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10 Jan 2012

Reimagining Service and Cities of Service: A Funder’s Guide to Driving Change through Volunteerism

Tuesday, January 10, 2012 -

7:45am to 11:00am

Volunteers have always been critical to the nonprofit sector’s ability to bring about positive change in the community. New research shows an even higher level of impact from nonprofits that strategically engage volunteers, and they’re doing this...

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02 Apr 2012

How Does History Inform Current Philanthropic Practice?

Monday, April 2, 2012 -

2:45pm to 5:00pm

What can 21st-century practitioners learn from the annals of American philanthropy? As the Carnegie, Rockefeller, and Ford foundations celebrate 100, 99, and 75 years of service respectively, pausing to reflect upon the role and practice of...

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04 Apr 2012

GrantCraft is Back!

Wednesday, April 4, 2012 -

8:45am to 10:30am

Created as a project of the Ford Foundation , GrantCraft was designed to increase the collective knowledge of the field and improve the practice of philanthropy by tapping the "practical wisdom" of experienced grantmakers. Over the past decade,...

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07 Jun 2012

-- POSTPONED -- Moving Beyond Your Comfort Zone: Unexpected Gains Through Creative Funding Practices

Thursday, June 7, 2012 -

8:45am to 11:00am

In a recent Forbes article, Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen, chair of the Stanford Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society and president of her family’s foundation, underscored the importance of philanthropic innovations. “We need to become much more...

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19 Jun 2012

-- POSTPONED -- Is Social Justice Sustainable?

Tuesday, June 19, 2012 -

2:45pm to 5:00pm

Philanthropy New York, 79 Fifth Ave., 4th floor, NYC

The economic crisis and its toll on private and government funding, coupled with shifts and trends in the giving patterns of large foundations, have caused many in the social justice sector -- including human and civil rights, anti-poverty and...

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19 Jul 2012

Decision of the Century: How Will Philanthropy Respond to the Supreme Court Ruling on the Health Care Reform Act?

Thursday, July 19, 2012 -

11:45am to 2:00pm

The highly anticipated Supreme Court ruling on the Affordable Care Act will have severe implications for health care reform, regardless of the actual decision. Many will tell you that no matter what is decided in Washington, health care reform is...

12 Sep 2012

Pathways to Economic Mobility: How Can Philanthropists Help the Poor Build Wealth?

Wednesday, September 12, 2012 -

9:00am to 4:00pm

Philanthropy New York, in collaboration with The Philanthropy Roundtable, will host this event to explore strategies to help low-income workers pursue economic independence through financial development and wealth building. Leaders from the...

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27 Sep 2012

Developing the Next Generation of Nonprofit Talent: New Research Has Actionable Recommendations

Thursday, September 27, 2012 -

2:45pm to 5:00pm

With an ever-increasing focus on impact and results, foundations are looking to nonprofits to deliver meaningful returns on their philanthropic investments. Yet foundations consistently overlook the MOST important investment they can make to ensure...

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05 Oct 2012

Public Policy Communicators NYC: Twitter Today

Friday, October 5, 2012 -

12:00pm to 2:00pm

Public Policy Communicators NYC is an informal group of nonprofit and foundation communications executives that has been meeting roughly bimonthly over the past four years to explore contemporary, practical topics to improve our work. Whether it’s...

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01 Nov 2012

NYC Workforce Funders: First Meeting for Grantmakers Relatively New to Workforce Development -- POSTPONED

Thursday, November 1, 2012 -

12:30pm to 2:00pm

Tiger Foundation, 125 Park Avenue, NYC

The New York City Workforce Funders will hold the first meeting for grantmakers who are relatively new to the workforce development field. The focus of the meeting will be to develop a set of activities for future meetings. A Philanthropy New York...

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12 Dec 2012

Pushing Back Against Push-outs, Pipelines and Profiling: Grantmaking for Impact Among Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Men & Boys of Color

Wednesday, December 12, 2012 -

8:00am to 11:00am

This briefing will explore issues of policing, safety, profiling, and school discipline policy as they relate to gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (GBTQ) young men and boys of color. How do zero-tolerance policies place queer youth in jeopardy?...

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13 Dec 2012

Awarding Prizes: A Unique Tool for Philanthropic Impact

Thursday, December 13, 2012 -

8:00am to 11:00am

In recent years, a growing number of foundations have developed the awarding of prizes as a strategy for achieving their philanthropic goals. Prizes have the potential to advance a foundation’s mission in ways that can substantially augment the...

09 Apr 2014

School Diversity in New York City

Wednesday, April 9, 2014 -

8:45am to 11:00am

Fifty years of research suggests economic and racial segregation of schools damages student outcomes. Unfortunately, New York City schools are the third most segregated in the country. For the first time in a long while, however, New York City is...

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The Ford Foundation Joins the Reporting Commitment

Release Date:

08/19/2014

The Ford Foundation recently joined the Reporting Commitment, an initiative to increase the accuracy, currency, and openness of grants data

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Foundation Center

New Website Promotes Partnership and Investment for Girls of Color

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07/01/2015

... collective strategizing, grantmakersforgirlsofcolor. org serves as an information resource for philanthropic ...

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Gender Justice

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NoVo Foundation

Ms. Foundation for Women

ASPCA Marks 150th Anniversary With First NYC Paws Parade

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04/11/2016

Along with celebrating the ASPCA — which was founded in New York City in 1866 and is now considered to be the first and oldest animal welfare organization in the country — the day also celebrated local groups who have worked hard to protect "some of...

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Animal Welfare

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ASPCA

Communities of Color Nonprofit Stabilization Fund (CCNSF) Accepting Applications for 2017

Release Date:

09/20/2016

... Street, 2nd Floor, Room 6 Rsvp: rsvp@aafederation. org Interested in working with us? Contact Carolyn Champ, cchamp@supportcenteronline. org today to get started! Communities of Color Nonprofit ...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Pershing Square Supports Social Entrepreneurship and Mobile Healthcare

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10/19/2016

... capital from high profile institutions such as Google. org , Y Combinator and the Pershing Square Foundation... ...

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Health

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Pershing Square Foundation

Rita Allen Foundation Supports Digital Democracy Platform

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02/07/2017

The Digital Democracy platform, funded by the Laura and John Arnold Foundation and the Rita Allen Foundation, is a collaboration between man and machine.

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Technology

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Rita Allen Foundation

New York Community Trust Supports Program to Educate Parents and Families About LGBTQ Issues

Release Date:

02/01/2017

By the time a homeless young person who identifies as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or questioning arrives at the Hetrick-Martin Institute , it is often too late to mend their frayed family bonds, according to staff members at the 37-year-old...

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LGBTQ

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The New York Community Trust

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