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Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation Selects Genaro Lopez-Rendon as Next President

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12/08/2015

... “I have always fought for a better world, but now as a new father of two young daughters, I see the world through ... “My selection sends a clear message that social justice movements will continue to be at...

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Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation

Rockefeller's Edwin Torres Joins the de Blasio Administration

Release Date:

09/16/2014

... of Cultural Affairs. He will be serving under the new Commissioner for Cultural Affairs, Tom Finkelpearl. The New York City Department of Cultural Affairs is the largest local ...

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Prudential Donates Over 150,000 n95 Respirators and Face Masks

Release Date:

03/23/2020

... face masks—including 75,000 n95 respirators—for health care workers in New Jersey and committed $1.5 million in funding for local ... on a truck and ready for immediate distribution to local health...

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Responding to Crisis/Opportunity: The F.B. Heron Foundation’s Opportunity Fund

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04/29/2010

... currently in the portfolio, but with no increases and no new relationships. Our staff was in especially close contact ... Support for geographic concentration areas—grants in New York City...

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Michael J. Fox Foundation and Simons Foundation Making Waves in Basic Science

Release Date:

12/01/2017

... innovative and risky research. The National Institutes of Health (NIH) and other government agencies demonstrate an ...

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The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research

The Simons Foundation

Salary & Benefits Survey

Each year, Philanthropy New York partners with the Council on Foundations to conduct a salary survey of New York City-metro area foundations. The survey collects ...

Bloomberg Plans a $50 Million Challenge to the N.R.A.

Release Date:

04/15/2014

... plans a $50 million challenge to the N.R.A., reports the New York Times. Michael R. Bloomberg, making his first major ... Rifle Association. Mr. Bloomberg, the former mayor of New ...

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Five Management Secrets from Excellent Nonprofits

Release Date:

11/21/2013

... Officer, Community Development and the Environment, The New York Community Trust Experts in nonprofits often call ... about effective management because we helped sponsor the New York...

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The New York Community Trust

Philanthropy’s Response To Hurricane Sandy

Release Date:

11/08/2012

Philanthropy New York is working intensively with Regional Associations ... response page, please let us know . Philanthropy New York sends thanks to all of our members for your...

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Ford Foundation to Fund City Study of Diversity in Cultural Institutions

Release Date:

03/04/2015

... the diversity of the boards, staffs and audiences of New York City cultural organizations, such as museums, orchestras ... troupes. “If you’re living in a city like we are in New York...

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WSJ Seeks PNY Comment on Geffen $100 Million Gift to Lincoln Center

Release Date:

03/04/2015

... for the Performing Arts. The concert hall, home to the New York Philharmonic, is slated for a major overhaul expected to ... Hamill Remaley, senior vice president of Philanthropy New ...

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PNY News

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McCray, Glen and Citi Launch Initiative to Support Women Entrepreneurs

Release Date:

03/13/2015

... and Citi will today announce WE NYC (Women Entrepreneurs New York City), an initiative to expand female entrepreneurship in New York City, with a special focus on...

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Food Systems

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Citi Foundation

'Investment Club' of Foundations Pays Off for Nonprofits

Release Date:

06/05/2015

... Pays Off for Nonprofits The first investment by a group of New York Foundations that decided to pool their resources last ... training nonprofit that received a $250,000 loan from the New...

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The Heckscher Foundation for Children

SeaChange Capital Partners

Well Application Challenges Fracking Ban

Release Date:

07/14/2015

Well Application Challenges Fracking Ban An upstate New York energy company has filed an application to drill a ... Partners filed an application for a natural-gas well with New York...

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Environment and Climate Change

Stonewall Foundation's Jarrett Lucas Loves Seeing LGBTQ Youth Publicly #ExpressLove

Release Date:

06/21/2016

... support and promote many LGBTQ organizations and issues in New York . PAPER, in collaboration with American Express, talked ... about Stonewall's plans for the future, his hopes for New...

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Stonewall Community Foundation

Herbert Sturz of Open Society Foundations Named A City & State Lifetime Award Winner

Release Date:

01/12/2017

... some of the most distinguished public servants in New York City over the age of 50 who have committed decades of ... Join us for a celebratory evening reception with New York...

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Open Society Foundations

Farhana Khera of Muslim Advocates Talks About The Fight Against Discrimination After 9/11

Release Date:

05/07/2014

... Discrimination After 9/11 In this PhilTalk at Philanthropy New York 's 35th annual meeting, Farhana Khera , president & ... as a little girl growing up in a small town in Upstate New...

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Immigration

The Fate of NYC’s Undocumented Bakers Could Change the Food Industry

Release Date:

09/15/2017

... to protest the firing of 24 undocumented immigrants at New York City’s artisanal Tom Cat Bakery last spring. Bearing ... and English and chanting for a boycott of Tom Cat bread in New...

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Success Academy Founder Eva Moskowitz: ‘We Are Making Progress, but It’s Frustratingly Slow’

Release Date:

10/04/2017

... CEO Eva Moskowitz has more in common with her longtime foe New York Mayor Bill de Blasio than you might think, she told an ... is a level of injustice in the city, around the state of New...

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20 Jun 2024

Responding to the Moment: Participatory Approaches in Philanthropy

Thursday, June 20, 2024 -

3:00pm to 4:30pm

... governance to grantmaking to strategy, and beyond. But what can that look like? What approaches work, and in which contexts? And what risks ... for Philanthropy Grantmakers for Effective...