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05 May 2023

Policy Core - A Virtual Screening with Marlon Williams: Advocacy 101

Friday, May 5, 2023 -

2:00pm to 4:00pm

... the work that we do and the impact we are able to achieve through our funding. For people and organizations trying to ... policy and advocacy Who should attend? All interested funders and related roles. What...

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Public Policy

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07 Jul 2016

Service for Impact

Thursday, July 7, 2016 -

9:00am to 11:00am

... nonprofit partners and meet true community needs. This working group , rooted in the principles of Reimagining Service, ... business and societal goals. Designed for Corporate funders and...

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Roundtable Discussion

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Volunteerism

New York Community Trust Joins Redlich Horwitz Foundation and Tiger Foundation to Improve the Lives of Foster Children

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05/29/2018

... this process does not always run smoothly. That’s why a group of funders has come together to help nonprofits use promising ... foster parent recruitment, training, and retention. Through the...

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Afua Atta-Mensah, Executive Director of Community Voices Heard, Says "Basebuilding is a Contact Sport"

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06/22/2017

... political power. "Basebuilding is a contact sport. Just getting that initial engagement with someone is hard work," .....

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PhilTalks

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Civic Engagement

Public Policy

30 Mar 2017

Financial Series - The IRS Form 990 as a Tool for Understanding Organizational Capacity

Thursday, March 30, 2017 -

9:00am to 11:00am

... Management Associates, LLC Designed for All interested funders . Registration 8:45 - 9:00 AM Check-in 9:00 - 11:00 ... log in and click the Register Now link above. Non-Member Funders : Create an account or log...

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Professional Development

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15 Feb 2017

Financial Series: Intro to Financial Statements

Wednesday, February 15, 2017 -

9:00am to 11:30am

... , Partner, Your Part-Time Controller, LLC Designed for Funders who are new to assessing nonprofit financial data for ... and click the Register Now link above. (no fee) Non-Member Funders : Please email...

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Novo Foundation Partners With Southern Black Girls & Women’s Consortium to Support Growing Movement for Black Girls in the Southeastern U.S.

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10/16/2018

... Black Girls & Women’s Consortium, a new collective of funders , activists and community leaders working to advance the movements for Black girls and women in ... opportunities to provide spaces for healing...

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Gender Justice

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NoVo Foundation

Don’t Forget the Small Guys

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07/09/2010

... realize I would be very different without them. I remember getting bags of canned food and warm jackets at our church ... I read the Center for Effective Philanthropy’s report Working With Grantees , I was...

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Century Foundation's Richard Kahlenberg Writes About School Integration in The Atlantic

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04/06/2017

... in The Atlantic The decision by Donald Trump’s education secretary, Betsy DeVos, to kill Opening Doors was a ...

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Education

Arcus Foundation's Stryker and Johnson & Johnson Honored by GLSEN

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05/26/2015

... on the lives of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender youth . Arcus Foundation's Stryker and Johnson & Johnson .....

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LGBTQ

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Johnson & Johnson

Looming Overhead: The Persistent Debate Over Administrative Costs

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10/22/2013

... the place that gave them or a loved one good care, or the group that advocates for a cause close to their hearts. ... those with more shoestring budgets. But how can we as funders know? It’s nearly impossible...

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New York Health Foundation

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Health

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14 Dec 2018

Beyond Understanding: Listening for Emergence

Friday, December 14, 2018 -

9:00am to 11:30am

... not hearing, and ensuring that all voices are heard. Through practicing a few useful tools and techniques, we will ... CEO, Thaler Pekar & Partners Designed for All interested funders , especially Program...

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Leadership Development

Who Is Hilary Pennington? A Few Questions for Ford's New Executive Vice President

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01/25/2018

... and research firm] Yankelovich, Skelly & White. I started working with him when he was 60 and I was 28. We founded Jobs ... remained a very influential mentor as I transitioned into working in philanthropy...

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Health Care Innovators Are Filmmakers and Farmers, Not Physicians, Insurers, Hospitals and Drug Companies

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12/12/2016

... justice. The Center’s HEAL initiative focuses on Health, Education , Advocacy, and LEAD—Law Enforcement Assisted ... around the edges. If we keep trying the same old ideas, working with the same old partners,...

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New York Health Foundation

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Health

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12 Sep 2012

Technology and the Promise of Blended Learning

Wednesday, September 12, 2012 - 11:00am to Thursday, September 13, 2012 - 4:00pm

The Roosevelt Hotel, 45 E. 45th Street at Madison Ave, NYC

... shown an enthusiastic appetite for digital learning. Yet education technology, with its potential to personalize ... blended learning into their K–12 giving? How can funders help prepare teachers and leaders...

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Issue-Based

What DAFs are Learning from the Community Development Sector

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08/05/2019

... like Deutsche Bank’s Community Development Finance Group and the Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC), I ... like the Calvert Impact Note, the Contact Fund or LISC NYC ’s Inclusive Creative Economy Fund...

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Appointments & Transitions

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NY Community Trust Announces Three Staff Promotions to Program Director

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07/28/2016

... Thriving Communities program; and Shawn Morehead covers Education and Human Justice in our Promising Futures program. ... Kumi Baer has been hired as a new program associate working in the Thriving Communities...

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The New York Community Trust

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Sarah Brennan Joins Rockefeller Family Fund as Associate Director

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03/02/2022

... leader in climate philanthropy for over a decade, has been working on climate issues at Bloomberg Philanthropies since ... for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis. When working as a consultant for the...

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Rockefeller Family Fund

Some Measure of Leadership

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04/23/2009

... initiatives to help nonprofits: (1) reduce fixed costs through bulk purchasing; (2) strengthen nonprofit management through technical assistance and referrals, including a new ... what currently exists? And...

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