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Supported by Bloomberg Philanthropies Cities of Service Announces 10 Finalists for Inaugural Engaged Cities Award

Release Date:

04/16/2018

... announced 10 finalists for the Engaged Cities Award, a new effort to elevate cities that are working creatively to ... a program designed to empower city leaders to generate new ideas and advance policy that...

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JPMorgan Chase, Ford Foundation and Kresge Foundation Back Development in Detroit's North End and Grandmont-Rosedale Neighborhoods

Release Date:

05/11/2018

... Develop Detroit will build or rehab or build 70 new homes in the North End and Grandmont-Rosedale ... real estate developer and is the first scaled, for-sale, new construction in the North End in decades...

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Capital One and Others Fund Tech Training for Youth

Release Date:

06/29/2018

... North Carolina medical software developer with offices in New Orleans. “I think we have a unique chance to change the landscape for the people of New Orleans and get them jobs that can more than pay their ...

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Capital One Foundation

Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Release Scaling Solutions toward Shifting Systems: Seeing, Facilitating, and Assessing Systems Change Report

Release Date:

07/22/2020

This report is the third in Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Scaling Solutions initiative, which is a collaboration between RPA, Skoll and Ford foundations.

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The Tinker Foundation Welcomes Bradford K. Smith to its Board of Directors

Release Date:

05/02/2013

The Tinker Foundation is pleased to announce the election of Bradford K. Smith to its Board of Directors.

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Lorelei Williams Joins The Sister Fund as Interim Executive Director

Release Date:

08/22/2013

Lorelei Williams has been named the Interim Executive Director of The Sister Fund. Williams has over fifteen years of experience in the non-profit and philanthropic sectors of the United States, South Africa and Brazil.

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Gender Justice

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HLH Family Foundation Inc

09 Apr 2013

Foundation Administrators Network: Making IT Decisions – Peer Case Studies

Tuesday, April 9, 2013 -

8:45am to 10:30am

The Century Foundation, One Whitehall Street, 15th Fl., NYC

The Foundation Administrators Network (FAN) creates a supportive environment for sharing knowledge and resources, testing ideas with peers, and strengthening professional skills. At the next FAN meeting, we will convene a peer-to-peer discussion on...

22 Apr 2015

Public Policy Communicators NYC: Talk. Think. Drink.

Wednesday, April 22, 2015 -

6:00pm to 8:00pm

If you work in communications for a think tank, nonprofit or foundation, care about a cause, talk a lot about policy and want to share stories over a drink or two, come along to the inaugural “Talk. Think. Drink.”, a happy hour for NYC communicators!

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Noyes Foundation Urges Donors to Make More Timely Allocations From Their Donor Advised Funds

Release Date:

06/29/2015

... a more timely fashion to help societal needs. The video, www .noyes.org/50billion , outlines the work of the Noyes ...

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Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation

06 Oct 2015

PPC-NYC: Talk. Think. Drink. II

Tuesday, October 6, 2015 -

6:00pm to 8:00pm

We are back for a second round! If you work in communications for a think tank, nonprofit or foundation, care about a cause, talk a lot about policy and want to share stories over a drink or two, come along to the “Talk. Think. Drink. II”, a happy...

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Communications Staff

Report Highlights 20 Urban Resilience Strategies In The Rockefeller Foundation-Supported Resilient Cities Network

Release Date:

01/25/2017

While cities committed to building resilience are actively working to boost their capacity to survive, adapt to, and grow despite chronic stresses and acute shocks, service providers and private-sector investors are needed to bridge the gap in...

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Community Development

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The Rockefeller Foundation

14 Dec 2017

Leveraging Small Grants for Big Impact - Webinar

Thursday, December 14, 2017 -

12:00pm to 1:30pm

Domino effect. Snowballing. Chain reaction. Ripple effect. Reverberation. There are plenty of ways to describe this simple truth: small actions can have big results.

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Tools & Strategies

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Family Foundation

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Even as political battles persist, more district and charter schools join partnership program

Release Date:

09/29/2017

Recently, Dawn Brooks DeCosta, the principal of a traditional elementary school in Harlem, was looking for a way to boost her students’ social and emotional skills. Her search led her to an unlikely event: a charter school assembly.

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Education

SeaChange Capital Partners to Help Facilitate Merger of Chicago Non-Profits

Release Date:

12/18/2017

The two groups’ merger centers on combining their hands-on and skilled volunteer networks. Much of the work will involve consolidating their massive databases, an initiative funded by Forefront and SeaChange Capital Partners, two of the few entities...

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UJA-Fed NY Launches Digital Resource to Support Disability Inclusion in Congregational Life

Release Date:

02/13/2018

UJA-Federation developed an online resource that can be downloaded for free as a tool for congregations interested in growing their capacity for inclusion.

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Disabilities

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UJA-Federation of New York

Online Data Journalism Hub Funded by OSF Is Set To Launch

Release Date:

03/12/2018

The Global Editors Network (GEN), headquartered in Paris, aims to address this disparity by launching the Data Journalism Den, a hub devoted to all things data journalism.

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Communications/Media

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Open Society Foundations

05 Apr 2018

The NRA's Power to Thwart Gun Control & How Organizations are Responding - A Webinar Hosted by FCCP

Thursday, April 5, 2018 -

3:00pm to 4:00pm

In the wake of the Parkland shooting, it has once again become clear that the NRA has an outsized impact on policy. Join us for a conversation, hosted by FCCP's Money in Politics Working Group, discussing the national and state perspectives around...

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Issue-Based

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All Funders

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Public Policy

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Health

Public Policy

BNY Mellon and Ashoka Launch Social Innovation Challenge

Release Date:

05/09/2018

... will experience financial insecurity in their lifetimes 1 . While saving money can be a challenge for a variety of ...

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BNY

Rockefeller Foundation and Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Announce Finalists in $10M Economic Opportunity Challenge

Release Date:

09/17/2018

... to ten of the finalists will be named grantees, receiving $ 1 million grants and tailored technical assistance. The ... After site visits with all 20 groups, ten will receive a $ 1 million grant. The other...