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Capacity Building Across Borders: Philanthropy New York’s International Grantmakers Network

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02/07/2012

By James O’Sullivan Director, Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors On January 25th, the experiences of funders and grantees in Africa were used as a lens on funding organizational capacity as part of the first session of our...

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Philanthropy New York’s Adventure Series: Version Red Hook

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07/28/2011

... place-based investing, and for Red Hook as a community to show off its many assets that make it a place worth visiting, ...

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Program Recap—Philanthropy New York’s Documentary Film Series: Advise and Dissent

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10/16/2009

Philanthropy New York created its Documentary Series to get our members thinking about alternative mediums for promoting their missions and the work of their grantees.

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Spend Out vs. Perpetuity: Raising the Question

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08/05/2009

Nearly two months ago, the Beldon Fund closed its doors, completing the ten-year intentional spend out envisioned by our chair and donor John Hunting.

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New Thinking about Networks Makes the Field Better, Stronger, More Effective

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03/20/2015

Dave Biemesderfer, President & CEO of the Florida Philanthropic Network, offers insight on partnerships in philanthropy.

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Nobody Needs a ‘Shark Tank’ in Philanthropy

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03/27/2015

Maria Mottola, Gail Nayowith, and Jon Pratt give their thoughts on the Council on Foundation competition for nonprofit organizations.

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Invest in Youth: Strengthening Brooklyn’s Future

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07/02/2015

... want to change the way philanthropy is done. We want to show that young people can be insightful advisors and ...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Community Development

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NYC's Action on School Discipline Moves Closer to Just Education

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07/30/2015

Atlantic Philanthropies' Kavitha Mediratta examines the evolution of school discipline policies in New York City.

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Children, Youth and Families

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Education

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This Is How to Put Neighborhoods at the Center of Grantmaking

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03/04/2016

Prachi Patankar, Senior Program Officer at Brooklyn Community Foundation, speaks on the challenges and successes of participatory grantmaking.

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DC Dysfunction Isn’t the Whole Story

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04/20/2016

... legislative director that Rep. Paul Ryan, in an effort to show the seriousness of the Republican Party, would be ...

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This Teen Pregnancy Program’s Tight Focus Is a Success

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05/02/2016

Lola Adedokun of the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation says teen pregnancy rates in the United States are in decline.

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Gender Justice

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Jonas Center Announces New Focus on Environmental Health

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05/20/2016

... by the National Institutes of Health and other journals show that pesticides and toxins may lead to lower IQs, ADHD ...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Health

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Four Ways Philanthropy Can Support School Integration

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06/09/2016

Halley Potter of The Century Foundation asks: How can we translate research into policy? And how can we support and expand burgeoning efforts to diversity schools?

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Why Should We Care About Tax Policy?

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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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NYC Cultural Agenda Fund Places Marker on Racial Justice Initiative Ahead of City’s Cultural Plan Release

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10/12/2016

As New York City prepares its first comprehensive cultural plan, the New York City Cultural Agenda Fund in The New York Community Trust is making more than half a million dollars in grants to support efforts to increase cultural and racial equity in...

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It’s Time to Define Our New Normal

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12/19/2016

... tracked by groups like The Southern Poverty Law Center , show signs of a chilling future to come. These incidents ...

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$1.6M in Grants from NY Women’s Foundation Focus on Economic Security and Justice

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01/19/2017

... The Foundation’s history of success, these investments show strategic growth and continue to strengthen their ...

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The New York Women's Foundation

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What Post-9/11 Advocacy Can Teach Us about Fighting for Brooklyn Immigrant Rights Today

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01/30/2017

Prachi Patankar, senior program officer at Brooklyn Community Foundation, writes that many immigrant rights groups are now sharing stories similar to what communities felt almost two decades ago.

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Immigration

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Brooklyn Org

Report Commissioned by NY Women's Foundation Provides In-Depth Exploration of Women in the Justice System

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03/08/2017

While New York City has embarked on a series of reforms to divert people from jails and prisons and provide community supervision and community rehabilitation, reforms have primarily focused on men.

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