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Google Pledges $1 Billion to Fund Non-Profit Education

Release Date:

10/13/2017

Google says over the next five years it will spend $1 billion on nonprofit organizations helping to raise education levels around the world and commit its employees to a million hours of volunteer work doing the same.

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Sector News

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Corporate Social Responsibility

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

New NYSHealth Video: "Building a Healthier Brownsville"

Release Date:

11/20/2017

... of its residents. NYSHealth grantees and partners are working together with residents and local organizations in ...

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Video

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Health

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New York Health Foundation

The Heumann Perspective: Ford Foundation

Release Date:

01/05/2018

Ford Foundation Senior Fellow and human & disability rights advocate Judy Heumann investigates how our grantmakers are including a disability lens in their areas of work.

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Video

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Disabilities

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Ford Foundation

A Conversation with Rockefeller Foundation’s Rajiv Shah

Release Date:

01/12/2018

The former USAID administrator, and president of one of the United States’ largest foundations, reflects on the role of philanthropy in times of austerity and the greatest challenges Rockefeller is undertaking both domestically and abroad.

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International/Foreign Affairs

President of Casey Family Programs on Family Access to Prevention Services to Address Opioid Crisis

Release Date:

02/09/2018

William Bell, PhD, president and CEO of Casey Family Programs, a Seattle organization that aids foster parents, shares how important is to make sure families have access to prevention services and are not isolated.

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Children, Youth and Families

Health

How to Win the Lottery

Release Date:

02/27/2018

... In truth, we’re not “funding a disability,” we’re working to break down barriers and improve access. One of my ...

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Insights

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Disabilities

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Reader's Digest Partners for Sight Foundation

Atlantic Philanthropies Releases Two New Books on Advocacy and Government Partnerships

Release Date:

03/16/2018

Atlantic Philanthropies releases new books exploring how philanthropy can partner with government and support advocacy campaigns.

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Member News

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Civic Engagement

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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The Atlantic Philanthropies

Supported by Bloomberg Philanthropies Cities of Service Announces 10 Finalists for Inaugural Engaged Cities Award

Release Date:

04/16/2018

... Cities Award, a new effort to elevate cities that are working creatively to tap the wisdom, talents, and energy of ...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies

JPMorgan Chase, Ford Foundation and Kresge Foundation Back Development in Detroit's North End and Grandmont-Rosedale Neighborhoods

Release Date:

05/11/2018

Develop Detroit will build or rehab or build 70 new homes in the North End and Grandmont-Rosedale neighborhoods.

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Community Development

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JPMorgan Chase & Co.

Ford Foundation

The Kresge Foundation

Conrad N. Hilton Foundation Consolidates Its Programs

Release Date:

06/05/2018

... said the board looked at how long the foundation had been working in its various areas, what impact it was having, and ...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Conrad N. Hilton Foundation (New York)

New York Community Trust, Mertz Gilmore Foundation, and Others Fund Choreographer-in-Residence Program for NYC's Choreographers of African Descent

Release Date:

06/15/2018

RestorationART presents Afro Pas De Deux, a two-day festival, featuring award-winning 2018 ChoreoQuest choreographers-in-residence as they innovate within the algorithm of a pas de deux.

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Member News

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Arts

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The New York Community Trust

Mertz Gilmore Foundation

Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Provides Grant to Investigate and Conserve Art

Release Date:

08/03/2018

The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation awarded a $3.5 million grant to the Center for the Scientific Studies in the Arts, a collaborative partnership with the Art Institute of Chicago to investigate and conserve art.

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Member News

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Arts

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Mellon Foundation

04 Oct 2018

Philanthropic Assistants & Coordinators Network Meeting: Finding Your Decision-Making Power

Thursday, October 4, 2018 -

8:45am to 10:15am

Join us for this professional development program, designed to identify and discuss the decision-making power we, as employees in a support role, have the privilege to exercise in our roles. This is a chance to learn about other people’s work as...

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Professional Development

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Breakout Discussion

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Executive Support Staff

NYCT Announces Retirement of Patricia Jenny VP of Grants

Release Date:

10/18/2018

The New York Community Trust announces the retirement of Patricia Jenny, Vice President for Grants, in early February 2019.

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Appointments & Transitions

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The New York Community Trust

The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation Supports Habitat for Humanity Worcester County Build

Release Date:

10/26/2018

Habitat for Humanity of Worcester County has received a grant from The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation for its upcoming single-family home build in Bishopville, this fall.

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Member News

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Housing and Homelessness

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The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation

Westchester Community Foundation Awards Grant to Green Business Partnership

Release Date:

12/14/2018

Using a comprehensive, customized digital toolkit and a propriety emissions tool, membership in the Green Business Partnership is available to any organization that leases or owns commercial or industrial space in New York.

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Member News

Funding Area

Economic Security

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The Westchester Community Foundation

Steven Denning Joins the Board of the Markle Foundation

Release Date:

01/15/2019

The Markle Foundation is pleased to announce that Steven Denning has been elected to its Board of Directors.

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Appointments & Transitions

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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John & Mary R. Markle Foundation

13 Feb 2019

Can Data + Organizing Drive Policy? Prospects for Strengthening Tenant Protections in New York City and Statewide

Wednesday, February 13, 2019 -

8:45am to 10:00am

This is the second of two panels that reveal the sophisticated work of organizing in today’s complicated, high-pressure real estate market, how civic data is used (and needed) to support that work, and the changes to housing policies needed to...

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Issue-Based

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Panel

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All Funders

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Community Development

Housing and Homelessness

Philanthropy New York Promotions

Release Date:

03/13/2019

... Bachelor of Science Degree in Accounting and is currently working on her CPA license. As Senior Director of Learning ... information to inquiries about PNY membership. Prior to working for Philanthropy New...