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Ford Foundation Supports Universities' Efforts to Boost Student Grad Rates by 20%

Release Date:

03/04/2016

... Efforts to Boost Student Grad Rates by 20% An alliance made up of 11 major universities across the ... than they would have prior to their involvement in the group . UIA recently received $3.85 million in new...

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Education

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Ford Foundation

Mellon and Doris Duke Foundations Back New Report Highlighting 20 Years of NEFA’s National Dance Project

Release Date:

11/18/2016

... of the 20th anniversary of the program. In addition to an evaluation of NDP’s grantmaking data, Metris conducted ... past 20 years, the National Dance Project has grown into an essential part of the artistic...

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Arts

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NY Foundation Releases 'Engage to Change' Video on Henry Street Settlement

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04/17/2017

This conversation features Talia DeRogatis , Public Policy and Community Engagement Liaison & Gabriella Marrero, student at Henry Street Settlement.

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Video

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Community Development

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New York Foundation

Nathan Cummings Announces Increased Payout to Respond to ‘Extraordinary Times’

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05/03/2017

The Foundation’s board and staff met to consider the question: how can we stand alongside our grantees and philanthropic partners and respond to current societal challenges with leadership, urgency, and impact? Its board made the unanimous decision...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Russell Sage Foundation Quoted in Article on Men’s Salaries in Decline

Release Date:

09/14/2017

... 2015 earnings. They represented the only major demographic group to lose income. The trend may help explain why the ...

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Russell Sage Foundation

New Release From NY Foundation's 'Engage to Change' Series on Neighbors Together

Release Date:

09/19/2017

This conversation features Cynthia Agyeman , Community Organizer & Amy Blumsack , Community Action Program Director at Neighbors Together

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Video

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Community Development

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New York Foundation

New Census Figures Offer Hope in Buffalo's Fight Against Child Poverty

Release Date:

10/02/2017

... and the latest Census numbers demonstrate that our plan is working . Childhood poverty is still much higher than we would ...

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Children, Youth and Families

Funded by the Carnegie Corporation and OSF, The New Americans Campaign Program Expands To Philadelphia

Release Date:

03/20/2018

... of the initiative, launched March 15, will work with an inaugural group of six local immigrant-serving organizations — ...

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Immigration

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Open Society Foundations

Carnegie Corporation of New York

John A. Hartford Foundation: 'Hospital at Home' Prevents Complications

Release Date:

10/13/2015

... in need of the level of care and interventions given in an acute care setting, the hospital is often the only option. ... Foundation, a New York City–based private philanthropy working to improve the health of...

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Nine Graphs That Show How Hard It Is To Be a Homeless Student In New York City

Release Date:

08/19/2016

... “We can’t just think about it as a point-in-time event ,” said Jennifer Erb-Downward, a policy analyst who ...

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Housing and Homelessness

Education

Sales and Social Enterprise Aren’t Mutually Exclusive

Release Date:

08/24/2017

To market to the base of pyramid, we need to stop thinking of selling as a dark art.

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Sector News

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Corporate Social Responsibility

02 Nov 2012

Learn and Let Learn: Supporting Successful Learning Communities

Friday, November 2, 2012 -

1:00pm to 2:00pm

... Scaling What Works initiative invites you to join an interview with participants and leaders of one of the ... progam is "Partially Open." Designed for All interested funders . Learn and Let Learn:...

Hartford Foundation Awards Nearly $2.3 Million in Grants

Release Date:

03/20/2014

... end, foundation staff will work with CAPC to find other funders willing to contribute toward the fundraising target ...

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Aging

Health

What's Next for Community Philanthropy

Publication date:

02/2015

To help funders adapt, the Monitor Institute’s free, do-it-yourself ...

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Report

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Monitor Institute

JPMorgan, Ford and MetLife Support Aspen Institute Initiative on Family Financial Security

Release Date:

05/16/2016

... Financial Security The Aspen Institute today launched an ambitious, first-of-its-kind project to shine light on ... Expanding Prosperity Impact Collaborative (EPIC) is an unparalleled effort to identify...

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Economic Security

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Ford Foundation

MetLife

Ms. Foundation to Philanthropy: Grow Local Economies by Supporting Low Wage Workers and Childcare Access

Release Date:

09/08/2017

... Foundation strategy to address child care access calls on funders to do three things: 1. Support low-wage ...

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Economic Security

Gender Justice

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Ms. Foundation for Women

23 Jul 2019

Saving the Vaquitas: Screening and Discussion of National Geographic's Sea of Shadows

Tuesday, July 23, 2019 -

3:00pm to 6:00pm

... film series, please join our partners, Media Impact Funders and the Environmental Grantmakers Association to a ... US, just a week before this screening. This is a special opportunity for funders...

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Environment and Climate Change

Supporting Emerging Leaders in the Field

Release Date:

06/23/2016

... but as the community grew in numbers, we encountered an unusual challenge: It was harder for early and mid-career ... members in their twenties and thirties to join us for an information session on June 28 or...

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PNY News

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All Funders

Emerging Leaders

28 Sep 2016

Foundation Administrators Network Meeting: Embracing Change Management

Wednesday, September 28, 2016 -

8:45am to 10:30am

Change often presents an exciting opportunity for an organization to grow and improve. Yet, change is not an event isolated to a moment in time; it is a...

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Professional Development

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All Funders

HR & Operations Staff

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HR & Operations

24 Mar 2016

Legal Series: Best Practices in International Grantmaking

Thursday, March 24, 2016 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

... well as touch on other issues such as OFAC compliance. An experienced grantmaker will present a series of case ... Advisor, Moore Philanthropy Designed for All interested funders . Registration 2:45 - 3:00 PM...