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Open Society Foundations Name Laura Carvalho as the New Global Director of Equity Following Organizational Transformation

Release Date:

05/16/2022

... Programs’ Equity work also includes advancing a just financial recovery, and strengthening tax and anticorruption ...

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A Conversation with Brandee McHale, the Association of Corporate Citizenship Professionals 2022 Trailblazer Purpose Award Winner

Release Date:

12/07/2022

... the Foundation, I focused on grantmaking in areas like financial education and small business, which help people ... huge role that the bank itself can play in advancing these financial assets and boosting...

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20 Sep 2012

Luncheon Program with John Feather, Grantmakers in Aging

Thursday, September 20, 2012 -

12:00pm to 2:00pm

John Feather will discuss his first year leading Grantmakers in Aging and GIA plans for the coming year and beyond. John will also announce an exciting new initiative with implications for the way people age in communities throughout the country...

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09 Oct 2012

Engaging Stakeholders for Impact: Involving Grantees and Others in Your Grantmaking

Tuesday, October 9, 2012 -

12:00pm to 3:00pm

All New York State funders are invited to participate in this special event at the Grantmakers Forum of New York's annual meeting. To solve complex community problems, grantmakers must work more closely with their grantees, community leaders and...

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Network Building

26 Jan 2013

CEO Workshop: Transforming Your Role and Impact in the Foundation and Community

Saturday, January 26, 2013 -

7:30am to 5:00pm

This special one-day preconference session, to be held in conjunction with the Council on Foundation's 2013 Family Philanthropy Conference , is designed for the community of family foundation CEOs who are eager for new knowledge and skills to help...

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07 May 2013

Community Food Funders Annual Gathering

Tuesday, May 7, 2013 -

5:30pm to 7:30pm

Gather with colleagues for networking and an update on Community Food Funders. The evening will feature remarks and reflections from Marion Nestle and a delicious menu including appetizers, wine and beer sourced from local farms and NYC Green Carts...

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15 May 2013

Should Philanthropies Run Like Businesses?

Wednesday, May 15, 2013 -

10:45am to 1:00pm

The question of how philanthropic organizations should operate has been much debated within and outside of the sector, and especially so since the economic downturn. Come hear your colleagues Lance Lindblom and Jeffrey Solomon, who are leaders in...

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13 Jun 2013

Disaster Grantmaking and Preparedness: The Role of Family Philanthropy

Thursday, June 13, 2013 -

2:30pm to 4:00pm

Webinar

Usually, disasters bring out the best in people. Donations to charities surge as television coverage increases. Government agencies work closely with nonprofit organizations, private philanthropy and corporations. Yet we know from experience that...

Vali Nasr Becomes Opinion Contributor for The New York Times

Release Date:

10/17/2013

The New York Times has announced the addition of Vali Nasr, a Rockefeller Brothers Fund trustee, to its roster of opinion contributors.

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Simons Foundation, Autism Speaks and Autism Science Foundation launch Autism BrainNet registration site

Release Date:

05/16/2014

... registration site, It Takes Brains ( www.takesbrains. org ). Autism BrainNet is a consortium of academic sites ...

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Rauschenberg Foundation Awards $400K in Artist as Activist Grants

Release Date:

03/12/2015

The two-year grants will support artists and artist collectives whose work is concerned with social issues.

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Arts

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Robert Rauschenberg Foundation

New York Life Backs Save the Children's Relief Efforts in Nepal

Release Date:

05/04/2015

... country. For more information, visit www.savethechildren. org . New York Life Backs Save the Children's Relief .....

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Children, Youth and Families

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New York Life Foundation

Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Fights Climate Change By Backing New Resource Center

Release Date:

06/10/2015

... support for such work. Located at http://climatechange.lta. org , the resource center contains 27 case studies so far.... ...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Commonwealth Fund Offers Guidance on the Creation of a High-Performance Health System for the Sickest and Frailest

Release Date:

11/10/2015

New analysis from The Commonwealth Fund offers guidance on how to improve outcomes and lower costs for “high-need, high-cost” patients.

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Health

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Donald Moulds of Commonwealth Fund Joins Grantmakers in Health Board

Release Date:

12/11/2015

... health philanthropy. For more information, visit www.gih. org . Donald Moulds of Commonwealth Fund Joins Grantmakers in ...

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Health

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Carnegie Sponsors Search for Nation's Favorite Librarians for 2016 I Love My Librarian Award

Release Date:

06/17/2016

... now through Sept. 19 at http://www.ilovelibraries. org /lovemylibrarian . The ALA will select up to 10 ...

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Education

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund’s Healthy Food & Community Change Initiative to Be Featured on Philanthropy Reality Show

Release Date:

01/12/2017

It’s called Give , and will air on NBC TV this Saturday at noon EST, featuring two nonprofits, Green City Force and NEBHDCo, grantees in the Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund’s Healthy Food & Community Change initiative.

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Food Systems

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Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund

Brooklyn Community Foundation Now Accepting Applications for Incubator Project

Release Date:

01/19/2017

... February 21 st at http://www.brooklyncommunityfoundation. org /incubator-project-application . In alignment with the ... and beyond. Learn more at www.BrooklynCommunityFoundation. org . Brooklyn Community...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Brooklyn Org

Fund for the City of New York Supports Conceptualization of Underground Maps and Models

Release Date:

02/15/2017

The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC®) is requesting information from interested parties to inform a Concept Development Study (CDS) that will assess the current state and future direction of information standards for modelling, mapping, and managing...