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Ford Foundation Appoints Hilary Pennington as Executive Vice President

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01/19/2018

... Pennington as its first executive vice president, a role in which she will oversee all of the foundation's programs in ... is exceptionally well-suited to lead our programming as we...

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Ford Foundation

09 Feb 2017

Becoming a Successful Board Chair: Tips and Advice from Your Peers - Webinar

Thursday, February 9, 2017 -

12:00pm to 1:30pm

... Board chairs play an important and indispensable role in family foundations. This position is not just honorary and ... skill sets. Join NCFP for a candid conversation as we showcase successful board chairs...

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13 Apr 2017

Spending Up: A Discussion on Perpetuity - Webinar

Thursday, April 13, 2017 -

12:00pm to 1:30pm

... to private and family foundation staff and trustees only.* In the 2015 Trends Study, NCFP found that nearly ... to limit their philanthropic lifespans. In this webinar, we ’ll host a...

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Mark Zuckerman Named New President of The Century Foundation

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02/24/2015

... energy, passion and focus to The Century Foundation and we ’re delighted he will take the helm as our next ... “From supporting and advocating progressive initiatives in the West Wing of the White House, to his...

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Children, Youth and Families

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The Century Foundation

New Philanthropy Center, Fund for 2025 Respond to Funders’ Needs

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10/24/2014

... Center at the "crossroads of the world" – Times Square. We also announced early commitments of more than $2 million ... new apple of our collective eye but a concrete response to what we...

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Mellon Announces $125 Million "Creatives Rebuild New York" Initiative to Reactivate the State's Creative Economy and Provide Artists with the Critical Support They Need

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06/03/2021

... President of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. “As we look to emerge from this pandemic, it’s critical for the vibrancy of our cities that we recognize that making art is work, and artists are among ... state...

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Arts

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Mellon Foundation

12 Mar 2020

The Power of a Name: Considering Privacy, Publicity, and Transparency - A Webinar Hosted by NCFP

Thursday, March 12, 2020 -

12:00pm to 1:15pm

... your name publicly can be a positive and productive tool in your philanthropy. Your name can also carry a lot of ... experiment and potentially fail. For families that want to use their names more...

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MasterCard Makes Fortune List of Businesses Confronting World's Problems

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08/23/2016

... money doing so. Here’s our look at 50 companies that do well by doing good. The 50 companies chosen for this year's Change the World list hail from 22 countries. Use our interactive map to see how the...

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Corporate Social Responsibility

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Mastercard Center for Inclusive Growth

Carnegie Corporation of New York Donates $1.5 Million for Disaster Relief

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01/30/2018

... universities and displaced students and their families. In response to the ongoing recovery efforts, Carnegie ... addition, the Corporation has allocated $250,000 for Equal Justice Works to deploy a corps of...

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

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Disaster Relief

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22 Jul 2020

Service for Impact - July Conversation

Wednesday, July 22, 2020 -

10:00am to 11:30am

... needs. The Service for Impact working group, rooted in the principles of Reimagining Service , provides a ... In our final Service for Impact session this year, we will focus on the “how” of...

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Corporate Funders

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20 Jan 2015

The Power of Microaggressions & Microaffirmations

Tuesday, January 20, 2015 -

8:00am to 11:15am

... $550 billion per year loss in U.S. workforce productivity. What are they? Microaggressions are the subtle ways in which ... identities. (The Microaggressions Project). Are we...

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02 Nov 2016

New York Foster Youth Funders Group - Fall Meeting

Wednesday, November 2, 2016 -

9:00am to 11:00am

... peer network of grantmakers who are funding or interested in the area of foster youth in New York. The purpose of the ... Aid Society will be with us for the first hour, and then we will dive...

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Children, Youth and Families

18 Jun 2018

No Place Like Home: Responding to the Unique Needs of Homeless Children and Their Families

Monday, June 18, 2018 -

9:00am to 11:00am

... house them. Rather, many are in commercial hotels that do not meet the needs of a family to access a kitchen, laundry facilities, or recreational space. We invite you to join funders, service...

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Children, Youth and Families

Housing and Homelessness

Opinion: Ending the Revolving Door of Homelessness (New York Community Trust)

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01/06/2016

... New York should draw on approaches that have helped in the past as well as those that seem promising, especially ... an effort to stop the revolving door of homelessness. We all have to start by acknowledging...

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The New York Community Trust

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Housing and Homelessness

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12 Feb 2020

Prose for Program Officers: A Workshop in Writing for Philanthropic Audiences

Wednesday, February 12, 2020 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

... board reports and grant summaries hitting the mark, or do you find yourself overusing metaphors and mired in ... Funders : Please email register@philanthropynewyork. org . ($150 fee) Please...

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation and National Science Foundation Fund Creation of Battery-Free HD Video Streaming Technology

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04/27/2018

... video streaming method that doesn’t need to be plugged in . Their prototype skips the power-hungry parts and has ... else, like a smartphone, process the video instead. They do this using a technique called...

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

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Technology

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Commonwealth Fund's Blumenthal Explores Health Data Security in WSJ Editorial

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05/01/2015

... Fund's Blumenthal Explores Health Data Security in WSJ Editorial With the rapid spread of electronic ... Pretty soon, all that information will be stored in the cloud in personal health...

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The New York Community Trust

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Health

Technology

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The Rockefeller Foundation Announces the Communities Thrive Challenge Grantees

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12/05/2018

... Announces the Communities Thrive Challenge Grantees Today, we are thrilled to share the names of the 10 organizations ... Each organization is not only making a tremendous impact in its community but also...

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Community Development

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Largest-Ever Study of Cornea Condition Reveals Hidden Risk Factors, U-M Team Reports (Research To Prevent Blindness)

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01/13/2016

... cone-shaped over time. The last decade has brought new treatment options, but many people don’t receive a ... made by researchers at the University of Michigan Health System ’s Kellogg Eye Center and the U-M...

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