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Carol Levine to Receive Award for Raising Awareness About and Influencing Policy on Family Caregiving

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10/21/2014

... work more effectively together. In 1993, she was awarded a MacArthur Foundation Fellowship for her work in AIDS policy and ethics. She was named a WebMD Health Hero in 2007 and a Purpose...

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Finance & Asset Management

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Health

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United Hospital Fund

10 Feb 2015

The Conference Board's Business - Community Impact Symposium

Tuesday, February 10, 2015 - 8:00am to Wednesday, February 11, 2015 - 5:00pm

... increasing demands on your company to create social good, a corporate citizenship and philanthropy program is a business imperative. Join your peers at The Conference ... issues: Corporate Philanthropy and...

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Red Hook Autumn: Losing and Gaining Power During the Disaster

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01/18/2013

... President, Red Hook Initiative One hot day last summer, a group of our staff and board members sat together working ... York Magazine Nonprofit Excellence Awards . It was a long meeting, and it was hard work...

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Partner & Prepare: How to Fund Advocacy During Polarized Political Times

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02/06/2012

... work into the spotlight—and sometimes also under a microscope. Madeline Janis , Executive Director of the Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy (LAANE) , learned this when her own ... learned that an unnamed...

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A Weak Foundation

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03/09/2011

... more than three decades in the world of philanthropy, as a program officer at a major national private foundation. I entered with little or ... I had known for the prior ten years. I believed it was a...

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Fewer Rocks & a Traffic Light = Greater Effectiveness & More Success

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12/14/2010

... M. Haws, COO, Wellspring Advisors Foundations worry a lot about their grantees. Which of the many struggling ... are focusing on the right issues. Wellspring embarked upon a project to refine and strengthen...

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Responding to Haitian Devastation, At Home

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08/16/2010

... many people’s radar, for lots of reasons: six months is a long time in today’s world; Haiti is a long way from New York; the oil spill in the Gulf Coast is ... immediately asked me whether our organization...

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Payout Redux

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04/09/2010

... lazy) and fail to align budget and mission. This may be a good time to revisit the payout question. I have come to believe that, if there is to be a payout rate, 5 percent is a proper,...

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Welcome to Smart Assets!

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04/23/2009

... New York is pleased to present Smart Assets , a forum for our members to discuss issues affecting our ... Stay tuned for upcoming posts from our members. If you are a Philanthropy New York member and you’d...

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Philanthropy New York Endorses Independent Sector’s Principles for Good Governance and Ethical Practice

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06/15/2015

... should be considered by every charitable organization as a guide for strengthening its effectiveness and ...

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Anne-Marie Audet Joins United Hospital Fund as Vice President

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06/22/2015

... programs at The Commonwealth Fund, where she oversaw a public reporting website, WhyNotTheBest.org . Dr. Audet was responsible for a portfolio of grants on a range of delivery system reform...

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Hostos Food Studies Program is Creating Opportunities in the Bronx

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10/07/2015

... Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund William Nunez, a second-year student at Hostos Community College, has had a long-standing interest in nutrition, and was conscious of ... because of diabetes in his family. I...

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Food Systems

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Ms. & New York Women’s Foundation Join Others in $100M Pledge to Support Economic Security of Women & Families

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11/13/2015

... Funding Network, in announcing Prosperity Together, a five-year, $100 million funding initiative to create ... and research. Women’s economic security has been a cornerstone of The New York Women’s Foundation’...

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The New York Women's Foundation

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Economic Security

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Pfizer, Global Partners Announce Donation of 500 Millionth Dose of Azithromycin, Marking Progress to Help Alleviate the Suffering from Trachoma

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11/16/2015

... eye disease that can lead to permanent blindness as a public health threat by the year 2020. Today, ... the donation of the 500 millionth Zithromax dose and a significant expansion of the national trachoma...

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Corporate Social Responsibility

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Health

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Blue Meridian Partners, Inc.

Arabella Advisors Advocates for 12 Good Food Policy Priorities

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12/10/2015

... as Good Food entrepreneurs. “All of us believe that a policy environment that better supports Good Food is both possible and essential. A better policy environment can produce Good Food jobs, spur ... Arabella...

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Food Systems

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Director of Older Adults Grants Departs Weinberg Foundation

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01/13/2016

... leave the Foundation on February 29, 2016. After almost a decade at the Weinberg Foundation, Marcus will leave to ... Marcus has helped to establish this organization as a national leader in grants supporting...

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The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation

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Gates Foundation Names Robert Hughes as New K-12 Strategy Director

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02/18/2016

... President of New Visions for Public Schools. Bob is a national leader in improving public schools and equity for all students, and has a widely recognized track record of success in closing the ... for low-...

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Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

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Ned Wight, UU Veatch Program Executive Director, Plans to Retire in July 2016

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03/02/2016

... Universalist Veatch Program at Shelter Rock for nearly a decade, will retire in July 2016. Board Chair Katie ... Program: “During Ned’s tenure, he has supported a superb staff team, worked collaboratively with...

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Foundation for a Just Society Supports Report on LGBTQ Organizing in West Africa

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03/07/2016

Foundation for a Just Society Supports Report on LGBTQ Organizing in West ... "We Exist: Mapping LGBTQ Organizing in West Africa," a report charting the growth of LGBTQ activism in Africa, ... with...

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