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Why Are Foundations Often Absent From Major Policy Shifts?

Release Date:

08/13/2009

... they already have the answers, and that their job is to fund projects that back them up and get “stupid” ... imply that foundations interested in public policy need to fund for the long-term, organize in...

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Westchester Community Foundation Met $2 Million Goal and has Distributed $861,500 in COVID-19 Grants to Date

Release Date:

08/03/2020

... raised $2 million for its Westchester Covid-19 Response Fund and distributed $861,500 to 38 human services ... $1 million remaining in the Westchester Covid-19 Response Fund , the Foundation will shift its...

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Disaster Relief

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The Westchester Community Foundation

Can Philanthropy Help Shape the Next Economy? A Workshop Series for a Just Transition

... about the deep, systemic causes of the many issues they fund — from poverty and inequality, to climate, health, ... New York, with staffing support from the Sister Fund , EDGE Funders Alliance and the Movement...

Recording: Youth Power Now: Lessons from Youth Organizers in New York

... in rural areas across New York. In 2024, North Star Fund hosted its first Youth Organizing Summit gathering ... work. We will also be celebrating the launch of North Star Fund ’s first ever youth organizing...

Recording: The Youth Mental Health Crisis: Innovations and Updates from the Field

... Vice President for Policy and Program, United Hospital Fund (moderator) Panel 2: Meeting the ... Officer, Adolescent Mental Health, C armell Hill Fund (moderator) PHILTalk: Innovations in Pediatric Mental ...

Consultant & Vendor Lists: Technology Consultants

Publication date:

02/2015

... x 101 Recommending Organizations: The Commonwealth Fund RDA Enterprises, Inc. 244 5th Ave, Suite 2039, New ... Organizations : Arcus Foundation , Rockefeller Brothers Fund , NorthStar Fund WalkThru 98 Platz Drive Skillman, NJ 08558 ...

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Beyond Grantmaking: Foundations as Impact Investors

Release Date:

05/12/2014

... Network, have used their philanthropic capital to fund the public goods and infrastructure that will allow the ...

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The Rockefeller Foundation

The Nathan Cummings Foundation

New Partnership To Support Pain And Palliative Care For Veterans

Release Date:

06/09/2014

... Care For Veterans In Partnership With The Mayday Fund And The Milbank Foundation NEW YORK, June 9, 2014 ... Center) today announced a partnership with The Mayday Fund and The Milbank Foundation to support...

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Health

Veterans

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Jonas Center / Barbara & Donald Jonas Family Fund

The Mayday Fund

The Carnegie Compact Revisited: Re-envisioning New York City’s Branch Libraries

Release Date:

11/26/2014

Charles H. Revson Foundation President, Julie Sandorf, examines the growing needs of NYC's libraries and why it is vital they survive.

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Children, Youth and Families

Education

Mayor de Blasio Can Make Lasting Change with Nonprofit Living Wages and Career Opportunities

Release Date:

12/16/2014

Jennifer Jones-Austin and James Parrott explore how the City of New York can address low social service sector wages.

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Public Policy

Funding Area

Workforce Development

Foundations as First Responders?

Release Date:

04/18/2013

... within a matter of days, we launched the Brooklyn Recovery Fund with the Office of the Brooklyn Borough President and ... initially made contact with the Brooklyn Recovery Fund through the Borough President’s...

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Five Borough Farm: Supporting Urban Agriculture in New York City

Release Date:

11/08/2013

... Food and Environment Program Officer, North Star Fund and Coordinator, Community Food Funders New York City ...

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Practical Plans for Strengthening Nonprofits: The Human Services Data Project

Release Date:

04/20/2010

... legal work with the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund , Inc., and the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. ...

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Program Recap—Perpetuity or Limited Life: How Do Family Foundations Decide?

Release Date:

07/29/2009

... the panelists, Jane Silver, President of the Irene Diamond Fund , presented the spend-down foundation perspective, while ... Nager, formerly the Executive Director of the Beldon Fund , provided the perspective...

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A Recipe for Managing in Difficult Times

Release Date:

05/14/2009

... everyone read the work of the Nonprofit Finance Fund to understand the concepts of being a “builder” or ... of Correction, and serves on the boards of the Sister Fund , the Mary J. Hutchins Foundation, the...

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18 May 2016

Can Failure Be a Success?: Dissecting the Rikers Social Impact Bond Experiment

Wednesday, May 18, 2016 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

... Managing Director, Advisory Services, Nonprofit Finance Fund Emily Gustafsson-Wright , Fellow, Global Economy and ...

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Finance & Asset Management

Impact Investing

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Funding Area

Justice Reform

Three Ways the Arts are Advancing Equity in NYC

Release Date:

04/06/2016

... the last few months, the New York City Cultural Agenda Fund has been sharing progress from its workshops series with ... sustain a vibrant, more equitable New York? In 2015, the Fund made a grant to Hester...

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Insights

Topic(s)

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Funding Area

Arts

Community Development

Related Organizations

The New York Community Trust

13 Jul 2016

Brownsville as Case Study: Can Community Investments Improve Health?

Wednesday, July 13, 2016 -

9:00am to 11:00am

... strengths in myriad ways. The Healthy Neighborhoods Fund initiative is supporting one of these groups, Community ... wellbeing of the neighborhood. The Healthy Neighborhoods Fund is a project of New York State...

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Issue-Based

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All Funders

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Children, Youth and Families

Community Development

Education

Health

Housing and Homelessness

Justice Reform

Why Should We Care About Tax Policy?

Release Date:

06/14/2016

Kyle Caldwell of the Johnson Center for Philanthropy, Donna Murray-Brown of the Michigan Nonprofit Association and Rob Collier of the Council of Michigan Foundations all agree that taxes and tax policy matter, especially in the nonprofit sector.

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Philanthropy & Nonprofit Sector Support

Law & Order Politicians Don’t Care About Your Programmatic Silos

Release Date:

02/06/2017

... and access to affordable healthcare, and so on. Our sister fund , the Andrus Family Fund , directly supports efforts to transition young people ... and access to affordable healthcare, and so on. Our sister...

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