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

Release Date:

11/26/2013

by Media Impact Funders Over the last decade, media reformers have been ... and freedom of expression. On November 7, Media Impact Funders and Philanthropy New York invited three experts to ... Reform Initiative...

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Communications/Media

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Media Impact Funders

The William C. Bullitt Foundation

Ford Foundation Bets on Slow Food Movement to Help Global Poor

Release Date:

01/23/2015

... international program—has caught the attention of some funders in the development space, including the Ford ...

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Food Systems

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Ford Foundation

Five Borough Farm: Supporting Urban Agriculture in New York City

Release Date:

11/08/2013

... Officer, North Star Fund and Coordinator, Community Food Funders New York City communities face myriad challenges ... and other investors emerged from the briefing: Funders can support work to address...

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TCC Group Exlpores a New Approach to Capacity Building

Release Date:

02/03/2015

Chris Cardona, Julie Simpson and Jared Raynor of TCC Group examine the concept of relational capacity.

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TCC Group

What's Next for Community Philanthropy

Publication date:

02/2015

To help funders adapt, the Monitor Institute’s free, do-it-yourself ...

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Report

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Monitor Institute

New York Community Trust Launches 2015 Nonprofit Excellence Awards Competition

Release Date:

03/05/2015

... New York Community Trust, one of the region’s leading funders of nonprofits. “Our Excellence Awards program ...

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The New York Community Trust

NYCT Seeks Applicants for the Nonprofit Excellence Awards Program

Release Date:

03/12/2015

Senior Program Officer, Patricia Swann, makes the case for "trust-branded" capacity building efforts.

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The New York Community Trust

Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation Backs Community Development in Baltimore

Release Date:

05/11/2015

... brings together three of Baltimore's largest charitable funders . In partnership with the Annie E. Casey Foundation .....

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Children, Youth and Families

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The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation

08 Oct 2015

Making Space for Tinkering, Design-Thinking and Technology in Education

Thursday, October 8, 2015 -

8:45am to 10:30am

... Join us for this conversation about makerspaces and how funders can play a role in this movement. Explore: The ... can help foundations advance their missions; and what funders should consider when evaluating...

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All Funders

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Education

Children, Youth and Families

Location

New York City

Two Hedge Fund Billionaires Donate $1M Each to Pro-Charter School Advocates

Release Date:

10/21/2015

... Excellent Schools have declined to name the nonprofit’s funders since it was founded in 2012. But a July filing ...

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Education

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Ford, Rockefeller and Others Supporting NFF Knowledge-Dissemination Effort on Impact Investing

Release Date:

04/14/2016

... and workshops to support skill-building for nonprofits and funders . The effort is guided by an advisory committee of ...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Ford Foundation

17 Jun 2016

Special Screening & Discussion: Stepping Up for NYC's Youth

Friday, June 17, 2016 -

9:00am to 11:00am

As funders grapple with programs to increase college readiness ... and engage in a rich and provocative conversation with funders involved in education and youth programs. Explore How ... for Public Education...

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Issue-Based

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Film Screening

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All Funders

Funding Area

Education

Children, Youth and Families

JPMorgan, Ford and MetLife Support Aspen Institute Initiative on Family Financial Security

Release Date:

05/16/2016

... Aspen Institute Financial Security Program's other core funders ... JPMorgan, Ford and MetLife Support Aspen Institute .....

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Economic Security

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Ford Foundation

MetLife

Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation Launched First Program to Accelerate Reforms in Education For Health Professionals

Release Date:

06/30/2016

... cures, and to expand access to care. Rarely do we hear of funders bankrolling innovation of education and curricula for ...

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Health

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Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation

Research to Prevent Blindness Was Key Supporter of Zika Study

Release Date:

09/15/2016

The Zika study, published in the prestigious journal Cell Reports , describes a mouse model developed by researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis that shows that the Zika virus is detectable in tears.

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Research to Prevent Blindness

15 Nov 2016

School Discipline is Changing. For the Better?

Tuesday, November 15, 2016 -

12:00pm to 2:00pm

... and Learning, Ford Foundation Designed for All interested funders . Registration 11:45 AM - 12:00 PM Check-in (lunch ... which organizer you were invited. (no fee) Non-Member Funders : Please email register@...

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Co-Authored by Arabella Advisors, Article Tracks A Foundation’s 15-Year Journey In Impact Investing

Release Date:

10/11/2016

... take risks to prove new models, so that larger funders with less risk tolerance would feel able to adopt ...

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Member News

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Environment and Climate Change

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Arabella Advisors

Most Foundations Neglect Rural America. Helmsley Charitable Trust Doesn't

Release Date:

11/02/2016

One funder that is thinking about rural healthcare, with a special eye on the tech side of things, is the Helmsley Charitable Trust, established with the multibillion-dollar estate of the late New York City hotel and real estate barons, Harry and...

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Member News

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Health

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The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust

The Latest Nutrition Grantmaking From Newman's Own

Release Date:

11/28/2016

... issues that have become so hot in recent years among funders . It's given $11.5 million to nutrition-based programs .....

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Member News

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Food Systems

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Newman's Own Foundation

The New Parameters of Our Policy Work

Release Date:

12/15/2016

... support those members who want to come together with other funders for collaborative projects in programmatic subject areas, and those funders may want to take an official stand. For example, we are very proud...

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