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Obama Speaks at Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center

Release Date:

11/16/2016

Initially, Obama planned to deliver a public speech on Wednesday from the Pnyx, a rocky hill beneath the Acropolis; however, it has been rescheduled to take place at the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center, due to security concerns.

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International/Foreign Affairs

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Stavros Niarchos Foundation

Diversity & Inclusion Action Kit

Publication date:

04/2011

... a civil society, is intended to help foundations identify what steps they can take to advance diversity and inclusion. ...

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Report

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Increasing Impact, Enhancing Value: A Practitioner's Guide to Leading Corporate Philanthropy

Publication date:

04/2012

What is the role of corporate philanthropy in business and ...

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Report

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Corporate Funders

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Governance

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Working with Grantees: The Keys to Success and Five Program Officers Who Exemplify Them

Publication date:

05/2010

... widely within a single foundation. This research explores what grantees value in their relationships with program ...

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Report

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Program Staff

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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

Staten Island after Sandy: A Funder Update

Release Date:

04/10/2013

... on Staten Island in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy and what her foundation and other organizations are doing to help ...

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Insights

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The Staten Island Foundation

5 Questions for...Kimberleigh J. Smith, Board President, Paul Rapoport Foundation

Release Date:

06/28/2013

... Rapoport Foundation’s decision to spend down by 2015, what they’ve learned about the spend down process and how ...

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Insights

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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

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Paul Rapoport Foundation, Inc.

Ask Your Question to Duncan, King and Walcott!

Release Date:

05/14/2012

... welcomes submissions from Philanthropy New York members on what questions should be asked and how. Ask Your Question to ...

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Insights

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Education

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Philanthropy New York

Creating a Conversation About Hunger in America

Release Date:

03/19/2013

... Cummings Foundation Board Chair James K. Cummings shares what he learned from taking the SNAP Challenge—spending a ...

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The Nathan Cummings Foundation

06 Feb 2013

Family Foundations Briefing

Wednesday, February 6, 2013 -

11:00am to 1:00pm

Teleconference

... Family Philanthropy Conference, in San Jose. Hear what they learned, and contribute your views if attending. Explore What ’s the buzz? What are the topics everyone is talking about? ...

Three Questions With Darren Walker

Release Date:

09/23/2016

... Walker talks with SSIR senior editor Michael Slind about what organizations like his can do to address inequality. ...

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Member News

Video

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Ford Foundation

Nonprofits Battle to Get Charitable Deduction Extended to All Taxpayers

Release Date:

10/12/2017

... with lawmakers remains unclear as Congress attempts what President Trump calls a "once-in-a-generation" tax .....

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Mediacracy — A Dialogue With Experts on the Troubled Intersection of Media and Democracy

Release Date:

11/26/2013

... Funders Executive Director Vince Stehle moderated the event , and penned a related piece for The Chronicle of ... to dealing with such issues.” Among other topics, the event featured a series of creative...

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Media Impact Funders

The William C. Bullitt Foundation

Learn Foundation Law

Publication date:

04/2012

... online resource, which covers the basic legal rules around what staff are allowed to fund and engage in at a private ... how lobbying laws apply to private foundations, who and what they can legally fund, the types of grants private ...

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UJA-Federation of New York’s John Ruskay addresses Yeshiva University’s commencement and awarded honorary doctorate

Release Date:

05/23/2014

... heading UJA-Federation, urged the students to ask: “ What is my calling? What is it that will provide the basis for a life of meaning, ...

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UJA-Federation of New York

Commonwealth Fund Expresses Concern of Losing Coverage Gains Under Trump Presidency

Release Date:

11/11/2016

... president elect, national nonprofits are digging into what could come out of his health policy. On Wednesday, we ... Fund added another piece about the challenges of what ’s ahead. It expresses concern over the...

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Member News

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Health

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The Commonwealth Fund

Why Ford Foundation’s $1B Announcement Matters More Than You Think, and the Blind Spot of Two-Pocket Thinking

Release Date:

04/07/2017

... Thinking “Two-pocket thinking” is the idea that “ what we do for a living” and “ what we really care about” live in entirely separate ...

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Corporate Social Responsibility

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Ford Foundation

Philanthropy New York Stands in Solidarity With The Asian American and Pacific Islander Community

... and Now. • Explore the history of violence and state -sponsored exclusion and imprisonment of Asian-Americans ...

Bruce Trachtenberg Stepping Down from Communications Network

Release Date:

10/16/2013

... done for the Network during his tenure as ED. But here's what we really think made Bruce so great: he cares. He cares ... He holds a Bachelor's degree in History from Portland State University. Bruce...

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Appointments & Transitions

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The Wallace Foundation

15 Oct 2014

Busting the Business of Trafficking Women and Children

Wednesday, October 15, 2014 -

8:45am to 11:00am

... and social justice issue. Rightly so, considering the U.S. State Department estimates 600,000 to 800,000 people are ... year. More than 70% are female and half are children. But what would happen if we shifted...