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Using an Ecosystem Approach to Define Nonprofit Strategy

Release Date:

10/05/2016

... strategic programmatic goals—something many of us in the planning business have traditionally referred to as “the ... more “relational” stance—actively examining what their role is, can, or should be—in...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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TCC Group

Brooklyn Community Foundation and Alloy Development Collaborate on Better Brooklyn Fund

Release Date:

10/22/2019

... opens in Brooklyn’s Dumbo neighborhood in late 2020 or early 2021, residents will get a unique request when ...

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Community Development

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Brooklyn Org

14 May 2024

Food Waste Reduction: Philanthropy for People and the Planet - A Webinar Hosted by Community Food Funders

Tuesday, May 14, 2024 -

12:00pm to 1:30pm

... how local and national organizations are establishing innovative partnerships to address food waste, and why and where funders should get involved. What will you learn? Background and overview of the size of...

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Issue-Based

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Panel

Webinar/Teleconference

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All Funders

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Funding Area

Food Systems

Compensating for Your Philanthropic Blind Spots

Release Date:

01/09/2014

... Trust, in which Paul discussed the pros and cons of what he called “moneyball philanthropy” — a data-driven ... and her family will work closely with MCF to develop planning , evaluation and reporting...

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Evaluation

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Bessemer Trust

The Charles H. Revson Foundation Awards $1 Million in Grants to Six Recipients

Release Date:

04/04/2022

... in under-resourced fields, like civic service and urban planning in Israel and Jewish chaplaincy in North America. ... Sector New England, Inc.—Community Votes Nonprofit Voter Mobilization —$75,000— To support...

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Education

Jewish Interests

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Charles H. Revson Foundation

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

Release Date:

05/25/2017

... Community of Practice shares ideas and best practices for innovative learning that will benefit students’ individual ... STEM Ecosystems evolve, students will be able to connect what is learned in and out of...

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Children, Youth and Families

Education

Science

Technology

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

Chris Park to Retire from New York Life

Release Date:

07/01/2013

Chris Park, the Vice President of Corporate Responsibility at New York Life Insurance Company and President of the New York Life Foundation, will be retiring from her positions effective January 1, 2014.

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Appointments & Transitions

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New York Life Foundation

Target Corporation

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

Release Date:

03/22/2010

... downturn and to inform developing government policies. In response , Heron created an Opportunity Fund to support its ...

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Insights

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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

Funding Area

Community Development

Economic Security

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F.B. Heron Foundation

Scott Stringer Unveils Transition Team

Release Date:

11/18/2013

Ana Oliveira has been appointed as co-chair of Comptroller-elect Scott Stringer's transition team. Its members include Lisa Garcia Quiroz, Chief Diversity Officer and Senior Vice President for Corporate Responsibility at Time Warner Inc.

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The New York Women's Foundation

Simons Foundation Funds Groundbreaking Autism Research

Release Date:

12/15/2014

New study links brain inflammation to autistic spectrum disorder.

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Member News

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Health

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The Simons Foundation

Century Foundation Senior Fellow Comments on Disrupting the One-Teacher Standard

Release Date:

09/01/2016

In a perfect world, education experts would shrink class sizes and children would learn from multiple teachers.

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Education

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The Century Foundation

Funders’ Network for Smart Growth and Livable Communities (TFN) Announces Applications for 2017 Class

Release Date:

10/27/2016

... can enhance funder grantmaking decisions in ways that are responsive to the needs and assets of low-income ...

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RFPs Etc

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Helmsley Charitable Trust Supports New Gene-Editing Technology That Partially Restores Vision in Blind Animals

Release Date:

11/17/2016

Salk Institute researchers have discovered a holy grail of gene editing-the ability to, for the first time, insert DNA at a target location into the non-dividing cells that make up the majority of adult organs and tissues.

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Health

Science

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The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust

Andrew Golden Joins Rita Allen Foundation Board of Directors

Release Date:

03/23/2017

Andrew K. Golden, President of the Princeton University Investment Company (PRINCO), has been elected to the Rita Allen Foundation Board of Directors.

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Appointments & Transitions

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Rita Allen Foundation

73% of Donors Worldwide Are Women, and Most Like to Give Online, Study Says

Release Date:

09/27/2017

Seventy-three percent of charitable donors in the word are women age 37 or older, and nearly 60 percent of them prefer to give online. Ninety-three percent of them live in primarily wealthy, developed countries.

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Sector News

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, The JPB Foundation and Others Fund Brain Circuitry Research

Release Date:

05/03/2018

Observational learning, offers a major evolutionary advantage, says Kay Tye, an MIT associate professor of brain and cognitive sciences and a member of MIT's Picower Institute for Learning and Memory.

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Member News

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Science

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Freedom Together Foundation

27 Jun 2024

COO Roundtable - June 2024

Thursday, June 27, 2024 -

12:00pm to 1:30pm

COO Roundtable The COO Roundtable is a Philanthropy New York professional peer network, composed of senior-level executive officers who are responsible for the financial and administrative oversight and day to day management of...

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Network Building

Format

Webinar/Teleconference

Audience

All Funders

17 Apr 2019

"Giving Done Right" with Phil Buchanan

Wednesday, April 17, 2019 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

... and Ford Foundation, we invite you to join this special event celebrating the release of Giving Done Right: ... philanthropy Examples that challenge prevailing notions of what smart philanthropy is How...

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Issue-Based

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Presentation

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All Funders

Topic(s)

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

United Hospital Fund Releases Report Finding Wide Variation in Unnecessary Antibiotic Prescribing for NYS Medicaid Patients

Release Date:

06/22/2018

... antibiotic prescribing patterns among New York State ’s Medicaid population, released today by United ... New York’s Medicaid Population , funded by the New York State Department of Health, reviewed antibiotic...

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Member News

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Health

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United Hospital Fund

11 Mar 2015

Young Leaders Breakfast Club: Info Session B - Webinar

Wednesday, March 11, 2015 -

1:00pm to 2:00pm

... session (3 hours): January 2016, date TBD Contribute to planning one program or event for the full YLBC cohort. Breakfast club meetings often ...