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Occupy The Box

Release Date:

03/21/2012

... good at what we do, we are told to adopt the practices of other sectors: use incentives, devise performance goals, ... a lot from shadowing nonprofit executives, rather than the other way around. CompassPoint...

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The Art of Dentistry, Or: How Philanthropy Can Scale Away S.V.

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08/23/2010

By Lisa Turngren, President, Frank and Ruth E. Caruso Foundation As philanthropists, we are many times faced with finding ways to fill a funding gap with our grant dollars. What we may oftentimes overlook is that beyond the gap...

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23 Oct 2018

The Art of Knowledge-in-Action: Building Your Reflective Practice as a Funder

Tuesday, October 23, 2018 -

9:00am to 11:00am

Experienced funders often say that grantmaking is both an art and a science. To be effective, philanthropy practitioners must continually build their technical skills and content expertise but how do funders keep getting better at the ‘art’ side?...

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Professional Development

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Workshop

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All Funders

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Leadership Development

Recording: Beyond Bars: It's a Movement, Not a Moment

... Moment The United States incarcerates more people than any other country in the world, with over 2.3 million people ...

Recording: The Youth Mental Health Crisis: A Half-Day Convening Focused on How Philanthropy Can Make All the Difference

... to accessing these services due to cost, waitlists, or other obstacles. Nonprofits across New York City are rising ...

PNY Core: Philanthropy 101

... Grantmakers (ESS) . The five modules will build on each other , and participants are expected to commit to attending ...

A New Funder Embrace for Workforce Development

Release Date:

04/18/2012

... workforce funding, leaving New York City behind many other cities in new demand-side workforce approaches like ...

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Philanthropy New York’s Adventure Series: Version Red Hook

Release Date:

07/28/2011

By Daniel Lilienthal, Associate for Social and Emotional Learning, NoVo Foundation On June 21st, Red Hook, Brooklyn, home of one of the largest public housing communities in the city, was host to a number of funders from New York’...

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Practical Plans for Strengthening Nonprofits: The Human Services Data Project

Release Date:

04/20/2010

... the Blue Ridge Foundation New York , describe this and other aspects of this promising effort in greater detail ...

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Standby Letters of Credit: The Underdog of Charitable Financing

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06/25/2009

... grantees become business partners and should treat each other accordingly. If communication is not maintained and ...

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09 Jun 2015

Catch a Ride on a Roller-Coaster! Immigration Issues Facing the New York Region

Tuesday, June 9, 2015 -

8:45am to 11:00am

... and protection from deportation. In addition, there are other components of the Executive Action: enhancing border ...

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All Funders

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Human Services

Immigration

Children, Youth and Families

CSR, the Arts, and the Double Bottom Line

Release Date:

04/14/2015

... initiative to fund, though not essential in comparison to other charitable causes. Corporate Social Responsibility & ...

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04 Nov 2015

Sectoral Employment Strategies for Young Adults: Lessons for the New Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Programs

Wednesday, November 4, 2015 -

2:45pm to 5:00pm

... on sectoral employment strategies, career pathways, and other strategies that engage employers. The leadership of ...

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Issue-Based

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Roundtable Discussion

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All Funders

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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Public Policy

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Workforce Development

Location

New York City

Playwright, Novelist and Songwriter Suzan-Lori Parks to Receive the Dorothy and Lillian Gish Prize: JP Morgan Private Bank

Release Date:

10/15/2015

... and holds honorary doctorates from Brown University, among other institutions. The Gish Prize selection committee ...

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Arts

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Mellon Foundation

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

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

Release Date:

10/29/2015

... I have worked with Dick on The Rockefeller Foundation and other boards, for several years and am looking forward to ...

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Appointments & Transitions

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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American Express-Supported NYFA Emerging Leaders Boot Camp Participants Named

Release Date:

02/18/2016

... Individual Giving & Special Events Brooklyn Botanic Garden Other , Brooklyn, NY Clement So, Artistic Administrator ...

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Arts

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Howard Gilman Foundation

This Is How to Put Neighborhoods at the Center of Grantmaking

Release Date:

03/04/2016

... peers. As part of this process, Fellows shared with each other their dreams for a fair and just Brooklyn and created a ...

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Boutiques for the People

Release Date:

09/27/2016

Judith Shapiro, president of the Teagle Foundation, says it's certainly understandable that scalability has become the holy grail of higher education reform, but the dismissive attitude toward so-called boutique programs presents an occasion for...