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Why New Yorkers should be proud of the 2020 Census Results

Release Date:

05/06/2021

... be proud of. Here’s why: We could have lost two seats. Based on birth, death, and immigration data from the American ... efforts was a missed opportunity, especially for groups outside of New York City. In the...

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Census 2020

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The New York Community Trust

Renowned Scholar and Author Carolyn Dinshaw Joins the Mellon Foundation as Senior Program Officer for Higher Learning

Release Date:

02/10/2022

... and raised in San Jose, California, Dinshaw is currently based in New York City. Renowned Scholar and Author Carolyn ...

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Appointments & Transitions

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Mellon Foundation

The New York Women's Foundation Announces History-Making Honorees Ahead of 2023 Celebrating Women® Breakfast

Release Date:

03/07/2023

... invests in women-led, innovative, and bold community- based solutions that promote the economic security, safety, ...

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Member News

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The New York Women's Foundation

The Power of Giving Caregivers Extra Hands for Their Research

Release Date:

05/17/2018

... high demands of their research. In our research on this issue , we learned about several innovative, intramural ... Dr. Kristin Jensen, a researcher in pediatrics, working on improving the health of persons...

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Health

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Doris Duke Foundation

20 Jul 2017

Federal Policy Update and Q&A - A Webinar Hosted by GCIR

Thursday, July 20, 2017 -

4:00pm to 5:00pm

... advisors, and members and staff of funder affinity groups and regional associations of grantmakers. ...

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Issue-Based

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Webinar/Teleconference

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Affinity Groups

All Funders

Philanthropic Consultants/Advisors

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Building a Bigger Tent for Effective Philanthropy

Release Date:

07/07/2015

... and academia. Three-quarters of contributions to US- based nonprofits are from individual donors. About 15 percent ... with others who were dubious about rigorous, evidence- based philanthropy, because they...

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Legal Issues

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Bessemer Trust

Finding the Right Balance: Thoughts on Advocacy and Direct Service Funding from Ashley Blanchard

Release Date:

07/09/2010

... for Justice website .) Funders supporting advocacy groups may find that some of their funding is used to cover ... crisis—purposefully distinct from OSI’s other programs working on issues of inequity. Yet over...

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Examine Organizational Blind Spots With This New Gender Lens Tool

Release Date:

03/31/2017

... policies or programs that unintentionally discriminate based on gender roles. Without this lens, funders can fail to ... “gender funders,” ones that aren’t already working in the women, girls, and LGBTQ space...

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Gender Justice

Denise Arzola Named Director of Clinical-Community Partnerships at the United Hospital Fund

Release Date:

05/17/2021

... named Denise Arzola, an experienced leader of community- based organizations focused on health, as director of its ... that support and enable partnerships between community- based organizations and health...

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Appointments & Transitions

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United Hospital Fund

Improving the Accuracy of Wikipedia’s Medical Information

Release Date:

01/06/2015

... health care providers, sometimes to get a quick take on an issue or as a springboard to additional sources in the ... found that 72 percent of students preferred a Wikipedia- based assignment to a traditional...

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Health

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New York Health Foundation

Philanthropy New York Welcomes Two New Philanthropy Fellows, Ariane Cruz and Javon Robinson

Release Date:

07/13/2021

... program in prison created in partnership with community- based institutions such as the Brooklyn Public Library. Over ... spectrum. Fellows play a critical role in facilitating issue - based...

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PNY News

16 Jul 2014

Healthcare Reform Update: Are Your Populations Getting Covered?

Wednesday, July 16, 2014 -

2:45pm to 5:00pm

... value of coverage and help them complete the application. Based on the early experiences of these enrollment groups and emerging data, what do we know about the ... A Program Of Philanthropy New York's...

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Children, Youth and Families

Community Development

04 Nov 2015

Sectoral Employment Strategies for Young Adults: Lessons for the New Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Programs

Wednesday, November 4, 2015 -

2:45pm to 5:00pm

... second chance system has been questioned by many funders based on evaluations of these programs prior to 2000. ... to 75%, and requiring 20% of the funds to be spent on work- based learning activities. The...

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Issue-Based

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Roundtable Discussion

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All Funders

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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Public Policy

Funding Area

Workforce Development

Location

New York City

16 Jan 2013

Service for Impact Meeting

Wednesday, January 16, 2013 -

8:00am to 10:30am

... and better resourced.” The Service for Impact Working Group will meet quarterly to provide a forum where ...

The World Has Pledged To Divest $2.6 Trillion From Fossil Fuels

Release Date:

09/22/2015

... was announced at a press conference in New York, hosted by groups including the United Nations, the Rockefeller Brothers ... a private consulting company that works with philanthropic groups . In recent years,...

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Member News

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Environment and Climate Change

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Rockefeller Brothers Fund

Arabella Advisors

Fast Company Names Ford Foundation As One of the World's Most Innovative Companies

Release Date:

02/21/2018

... operations over the next five years allowing struggling groups to sustain and scale. Foundations generally spend just ...

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Ford Foundation

Ending Whack-a-Mole Philanthropy

Release Date:

10/08/2020

... role in these dynamics. Some of our traditional ways of working exacerbate the whack-a-mole dynamic, including the tendency to invest in very specific issue areas and to measure impact through narrow metrics...