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We Made a Comprehensive Investment in Board Service, and This Is What Happened

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04/20/2017

Eric Eckholdt of Credit Suisse Americas Foundation writes, "Since the inception of our Board Service Program, we have trained a total of more than 1,100 employees and placed more than 125. While there was a significant number of employees who...

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Credit Suisse Americas Foundation

Foundations and Peer Review: Time to Reconsider the Process?

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05/02/2017

... full report, Peer Review: A System Under Stress , for more information . Ginther, Donna K., Schaffer, Walter T., ...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Doris Duke Foundation

What Philanthropy’s Response to Changes in Washington Means for Civic Engagement

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06/15/2017

... marginalized communities, and working with the best information possible in a sea of unknowns. For example, the ...

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Design and Health: Back Together Again?

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06/21/2017

... of design strategies for health. They can facilitate information sharing and learning collaboratives that get ...

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Health

Brooklyn Community Foundation Announces New Grants for Immigrant Families Facing Deportation

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06/21/2017

Brooklyn Community Foundation is announcing $72,500 in new grants through its Immigrant Rights Fund, a special initiative created by Foundation donors in the weeks after the 2016 presidential election to build a boroughwide response to unjust...

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Immigration

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Brooklyn Org

Brooklyn’s Crown Heights Residents Direct $100,000 for Inclusive Public Spaces via Brooklyn Community Foundation

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07/13/2017

The grants are made through the Foundation’s Neighborhood Strength initiative, a unique resident-led grantmaking model started in Crown Heights.

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Community Development

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Brooklyn Org

Heads Up: These Tax Reform Proposals Could Help or Hurt Nonprofits

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08/16/2017

After the failure to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, leaders of the U.S. House and Senate are even more determined to “win” with tax reform. If you thought the pressure was intense on House and Senate leaders to pass legislation that...

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PNY News

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

At Rockefeller Forum, Companies Commit to Simplify Food Date Labels Worldwide by 2020, Reducing Food Waste

Release Date:

09/21/2017

... date labels that provide consistent and transparent information to better reflect product's shelf life," said .....

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Food Systems

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The Rockefeller Foundation

Lawyers Alliance for New York Announces 2017 Cornerstone Awards for Lawyers Providing Superior Pro Bono Service to Nonprofit Organizations

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11/09/2017

... have been able to navigate a complex array of corporate, information technology, and other business law challenges. ...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Talking Politics

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02/06/2018

... to include those new questions in their surveys, so the information I’m about to share is not representative of ...

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Center for Effective Philanthropy

The Issues We’re Taking to the Hill

Release Date:

02/21/2018

... in joining this advocacy event should contact me for more information . In our meetings with the legislative staff of ...

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Public Policy

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Philanthropy New York

04 Jun 2018

Philanthropy New York’s 39th Annual Meeting - Democracy, Demographics & Destiny: All in the Details

Monday, June 4, 2018 -

1:00pm to 6:00pm

... th Annual Meeting. We will be updating this page with more information as the program develops. We will also send all ...

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The Fight Over Immigrants and Refugees Is Going to Intensify. Here's What Foundations Need to Do

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03/06/2018

Daranee Petsod, President, Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrant and Refugees writes " A year ago, more than 200 foundations from across the United States signed onto our joint statement in support of immigrants and refugees. This rare act of...

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Immigration

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Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees

Responding to Change: A Look at Strategies Helping Wildlife and People Adapt to Shifting Climates

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03/28/2018

Danielle Levoit, Program Officer for the Environment, Doris Duke Charitable Foundation writes about cultivating landscapes’ health and biodiversity through conservation practices that consider the changing climate.

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Environment and Climate Change

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Doris Duke Foundation

An Old Idea is New Again: Tackling Large Complex Problems by Investing in Communities

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04/10/2018

Gisela Alvarez, New York Community Trust writes "My years as a grantee taught me an important lesson: meaningful and lasting change must come from the communities most affected by the change. Now, in a funder capacity, as the Coordinator for the...

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Education

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The New York Community Trust

28 Jun 2018

Policy Core Course 2018 - June 28th Sessions

Thursday, June 28, 2018 -

9:00am to 12:15pm

The Policy Core Course consists of four sessions delivered over two half-days, offering training to foundation trustees and staff at all levels help navigate the legal, strategic, and governance practices necessary to incorporate advocacy and...

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Social Justice

A Starting Point for Gender Equity in Grantmaking

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05/16/2018

... you want to talk. Join FGE! You can sign up to receive information about Funders for Gender Equity any time of the ...

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PNY News

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Philanthropy New York

The Power of Giving Caregivers Extra Hands for Their Research

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05/17/2018

Betsy Myers, Ph.D., Program Director for Medical Research at the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation writes, " More than 40 percent of young physicians with full-time faculty appointments at academic medical schools leave academics within 10 years. The...

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Health

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Doris Duke Foundation

Finding—and Using—the Right Tool for the Job: A Landscape Scan of Assessment Tools

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08/02/2018

Prithi Trivedi, Program Fellow, and Jennifer Wei, Organizational Effectiveness Officer of The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation write "Nonprofits come in many shapes and sizes. They focus on different issues, and work in different geographies...