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Two Hedge Fund Billionaires Donate $1M Each to Pro-Charter School Advocates

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10/21/2015

... $1 million each on a controversial charter school advocacy group in April, the Daily News has learned. Officials at ... Excellent Schools have declined to name the nonprofit’s funders since it was founded in...

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Education

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Google to Invest more than $1 Billion in Digital Literacy, Workforce Development

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10/13/2017

... in funding for nonprofits that seek to close gaps in education and the labor market nationwide. To combat that ... grants to nonprofits worldwide who work to help close the education gap, prepare people for...

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Well-Told Stories Can Super-Power Social Change

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05/17/2016

... facts and figures alone. When Philanthropy NY hosted Working Narratives’ “Storytelling and Social Change” panel last month, funders came together to explore how deploying a range of ... Health Program and Katy...

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Where Have Conrad Hilton Foundation's Global Grants Been Going Lately?

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12/22/2016

... assets of $2.5 billion, is one of the biggest private U.S. funders giving for global health and development. But, ...

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Philanthropy New York's 43rd Annual Meeting - Purpose as Compass: A Recap

... Board Readiness Informs Organizational Readiness for Black Leadership 12 - 2pm Philanthropy New York's 43rd Annual .....

ASPCA Elects Tim F. Wray to Chair of the Board

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07/02/2012

... that he will serve as Chair, bringing his considerable leadership skills to the cause of animal welfare. We are very ... Partners, Wray served as the interim CFO for Creditex Group Inc., an inter-dealer...

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Animal Welfare

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Funding the Future of Activism

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02/04/2013

... citizens. Statistics show that New York City is not working for a large percentage of the population. In ... real change. They know firsthand which policies aren’t working and which programs must be expanded...

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Richard D. Parsons Elected Next Chair of The Rockefeller Foundation Board; David Rockefeller Jr. To Step Down At End of Five Year Term

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10/29/2015

... since 2007. I am certain that under Dick and Judith’s leadership the Foundation will continue to go from strength ... management and staff, all of whom I look forward to working with more closely. Finally, and...

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The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust Announces Appointment of John R. Ettinger as Chief Executive Officer

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01/02/2012

... such as health and medical research, social services, education , conservation, the development and security of ... global organizations. His strategic thinking and proven leadership will help the Trust further...

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The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust

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United Hospital Fund Releases Report on Hospital Clinics Driving Growth of Primary Care Medical Homes in NY

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09/22/2016

... State, 2014 to 2016 . The number of health care providers working in Patient-Centered Medical Homes in New York State ... Over the next few years, it will be competing with other models —including “advanced...

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Health

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The Rockefeller Foundation Appoints Sharon Percy Rockefeller, Mellody Hobson and Admiral James Stavridis to Board of Trustees

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12/11/2017

... and experiences necessary to serve the Foundation, its new leadership , and our programmatic teams. I know that I speak ... of The Rockefeller Foundation. “I look forward to working with Mellody, Sharon, and...

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No Stories Without Numbers; No Numbers Without Stories

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08/04/2014

... succeed. If a client knows a nonprofit well and trusts its leadership , we may propose that the client provide multiyear ... it so that half of her funding to a particular nonprofit group went toward providing...

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We Cannot Let COVID-19 Be a Death Sentence For Refugees

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08/12/2020

... International Refugee Assistance Project (IRAP) For those working in the fields of protecting the rights of refugees ... emergency relief to our clients, and reached out to funders to support our Emergency...

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Why Should Your Foundation Continue to Exist?

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04/14/2014

... for Foundations Living in Perpetuity?” PNY gathered a group of three leaders of foundations whose boards had ... tackled over long term, noting that Rockefeller has been working on public health related issues...

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The Communications Network

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Governance

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Why Helping Pets Helps People

Release Date:

12/05/2013

... has seen a strong upswing, support from institutional funders hasn’t kept pace. The latest edition of the Giving ... survivors. Following a growing trend across the country, NYC human services provider Urban...

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Animal Welfare

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ASPCA

Philanthropy in Focus

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10/07/2020

... many firsts and much learning, understandably, as someone working in philanthropy for the first time. I was learning ... learning the dynamics of and how to best support the three working groups I oversee; and...

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

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Disaster Relief

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Philanthropy New York

MetLife Foundation Innovation Competition Recognizes Indian Entrepreneur

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05/03/2017

... and collected a grant of $100,000. The Swadhaar Group is creating its android-based illustrative money ... from the community and are graduates of the financial education program. . . MetLife Foundation...

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Public Foundation/Grantmaking Public Charity

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Economic Security

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20 Apr 2017

What is at Stake in the Global Refugee Crisis? – A Webinar Hosted by GCIR

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4:00pm to 5:00pm

... the administration’s policies on refugees What role U.S. funders can play, both within the U.S. and internationally, ... Open Society Foundations Designed for All interested funders . Please note that calls are...

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Immigration

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Report From Century Foundation: English Learners and School Choice: Helping Charter Schools Serve Multilingual Families

Release Date:

04/30/2019

... become an increasingly large portion of the U.S. public education landscape. In 2000, charter schools enrolled just ... limited. Furthermore, it is far from clear whether current education policies themselves—...

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