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Markle Foundation-Backed Online Tools Seek to Help Close the Employment Skills Gap

Release Date:

07/10/2017

... Close the Employment Skills Gap Last year, the Bridgespan Group identified the “skills gap” between American ... We've written a lot on this subject, looking at which funders are seeking to close the...

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Member News

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Workforce Development

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John & Mary R. Markle Foundation

Leaving Rikers: What the New York Women's Foundation Is Doing for Women in New York City's Worst Jail

Release Date:

04/09/2019

... prison population rate in the world, and lately, more funders have been paying attention. The foundations taking on ... Open Society Foundations and the Charles Koch Foundation. Funders are backing bail and...

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The New York Women's Foundation

Post Election: Can Philanthropy Move The Conversation On Gun Safety?

Release Date:

11/03/2016

... attitudes and spur action, and demonstrate the ways that funders have chosen to use this work to support their ... This film screening is in partnership with Media Impact Funders , another longstanding partner...

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President's Message

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Arts

Start a Giving Circle This Summer

Release Date:

06/15/2011

... Change Officer at MSBPhilanthropy Advisors LLC, talks about how the different groups and social occasions you’re ...

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Insights

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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MSBPhilanthropy Advisors, LLC

25 Jun 2014

The Future of Finance: Shifting Power and Wealth from Wall Street to Main Street

Wednesday, June 25, 2014 -

2:45pm to 5:00pm

... to the worst recession since the Great Depression, leaving working families with record levels of debt and public ... levels - in making the financing of cities, public higher education and homeownership more...

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Community Development

SeaChange Capital Partners Produces New Report That Sheds Light on Financial Health of Nonprofit Human Services Sector

Release Date:

01/22/2018

... was provided by The Kresge Foundation and the Ballmer Group , with additional support from the Health Foundation for ... impact on a wide range of systems including health care, education , and the judiciary...

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Member News

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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SeaChange Capital Partners

Wallace Foundation Releases New Report: How Principals Affect Students and Schools: A Systematic Synthesis of Two Decades of Research

Release Date:

02/17/2021

... an increase in student learning in reading and math of about three months, nearly as much as the four months of ... that “it is difficult to envision an investment in K-12 education with a higher ceiling on...

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Children, Youth and Families

Education

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The Wallace Foundation

27 Jun 2018

Where Are the Children? Family Separation Becomes U.S. Immigration Enforcement Policy - A Webinar Hosted by GCIR

Wednesday, June 27, 2018 -

1:00pm to 2:30pm

... for separated families. Legal services organizations are working overtime at immigrant detention centers to identify ... Director of Programs, GCIR Designed for All interested funders . Please note that calls...

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Issue-Based

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Children, Youth and Families

Writing for Insights

... be oriented toward the field of philanthropy and how funders should think or act differently as a result of the ... surprising? What have you learned as a funder? If writing about a program, feel free to touch...

New York State Health Foundation-Funded Research Aims to Reduce Gun Violence in Rochester, New York

Release Date:

11/06/2018

... done on victims taken to Rochester General Hospital, where about 40 percent of area shooting victims are taken. The ... an agency that provides outreach to violent and gang youth and their families. One of...

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Health

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New York Health Foundation

Alfred P. Sloan Foundation-Backed Study Examines the Role of Older Workers in Small Business

Release Date:

04/23/2015

... should not only encourage that trend but think differently about how older workers can most benefit the workforce. ... Industry Guides – available free at Age Smart Employer NYC – are published by the Columbia...

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Member News

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Aging

Workforce Development

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund Brings Art to the Public Hospital System

Release Date:

07/19/2019

... Public Hospital System Hoping to make residents care more about their local health centers, the city’s public ... the help of muralists. The Arts and Medicine Program under NYC Health + Hospitals announced...

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Member News

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Arts

Health

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Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund

22 Jun 2010

Investing in Our Next Generation: English Language Learners and Their Families

Tuesday, June 22, 2010 - 9:00am to Wednesday, June 23, 2010 - 5:00pm

... York COLLABORATIVE PROGRAM presented with Grantmakers for Education and Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees. WHO SHOULD ATTEND: All interested funders . PROGRAM DESCRIPTION One in ten K-12...

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Issue-Based

19 Mar 2015

Using Financial Statements Together with IRS Form 990 to Understand Your Potential Grantees

Thursday, March 19, 2015 -

8:45am to 11:00am

... Kristin Mance, CPA, Senior, Not-for-Profit Services Group , EisnerAmper LLP Candice Meth , CPA, Partner, ... Services Group , EisnerAmper LLP Designed for All funders who wish to enhance their...

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Professional Development

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Webinar/Teleconference

Workshop

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All Funders

New Staff

04 Mar 2025

Service for Impact - Winter Meeting

Tuesday, March 4, 2025 -

9:30am to 11:00am

The  Service for Impact   working group , rooted in the principles of Reimagining Service, ... purpose-driven employees Who should attend? Corporate funders and CECP-affiliated companies. What to...

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Network Building

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Breakout Discussion

Panel

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Corporate Funders

Topic(s)

Volunteerism

Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Announces Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Capacity Building Program Grantees

Release Date:

02/25/2021

... focused – have opportunities to continue learning about , supporting and engaging in anti-racism work.” ... of the program were selected by an external advisory committee for their demonstrated commitment and...

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Member News

Topic(s)

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Funding Area

Environment and Climate Change

Social Justice

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Doris Duke Foundation

23 Sep 2015

The Skills to Pay the Bills: Boosting Nonprofits’ Financial Management - Webinar

Wednesday, September 23, 2015 -

2:00pm to 3:00pm

... get free, trustworthy, hands-on tools and guides about financial management? StrongNonprofits.org--a web-based ... website. Join us for a guided tour of the website, learn about its key tools and guides and...

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All Funders

Topic(s)

Finance & Asset Management

Nonprofit Financials

NY Juvenile Justice Initiative Chair Penny Willgerodt Passes Baton to Julie Peterson and Kaberi Banerjee Murthy

Release Date:

08/04/2016

... busier and busier at The Prospect Hill Foundation. The youth justice movement in New York (& nationwide) is in an ... leadership may not be perfect but advocates must keep working on “raise the age” until...

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Appointments & Transitions

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New York Juvenile Justice Initiative

05 Oct 2018

Documentary Screening and Discussion with Tarana Burke

Friday, October 5, 2018 -

10:00am to 12:30pm

... survivors and advocates, and engage national conversation about necessary changes in power dynamics. As we continue ... York Women's Foundation Designed for All interested funders Registration 9:45 - 10:...

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05 Jan 2017

Resistance and Resilience Strategy of the Climate Movement - Webinar

Thursday, January 5, 2017 -

2:00pm to 3:00pm

... keep up hope, in the face of this new status quo? How can funders best support this work at this moment? Speakers ... the People’s Climate March) Designed for All interested funders . Registration 2:00-3:00 PM...