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Arcus Foundation's Andrea Marra Announces Challenge to State Senator Jose Peralta

Release Date:

02/08/2018

... her run against incumbent state Senator Jose Peralta on Feb. 6. If Marra wins, she would become the first ... organization, worked for the Gay, Lesbian, & Straight Education Network (GLSEN) and currently...

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Engaging Future Philanthropic Leaders: An Innovative Model from WRAG

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02/26/2013

... Associate Director, Arabella Advisors I recently spoke on a panel about career opportunities in the philanthropic sector at an event hosted by the Washington Regional Association of ... events—like the career...

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Richard D. Parsons Elected Next Chair of The Rockefeller Foundation Board; David Rockefeller Jr. To Step Down At End of Five Year Term

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10/29/2015

... Centennial in 2013, an historic opportunity to reflect on one hundred years of impact and to launch new work for a ... management and staff, all of whom I look forward to working with more closely. Finally,...

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13 Apr 2017

Wealth, Power and Philanthropy in a New Gilded Age

Thursday, April 13, 2017 -

9:00am to 11:00am

... he’s naming the foundations he thinks spend way too much on overhead or profiling the high-flying billionaires who ... more spend down, impact investing, and a rising focus on public policy?...

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Policy Experts Discuss Future College Affordability at Century Foundation Gathering

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09/27/2018

... Foremost among the numerous challenges facing higher education is affordability, particularly disparities and ... Ideas for the Next Congress and Beyond,” an event hosted by The Century Foundation that brought...

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Annie E. Casey, Conrad N. Hilton, Ford and JPB Foundations Join FHO to Pledge $4.9 Million in New Affordable Housing Initiative

Release Date:

02/20/2018

... biggest foundations to help fill a growing gap. The Funders for Housing and Opportunity (FHO) will make ... things to get a lot worse before they get better, based on what’s happening in Washington, D.C., as...

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Freedom Together Foundation

Opinion: What’s Holding Philanthropists Back?

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10/06/2017

... wonder what’s holding us back. Improving the capacity of funders to invest more equitably will involve larger, longer, ... and led by leaders of color, immigrants, rural leaders, working organizers and...

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American Express NGen Fellows Program 2021 Fellows

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07/22/2021

... leadership development program. The program centers on six core results. By the end of the Fellows experience ... practice of core program results. 2021 Fellows Our group of 12 emerging leaders age 40 and...

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Foundation for Child Development Sponsors Study that Finds Children Learning English Require Better Support for Academic Success

Release Date:

03/01/2017

... Engineering, and Medicine. Moreover, early care and education providers, educational administrators, and teachers ... to foster desired educational outcomes for children and youth learning English.....

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25 Jan 2017

Ask Charities Bureau Chief Sheehan Your Questions

Wednesday, January 25, 2017 -

9:00am to 11:00am

... co-chair of Philanthropy New York’s Foundation Lawyers Group . Sheehan directs the Charities Bureau’s affirmative ... be prompted to submit questions in the days preceding the event . Some of the issues we...

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07 Jun 2012

-- POSTPONED -- Moving Beyond Your Comfort Zone: Unexpected Gains Through Creative Funding Practices

Thursday, June 7, 2012 -

8:45am to 11:00am

... Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen, chair of the Stanford Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society and president of her ... of thoughtful risk taking,” she says. Come learn how funders have taken innovative measures...

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Let’s Examine the Underlying Tensions of Civic Engagement

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04/18/2018

... conducting research and background interviews with experts on the topic of our Annual Meeting. Philanthropy New York’s ... and members, a set of programming that will be useful to funders both knowledgeable...

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Wiliam T. Grant Foundation Announces Institutional Challenge Grant to Support Research-Practice Partnerships

Release Date:

04/06/2017

... to build sustained research-practice partnerships with public agencies or nonprofit organizations in order to reduce inequality in youth outcomes. Starting in 2017, one $650,000, ... and practice arenas.” The...

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Racism, Inequality, and Health Care for African Americans - New Report by The Century Foundation

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12/19/2019

... with inequalities that have a disproportionate impact on people of color and other marginalized groups. These ... care coverage for African Americans and shed a light on important social factors that uniquely...

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Dominick Impemba and Susan Kish Join the Foundation Center Board of Trustees

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05/01/2013

... and Susan Kish to its board at a meeting of the trustees on April 19, 2013. Dominick Impemba, a Certified Public Accountant with nearly 17 years of experience working with nonprofit...

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15 Nov 2012

Putting a Human Face on the Fiscal Cliff for Nonprofits and Foundations: A Post-Election Reality Check with Tim Delaney

Thursday, November 15, 2012 -

7:45am to 11:00am

Philanthropy New York, 79 Fifth Ave., 4th floor, NYC

... widely-discussed Huffington Post article “Day One on the Edge of the Human Cliff,” or his related piece in ... Delaney details, these cuts will have an immense impact on education , law...

06 Jun 2023

Policy Core - Walking the Walk: Leveraging Philanthropic Power for a Thriving Nonprofit Ecosystem

Tuesday, June 6, 2023 -

2:00pm to 3:30pm

... May 17 - Talking the Talk: The Role of Philanthropy in Public Policy & Advocacy June 6 - Walking the Walk: ... nonprofits in unprecedented ways. Join us for a workshop on how we can best leverage the power...

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Regents Approve Plan to Evaluate and Improve New York Schools

Release Date:

09/12/2017

... New York Schools The New York State Board of Regents on Monday approved a plan laying out the state’s goals for its education system, as required by the sweeping federal education...

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Paulina Helm-Hernandez, Former Co-Director of Southerners on New Ground, Will Join Foundation For A Just Society

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02/01/2018

Paulina Helm-Hernandez, Former Co-Director of Southerners on New Ground, Will Join Foundation For A Just Society ... South. Prior to that she coordinated the Southern regional youth activism program at the...

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A Coalition to Move de Blasio Along on Bus Rapid Transit

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06/09/2014

... which has joined with the Rockefeller Foundation, the Working Families Party, the Transport Workers Union, the ... New York and others to form a coalition called BRT for NYC . The bus rapid transit coalition...

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