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With A New School Year Underway, Hundreds of Teaching Positions Remain Unfilled In New York City

Release Date:

09/26/2017

With A New School Year Underway, Hundreds of Teaching Positions Remain Unfilled In New York City Hundreds of schools are ... students and those with disabilities. Many of the unfilled positions were in low-income...

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Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation Investment Policy

Publication date:

04/2011

... investment practices with mission objectives to sustain the public good. Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation offers a look at their investment policy which can be used as a template for others. Jessie Smith Noyes ...

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Executive Leadership

Finance Staff

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Finance & Asset Management

Impact Investing

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Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation

PNY Core: Policy Core

... – whether private foundations, community foundations, public charities, corporate foundations or family foundations – have considerable legal rights to exercise their voice in public policy...

Cassius Johnson, Education Policy Expert, Joins Carnegie Corporation of New York

Release Date:

06/04/2012

Cassius O. Johnson, an education policy analyst, will join the Carnegie Corporation of New York as a Program ... Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Texas and a Master’s in Public Affairs from the Lyndon B. Johnson...

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Public Policy

Funding Area

Education

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

Ms. Foundation for Women Selects Deborah Jacobs as Vice President, Advocacy and Policy

Release Date:

06/04/2012

... pleased to announce the launch of their first Advocacy and Policy department and, after a lengthy search, have selected renowned civil ... reporters—including The New York Times, CNN, National Public Radio,...

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Gender Justice

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Ms. Foundation for Women

19 Apr 2012

Extend Your Grantmaking Effectiveness by Funding Policy and Community Engagement

Thursday, April 19, 2012 -

2:45pm to 5:00pm

... experiences that demonstrate how grantmaking, including public policy advocacy and community engagement, increases the impact of social ...

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Issue-Based

15 Sep 2010

Can You Hear Us Now? Evaluating Policy Change and Advocacy

Wednesday, September 15, 2010 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

... . A program presented by Philanthropy Connects , the public policy committee of Philanthropy New York. WHO SHOULD ATTEND : CEOs, ...

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Network Building

23 Mar 2010

Change Philanthropy: Stories of Successful Policy Work and Collaboration

Tuesday, March 23, 2010 -

8:30am to 11:00am

... effective approaches for tackling much-needed, widespread public policy alternatives and social change. This session, featuring Alicia Epstein ...

17 Oct 2011

Environmental Justice in NYC: Successful Advocacy for Sustainable Policy Change

Monday, October 17, 2011 -

2:45pm to 5:00pm

... Gavin Kearney (moderator), New York Lawyers for the Public Interest . Designed for All interested funders. ... Justice in NYC: Successful Advocacy for Sustainable Policy Change ...

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Issue-Based

10 Nov 2010

How Will Election Results Impact the Education Agenda? A Post-Election Policy Briefing for Grantmakers

Wednesday, November 10, 2010 -

1:00pm to 3:30pm

Webinar

... the Common Core State Standards. These potential shifts in policy – and political will – can have a profound impact on agencies, ... some best practices grantmakers can follow to establish new public /private...

11 Dec 2013

What Does it Mean to ‘Do’ Policy Work in a Foundation?

Wednesday, December 11, 2013 -

7:45am to 11:00am

” Public Policy Work” in foundations is like the proverb of the elephant being ... administrative changes and litigation, and some looking at policy from a more grassroots or change in...

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Issue-Based

Former Atlantic Philanthropies CEO LaMarche Questions the Power Philanthropy has over Policy

Release Date:

09/25/2014

... CEO LaMarche Questions the Power Philanthropy has over Policy In a recent Democracy Journal article, LaMarche calls ... question the sheer power that foundations have on affecting public policy...

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Member News

Topic(s)

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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The Atlantic Philanthropies

Carol Levine to Receive Award for Raising Awareness About and Influencing Policy on Family Caregiving

Release Date:

10/21/2014

... to Receive Award for Raising Awareness About and Influencing Policy on Family Caregiving The State Society on Aging of New York ... Award because of her significant contributions in raising public awareness...

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Member News

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Funding Area

Health

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United Hospital Fund

Eric C. Schneider to Join The Commonwealth Fund as Senior Vice President for Policy and Research

Release Date:

11/26/2014

... to Join The Commonwealth Fund as Senior Vice President for Policy and Research Eric C. Schneider, M.D., Senior Principal ... quality improvement in health care at the Harvard School of Public Health and...

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Health

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The Commonwealth Fund

What Does It Mean to Do Policy Work in a Foundation?

Release Date:

03/27/2014

... impact” — which we describe as improving practice and policy . We think the way we work has allowed us to ... to lead an effort to consider our options for engaging in public policy more...

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The Wallace Foundation

Changing the Debate on Education Policy

Release Date:

06/07/2012

... Foundation Over the past 15 years, education policy has gone from a bureaucratic backwater to a topic debated on the front ... of the U.S. Department of Education, today anyone vying for public office in New...

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All Funders

Nourishing Strong Communities: Thoughts on Food Policy from Karen Karp

Release Date:

05/03/2010

... focused on FoodWorks New York and other ways that the public , private, and government sectors are working together to create ... address issues that are the result of the myriad of food policy and food...

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All Funders

06 Oct 2015

When a Policy Win is Not Enough: Civic Engagement After the Big Win

Tuesday, October 6, 2015 -

2:45pm to 5:00pm

With recent policy wins such as the NYC Earned Sick Time Act, the NYC Pregnant Workers ... gender nonconforming women are often living way outside of policy circles where rights and entitlements are better known...

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Panel

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All Funders

Topic(s)

Public Policy

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Funding Area

Public Policy

Gender Justice

Workforce Development

Beyond Obamacare: Life, Death, and Social Policy

Publication date:

06/2015

Beyond Obamacare: Life, Death, and Social Policy (2015), a new book by sociologist and public health expert James S. House, advances a provocative new analysis of ... 20% of GDP. Beyond Obamacare: Life, Death, and Social Policy ...

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Report

Funding Area

Health

Public Policy

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Russell Sage Foundation

Why Cultural Policy is Critical for New York City

Release Date:

06/12/2015

... collaborative established to strengthen cultural advocacy, policy , and equity—organized a panel discussion and public dialogue on city cultural planning. At this event, New ...

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Insights

Funding Area

Arts

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The New York Community Trust

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