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How Should Philanthropy Respond to Obama’s Speech on Black Men and Boys?

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08/15/2013

... verdict? Words from Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’ s last book, Where Do We Go From Here: Chaos or Community?, ... status quo, we will have missed the opportunity given to us by this catalytic moment in our...

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The Sky Really is Falling…Now What? A New Working Group for Funders

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04/03/2012

... communities across the country. So the question for all of us is “what’ s next?” What can we in the funding community do about this ... and we invite our colleagues to share their ideas and join us...

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Practical Plans for Strengthening Nonprofits: The Human Services Data Project

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04/20/2010

Philanthropy New York’ s Philanthropy Connects Committee recently sponsored a program featuring Linda Gibbs, New York City’ s Deputy Mayor for Health and Human Services , which ... initiatives now being designed...

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The Spend-Out Presumption And The Value Of Enduring Institutions

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02/26/2010

... the United States and internationally—should remind us just how important enduring and independent institutions ... I wrote “can be” because one of the challenges for us is how to make sure long-lived...

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23 Mar 2015

What’s On the Plate of NYC’s Food Workers?

Monday, March 23, 2015 -

11:45am to 2:00pm

In November, the Mayor’ s Jobs for New Yorkers Task Force released a report that ... the efforts to expand opportunity in the industry. Join us for lunch conversation with organizers, employers, ... What’ ...

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The New York Women’s Foundation Announces $3.25 Million in Grants to Address Needs of Women and Families in New York City

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06/04/2015

The New York Women’ s Foundation Announces $3.25 Million in Grants to Address ... and Families in New York City The New York Women’ s Foundation (NYWF) announced a total of $3,250,000 in grants ... and impact...

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25 Jun 2015

Nailing It: Building A National Movement of Nail Salon Workers

Thursday, June 25, 2015 -

2:45pm to 5:00pm

... industry that glamorizes the fingertips of half the City’ s residents. And behind the glam are women who most often are ... section of the most important issues of our day. Join us in exploring the...

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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

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Immigration

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Eternal Recurrence: Philanthropy's Infrastructure Organizations

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07/16/2015

... There are upwards of 100,000 foundations in the U. S . The vast majority of these are small and unstaffed. One of ... base – it has a median staff size of two. That’ s likely an executive director and an admin...

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John A. Hartford Foundation and Commonwealth Fund Support Journalism Fellowships That Recognize Top 'Age Beat' Reporters

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10/20/2015

... radio affiliates. The fellows will convene during GSA' s Annual Scientific Meeting -- scheduled for November 18 to ... creativity, and aging in ethnic populations. "GSA' s meeting showcases the...

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Three Exceptional New York Nonprofits Win 2015 Nonprofit Excellence Awards (New York Community Trust)

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11/11/2015

... these three outstanding organizations with this year’ s Awards,” said Sharon Stapel, President of NPCC. ... for first-generation college students.” “All of us at BRC are honored to be recognized as a medal-...

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Citi Foundation Funds Book Which Explores Americans' Financial Well-Being

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12/11/2015

... questions, offering both answers and hope. What It’ s Worth: Strengthening the Financial Future of Families, ... and the Nation includes 40 essays by the nation’ s leading experts on economics, financial...

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Co-Chief Investment Officer of Carnegie Corporation of NY Meredith Jenkins Goes to Trinity Wall Street

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01/19/2016

... helped grow the investment portfolio of the foundation’ s $3.3 billion endowment into a top-tier performer for the ... Trinity Wall Street. She will create and lead the church’ s first in-house investment team...

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

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Capital One-Funded Report: Women Entrepreneurs On the Rise in NYC

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03/04/2016

... five years. The study, which was funded by Capital One’ s Future Edge initiative, also shows that the number of ... New York than in Silicon Valley and Boston, the nation’ s other leading tech hubs. While the...

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The Amida Care Fund at Stonewall Community Foundation Announces HIV/AIDS Initiatives

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12/05/2016

... Foundation was established as part of Amida Care’ s privately funded Live Your Life Wellness Program and is ... on supporting work that advances Governor Andrew Cuomo’ s Blueprint to End the AIDS Epidemic in...

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NCF Welcomes Elizabeth Mendez Berry and Isaac Luria as Directors of Voice, Creativity and Culture

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12/16/2016

... and Culture. They will jointly lead the Foundation’ s work to build empathy, nurture compassion and shift ... achieving that ambition and moral leaders that challenge us to be our best selves. Méndez Berry is...

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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, ... share about our employees’ service, the survey allowed us to move beyond anecdotes to...

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Credit Suisse Americas Foundation

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Design and Health: Back Together Again?

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06/21/2017

... at the ZIP code level: Enterprise Community Partner’ s Elizabeth Zeldin and the Center for Active Design’ s Lisa Creighton. I’m proud to say that the New York State ... it’ s not just...

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The Long Haul: Lessons from Charitable Responses to Previous Disasters

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09/05/2017

... with those affected by Hurricane Harvey, what has inspired us the most are the stirring images of neighbors and ... And Susan Dell on September 2 announced their foundation’ s pledge of $36 million toward...

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Disaster Relief

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The New York Community Trust

A Creative Approach to Advocacy: How One Foundation Tackles a Complex Issue, Part Two

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11/08/2017

... outside of the typical grant-making playbook has allowed us to advocate for people with disabilities in creative ways. ... of one of our innovative national partnerships is the US Business Leadership Network...

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