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Funders Give and Get Advice From NYC Teens

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05/02/2013

The Opportunity Network recently invited a group of philanthropists to talk about their careers and their professional journeys with New York City students. We’re pleased to have Opportunity Network Founder and Executive Director Jessica Pliska and...

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Prudential and Goldman Sachs Developing World’s Largest Vertical Farm in Newark

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03/12/2015

Together with the City of Newark and the New Jersey Economic Development Authority (NJEDA), the $30 million project will redevelop a former industrial site in the Ironbound community of Newark, NJ

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Leading With Race Equity: Building Stronger Culture and Practice

... to cumulatively build skills and support participants in working on specific practice changes over time. The ... members a registration fee to cover the direct costs of working with our partner. We are...

16 Nov 2011

Role Models in the Classroom: Creating Teaching Pipelines for Black and Latino Males

Wednesday, November 16, 2011 -

1:30pm to 5:00pm

Over the past decade, the achievement gap in New York City schools has remained almost constant, with Black and Latino males at the low end of that gap. While the City takes pride in a 2010 graduation rate of over 65%, less than 40% of Black and...

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Jocelyn Downie Elected New Surdna Foundation Board Chair; Social Finance CEO Tracy Palandjian to Join Surdna Board

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11/01/2013

... begin her board service in May 2014. Palandjian has been working to forge innovative ways to increase social impact by ...

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Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals: One Student’s Story

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12/06/2012

... Leadership Council Philanthropy New York’s Education Working Group , in conjunction with the Donors’ Education ...

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Chosen by Librarians, 2016 Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction Announced

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01/12/2016

The American Library Association announced the winners of the 2016 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction during the ALA Midwinter meeting in Boston.

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

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26 Apr 2018

Shifting the Power: Applying Community Philanthropy to Sustainable Development Here and Abroad (Brown Bag Lunch)

Thursday, April 26, 2018 -

12:00pm to 2:00pm

... with grantees so that you become strategic partners working together toward common interests Presenters Kaberi ...

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Let's Get Explicit About Power

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09/24/2020

... exist that keep other actors silent. Are you intentionally working to encourage participation from your entry-level staff? From staff from marginalized groups ? Certain identities and relationships also hold...

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IFC and the Rockefeller Foundation Partner to Advance Distributed Renewable Energy Solutions in Emerging Markets

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06/22/2021

RF’s contribution of up to $150 million aims to de-risk up to $2 billion of private sector investments in distributed renewable energy.

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Environment and Climate Change

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Compensating for Your Philanthropic Blind Spots

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01/09/2014

... question: she was objective and results-driven, while he based his giving more on experience and intuition. He was a ... exposes them to sustainable urban farming techniques. Based on the success of that...

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Stavros Niarchos Foundation expands Health Initiative with partnerships to fight infectious disease and mental illness worldwide

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06/29/2022

... global Health Initiative, focusing on sharing New York- based expertise around the world to improve access to ... SNF grant, will catalyze the use of precision medicine, based in genomics, in the diagnosis,...

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Random Reflections By A New Author

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05/24/2010

By Jeffrey R. Solomon President, The Andrea and Charles Bronfman Philanthropies I recently heard the esteemed Israeli author, Amos Oz, remind us that when we dream we dream of perfection—whether of a person, an experience, or a...

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John A. Hartford Foundation and Commonwealth Fund Support Journalism Fellowships That Recognize Top 'Age Beat' Reporters

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10/20/2015

The Gerontological Society of America and New America Media have selected 18 distinguished reporters for the next cohort of the Journalists in Aging Fellows Program, now in its sixth year.

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The John A. Hartford Foundation

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Partnering With State Governments to Strengthen Families

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06/25/2013

Ford Foundation President Luis Ubiñas describes the Work Supports Strategies (WSS) initiative — an Urban Institute-directed project to design, test and implement operating changes to public work support systems — and what WSS has taught funders...

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International Grantmaking: A Closer Look

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06/2004

... grantmakers and experts about the keys to finding, working with, and getting the most from international ...

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Payout Redux

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04/09/2010

... were deliberate in their decision-making around this issue . We need more discussion, openness, and questioning about this issue , without a lot of baggage; we need foundations to ...

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Ford, OSF and Others Join Forces to Safeguard Internet Liberties

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02/05/2015

The new coalition will be called NetGain and will work to create an Internet-based public sphere.

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Bloomberg Charity Scrutinized By India For Anti-Tobacco Funding, Lobbying

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08/29/2017

... by billionaire Michael Bloomberg, funds local non-profit groups for anti-tobacco lobbying, government documents show, ... has since 2014 tightened surveillance of non-profit groups , saying they were acting...

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