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Philanthropy Should Support States and Cities to Keep Advancing the Climate Movement

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12/07/2016

... attendees at the recent program, “ Climate Change: What ’s Next Post-Election ,” expressed justifiable shock ... economy. Philanthropists can maximize their impact by working with these sectors on clean energy...

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Environment and Climate Change

19 Sep 2017

Documentary Film Screening - "Unrest": Women, Resilience and the Disease Medicine Forgot

Tuesday, September 19, 2017 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

... Lens. Presented by Philanthropy New York’s Health Working Group , we will screen the film, followed by a brief Q&A with ... York State Health Foundation Designed for All interested funders...

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Health

A New Door Into the Kitchen for Aspiring Chefs

Release Date:

09/19/2017

... for Aspiring Chefs When Joanairys Merced was living in group foster care, she once baked Ina Garten’s cheesecake ... Ms. Merced, who goes by the nickname Ginger, has been working on that. She is one of 22...

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New York Life and Alliance for Strong Families and Communities Partner on New Grant Program to Support Those Impacted by Disaster

Release Date:

06/05/2018

... centers, affordable housing programs, early childhood education and care programs, youth and family programs, behavioral faith programs, and ...

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Disaster Relief

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New York Life Foundation

Weinberg Foundation Approves $400,000 in Emergency Response Funding for 10 Baltimore Nonprofits

Release Date:

05/14/2015

... will provide direct assistance to low-income individuals, youth , families, and seniors impacted by the recent ... Weinberg Foundation President and CEO. “While we are working to develop a deliberate and longer...

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Children, Youth and Families

Community Development

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The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation

Philanthropy Delaware Welcomes New Chief Executive Officer, Tynetta Brown

Release Date:

10/26/2020

... of Development and Marketing/Communications for the WRK Group (The Warehouse, REACH Riverside Development Corporation ... PRIDE Council Affinity Group , which focused on LGBTQ+ youth , adult...

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A Look At Bloomberg's Latest Move on Public Art

Release Date:

02/26/2018

... announced its inaugural winners, and since then, other funders , including the William Penn Foundation, the Barr ...

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Arts

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Bloomberg Philanthropies

15 Feb 2012

New Approaches to Collaborative Funding: A Case Study of the Young Men’s Initiative

Wednesday, February 15, 2012 -

1:45pm to 5:00pm

... to tackle complex and long-standing issues involving education , health, and social justice. Explore Methods ... for the City of New York Designed for All interested funders . New Approaches to Collaborative...

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Issue-Based

25 Feb 2025

Nonprofit Leadership Transitions: How to Operationalize Trust-Based Practices

Tuesday, February 25, 2025 -

2:30pm to 4:00pm

... to successfully navigate leadership transitions. Funders continue to treat transitions as a crisis rather than ... leadership transitions is more important than ever. What does it actually look like if there...

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Transparency

William T. Grant Foundation Announces Support for Research on Reparations for Black American Descendants of Enslaved Persons

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07/27/2021

... for Black American Descendants of Enslaved Persons In what may be a historic first for a national foundation, the ... less than that of the average White family. The wealth gap matters in terms of...

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William T. Grant Foundation Welcomes Two New Members to Program Staff

Release Date:

01/15/2019

... her position as Associate Professor of Early Childhood Education and Urban Education in the Department of Teaching ... our efforts to support research on reducing inequality in youth outcomes...

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The Will and The Way: Philanthropy's Grantmaking Defaults Must Change

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02/05/2020

... and non-financial problems for nonprofits, and that funders serious about doing their “fair share” need to ... These are important issues, but a few related matters merit discussion as well: To scale, or not...

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SeaChange Capital Partners

Philanthropy in Haiti: Don’t Miss Out on the Opportunity

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01/22/2010

... who have a demonstrated track record of effectively working with the Haitian people throughout the nation on ... environmental, and economic development projects. A group of recognized Haitian leaders can be...

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5 Controversial Ideas For Shoring Up Health Insurance Markets

Release Date:

08/30/2017

... serves roughly 17 million Americans. The Senate Health, Education , Labor and Pensions Committee says it plans to ... state governors and insurance commissioners. A bipartisan group in the House is also...

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Health

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

Release Date:

03/09/2018

... SNAP benefits that could decrease food insecurity, and what it would cost to implement additional benefits. In the ... and colleagues focused on eligible SNAP recipients. The group was broken down into all...

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Food Systems

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Russell Sage Foundation

Connecticut Seventh-Grader Wins SIFMA Foundation’s National InvestWrite ® Essay Competition

Release Date:

04/26/2019

... as economics and personal finance. InvestWrite builds on what students learn in The Stock Market Game to further ...

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SIFMA Foundation

Why Should Your Foundation Continue to Exist?

Release Date:

04/14/2014

... a recent Philanthropy New York program asked: “ What Is the Case for Foundations Living in Perpetuity?” PNY gathered a group of three leaders of foundations whose boards had ... tackled over long term, noting...

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Governance

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The Communications Network

Wallace Foundation Releases New Report: How Principals Affect Students and Schools: A Systematic Synthesis of Two Decades of Research

Release Date:

02/17/2021

... that “it is difficult to envision an investment in K-12 education with a higher ceiling on its potential return than ... school leadership,” The synthesis explores not only what the recent body of evidence...

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The Wallace Foundation

15 Jul 2019

**POSTPONED: FCCP Racial Equity Series: July 2019 - Metrics as Tyranny or Metrics as "Strategic Objects" - A Webinar Hosted by FCCP

Monday, July 15, 2019 -

2:00pm to 3:00pm

**This program is hosted by our partner, Funders ' Committee for Civic Participation (FCCP), who has ... Activism? Or are metrics tools of social control by one group over another, stifling innovation and...

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23 Jun 2022

On-Time and In-Full: Partnering with the City on Nonprofit Contracting

Thursday, June 23, 2022 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

... and grantee feedback to share with City officials. What will you learn? How the City plans to address delays ... Sheena Wright , Deputy Mayor Strategic Initiatives, NYC Office of the Mayor Recording On-Time...