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06 Mar 2014

Freedom Summer - Philanthropy New York's Documentary Film Series

Thursday, March 6, 2014 -

4:30pm to 8:30pm

Ford Foundation

... (visible through March 4th). To register your guest( s ), please email register@philanthropynewyork.org .   ... with any questions.  Join us for a wine-and-cheese reception, followed by a screening ... who...

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NoVo Announces Pamela Shifman as New Executive Director

Release Date:

04/25/2014

... For the past six years, Shifman has led the Foundation’ s Initiatives for Girls and Women. Pamela’ s leadership has touched every aspect of the Foundation’ s ... all areas of our work, and...

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Appointments & Transitions

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Gender Justice

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NoVo Foundation

24 Sep 2014

IFIP World Summit on Indigenous Philanthropy

Wednesday, September 24, 2014 (All day) to Friday, September 26, 2014 (All day)

Join us for the World Summit on Indigenous Philanthropy , ...

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Conference

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All Funders

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Environment and Climate Change

Paula Moreno To Join Ford Foundation Board of Trustees; Kofi Appenteng Elected as Board Chair

Release Date:

06/23/2014

... Paula Moreno has been named to the Ford Foundation' s board of trustees and Kofi Appenteng has been elected as ... social justice pioneer who previously served as Colombia’ s minister of culture, the...

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Ford Foundation

Open Society Foundations Award $5 Million Challenge Grant To Strengthen Innocence Project

Release Date:

07/09/2014

... Open Society Foundations will help the Innocence Project' s efforts to establish a $20 million reserve fund. OSF ... raise will be used to fortify the Innocence Project’ s future as a leading criminal...

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Open Society Foundations

Systemic Racism Hurting Girls and Women Of Color, Not Just Males

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08/07/2014

... to fully address the problems of systemic racism in the U. S , they need to step up their support for girls and women of ...

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NoVo Foundation

Technical Assistance and Strong Relationships: Key to Quality Capacity Building

Release Date:

09/15/2014

... This post originally appeared on The Foundation Center’ s GrantCraft blog. The Robert Bowne Foundation has ... we collected in our mid-term report was not very useful to us at the Foundation or to the grantees...

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Technical Assistance & Capacity Building

When the Biomedical Industry Can’t Prioritize Diseases, Private Money Can Save Lives

Release Date:

09/19/2014

... Can Save Lives Nearly two million people in the U. S . suffer from type 1 diabetes (T1D), and millions more are ...

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Health

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The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust

Weinberg Foundation Names New Position

Release Date:

12/18/2014

... in the summer of 2013 as the program director for U. S . Education. She will continue this work and expand her role ... leadership and day-to-day support to the foundation’ s program and grants team. Goldstein...

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Children, Youth and Families

Workforce Development

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The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation

Gender and Transformative Giving

Release Date:

05/23/2013

... with a sizable grant who wanted help identifying major U. S . funders with a strong gender focus in their funding ... strong. Similarly, a large foundation recently engaged us to work with several high-profile...

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Foundations as First Responders?

Release Date:

04/18/2013

... from the 1970s to the late 1990s) and some disaster befell us — blackouts, hurricanes, massive water main breaks, ... to quickly and effectively raise money through the Bank’ s branch network and get funds out...

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Moving Interprofessional Education into the Mainstream of Health Professions Education

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06/20/2012

... and Collaborative Practice, initially funded by the U. S . Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA). This ... This requirement will be there regardless of how the U. S . Supreme Court rules on the...

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Economic Recovery Through Racial Equity: Thoughts from Maya Wiley

Release Date:

01/07/2010

... programs—these are just some of the opportunities before us . Thanks to Philanthropy New York, this discussion is ... College in 1986. She has litigated, lobbied the U. S . Congress, and developed programs to...

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Capital One to Invest $150 Million to Help Close Digital Skills Gap

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03/10/2015

... and community organizations to prepare members of the U. S . workforce for twenty-first century jobs; enable small ... nearly eight in ten middle-skill jobs in today' s economy require digital skills. The...

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Education

Technology

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Capital One Foundation

09 Apr 2015

More Bang for Your Buck: Supporting Locally Led Peacebuilding - Webinar

Thursday, April 9, 2015 -

11:00am to 12:00pm

... are proving to be impactful and cost efficient. Join us for this webinar, where Peace and Security Funders Group ...

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Board & Trustees

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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

07 May 2015

The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution - Documentary Film Screening

Thursday, May 7, 2015 -

5:00pm to 8:30pm

In the 1960' s , ready or not, change was coming to America. A new ... time, put itself at the vanguard of that change. Join us for a wine-and-cheese reception, followed by a screening ... In Collaboration...

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Issue-Based

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Film Screening

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All Funders

Topic(s)

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Funding Area

Social Justice

NYC: The Starting Point for Critical Conversations to Address Historic Challenges

Release Date:

04/21/2015

... host a special online event for those who can’t join us in person. Against the backdrop of these challenges ... those funding and doing the work, about what’ s holding them back and what new opportunities they...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Alfred P. Sloan Foundation-Backed Study Examines the Role of Older Workers in Small Business

Release Date:

04/23/2015

... how older workers can most benefit the workforce. It’ s important to our nation’ s well being and the public’ s health that older Americans have the opportunity to stay ...

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Aging

Workforce Development

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

NYCT Believes Backing STEM Education is Critical to Building a Strong Workforce

Release Date:

04/28/2015

... a tech talent pipeline initiative to grow New York City’ s tech industry and train New Yorkers for high-paying jobs in ... The program is a great step forward for New York City’ s tech industry and workforce,...