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Nathan Cummings Foundation Welcomes Equity-and-Justice Advocate Kavita N. Ramdas As President and CEO

Release Date:

09/01/2021

... for MADRE, an international women’s rights organization. From 2012 to 2015, she led the Ford Foundation’s operations ... advisor to President Darren Walker on global strategy. From 1996 to 2010, she served as...

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The Nathan Cummings Foundation

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The Tow Foundation Launches Historic $1 Million Innovation Fund

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12/17/2021

... equity, the Innovation Fund seeks organizations that are working alongside historically marginalized communities; have ... but this special initiative will accept applicants from a total of six states in which...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Education

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William Cordery at Surdna Foundation Talks About 'Delusional Altruism℠' In the Philanthropy World

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03/08/2017

After the PNY program, "Achieving Equity…How Exactly?" we sat with one of the panelists, William Cordery at Surdna Foundation, to discuss a concept presented by moderator Kris Putnam-Walkerly she calls "delusional altruism℠."

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After the Q&A

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Social Justice

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24 May 2022

100% Democracy: The Case for Universal Voting and Philanthropy's Role

Tuesday, May 24, 2022 -

12:00pm to 2:00pm

... of U.S. citizens Models and lessons the U.S. can learn from other countries around the world that have successfully ... voting Objections to universal voting and responses from proponents Philanthropy's...

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Livestream

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

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Civic Engagement

Public Policy

Rockefeller Foundation Grants $4.6M for Bay Area Resilience by Design Competition

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01/23/2017

... “We are incredibly excited to take all that we learned from our successful Rebuild by Design program - as well as ... becoming disasters. Our hope is this challenge will tap into the innovative and...

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The Rockefeller Foundation

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Community Development

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Partnership Aims To Boost Service Positions For Young People, Increase Adult Volunteers

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07/14/2014

... Adult Volunteers United Way of New York City and NYC Service have announced a partnership with The Franklin ... the number of young people involved in national service in NYC will benefit a wide range of areas...

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United Way of New York City

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Education

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Research To Prevent Blindness-Backed Project Identifies Potential Biomarkers Of Age-Related Macular Degeneration

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09/12/2017

... This is why we used it to test 90 blood samples obtained from study participants with all stages of AMD (30 with ... intermediate-stage and 30 with late-stage) and 30 samples from patients without AMD."...

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Research to Prevent Blindness

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Health

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25 Feb 2013

It Ain’t Over – Understanding What’s at Stake in the Charitable Deduction Debate

Monday, February 25, 2013 -

10:45am to 2:00pm

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

... contribution deduction is fundamentally different from the other itemized deductions Congress might seek to ... by the language used (the deduction is a tax “subsidy” from the government) and its association...

Doris Duke Grant Makes Community-Centered Production of 'Dreamgirls' Possible

Release Date:

08/02/2016

... series on Saturday mornings, led interactive workshops and youth acting workshops, and helped with steering committee ...

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Arts

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Doris Duke Foundation

Eighth Graders Win $25K In Citi Foundation Entrepreneur Contest

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10/12/2016

... Anna Doherty and Hope Sacco won the 2016 NFTE National Youth Entrepreneurship Challenge this week, presented by the ...

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Economic Security

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13 Dec 2022

Philanthropy New York's New Strategic Framework: A Community Conversation

Tuesday, December 13, 2022 -

10:00am to 11:00am

Philanthropy New York staff are excited to be in conversation with you, our valued members, to explore PNY’s new Strategic Framework.

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Network Building

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All Funders

The Artistic Gains of an Ethnically Diverse Society are Irrefutable

Release Date:

05/19/2020

... Israeli, and West African artists and organizations working in both traditional and contemporary idioms. This ... York City influences and inspires traditional dance forms from other countries. Yet the...

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Arts

Immigration

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Mertz Gilmore Foundation

UJA-Federation Has Launched A Grant-Making Contest, Asking New Yorkers to Vote on “Big Ideas”

Release Date:

06/26/2017

... $250,000 to advance one “big idea” to transform how NYC residents live together as a Jewish community — one ...

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UJA-Federation of New York

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Weinberg Foundation Names Jonathan D. Hook Their First Chief Investment Officer

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04/17/2014

... strategy. Hook, comes to the Weinberg Foundation from The Ohio State University where he served as Vice ... in Economics and Sociology, and received an MBA in Finance from the Hankamer School of Business at...

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The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation

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Jonathan E. Gold Elected to Board of Directors of FJC – A Foundation of Philanthropic Funds

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08/05/2016

... creative organizations in its sector. I look forward to working with the whole organization.” Jonathan Gold is a ... he was a Portfolio Manager for the Federated Kaufmann Fund from 2004 until 2012.. Prior to...

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Salesforce.org And United Way Are Teaming Up To Change Corporate Giving

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02/27/2018

... that allows you to specify the amount you want deducted from your paycheck, and a menu screen where you can pick a ... giving, but extend it in new ways, allowing people learn from each other, make more...

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Technology

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Salesforce

Wealth Manager Maria Elena Lagomasino and Private Equity Leader Kevin Conway to Join Carnegie Corporation of New York Board of Trustees

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03/09/2019

... to have them as board members." "Mel Lagomasino graduated from college with a degree in French literature and went on ... and former diplomat Stephen A. Oxman is stepping down from the board, where...

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

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Research Funded by William T. Grant Foundation Aims to Show Why Some Veterans Go Hungry

Release Date:

05/30/2019

... sought to determine what barriers keep veterans from obtaining and eating quality food. Using a unique ... matter. Kamdar said the photographs provide insight into families facing hardships that data or simple...

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Seth Pinsky Named New Chief Executive of the 92nd Street Y

Release Date:

09/29/2019

... slate of programming, which includes concerts, lectures from high-profile public figures, a sought-after nursery ... and on the renovation of the Kings Theater in Brooklyn from a vacant and deteriorating movie...

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