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26 Apr 2013

Philanthropy New York's 34th Annual Meeting, with Shaun Donovan

Friday, April 26, 2013 -

12:30pm to 6:30pm

... on topics related to rebuilding and resiliency. The first hour of the day's events will have three concurrent ... Special thanks to the Ford Foundation for hosting this event . Designed for Philanthropy...

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Is Universal Voting an Idea Whose Time is Coming?

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11/17/2022

... voting in the United States. The occasion for the event was the publication, by The New Press, of the book 100% ... is used in some 26 democratic countries. Belgium was the first adopter in 1892, and Australia...

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Public Policy

If We Want to Strengthen Democracy, Let's Start in Our Back Yard

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04/14/2021

... battle the pandemic and uses ranked-choice voting for the first time. Perhaps these numbers should not surprise us, ... to support consistently high NYC voter participation in 2021 and in the long term...

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Charles H. Revson Foundation

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Civic Engagement

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Ford Foundation

What does it mean for the Luce Foundation to support public knowledge?

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10/21/2021

... published by The Henry Luce Foundation on October 5, 2021 . We have always believed that knowledge can make a ... by “knowledge” and “making a difference” in the first place? What knowledge do we think is worth...

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The Henry Luce Foundation

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Building long-term partnerships with nonprofits to scale impact: Lessons from sustained funding relationships

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10/25/2021

... published by Philanthropy News Digest on October 25, 2021 . Every foundation wants a nonprofit partner that shares ... grow the investment and wait for results. The fund first helped Benetech launch its work in...

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Lavelle Fund for the Blind

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Philanthropy Can Help Bridge the Gap Between the Idea of Disability Rights and the Reality

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11/05/2021

... published by The Chronicle of Philanthropy on July 27, 2021 . I have an older brother, age 42. This is not unusual. ... actions are in line with their intentions. Start at Home First , we need to ensure that our...

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Disabilities

Health

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Doris Duke Foundation

Mellon's “Humanities for All Times” Awards More Than $16 Million to Liberal Arts Colleges for Social Justice-Oriented Humanities Curricular Development

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01/26/2022

... initiative that will introduce incoming and first -year students to the problem-solving power of the ... race, and industrialization in New England. In April 2021 , the Foundation’s Higher Learning program...

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Social Justice

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Mellon Foundation

Andrew W. Mellon Foundation's Monuments Project Supports Williamsburg Bray School project

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02/19/2022

... injustices and work toward a more inclusive future.” In 2021 , researchers from Colonial Williamsburg and W&M ... 89th original 18th-century building, and the first restored by the Foundation since the...

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Education

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Mellon Foundation

What’s at Stake and What’s at Play: My Reckoning with Philanthropy

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12/02/2022

... either. Since starting this journey in philanthropy in 2021 after watching how the pandemic devasted communities of ... we are familiar with. Awareness and recognition are the first steps; we must challenge...

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

Maverick Capital Foundation

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Sustaining Impact: Supporting Nonprofits to Thrive During Leadership Transitions

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05/02/2025

... fund, alongside 20 other foundation partners, I’ve seen first -hand the importance of maintaining consistent funding ... The Executive Transition Fund (ET Fund), launched in 2021 by the Nonprofit Sustainability...

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Rockefeller and Nonprofits Fight Food Waste With Feast

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05/09/2016

... GRACE is proud to cohost Feeding the 5000 NYC, an event designed to raise public awareness about food waste by ... that would otherwise have gone uneaten. Prior to the event , organizers will rescue food from...

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Food Systems

New Tech, Renewed Trust and a Less Lunatic Political Process

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10/12/2012

... all-time high of 60 percent, per a Gallup study from this September . Voter turnout in our contemporary representative ... which I think are important,” Chris said during the event . “One of the things that’s...

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We Can’t Force Philanthropy to Talk About Power Dynamics, Can We?

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11/05/2015

... York ( “Power Play – Slay the Elephant in the Room!” September 17), Anna Pond – my co-conspirator, GrantCraft ...

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New York Nonprofits in the Aftermath of FEGS: A Call to Action

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02/2016

The state Commission to Examine Nonprofit Human Services Organizations Closures published this report, New York Nonprofits in the Aftermath of FEGS: A Call to Action. The Human Services Council (HSC) convened the commission to examine the systemic problems contributing to the instability of so many nonprofit human services organizations, and we brought together stakeholders from philanthropy, academia, direct service, nonprofit coalitions, and others with nonprofit expertise to reflect on the sector in an effort to deliver thoughtful and succinct recommendations through a nine-month process...

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Report

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Human Services Council of NYC

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Musicians Foundation Honored By Association of Music Producers

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06/08/2016

... months welcoming new Board members and being honored at an event hosted by the Association of Music Producers (AMP) in ... service to musicians (see video above). More on the event and our new Board members...

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Musicians Foundation

Mass Shooting in Orlando: Resources and Networks for Action

... Circumstances Requre an Unusual Philanthropic Response The First 72 Hours: Taking Action Possibilities for Donors ... affected communities Underlying causes of this tragic event (not related to policy or...

Movement Building and System Change

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05/18/2012

... vulnerable populations in New York, and then served as the first woman and Latina director of Gay Men’s Health Crisis ... that led the six-year campaign for the nation’s first Domestic Workers Bill of Rights;...

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