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Taking the Evaluation Leap: Lessons from Urban Alliance’s Six-Year Randomized Controlled Trial

Release Date:

10/16/2017

It’s a familiar conversation. When asked how they know their model works, a nonprofit or foundation will tell you a story. They’ll say that seventeen-year-old Darren turned his life around after going through their program, and eighteen-year-old...

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United Hospital Fund Report Says You Get What You Pay For in Children’s Health Care

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06/16/2016

United Hospital Fund Report Says You Get What You Pay For in Children’s Health Care NEW YORK, June 16, 2016—A new ... payment for children: (1) Government and public programs , particularly Medicaid, have good...

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Urban Land Institute to Partner with 100 Resilient Cities, Pioneered by The Rockefeller Foundation to Help Improve Resilience of Urban Areas Globally

Release Date:

06/15/2017

... (100RC), becoming a part of their Platform of Partners. In this capacity, ULI will be offering expertise on building for resilience to a select group of 100RC cities, as they design and implement their .....

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North Star Fund Announces 2017 North Star and Frederick Douglass Awardees

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04/12/2017

... organizations African Communities Together (ACT) and New Immigrant Community Empowerment (NICE). North Star Fund will ... to stand up and fight is absolutely essential, especially in times like these,” said...

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Burke Foundation Announces Release of New Jersey's Statewide ACEs (Adverse Childhood Experiences) Action Plan

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02/04/2021

... lead to emotional, physical and economic health challenges in adulthood. Adverse community environments such as poverty ... and The Nicholson Foundation , released a report in 2019 detailing the challenges New...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Human Services

26 Jun 2014

Foundations for Social Impact Bonds

Thursday, June 26, 2014 -

8:30am to 11:00am

Philanthropy has played a critical role in the nascent world of Social Impact Bonds (SIBs) and ... foundations can spur demand and support ongoing projects: Working directly with state and local government;...

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16 Sep 2016

Philanthropy and the Sustainable Development Goals: Funding at Home and Abroad

Friday, September 16, 2016 -

9:00am to 11:00am

In September 2015, world leaders from all 193 United Nations ... here at home as in any foreign country. Philanthropy, working in more concerted ways with civil society, the UN...

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Prudential and Goldman Sachs Developing World’s Largest Vertical Farm in Newark

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03/12/2015

RBH Group and its investment partners, Goldman Sachs Urban Investment Group , Prudential Financial Inc., and AeroFarms, together ... $30 million project to redevelop a former industrial site in...

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Food Systems

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Carnegie Corporation of New York Issues RFP for Innovative Approaches to Peacekeeping

Release Date:

09/15/2015

... to Peacekeeping The Carnegie Corporation of New York, in partnership with the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, is accepting applications in support of innovative approaches in the broad...

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NYSHealth's Patients as Partners Provides $230,708 Patient Empowerment Grant

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12/14/2018

... Grant To ensure that New Yorkers have a stronger role in how health care is delivered and how health policy is made, NYSHealth issued a request for proposals, ... York State. The model aims to make it easier...

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06 May 2015

Scaling for Social Impact: Perspectives from Both Sides

Wednesday, May 6, 2015 -

9:15am to 11:15am

... pressures for increased effectiveness and efficiency in program delivery, scaling presents important opportunities and significant challenges for funders and grantees. Hear from funders and...

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Technical Assistance & Capacity Building

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Children, Youth and Families

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New York City

Salesforce.Org Expands Philanthropic Efforts to Improve Schools

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12/12/2018

... computing company, is doling out its largest grant to an education nonprofit, giving $2 million to New Leaders to help ... funding is something of a departure for Salesforce, which in the past has focused its...

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A Road Less Traveled....

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11/01/2011

... juvenile justice system—recently supported a small group of juvenile justice-involved young adults as they ... to have Howard Knoll, Senior Director at Casey Family Programs , share them and their larger...

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Philanthropy New York

Engagement Snapshot: A Strategic Approach

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11/28/2011

Philanthropy New York's Assistant Manager of Professional Education , Beeta Jahedi, and our program consultant Robert ... talk about our participation (along with Grantmakers In Aging, the John A. Hartford...

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Aging

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Newman's Own Foundation Provides More Than $1.5M to Nutrition Focused Nonprofits

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10/26/2016

... announced that it is providing more than $1.5 million in grants to support initiatives that increase access to fresh food and nutrition education in underserved communities. The grants will...

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Food Systems

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01 Oct 2014

Foundation Administrators Network: Best Resources Swap Meet

Wednesday, October 1, 2014 -

8:45am to 10:30am

... are resourceful - we have to be! Wearing multiple hats in varying roles, we’re always discovering smart and proven ... information sharing, but it only reveals a fraction of our group ’s great resource...

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Network Building

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HR & Operations Staff

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HR & Operations

12 Mar 2015

Difret - Film Screening

Thursday, March 12, 2015 -

5:00pm to 9:00pm

... panel discussion. ( Having trouble viewing the trailer? ) In Difret , a 14-year-old Ethiopian girl is abducted by a group of men in an attempt to force her into marriage, one of the ...

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International/Foreign Affairs

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Social Justice

Gender Justice

Children, Youth and Families

10 Mar 2015

Supporting Grantee Capacity

Tuesday, March 10, 2015 -

3:30pm to 5:00pm

... Together that shares examples and explores techniques that funders can use to make informed, thoughtful decisions about ... take to start or improve your capacity building work Being in the driver's seat...

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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

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Technical Assistance & Capacity Building

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New York City

Century Foundation Report: Toward a More Secure Retirement for Domestic Workers

Release Date:

09/14/2017

... Workers Retirement security is a problem for many people in the United States, and perhaps even more so for workers in the gig economy, who often have far fewer benefits through ... workers face in...

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