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How Rapid Assessments Can Help the Shift from Response to Recovery

Release Date:

05/13/2021

... in poverty and inequality. Marginalized young people — the population we focus on — have been deeply ... we set out to look at the pandemic’s impact on young people and girls in emerging market countries. We...

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Community Development

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EMPower - The Emerging Markets Foundation

The Rockefeller Foundation Commits to Making Healthy and Sustainable Foods More Accessible Around the World

Release Date:

03/24/2022

... healthy and sustainable foods for 40 million underserved people around the globe. The program will support a shift in ... environment, and create equitable economic opportunity for people at every step of the...

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Food Systems

Health

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The Rockefeller Foundation

Resilience Begins at Home

Release Date:

07/30/2013

... Research (AP-NORC) . The poll explored the resilience of people and neighborhoods directly affected by Superstorm ... in the aftermath of the storm, rising to 47 percent for people in extremely affected areas...

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Open Society, Tow and Other Foundations Release Blueprint for Youth Justice Reform

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01/12/2016

... at improving the well-being and life outcomes for young people up to age 25 who are involved in or at risk of ... Each year, hundreds of thousands of vulnerable young people , primarily youth of color, are...

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Children, Youth and Families

Justice Reform

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Open Society Foundations

The Tow Foundation

Unbound Philanthropy, Nathan Cummings, Ford and JPB Foundation Supported Pop Culture Lab Accelerates Justice Through Entertainment

Release Date:

07/25/2017

... shift popular narratives in entertainment with regard to people of color, immigrant families and communities, Muslims, and refugee people . The investment comes from a core group of ... works to popularize...

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Arts

Immigration

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Ford Foundation

Freedom Together Foundation

Unbound Philanthropy

The Nathan Cummings Foundation

Best Resources Swap Meet

Publication date:

09/2012

The Foundation Administrator's Network's “Best Resources Swap Meet” lets members trade details on the best resources for administration, operations, HR, IT, etc., with others.

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Relationships Matter: Program Officers, Grantees, and the Keys to Success

Relationships Matter: Program Officers, Grantees, and the Keys to Success sheds light on what constitutes a strong funder–grantee relationship, what nonprofits say it takes for funders to foster such relationships, and the crucial role that program officers play in the equation.

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All Funders

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Leadership Development

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Center for Effective Philanthropy

The Restaurant Industry Is Structured on Racism. The Restaurant Workers Community Foundation Wants to Rebuild It.

Release Date:

04/14/2021

... all over social media, something of a rallying symbol for people frustrated by the government’s inaction. The RWCF ... justice, and everything kind of intersects: how much people get paid, gender and race,...

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Member News

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Food Systems

Social Justice

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Restaurant Workers' Community Foundation

Let’s Address the Real Reason Great Fundraisers Are in Short Supply

Release Date:

01/27/2023

... of potential donors, and they lament that very few people possess both types of knowledge. That may be true, but ... percent agreed that their nonprofit didn’t employ enough people to raise as much as they had...

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Fundraising

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Robert Sterling Clark Foundation

How Racially Equitable is Your Foundation? Assessing Your Practice - Presentation

Publication date:

05/2018

View materials of the program "How Racially Equitable is Your Foundation? Assessing Your Practice"

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HR & Operations Staff

Senior Management

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Sample Job Descriptions: Administrative Assistant / Administration and Operations Assistant

Publication date:

10/2013

The following jobs descriptions for administrative assistant professionals were previously posted on PNY's Jobs Board. We update our sample job description resources as we post new positions on our site.

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Job Description

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HR & Operations Staff

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HR & Operations

Foundations Team Up to Fund Invisible Transgender Communities

Release Date:

07/12/2016

... of our time. At Arcus, we are dedicated to the idea that people can live in harmony with one another and the natural ... community being included in the LGBT acronym, transgender people have been largely left...

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

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Gender Justice

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Arcus Foundation

Overstepping When Should Foundations Weigh in on Grantee Governance - Presentation

Publication date:

06/2018

View materials of the program " Overstepping When Should Foundations Weigh in on Grantee Governance "

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Program Presentation

Value, Time, and Time-Limited Philanthropy

Publication date:

04/2017

Can limiting a foundation's life increase its ability to have impact? In “Value, Time, and Time-Limited Philanthropy,” Tony Proscio of the Duke Center for Strategic Philanthropy and Civil Society tackles that question by applying a theory of time and value in philanthropy to three real cases that show what’s possible.

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Report

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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The Atlantic Philanthropies

Creating Onramps Towards Economic Success – Tackling Youth Unemployment in the U.S.

Release Date:

06/05/2015

... encouraged by the results thus far – nearly 25,000 young people have benefited from the program, and momentum ... substantive mentorship relationships, we aim to give young people the ability to develop...

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Children, Youth and Families

Community Development

Workforce Development

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Citi Foundation

Sozosei Foundation Convenes Experts at Inaugural Summit to Decriminalize Mental Illness in the American Justice System

Release Date:

01/08/2021

... 200 multi-disciplinary stakeholders—including advocates, people with lived experience, policy makers, academics, ... influence the negative systemic outcomes for people with mental illness. I’m proud of the...

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Member News

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Health

Justice Reform

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Sozosei Foundation

Brooklyn Community Foundation Partners on $2.2M "Welcome NYC" Initiative for Nonprofits Serving Asylum Seekers

Release Date:

03/03/2023

... shouldered the heroic work of supporting newly arriving people and families. Welcome NYC will help organizations on ... providing crucial services on the ground to families, people seeking asylum in New York...

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Children, Youth and Families

Immigration

Workforce Development

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Brooklyn Org

No Shortcuts to Power: Supporting Organizers to Stay, Lead, and Win

Release Date:

05/13/2025

... forward-looking investments that strengthen the people and organizations driving change. If we want movements ... and grows. Yet too often, we fail to invest fully in the people who make that possible...

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Insights

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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

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New York Foundation

17 Jun 2010

Solutions Storytelling: Messaging to Mobilize Support for Children's Issues - POSTPONED

Thursday, June 17, 2010 -

8:30am to 11:00am

Philanthropy New York, 79 Fifth Ave., 4th floor, NYC

... problems. New research proves that we must not assault people with a litany of problems or talk of a crisis. We must ... a strong connection to the role of the community; Keep people focused on the big picture...

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Arcus Announces Appointment of Randall Miller as Global Religions Director

Release Date:

05/04/2015

... faith activists who work to advance the inclusion of LGBT people within the Abrahamic faiths or to defeat or reverse ... and communities that affirm and protect the lives of LGBT people worldwide." Miller...