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Teaching Sept. 11 To Students Who Were Born After The Attacks

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09/11/2017

... forget" became a national rallying cry after the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. Yet America's schools — where collective memory is shaped — are now full of students who never knew because they weren...

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Education

It's Time to Apply to High School in New York City

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09/18/2017

... School in New York City It's officially a very busy time of year for New York City's eighth graders. The high school ... the weekend at Brooklyn Technical High School. It's an event where the...

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What’s The [Data] Point? 77,651, with the City Housing Commissioner

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09/25/2017

... with the City Housing Commissioner For this episode of the podcast, we bring you excerpts of a speech the city's housing commissioner, Maria ... Torres-Springer, gave at a Citizens Budget Commission...

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Housing and Homelessness

In an Era of Strife, Museums Collect History as It Happens

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10/02/2017

In an Era of Strife, Museums Collect History as It Happens In April ... when demonstrations swept through Baltimore on the day of Freddie Gray’s funeral. He filmed protesters angered by ... in the protest. He was...

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Arts

Albany Charities Find It Hard to Tap Influx of Wealth

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10/03/2017

Albany Charities Find It Hard to Tap Influx of Wealth Upper-income earners have been growing as a share of this region’s population, according to the Pew Research Center. Tracy Pitcher, executive director ...

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Corporate Social Responsibility

Capital One ScopeAthon Provides Consulting Services to Nonprofits

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07/13/2018

... Services to Nonprofits At the Capital One ScopeAthon event , held at the 1717 Innovation Center in downtown ... NextUp RVA and Tricycle Urban Ag. The ScopeAthon is one of many programs Capital One is planning...

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Forty Years of LGBTQ Philanthropy: 1970-2010

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01/2012

Published on the occasion of Funders for LGBTQ Issues' 30th anniversary, this report documents the first 40 years of U.S. foundation support to lesbian, gay, bisexual, .....

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Beyond the Renovation: The Other Exciting Changes at The New York Public Library

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06/03/2013

Our recent funder tour of The New York Public Library gave our members a chance to ... new programs and projects that will support the thousands of patrons who use the NYPL every day. Beyond the Renovation: ...

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Preparing Vulnerable Populations for Crisis: What We’ve Learned and Funding for the Future

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05/09/2013

... to have Sister Paulette LoMonaco, Executive Director of Good Shepherd Services and one of the panelists at our session on Preparing Vulnerable ... experiences from the storm and offer suggestions for how...

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Movement Building and System Change

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05/17/2012

... Rockefeller Brothers Fund) that focused on strategies that funders can pursue to help community-based nonprofits create ... have PhilanTopic's Mitch Nauffts provide us with a recap of the program...

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Simple and Fast City Contracting

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07/17/2013

... to simplify how New York City does business with thousands of nonprofit health and human services providers. We’re ... pleased to have the HHS Accelerator Team share the details of this new system and how it...

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Health

The Storm Surge and Impact of Sandy on Communities in Northern New Jersey

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06/13/2013

At the end of May, the Council of New Jersey Grantmakers held a bus tour that visited ... communities in Northern New Jersey — an opportunity for funders from around the region to learn more from...

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A Glass Half Full: Japan’s Disaster Response at One Year

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03/27/2012

One year ago, the Executive Director of the Japan Center for International Exchange, James Gannon, ... response to the 3/11 disaster and the ways that U.S. funders can continue to help the people of...

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Partner & Prepare: How to Fund Advocacy During Polarized Political Times

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02/06/2012

On November 29th, Philanthropy New York hosted a funders briefing to discuss the rise of political attacks against social justice advocacy and the ... included a case study from Cecile Richards, President ...

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Philanthropy New York’s Adventure Series: Version Red Hook

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07/27/2011

... in our New York Adventures Series—a new opportunity for funders to visit and learn more about the lesser-known ... across our five boroughs. We're pleased to have one of the attendees from our visit to...

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Foundations Moving On: Ending Programmes and Funding Relationships

Whether you are part of a family foundation that runs its own programmes, a big ... NGO that re-grants resources from a back-donor, or a mix of any of the above, exits are inevitable. Funders move on, and relationships with grantees, partners, ...

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More Than Money: Making a Difference with Assistance Beyond the Grant

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12/2008

Most of foundations’ efforts to contribute ‘beyond the ... staff provide assistance beyond the grant in one of two ways do grantees report a substantially more positive experience with their funders . Three exemplary foundations are profiled: Hartford ...

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A New Guide Helps Foundations Become More Transparent

Publication date:

04/2014

... for greater transparency have some help in the form of a new guide. “Opening Up: Demystifying Funder Transparency” was produced by GrantCraft, an arm of the Foundation Center, which provides resources to grant ...

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Ford Joins Foundations In Giving Inside Scoop on Grantee Feedback

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05/31/2016

... Feedback This very short video highlighting three funders — Barr Foundation, Ford Foundation, and Einhorn ...

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