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Release Date:

03/01/2016

... I had the opportunity to publish a feature piece in our newest format, PhilTV, for the New York PhilanthroPost. ... PNY has a long history of supporting programs that seek to increase diversity in grantmaking...

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

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22 Apr 2021

Leaning into Racial Justice with the Surdna Foundation and Andrus Family Fund - A Webinar Hosted by NCFP

Thursday, April 22, 2021 -

2:00pm to 3:00pm

* This program is hosted by our partner, The National Center for Family Philanthropy ... like never before. Yet many foundations are grappling with how to fund racial equity and the best way forward for their .....

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Tools & Strategies

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All Funders

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

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Social Justice

Video: At Rockefeller, Actor Robin Wright on Negotiating Equal Pay on ‘House of Cards’

Release Date:

05/25/2016

... advocating for gender equality and to put a stop to violence against women and children. On our first dialogue, Robin joined us for a discussion on human ...

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Member News

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Gender Justice

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The Rockefeller Foundation

Navigating Backlash: Lessons for a Thriving Multiracial and Multicultural Workplace

Release Date:

02/10/2025

... Fund. Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) efforts in our nation are at a crossroads, with major implications for ... reactions that can manifest as exclusion, hatred, and even violence . Following the Civil...

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Transparency

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Rockefeller Brothers Fund

New Interactive Data Tool from the Education Opportunity Project, Supported by William T. Grant Foundation, Finds that School Poverty - Not Racial Composition - Limited Educational Opportunity

Release Date:

09/23/2019

... have from birth through middle school Learning rates ( how much students learn from one year to the next), which ... the opportunities available in their schools Trends in how much average test scores change...

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Children, Youth and Families

Community Development

Education

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William T. Grant Foundation

Burke Foundation Executive Director Atiya Weiss Selected as a 2021 Aspen Institute Ascend Fellow

Release Date:

10/07/2021

... to thrive, learn, feel safe, known, and loved. “For our families to be the backbone of strength our nation needs, we must eradicate insecurity as the status ... “ Our future as a country is...

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The Burke Foundation

Scaling Effectively: Create a Plan, Support the Vision and Manage the Risks

Release Date:

06/17/2015

... teams offered the audience an unusual opportutnity to see how scaling impact varies greatly over time, depending on ... scale, e.g.: what is “scaling” going to look like for our organizaiton? What’s the right...

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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Community Development

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Exploring the Intersection of Arts and Culture and Other Funding Areas

Release Date:

09/10/2014

... a “deeper dive” into different issue areas as part of our 2014-2016 strategic plan. One of our 4 areas of focus ... was in July -- Art, Technology and Intellectual Property: How Funders Can...

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President's Message

PNY News

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The Atlantic Philanthropies

The Rockefeller Foundation

New Online Tool Created With Support from OSF Helps Immigrants Make a Plan

Release Date:

04/04/2018

... ready. Make a Plan covers who can take care of children, how to find detained family members, how to take care of homes, bank accounts, insurance, and ... Advocates Network (IAN). "We all hope we never...

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Member News

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Immigration

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Open Society Foundations

JPB Foundation Funded Study Shows More Than Half Of US Children Will Be Obese By 35

Release Date:

11/30/2017

... Health Decision Science and lead author of the study. “ Our findings highlight the importance of prevention efforts ...

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Member News

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Children, Youth and Families

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Freedom Together Foundation

Tax Reform that Sustains and Grows Charitable Giving

... deduction is an especially efficient method of directing resources to communities, because for every $1 that the ... indicates that a well-crafted floor might actually increase overall giving by incentivizing...

09 Jan 2012

Unsilencing the Voices of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders: A briefing about national polling of AAPIs in the United States

Monday, January 9, 2012 -

2:00pm to 5:00pm

... hard to reach through polling means, AAPIs were able to break the data barrier in 2008 with the first ever nationally ... remain unanswered. At the fore are questions about how AAPIs think about and respond to...

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Issue-Based

04 Feb 2019

116th Congress: The Green New Deal + A New 21st Century Economy - A First Monday Discussion Webinar Hosted by FCCP

Monday, February 4, 2019 -

2:00pm to 3:15pm

This program is hosted by our partner, Funders' Committee for Civic Participation ... us for a deep dive into these fast-breaking movements and how policy leaders and organizations are collaborating to .....

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Tools & Strategies

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All Funders

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Environment and Climate Change

NoVo Foundation Announces $90M Investment in Girls & Young Women of Color Across the U.S.

Release Date:

03/23/2016

... this movement. As part of the process for identifying how to invest this $90 million commitment, NoVo will launch a ... on the street and at school, and experience dating violence . Distinct differences in the...

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Member News

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Children, Youth and Families

Gender Justice

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NoVo Foundation

NYC COVID-19 Response & Impact Fund Has Issued Over $110 Million in Emergency Funds to New York City-Based Nonprofits

Release Date:

07/29/2020

... in a crisis. And the strong support for it shows how critical these groups are to the life of our city.” ... provides direct support to immigrant survivors of domestic violence , sexual...

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Arts

Community Development

Disaster Relief

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The New York Community Trust

Bloomberg Philanthropies

Carnegie Corporation of New York

Doris Duke Foundation

Ford Foundation

Freedom Together Foundation

The Estée Lauder Companies

Mellon Foundation

Charles H. Revson Foundation

Rockefeller Brothers Fund

Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund

UJA-Federation of New York

Co-Impact Launches Systems Response Fund to Strengthen Systems Around the World

Release Date:

04/06/2020

... on the current situation around COVID-19. Here, we share our evolving approach and the launch of our Systems Response ... personally, and that we understand. We empathize. We ask how is it...

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Member News

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Disaster Relief

Health

International/Foreign Affairs

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Co-Impact Philanthropic Funds, Inc.

Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Pledges $250 Million to Reimagine US Monuments

Release Date:

10/07/2020

... as a rubric is, it’s really a way of asking, ‘ How do we say who we are? How do we teach our history in public places?’” Elizabeth Alexander, the ... wake of this summer’s protests over...

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Member News

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Arts

Social Justice

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Mellon Foundation

The Storm Surge and Impact of Sandy on Communities in Northern New Jersey

Release Date:

06/13/2013

... the storm. Council President Nina Stack kicked off our morning Briefing Session, which was held at Horizon Blue ... 600 full or partial road closures. New Jersey’s regional mass transit operations and...

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Insights

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All Funders

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

... and they’re doing this with the same financial resources as their counterparts. In an era of reduced ... volunteer capacity is a way to strengthen grantees and increase impact, at a relatively modest cost...

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Issue-Based

The William T. Grant, Spencer, and Doris Duke Charitable Foundations Announce Winners of the 2020 Institutional Challenge Grant Competition

Release Date:

04/16/2020

... of working to advance goals for social change. In pooling our funding, we are amplifying the call for more universities ... racial achievement gaps. An initial study will examine how teachers conceptualize and...