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After So Many Disasters, Nonprofit Relief Organizations Struggle Against ‘Donor Fatigue’

Release Date:

09/25/2017

... Nature’s most recent season of discontent, donations from everyday folks and Fortune 500 companies poured in to ... for Disaster Philanthropy, a Washington-based nonprofit group that consults on disaster...

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Disaster Relief

Commonwealth Fund Survey Reveals Just How Little Access to Healthcare Americans over 65 Have

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12/11/2017

... by the Commonwealth Fund, included more than 23,000 people from 11 developed countries, and revealed that American ... Americans are more likely to enter the 65-and-up age group with chronic diseases — heart...

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Aging

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Russel Sage Foundation Study Reveals Increased SNAP Benefits Can Move Families to Food Security

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03/09/2018

... and colleagues focused on eligible SNAP recipients. The group was broken down into all households or households without children. They then ... has and what they would need to be food secure--using data...

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Food Systems

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Eric Marchall Concludes Tenure as FCCP’s Executive Director

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10/02/2018

... and governance practices of the organization, shifting from a ‘super-volunteer’ Steering Committee to a ...

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Funders' Committee for Civic Participation

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What Does the Nonprofit Revitalization Act of 2013 Mean for Us?

Release Date:

01/15/2014

... passed by the state legislature last Summer. The Act goes into full effect on July 1, 2014. We are co-sponsoring a ... The New York Community Trust's Lorie Slutsky , Julie Floch from EisnerAmper LLP, NPCC...

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07 Dec 2018

Philanthropy 101: The Great Debates in Philanthropy

Friday, December 7, 2018 -

9:00am to 11:00am

... is a part of our five-module Philanthropy 101 from our PNY Core Curriculum : To register for the ... debates around the philanthropic topics of the century. From impact investing vs. divest/activism, to...

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Can Flexible Funding Become Our New Normal?

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07/15/2020

... Citi Foundation While there is a growing belief among funders in the value of general operating support (GOS) and ... effort to contribute to the conversation and to encourage funders across the philanthropic...

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29 Oct 2018

Is It Time to Embrace Participatory Grantmaking? – A Webinar Hosted by PACE and GrantCraft

Monday, October 29, 2018 -

2:00pm to 3:15pm

... and Philanthropy New York are hosting this webinar to help funders better understand participatory grantmaking, by providing resources, hearing from experts on the topic, and highlighting examples that .....

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The Importance of Criticizing Philanthropy

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05/12/2014

... benefactors. “Attacks and Vitriol Will Not Deter Me From Supporting Fixes to Public Policy,” the piece’s ... in retaliation for his contributions to the causes of education , criminal justice, and pension...

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UJA-Federation Announces $50 Million Day School Challenge Fund

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06/09/2014

... the Day School Challenge Fund, along with contributions from The AVI CHAI Foundation, the Jim Joseph Foundation, and ...

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Laboratory Announces $50 Million Gift To Establish Simons Center for Quantitative Biology

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07/07/2014

... Spring Harbor Laboratory has announced a $50 million gift from Jim and Marilyn Simons to establish the Simons Center ... Biology. The Center will support research and education programs at one of the world’s...

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Kopp Joins Changing Our World As Managing Director

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08/12/2014

... as a managing director. He comes to his new role from the Cathedral Corporation, where he served as vice ... competitions sponsored by the United States Department of Education . Kopp Joins Changing Our World...

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All Health Care is Local: The Power of Community to Drive Improvement

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09/11/2014

... socioeconomic challenges associated with poor health—low education levels, homelessness, and mental illness—abound. ... outcomes. Our goal was to explore—to the extent possible from qualitative research—what...

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Foundation for Child Development-Backed Research Examines the Effects of Discrimination on the Children of Immigrants

Release Date:

09/10/2015

... The series was supported through a research grant from the Foundation for Child Development.   The first ...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Commonwealth Fund Survey Finds U.S. Healthcare System Failing High-Need Patients

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12/09/2016

... and avoid costly hospital visits, an issue brief from the Commonwealth Fund finds. Based on a survey of more ...

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Sloan Foundation Gives Wikimedia Foundation $3M for Structured Data Project

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01/12/2017

... Wikimedia Foundation has announced a $3 million grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation to make freely ...

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Aetna Foundation Looks Beyond the Doctor's Office in a Quest for Better Health

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03/17/2017

... Healthy Communities grant program. The grants are from $50,000 to $100,000 and come out of the $2 million ... opportunities for all Americans—regardless of income, education or ethnic background—to take an...

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George Soros, Steven Rockefeller, Abigail Disney and Some Of New York's Wealthiest Tell State Government To Raise Their Taxes

Release Date:

03/21/2017

... for all of our fellow citizens, including strong public education from pre-K to college. And, we need to invest in the fragile ...

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