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Learning in Place

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07/14/2011

By Maria Mottola, Executive Director, New York Foundation I am an ambivalent traveler. I get anxious about leaving things that are familiar—it’s disorienting. But once I arrive someplace new, I feel exhilarated; finding yourself...

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The Future of ‘Zipcode as Destiny': Three Scenarios

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01/14/2016

The Rockefeller Foundation's Claudia Juech and Rachel Korberg talk about new researchhighlighting some ways to mitigate birthplace as determinant of life outcomes.

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The Rockefeller Foundation

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Economic Security

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Overcoming Setbacks

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09/11/2018

Stephen Heintz, President, Rockefeller Brothers Fund writes "In 2008, millions of Americans, including myself, were inspired by the campaign pledges of then-candidate Barack Obama, who promised not only to reform our policies, but to transform our...

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Rockefeller Brothers Fund

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Leaders in Nonprofit Innovation Show How Power Dynamics in Philanthropy Are Shifting

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02/19/2020

If you want to know where philanthropy is headed, look to the social innovators taking on tough issues in unexpected ways and get to know what makes them tick.

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Social Justice

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The J.M. Kaplan Fund

The Will and The Way: Philanthropy's Grantmaking Defaults Must Change

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02/05/2020

The recent report on ending the “Starvation Cycle” confirms that the vast majority of funding is project-based, that this type of funding rarely covers the full cost of the associated work, that “cost-minus” funding is not just unfair but also...

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SeaChange Capital Partners

CEP Study, Commissioned by Mid-Hudson Valley Nonprofits & the Dyson Foundation, Paints Stark Picture for Valley Nonprofits

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04/27/2020

... view the CEP summary report visit https://dysonfoundation. org /images/stories/documents/MHVF_PDF_Report_2.pdf CEP Study, ...

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Community Development

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The Dyson Foundation

The Rockefeller Foundation Launches Action Plan for Increasing Global Covid-19 Vaccination Efforts

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06/01/2021

80% of Covid-19 vaccinations given in wealthy countries; US$9.3 billion required for COVAX to secure vaccines for low- and middle-income countries.

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International/Foreign Affairs

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Disaster Relief

Health

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The Rockefeller Foundation

Listening, Learning and Taking Action: Our Journey to Advance Racial Equity

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03/09/2022

... Officer, The Pinkerton Foundation at dpulliam@pinkertonfdn. org . Listening, Learning and Taking Action: Our Journey ...

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

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Fund for Public Housing Receives $3.2 Million from Helmsley Charitable Trust to Launch Green Space Connections for 14,000 NYCHA Residents in Brooklyn and the Bronx

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11/02/2022

... For more information, visit www.fundforpublichousing. org . About NYCHA The New York City Housing Authority ...

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The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust

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Community Development

Housing and Homelessness

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Let’s Address the Real Reason Great Fundraisers Are in Short Supply

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01/27/2023

“We need a unicorn.” That’s what we hear nearly every week from organizations seeking their next development director.

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Robert Sterling Clark Foundation

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Purpose as a Compass: Grant Reporting - What is the Purpose? Linking Values, Vision, and Practice 

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04/25/2023

Oral and alternate reporting (OAR) is an emergent practice that strives to rebalance power between funders and their grantees, drive insight and collaborative engagement around “wicked” problems and make efficient use of limited resources. Sounds...

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School Choice and Privilege Are Inextricably Linked

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11/09/2015

Edward W. Hazen Foundation President Lori Bezahler says that unless we examine the relationship between privilege and access to markets, we will ignore the constraints that many families face in a market driven education system.

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Education

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The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and the Flamboyan Foundation’s Arts Fund Announce Twenty Puerto Rican Writers Receive the Inaugural Letras Boricuas Fellowship

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11/16/2021

... interested in applying can visit www.letrasboricuas. org for more information and to submit applications in ... cultural organizations. http://www.flamboyanfoundation. org About Flamboyan Arts Fund The...

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Arts

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NYCT Gives $5.6M For New Efforts to Stop Domestic Violence, Protect First Amendment Rights, Build Young Leaders and More

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04/12/2017

... especially those most in need. See nycommunitytrust. org NYCT Gives $5.6M For New Efforts to Stop Domestic ...

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The New York Community Trust

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Give Generously—You Can’t Help It!

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12/18/2009

For those of you who read blogs about philanthropy and charity (you’re reading this, aren’t you?), maybe, like me, you’ve been struck by a few of the articles about altruism and giving and human biology. Since we are deep in the middle of the “...

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There's Something Rotten in the State of Development Funding

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11/16/2015

Rockefeller Foundation Managing Director Saadia Madsbjerg says the future of successful development lies with financing and not with giving.

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Environment and Climate Change

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Community Development

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The Rockefeller Foundation

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NYCT Makes Over $800K in Grants to Respond to Federal Policy Changes

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02/07/2017

... resource.) Please contact Amy Wolf at aw (at) nyct-cfi. org or (212) 686-0010 x234 for more. RESPONDING TO FEDERAL ...

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The New York Community Trust

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Accelerating Your Impact: On-Ramps to Effective Advocacy Funding

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10/24/2024

... links to primers and more advanced resources: https://afj. org /wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Focus-on-Foundations-2.pdf ...

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