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03 Nov 2021

Legal Series - Within the Law and Outside the Box

Wednesday, November 3, 2021 -

10:00am to 11:30am

... about the wide range of activities both within and beyond grantmaking that could help your foundation advance its mission. Many foundations support incredible work through their grantmaking ...

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Professional Development

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All Funders

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

New Gifts Offer Clues on Bloomberg’s Philanthropic Direction

Release Date:

02/27/2014

Bloomberg Philanthropies' annual letter and its recent grants - including a $10 million initiative to prevent child drowning deaths in Bangladesh - indicate where the former mayor's philanthropic efforts will focus next, reports The Chronicle of...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Bloomberg Philanthropies

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

Gates and JPMorgan Back White House Outreach to 'Unbanked'

Release Date:

12/03/2015

The Obama administration announced a set of public-private programs to expand financial services to the millions of low-income people in America and around the world who lack access to credit, savings accounts, and other fiscal essentials, reports...

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Corporate Social Responsibility

Economic Security

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Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Wallace Selects Seven Universities to Participate in $47M Initiative

Release Date:

10/13/2016

Universities to redesign programs in collaboration with their states and local school districts.

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Education

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The Wallace Foundation

Mellon Grant Helps University Advance Racial Justice Recommendation

Release Date:

02/22/2017

... The grant comes after the release this past September of a report containing recommendations from the university’s ...

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Member News

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Social Justice

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Mellon Foundation

Russell Sage Research Examines Social Consequences of Recessions

Release Date:

05/26/2017

The Great Recession, as a new collection of research papers from the Russell Sage Foundation shows, generated a great deal of sadness.

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Economic Security

Closing a Racial Divide, One Swim Lesson at a Time

Release Date:

08/28/2017

Front-crawling through the water during her swim lesson at Roberto Clemente State Park in the Bronx one recent Tuesday morning, Kiara García, now 8, hardly seemed to think she was doing anything unusual.

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Sector News

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Children, Youth and Families

Skoll, Hilton, Ford, Rockefeller Among Backers of The Guardian’s Nonprofit Arm that Will Support Its Journalism

Release Date:

08/28/2017

... tapping philanthropic organizations — or even corporate foundations and think tanks — for financial help to report on issues including human rights and climate change. ...

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Member News

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Philanthropy & Nonprofit Sector Support

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Skoll Foundation

Conrad N. Hilton Foundation (New York)

Ford Foundation

The Rockefeller Foundation

How Institutions Take Risks

Release Date:

10/12/2014

... at the University of Pennsylvania to invest endowment resources in West Philadelphia; her work in developing the ...

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The Rockefeller Foundation

Bronfman Cultivates Programs for Next Generation Donors

Release Date:

08/20/2015

... next generation donors to bring their own ideas and resources to bear on the Jewish world. After spending a ...

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Philanthropy & Nonprofit Sector Support

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The Andrea and Charles Bronfman Philanthropies [Closed]

Adam R. Bronfman Family Foundation

Carnegie and Ford Plan to Foot Entire Bill for Cuomo's Public-Private Legal Defense Fund For Immigrants

Release Date:

03/30/2017

... at $1 million and the money comes from two private foundations , the Carnegie Corporation of New York and the ... announcement “to provide pro bono legal and additional resources for immigrants threatened by...

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Member News

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Immigration

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

Ford Foundation

How Social Innovation Labs Contribute to Transformative Change

Release Date:

11/07/2014

... and expertise, such as government policymakers, educators, foundations , big employers like Starbucks and The Gap, and ...

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Insights

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Communications/Media

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The Rockefeller Foundation

18 Jan 2024

Quarterly Meeting of the New York City Workforce Funders Collaborative

Thursday, January 18, 2024 -

9:30am to 11:00am

... Federal Infrastructure Funding Task Force, will join us for a conversation on the task force’s efforts to secure ... Who should attend? All interested funders in grantmaking roles. What to expect: presentation...

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Workforce Development

13 Jun 2019

Reimagining Career Pathways for (and with) Youth, Educators and Employers

Thursday, June 13, 2019 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

... young people for the labor market of the future. Join us as we highlight three innovative career pathways ... JobsFirst NYC Laurel Dumont , Senior Director, Grantmaking , Solon E Summerfield Foundation Megan...

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Issue-Based

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Panel

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All Funders

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Children, Youth and Families

Education

Workforce Development

22 Mar 2022

Intersectional Allyship for Racial Justice - A Workshop Hosted by Service Never Sleeps

Tuesday, March 22, 2022 - 12:00pm to Wednesday, March 23, 2022 - 3:00pm

... that examines all of the privileges we carry and helps us to navigate intersectionality across identities, influence ... Philadelphia members only , in both operational and grantmaking roles in their...

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Professional Development

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Webinar/Teleconference

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All Funders

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

27 Apr 2023

New York City Workforce Funders Collaborative Quarterly Convening: The Future of NYC’s Workforce Development Board

Thursday, April 27, 2023 -

2:00pm to 3:30pm

... Task Force Who should attend? All interested funders in grantmaking roles. What to expect: presentation followed by ...

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Issue-Based

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Livestream

Webinar/Teleconference

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All Funders

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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

Public Policy

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Economic Security

Public Policy

Workforce Development

These Leaders Are Rallying to Stop New NY Taxes on Tax-Exempt Nonprofits

Release Date:

08/22/2018

... is as close as a signature by Governor Cuomo. Many of us in the philanthropic and nonprofit sectors closely ... legislative change included in TCJA that took most of us by surprise, one that is now causing...