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17 Jun 2010

Inaugural Conference on Scaling Social Impact

Thursday, June 17, 2010 -

9:00am to 5:00pm

New York City

A Philanthropy New York COLLABORATIVE EVENT, presented with Growth Philanthropy Network . WHO SHOULD ATTEND: Funders and investors with an interest in education, youth development, poverty alleviation, and health;...

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Issue-Based

19 Sep 2013

Family Philanthropy Online Guided Tour

Thursday, September 19, 2013 -

12:00pm to 12:30pm

Webinar

Make plans to join this special guided tour of the world’s largest online knowledge center for family philanthropy - currently accessible to you as part of your Philanthropy New York membership. Explore Efficient ways to download articles and...

07 Oct 2013

Conversations for Grantmakers: Making a Difference- How One Small Fund Created Big Impact!

Monday, October 7, 2013 -

12:00pm to 1:00pm

Webinar

Join us and hear about the story of the Muriel H. Marshall Fund for the Aging, and how one woman's gift to The Community Foundation created profound and dramatic impact on Genesee County's elderly residents, their caregivers, and aging services...

2012 NGen Fellows Project: Hacking the NGen Experience

Release Date:

09/29/2013

During their nine-month fellowship, the 2012 Independent Sector American Express NGen Fellows examined the "leadership void" that will be created by the impending retirement of baby-boomer nonprofit executives. The Fellows also sought to identify...

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Member News

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Leadership Development

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American Express

Advocates for LGBT Equality Launch Freedom Fund to Support LGBT Russians

Release Date:

11/26/2013

The Arcus Foundation, the Council for Global Equality and the Open Society Foundations have announced the establishment of the Russia Freedom Fund to provide financial support directly to groups working to end discrimination and violence in Russia...

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Member News

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LGBTQ

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Arcus Foundation

Open Society Foundations

Citi Foundation Awards $2.1 Million for Student Mentoring Initiatives

Release Date:

06/02/2014

The Citi Foundation has announced two grants totaling $2.1 million in support of initiatives designed to connect high-potential students from low-income households with mentoring and career counseling provided by early- to mid-career professionals.

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Member News

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Education

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Citi Foundation

Report Details Employment Challenges Facing Latino Youth

Release Date:

06/13/2014

A study supported by the Rockefeller Foundation finds that Latinos, the youngest and fastest-growing segment of the American labor force, face considerable challenges gaining stable employment.

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Member News

Funding Area

Economic Security

Workforce Development

Americans' Wait Time To See Doctors Is Longer Than in Many Other Countries

Release Date:

07/05/2014

Many Americans wait six days or more to see a doctor when they are sick and need care, ranking the United States toward the bottom in a Commonwealth Fund study of wait times for treatment in 11 countries.

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Member News

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Health

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The Commonwealth Fund

New York Community Trust Ranked Number Three In Total Assets

Release Date:

07/15/2014

A new report that ranks community foundations by asset size finds that The New York Community Trust is number three in the nation with $2.4 billion.

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Member News

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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The New York Community Trust

Schools Urged To Implement Alternatives to Zero-Tolerance Discipline Policies

Release Date:

07/24/2014

Forward-thinking school districts across the nation are demonstrating how alternatives to zero-tolerance discipline polices can improve educational outcomes, writes Kavitha Mediratta, the head of racial-equity program at The Atlantic Philanthropies...

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Member News

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Education

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The Atlantic Philanthropies

MasterCard Foundation to Help Address Water Sanitation in East Africa with Micro-Credit Program

Release Date:

10/27/2014

... sanitation challenges facing low income groups,” Water. org CEO Gary White told participants in the forum. The ...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Funding Area

Environment and Climate Change

Ripple Effects: How Can We Continue DACA’s Positive Impact?

Release Date:

01/23/2014

New York Immigration Coalition Executive Director Steven Choi provides his takeaways from our PNY event on the impact of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals on young immigrants and their families.

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The New York Immigration Coalition

Simons Foundation Helps Scientists Share and Review Findings

Release Date:

01/06/2015

... and Review Findings The popular preprint server arXiv. org , where physicists, mathematicians and computer scientists ...

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The Simons Foundation

TED: Exceptional Media and Ideas for Change

Release Date:

05/28/2013

by Vincent Stehle, Executive Director, Media Impact Funders On May 13, at the offices of Philanthropy New York and via livestream, I moderated a discussion on the power of ideas and how TED is using media to tell stories, ignite...

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Insights

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All Funders

MetLife Foundation Increases Access to Online Capital for Small Businesses

Release Date:

02/27/2015

... business health and growth. The platform – us.accion. org – helps entrepreneurs start and grow a small business ...

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Member News

Funding Area

Workforce Development

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MetLife

24 Mar 2015

Administrative Relief and Philanthropy Webinar Series - Making the Case for Immigrant-Related Grantmaking: A Funder Conversation on Messaging and Communication Strategies that Work

Tuesday, March 24, 2015 -

2:00pm to 3:30pm

... Caleb Beaudoin with any registration questions: caleb@gcir. org . In Collaboration with Grantmakers Concerned with ...

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Webinar/Teleconference

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All Funders

Topic(s)

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Funding Area

Immigration

Workforce Development

Location

United States

Verizon Foundation-Funded Research Cited as Basis for Beyond the Bruises Campaign

Release Date:

05/27/2015

... of their abuse, as well as the website BeyondtheBruises. org , a resource center that houses information on the often ...

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Member News

Funding Area

Gender Justice

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Verizon

Bloomberg and CDC Foundation Explore Tobacco Use Covering 60 Percent of World's Population

Release Date:

06/01/2015

... Lung Foundation today released The GATS Atlas(gatsatlas. org ), which presents tobacco use statistics drawn from the ...

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Member News

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Health

International/Foreign Affairs

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Bloomberg Philanthropies

San Diego Grantmakers Hires Beeta Jahedi as Senior Director of Learning and Programs

Release Date:

06/22/2015

San Diego Grantmakers is pleased to announce that Beeta Jahedi will join the SDG team as Senior Director of Learning and Programs effective July 24, 2015.