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We Made a Comprehensive Investment in Board Service, and This Is What Happened

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04/20/2017

... respect to joining and serving on nonprofit boards. It’ s been a wonderful journey that has helped spur new ideas, ... Robin Hood Foundation, Quantum Governance and United Way’ s BoardServe NYC Program to...

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Credit Suisse Americas Foundation

For Family Foundations, Family Ties and Good Governance Work Together

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05/30/2017

... appeared on the Center for Effective Philanthropy' s CEP Blog and is reposted with permission. As the Surdna ... learned, how those lessons have guided our foundation’ s journey to a social justice-...

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Brooklyn’s Crown Heights Residents Direct $100,000 for Inclusive Public Spaces via Brooklyn Community Foundation

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07/13/2017

Brooklyn’ s Crown Heights Residents Direct $100,000 for Inclusive ... public spaces for community gatherings in the borough’ s Crown Heights neighborhood. The organizations receiving ... Grants: $100,000 to...

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Brooklyn Org

Social Justice Funders: For National Movements to Win, Invest in Texas

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08/08/2017

... Gov. Greg Abbott signed the anti-immigrant Senate Bill 4 ( S B 4 ) , empowering local law enforcement officers to ask for people’ s immigration status and criminalizing officials who limit ... with Immigration...

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Edward W. Hazen Foundation (Closed)

Ford-funded Study Points to Potential Security Weakness in Online Voting Registration Systems

Release Date:

09/06/2017

... the personal information - like Social Security or driver' s license numbers - most states use to confirm a voter' s identity online. Finding that, Sweeney said, was as simple ... for your own data...

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Civic Engagement

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Ford Foundation

Robert Sterling Clark Foundation Launches Network of Cross-Sector Leaders To Advance Economic Mobility In New York City

Release Date:

01/08/2018

... causes, rather than just the symptoms, of New York City’ s most challenging economic issues. Philip Li, President of ... network of its kind in New York City. It was launched in response to our current...

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Community Development

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Small Victories in Affordable Housing? We'll Take it!

Release Date:

01/19/2018

... up for modest homes in working class neighborhoods. Here’ s a new stat: a recent lottery for 297 affordable apartments ... more than $62 million dollars in this year’ s budget, adding to multi-million dollar...

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Housing and Homelessness

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The New York Community Trust

Our Policy Priorities for 2018

Release Date:

01/24/2018

... of the most important policies affecting our community’ s nonprofits are hammered out at the state and local level. ... proposal that has widespread support in the sector’ s leadership and increasing...

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PNY News

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

04 Jun 2018

Philanthropy New York’s 39th Annual Meeting - Democracy, Demographics & Destiny: All in the Details

Monday, June 4, 2018 -

1:00pm to 6:00pm

... professions. We will center race and gender in the day’ s explorations of cross-movement building, and dive deep into ... New York board members and a review of the past year’ s accomplishments. Philanthropy...

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The Fight Over Immigrants and Refugees Is Going to Intensify. Here's What Foundations Need to Do

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03/06/2018

... Over Immigrants and Refugees Is Going to Intensify. Here' s What Foundations Need to Do by Daranee Perstod , President, ... geography and issue area—and affirmed our nation’ s highest ideals of fairness,...

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Immigration

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Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees

Responding to Change: A Look at Strategies Helping Wildlife and People Adapt to Shifting Climates

Release Date:

03/28/2018

... tremendous ripple effects—helping increase water’ s availability to wildlife, expanding riparian habitat and ... often lead to rain rather than snow, decreasing wildlife’ s access to water in warmer months...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Doris Duke Foundation

An Old Idea is New Again: Tackling Large Complex Problems by Investing in Communities

Release Date:

04/10/2018

... from grantee to grantmaker and, in particular, how DEC’ s attention to immigrant students in its 2017 portfolio ... recently become the director of Advocates for Children’ s Immigrant Students’ Rights Project...

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Education

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The New York Community Trust

The Next Five Years: Three Reasons We Must Adapt

Release Date:

05/01/2018

... and find their place in the shifting terrain. 2. What’ s in a Name?: Our vocabulary is not keeping pace with the ... over the next five years. Open Road Ventures is our response to the three points laid out...

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Open Road Alliance

14 Jun 2018

Policy Core Course 2018 - June 14th Sessions

Thursday, June 14, 2018 -

9:00am to 12:45pm

... requirements. Back by popular demand, this year’ s redesigned course consolidates much of the policy-focused ... themselves 10:30 AM - 11:00 AM Philanthropy New York’ s 2018 Policy Slate Michael Hamill Remaley...

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Social Justice

28 Jun 2018

Policy Core Course 2018 - June 28th Sessions

Thursday, June 28, 2018 -

9:00am to 12:15pm

... requirements. Back by popular demand, this year’ s redesigned course consolidates much of the policy-focused ... as well how to build advocacy as a part of your board’ s culture. Introduction 9:00 - 10:30 AM...

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Public Policy

Social Justice

Philanthropy and the Interfaith Imperative

Release Date:

05/24/2018

... campaigns of Al Smith in 1928 and even John F. Kennedy’ s , just over 50 years ago? With several Catholics on the ... we can collectively push toward an America where no one’ s religious or philosophical...

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The Teagle Foundation

Lessons on Movement Building

Release Date:

06/27/2018

... timely panel discussion at Philanthropy New York’ s 39 th Annual Meeting, “Organizing is Everything: Race, ... then the Supreme Court issued a decision upholding Trump’ s Muslim Ban. In light of all this, I...

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Best Conference EVER!: #ForumCon18

Release Date:

07/25/2018

... the headline above to mean that I think that this year’ s United Philanthropy Forum annual conference was its best to date. No. I mean that this year’ s Forum gathering may be the best conference I have ever...

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PNY News

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Nonprofit Resource Equity and Access: A Call to Close the Gap

Release Date:

08/14/2018

... We run the risk of replicating or compounding society’ s inequities in our sector. The issue of equity and access in ... came into sharper relief for Nonprofit Finance Fund’ s New York-based consulting team...

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Nonprofit Finance Fund

18 Oct 2018

What Funders Need to Know about “Public Charge”: An Analysis of the Published Rule and How Funders Can Take Action - A Webinar Hosted by GCIR

Thursday, October 18, 2018 -

4:00pm to 5:00pm

... would be the most radical change to our nation’ s immigration policy in decades. Although targeting ... is limited to organizations that share GCIR’ s core values). Registration Registration is required by ...