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To Avoid Being a Supporter of the Status Quo, Ask “So What?”

Release Date:

01/27/2016

... and income inequality continues to grow, the schism in our society is no longer a risk but an increasing reality. ... periods of time, financial stability erodes. There is a role for philanthropy in funding...

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Citi Foundation

Insights from The Mechanics of Working Through Grantmaking with a Racial Justice Lens - A Workshop Led by PRE

Release Date:

12/06/2022

... history; Creates a shared vision of a fair and inclusive society ; Focuses explicitly on building power by those ... philanthropic leadership to situate themselves, and the role of their own institution, within...

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Insights

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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

J.M. Kaplan Fund Names Innovation Prize Finalists

Release Date:

09/29/2015

Up to 10 of the finalists will be awarded the J.M.K. Innovation Prize. Winners will be announced in November 2015.

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The J.M. Kaplan Fund

Bessemer Trust and Colleagues Remember Paul Connolly

Release Date:

04/05/2017

... he served as Board Chair of Yerba Buena Center for the Arts , on the Board of Directors of The Nathaniel Wharton ...

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How Open Road Alliance is Helping Cure a Blind Spot for Philanthropists

Release Date:

10/02/2018

... for a solution while attending the 2011 Burning Man arts festival in Nevada. Michaels, who’s married to ...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Open Road Alliance

Citi Foundation's Youth Workforce Fund to Prepare Youth Workforces for Employment Needs in their Local Communities

Release Date:

10/30/2018

... employment opportunities including healthcare, culinary arts and information technology. Each community organization ...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Citi Foundation

With Support from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Dumbarton Oaks and JSTOR Launch the Plant Humanities Initiative

Release Date:

11/13/2018

The joint aim of the initiative is to advance plant humanities, the interdisciplinary field that explores and communicates the unparalleled significance of plants to human culture.

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Science

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Mellon Foundation

Trinity Church Wall Street to Provide Free Legal Workshops for Local Community

Release Date:

07/09/2019

Workshops will assist residents without legal representation in housing court.

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Community Development

Housing and Homelessness

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Trinity Church a Parish in the City of New York

03 Dec 2020

Fund for Public Schools Briefing

Thursday, December 3, 2020 -

11:00am to 11:30am

... and career readiness, early literacy, STEM, and the Arts , as well as mobilizing investments to support the ...

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All Funders

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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Children, Youth and Families

Education

Carol Argento Appointed President and CEO of The Charles Hayden Foundation

Release Date:

09/08/2021

... the De La Salle Academy. Ms. Argento holds a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Vassar College and a Juris Doctorate ...

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United Hospital Fund Names Dora Mendez, MPA, VP of Human Resources & Chief Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Officer

Release Date:

10/31/2022

... where she is now an Adjunct Professor, and a Bachelor of Arts from Iona University. About United Hospital Fund United ...

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Appointments & Transitions

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United Hospital Fund

Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Announces the 2023 Sloan Research Fellows

Release Date:

02/15/2023

... systems, to Ivy League institutions, to small liberal arts colleges. “Each in its own way, the nominating ...

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

19 Apr 2012

Extend Your Grantmaking Effectiveness by Funding Policy and Community Engagement

Thursday, April 19, 2012 -

2:45pm to 5:00pm

Learn how foundations can best utilize limited dollars and maximize the impact of their grants on the heels of an economic crisis. A recent National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy report shows how 110 nonprofit organizations, from 13 states,...

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Issue-Based

15 Jan 2013

Reframing the Debate Over Gun Violence: Advocacy and Education Efforts Working with Partners in Media

Tuesday, January 15, 2013 -

1:45pm to 5:45pm

Once again, the nation has been shocked by a mass shooting, this time at an elementary school in Newtown, Conn. where 20 young children and six educators lost their lives. This tragic incident has sparked a more widespread and profound demand for...

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28 Jan 2013

Unlikely Partners Leveraging Private Schools as Resources for Expanding Learning Opportunities for Public School Students

Monday, January 28, 2013 -

8:00am to 10:30am

This briefing will focus on unique high-quality after-school and summer learning partnerships between private schools in NYC and youth-serving organizations that leverage the resources of private schools to expand learning time for low-income public...

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Issue-Based

22 Jun 2010

Investing in Our Next Generation: English Language Learners and Their Families

Tuesday, June 22, 2010 - 9:00am to Wednesday, June 23, 2010 - 5:00pm

MEMBERS: This briefing is free to members of GFE, GCIR and Philanthropy New York. NON-Members: The cost is $200 for eligible non-members. A Philanthropy New York COLLABORATIVE PROGRAM presented...

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Issue-Based

17 Jun 2009

Challenges & Needs of African-American Girls in NYC & Strategies for Making a Difference

Wednesday, June 17, 2009 -

8:30am to 11:00am

WHO SHOULD ATTEND : Members concerned with issues affecting women and girls; youth; poverty; and minorities. PROGRAM DESCRIPTION Join Philanthropy New York Funders of Women & Girls for a briefing and dialogue on the recently...

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Network Building

13 Aug 2015

Passing the "Mirror Test": Ethics and Family Philanthropy - Webinar

Thursday, August 13, 2015 -

12:00pm to 1:30pm

This webinar is limited to private and family foundation staff and trustees only. Your family’s philanthropic values – your sense of stewardship, your personal commitments and interests, and your desire to foster charitable impulses in your children...

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Family Foundation

Private Foundation

Board & Trustees

14 Apr 2016

Coming to a Close: Lessons From Two Spend Down Family Foundations - Webinar

Thursday, April 14, 2016 -

12:00pm to 1:30pm

If your foundation decided to spend down and cease operations in a defined period of time, what might the process look like? It’s a question more family foundation boards are facing, as entrepreneurs pursue philanthropy the way they conducted...

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Webinar/Teleconference

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Family Foundation

Board & Trustees

Carnegie Among Funders of STEM Learning Ecosystems, 17 Regional Partnerships Focused on STEM Education Pathways Added

Release Date:

05/25/2017

The STEM Learning Ecosystems Initiative, launched by the STEM Funders Network, has grown to encompass 54 regional Ecosystems that are making a significant impact on STEM education and workforce development. Seventeen Ecosystems joined the group...