, & Media

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Mellon Foundation

How Rapid Assessments Can Help the Shift from Response to Recovery

Release Date:

05/13/2021

... and heightened risk of gender-based violence. And so, one year since the COVID-19 crisis began, we set out to look at ... grantee partners. In this post, I want to focus on the first approach — the...

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Insights

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Community Development & Place Based Initiatives

Disaster Relief

Women & Girls

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EMPower - The Emerging Markets Foundation

23 Jun 2022

Beyond Listening: Ensuring Others are Heard - A Workshop

Thursday, June 23, 2022 -

10:00am to 11:30am

... intentionally and without assumption How to develop a new appreciation for listening as a vital tool for creating a ...

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Professional Development

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Workshop

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All Funders

Topic(s)

Communications

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

What to Look for in a Nonprofit's Financial Statement

Publication date:

03/2012

In What to Look for in a Nonprofit's Financial Statement, participants learned how to analyze and evaluate nonprofit financial statements and know what questions to raise for further analysis. They walked through a set of financial statements, focusing on definitions and relationships of numbers.

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Finance Staff

Grants Managers

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Finance & Asset Management

Nonprofit Financials

PNY Makes Public Video from Session on Digital Badges

Release Date:

06/12/2014

View the livestream recording and PowerPoint Presentations from the program Expanding Education, Youth Development, and Workforce Opportunities Through Digital Badges.

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PNY News

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Education & Youth

Education

Technology & Innovation

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Stavros Niarchos Foundation

Deutsche Bank Americas Foundation

The New York Community Trust

The David Rockefeller Fund

New York City Youth Funders Network

New York City Workforce Funders

6/25/2014 - The Future of Finance - Livestream recording and Reports

Publication date:

07/2014

View a recording of the livestream and related materials presented during the program The Future of Finance: Shifting Power and Wealth from Wall Street to Main Street.

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PNY Makes Public Video from Session on the Future of Finance

Release Date:

07/02/2014

View the livestream recording and related materials from the program The Future of Finance: Shifting Power and Wealth from Wall Street to Main Street.