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05 Nov 2014

Should Nonprofits Be Mandated to Pay Living Wages, and What is Philanthropy’s Role?

Wednesday, November 5, 2014 -

2:30pm to 5:00pm

... wage (aka “Living Wage”). At a Philanthropy New York funders briefing on September 24, sponsored by The New York ... Foundation and PNY’s Funders of Women and Girl s working group...

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New York State

27 Nov 2012

Social Impact Bonds: The Brains Behind the Buzz

Tuesday, November 27, 2012 -

7:45am to 11:00pm

... Bonds the future of social change financing? Many of us in the sector have heard about them. The City of New York, in ... Phillips , Vice President, Goldman Sachs Urban Investment Group...

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Tools & Strategies

19 Apr 2016

A New Vision for Gates: Bob Hughes Goes to Seattle

Tuesday, April 19, 2016 -

9:00am to 10:30am

... since 2000, and long-time advocate and champion of public education in New York City, will be joining the Bill and ... orientation at the Foundation, but will return to NYC in...

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Money and Power in Post-Election America: Why This Conference?

... Philanthropy has become more engaged with government and in the process of policymaking than ever. Connections between funders and policymakers and influencers are formal (e.g., ... policy...

Diahann Billings-Burford Named Executive Director, Corporate Responsibility at Time Warner Inc.

Release Date:

03/12/2014

... Inc. as Executive Director, Corporate Responsibility. In this newly created role, Billings-Burford serves as a ... Officer for the City of New York, Billings-Burford headed NYC Service, a division of the Mayor...

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Stavros Niarchos Foundation

Stavros Niarchos, Charles H. Revson Foundation Initiative Recognizes Queens Branches with 'Oscars of Libraries'

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06/07/2016

... branches receive recognition for the great work they do in the community. The NYC Neighborhood Library Awards gave two Queens branches the ... wrote in to nominate their favorite library...

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Education

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Charles H. Revson Foundation

Between Resistance and Rebuilding

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04/05/2021

... by the Building Movement Project on February 4, 2021. In advance of our webinar on April 27th titled One Year ... at local and national levels. Even if we aren’t working with the same level of urgency, it is...

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Ian Magee Joins F. B. Heron Foundation as Vice President, Finance and Operations

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01/01/2013

... Magee served as an Associate with the Mitchell Madison Group , working in several cities across Europe and North America. ... tutor for The Door, which provides comprehensive youth...

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American Express

F.B. Heron Foundation

With Support from Pershing Square and Alfred P. Sloan Foundations, New Research Finds that Behavioral ‘Nudges’ Offer a Cost-Effective Policy Tool

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06/08/2017

... Finds that Behavioral ‘Nudges’ Offer a Cost-Effective Policy Tool Governments around the world have increasingly ... and vaccination rates. The findings are published in Psychological Science, a journal of the...

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Pershing Square Foundation

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Responding to Haitian Devastation, At Home

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08/16/2010

... are in greater need than ever of health, legal, and education services. NYSHealth is now supporting the efforts ... many organizations—some with little history of working with Haitian...

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Effective Journalism Is Now Part of Our College Completion Mission

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03/17/2015

... nagging feeling that, while supporting organizations that in turn helped individuals and cohorts of students was an ... making strategic investments that help promote vigorous education journalism that touches...

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Edwin Gould Foundation | EGF Accelerator

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The John A. Hartford Foundation Board of Trustees Elects Two New Members

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06/08/2023

... development. She has had more than a decade of experience in older adult care and technology, with a mission to provide ... good for the greatest number,’ and we look forward to working with them both.” Prior...

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The John A. Hartford Foundation

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To Achieve Equity, We Must Accurately Measure Need

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10/06/2022

... economic hardship is an ever-present reality. On top of working full-time jobs, many also work part-time to make ends ... Even persons who’ve dedicated their careers to working in human...

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Economic Security

Two New Members Join The William T. Grant Foundation Board

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11/01/2013

... joined its Board of Trustees. Dr. Carter is a Professor of Education and (by courtesy) Sociology at Stanford University, ... and Faculty Director of the John W. Gardner Center for Youth and Their Communities...

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William T. Grant Foundation

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Rockefeller Family Fund

Making Change Not Grants: Combining the 3 Roles of the Arcus Foundation for Impact

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06/02/2015

... in the philanthropic community about the need for funders to maximize our impact by engaging in “beyond ... of achieving change. Our Great Apes Program, which is working to...

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Animal Welfare

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Arcus Foundation

16 Jun 2017

Philanthropy New York’s 38th Annual Meeting: The Power of Participation

Friday, June 16, 2017 -

8:00am to 1:30pm

... New York members to register today and add this event to your calendars . We will be updating this page ... will also send all registrants a full listing of speakers in the days before the Annual Meeting...

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Social Justice

Giving Circles in Cross-Cultural Context

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11/14/2013

... Roots & Branches Foundation and the many Jewish teen and youth foundations ), participating in a giving circle clearly ... giving circles hold, provide an unparalleled experiential education...

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Ms. Foundation for Women Announces Three New Board Members

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07/06/2023

... Community Foundation in New York; Program Director for Education , Civic Affairs and Arts & Culture at Crown Family ... serves as the National Board co-chair for Neighborhood Funders...

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