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14 Apr 2010

Accountability: Judging Students, Judging Teachers

Wednesday, April 14, 2010 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

... high school. The City includes test data in decisions about whether to promote children from one grade to the next, and wants to use these data in decisions about teacher tenure. But what do these tests...

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01 Dec 2011

Don’t Cut Kids: An Update on the Federal Budget and Children

Thursday, December 1, 2011 -

7:30am to 11:00am

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

... state and local levels. Explore Up-to-date information about programs likely to be cut, detailing the number of children and families affected Results of polling data about the public’s level of support for...

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19 Oct 2010

Leaders in a New Era: A Conversation on Leadership Development and Race

Tuesday, October 19, 2010 -

8:30am to 11:00am

... ideas and practices are heavily influenced by beliefs about responsibility and individualism, i.e., candidates have ... publication explores the ways in which current thinking about leadership often...

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20 Sep 2011

School Transformations III: Practices and Programs that Are Transforming Schools & Policies that Support Them

Tuesday, September 20, 2011 -

2:30pm to 5:00pm

... third session of a series designed to inform grantmakers about realistic options for significantly improving and even ... on improving instruction. In this session, we will learn about two programs (Turnaround...

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03 Nov 2011

The American Economy, Manufacturing, and Sustainability

Thursday, November 3, 2011 -

10:00am to 2:00pm

... What is the job mismatch that everyone’s talking about ? Can we really do something about it in light of the character of our education system? ...

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17 Dec 2013

Molto Media: Digital Media Culture

Tuesday, December 17, 2013 -

1:45pm to 5:00pm

Studios of WQXR and WNYC

Join us for a discussion among arts funders about the role of digital media within the arts, and the ... of philanthropic investment. The report offers broad data about the field and highlights nine organizations...

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Philanthropic Consultants/Advisors

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Communications

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Arts

20 May 2014

Philanthropic Advisors Network

Tuesday, May 20, 2014 -

8:15am to 10:00am

... field? What are the biggest misconceptions you encounter about your job or the field? What strategies do you employ ... misconceptions? How do you balance being able to talk about the successes and challenges...

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Declare Overhead Dead

Release Date:

03/18/2014

... Let’s declare overhead dead. Let’s start to talk about operating expenses instead. That’s not a loaded ...

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Insights

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Finance & Asset Management

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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

Nonprofit Financials

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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18 Jun 2015

Interested in Working in Corporate Philanthropy?

Thursday, June 18, 2015 -

8:45am to 10:30am

... at a Foundation " series. This June, we will learn about the field of corporate philanthropy from the ... Foundation Designed for Individuals interested in learning about careers in the field of...

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Professional Development

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Nonprofit Staff/Grantseekers

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HR & Operations

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

29 Apr 2015

Measuring Impact: Joys, Monsters and Opportunities in Peacebuilding Monitoring and Evaluation - Webinar

Wednesday, April 29, 2015 -

11:00am to 12:00pm

... and how both funders and grantees can begin to think about systemic impact. Melanie Greenberg, President and CEO ... for Peacebuilding (and a former funder) will speak about the experience of AfP's...

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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

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Evaluation

07 Oct 2015

Making Board Service More Meaningful

Wednesday, October 7, 2015 -

9:15am to 11:15am

... 55% of board members said that they were well-informed about their legal and governance responsibilities. Several ... leadership skills? Join our dynamic panelists to learn about strategies and practices that...

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Appointments & Transitions

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Leadership Development

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New York State

21 Jun 2016

ComNetworkNY Kick-Off: Cocktails and Conversation

Tuesday, June 21, 2016 -

6:00pm to 8:00pm

... in meeting other communications professionals, learning about great work in the social sector, and having a good ... for this kick-off event for ComNetworkNY is to brainstorm about future programming: What...

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Chad Shearer Promoted to Vice President for Policy at United Hospital Fund

Release Date:

10/25/2016

... said Jim Tallon, president of the United Hospital Fund. About the United Hospital Fund : The United Hospital Fund is ... a more effective health care system for every New Yorker. About the Medicaid Institute...

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Health

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27 Feb 2017

Making Philanthropy Count - Census 2020 - A Webinar Hosted by FCCP

Monday, February 27, 2017 -

2:00pm to 3:00pm

... funders, and staff with organizations serving funders, about why philanthropy should care about the census and how the success or failure of this ...

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The Century Foundation Has Obtained New Data Showing 99 Percent of Student Fraud Claims Concern For-Profit Colleges

Release Date:

11/13/2017

... obtained new data from the U.S. Department of Education about nearly 100,000 “borrower defense ... of predatory behavior, and raising serious concerns about the federal government’s current approach to ...

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Education

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The Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation Provided Critical Funding to Voting Block, a New Jersey Collaborative Reporting Effort

Release Date:

02/08/2018

... Voting Block newsrooms talked with more than 100 neighbors about their political priorities, produced over 70 local ... were important to readers and how they were thinking about the election,” NJ Spotlight...

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Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation

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Communications/Media

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Doris Duke Charitable Foundation and The New York Community Trust, Commissioned A Report on what Cultural Institutions of Color Need to Thrive

Release Date:

02/20/2018

... and philanthropy, and there is also a need for information about how they might make shifts in their portfolios to move ... is full of arts agencies making work by, for, and about communities of color. These...

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Research Funded by Russell Sage Foundation Shows Great Recession Still Plagues Workers With Lower Lifetime Wages

Release Date:

03/13/2018

... less than comparable workers who had not been displaced. About 45 percent of these long-term earnings losses resulted from reduced work hours, and about 55 percent from lower hourly wages. The majority of ...

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