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Opinion: Why Small, Local, Organic Farms Aren’t The Key To Fixing Our Food System

Release Date:

10/02/2017

... Food System The food movement has a problem: It’s right about what’s wrong with our system, but wrong about how to fix it. But what is the “food movement?” I ... call it the loose coalition of sustainability-...

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Food Systems

21 Jun 2012

-- POSTPONED -- Saving Our Communities: Historic Preservation Initiatives in NYC

Thursday, June 21, 2012 -

8:45am to 11:00am

... needs remains stagnant. Come learn more about the historic preservation field as a panel of funders, ... educates and informs schoolchildren, families, and adults about our shared history. The session will use...

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Send Grad Students Our Way

Release Date:

02/18/2015

... early-career professionals who will benefit from learning about and networking within the philanthropic sector. It is ... the intellectual support of several of our members with ongoing fellowship or...

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Research to Prevent Blindness Foundation Honored with Distinguished Service Award by American Academy of Ophthalmology

Release Date:

11/13/2015

... world. "Dr. Spivey's tireless work has accelerated just about every facet of the profession, helping to protect the ... Service Award honors an individual or organization for ongoing notable service...

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Health

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Research to Prevent Blindness

Research to Prevent Blindness Grantee Dr. Gregg Semenza Wins Nobel Prize in Medicine

Release Date:

10/10/2019

... Award is active through the end of 2020. To learn more about Dr. Semenza’s Nobel Prize in Medicine, visit ... . To learn more about his ongoing research, visit ...

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Science

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Research to Prevent Blindness

Mamadou-Abou Sarr Elected as New Board Member of The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts

Release Date:

10/08/2021

... contribution to the important work of the foundation. About the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts In ... licensing policies and extensive scholarly research for ongoing catalogue raisonné projects. To...

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The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts

01 Mar 2022

Feeding and Funding Our City: Recovery for New York City’s Invisibilized Food Ecosystem

Tuesday, March 1, 2022 -

2:00pm to 3:30pm

... , as well as a funder supporting both organizations. Learn about the important yet often overlooked role these workers ... urban food ecosystem, the core elements of successful and ongoing campaign strategies...

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All Funders

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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

Public Policy

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Food Systems

Public Policy

William Moon Joins Carnegie Corporation of New York as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

Release Date:

07/14/2022

... Carnegie Corporation of New York and to contribute to its ongoing programs in education, international peace, and ...

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

01 Nov 2023

Taking the Sting out of Funder-Grantee Conversations: Practicing Trust-Based Philanthropy - Hosted by Nonprofit New York

Wednesday, November 1, 2023 -

10:15am to 11:30am

... nonprofit partners at the register link. To learn more about the funders working group, please contact Lisa Cowan , ...

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Network Building

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Roundtable Discussion

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All Funders

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Transparency

Ian Magee Joins F. B. Heron Foundation as Vice President, Finance and Operations

Release Date:

01/01/2013

... America. Magee also serves as a volunteer mentor to a young adult in Chicago as part of the federally funded ...

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American Express

F.B. Heron Foundation

13 Mar 2012

The Nuts, Bolts & Art of Networking with David Schachter

Tuesday, March 13, 2012 -

5:30pm to 7:30pm

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

... art of networking and practice your new found skills with young professionals in the philanthropic, nonprofit, and ...

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Issue-Based

In Memoriam: James McConnell Clark of Edna McConnell Clark Foundation

Release Date:

11/04/2015

... in philanthropy as he was on Wall Street. "At a very young age he started thinking about philanthropy and that was one of his core interests in .....

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Blue Meridian Partners, Inc.

NY Community Trust Teams Up with Muslim-American Leaders to Counter Anti-Islamic Stereotypes

Release Date:

08/09/2016

... Shawn Morehead says . “Recently, we helped thousands of young undocumented immigrants apply for the federal program ... of immigrants into the city’s civic and economic life. About the New York Community Trust...

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Communications/Media

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Rauch Foundation Research On Government Spending & Early Childhood Published

Release Date:

07/26/2017

... prepared to learn, and to succeed, then we must support young children and their parents from the mother’s ... public spending has not caught up with what we know about child development and the explosive...

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Children, Youth and Families

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The Rauch Foundation

Century Foundation President's Commentary Explains Why Teachers Deserve a Break on Student Debt

Release Date:

10/03/2017

... on Student Debt In October 2007, as experts began warning about rising student debt levels, Congress passed a new law ... But that money isn’t wasted. Instead, it encourages young Americans to work in critical...

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Education

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The Century Foundation

Commonwealth Fund Names David Blumenthal, M.D., as Its Next President

Release Date:

08/01/2012

... make a major contribution to the recent health care reform debate and to the implementation of enacted reforms. She has ...

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Health

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The Commonwealth Fund

13 Nov 2020

Philanthropy 101: Foundation Governance and Legal Issues

Friday, November 13, 2020 -

10:00am to 12:00pm

What makes up the leadership and governance of a foundation? What are the legal dos and don'ts? What role do trustees play? Join us as we review the ethics and legal guidelines of a foundation.

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Professional Development

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Breakout Discussion

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Webinar/Teleconference

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All Funders

New Staff

Topic(s)

Legal Issues

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

15 Oct 2021

Philanthropy 101 - Speaking the Same Language

Friday, October 15, 2021 -

10:00am to 12:00pm

Philanthropy 101 is a five-part series that helps all staff new to philanthropy better understand the sector. This interactive course will help participants gain the working knowledge they need to understand and navigate the field of philanthropy,...