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07 Feb 2013

-- Postponed-- Keeping Risk Above Water: Investing in Adaptation Infrastructure and Emergency Response

Thursday, February 7, 2013 -

11:00am to 1:00pm

Webinar

... personal and public loss in the wake of Hurricane Sandy, how can foundations and donors—those who will be called ... challenges and opportunities for investment in building our capacity to prevent and respond...

17 Jul 2013

Grantmaking as a Career? One Grantmaker’s Personal Experience with Jonathan Horowitz, Program Officer, J.P. Morgan Private Bank Philanthropic Services

Wednesday, July 17, 2013 -

3:15pm to 5:00pm

... for this program is currently at capacity. Please check our site for future "Grantmaking as a Career?" programs.* ... the number of jobs available in the field at a given time How grantmaking is...

08 Oct 2013

The Evolution of Corporate Philanthropy: Understanding My Role in a Changing Profession

Tuesday, October 8, 2013 -

7:45am to 10:00am

... most beneficial to success in corporate philanthropy today How to think strategically about your role’s influence and ... Vice President for Research and Analytics, Changing Our World, Inc. Designed for...

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Philip Li Elected to Robert Sterling Clark Foundation Board of Directors

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01/15/2014

... of equality and opportunity in the United States, and how American values can best be sustained and advanced in a ... civic leaders, and as Senior Managing Director at Changing Our World, overseeing its...

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The Century Foundation

Mary J. Hutchins Foundation

Robert Sterling Clark Foundation

The Bulova Stetson Fund

Open Society Foundations Award $5 Million Challenge Grant To Strengthen Innocence Project

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07/09/2014

... of the Open Society Foundations. “By showing us all how we can learn from our mistakes—even the most tragic ones—the Innocence ...

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Documentary Funded by New York Life Foundation Wins Emmy

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08/26/2014

... Wins Emmy A film that takes a profound look at how death and grief affect children has been awarded the 2014 ... Moyer. “We believe no child should grieve alone, and our goal is to make it possible for more...

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06 May 2015

Executive Assistants Network - Tech Trends

Wednesday, May 6, 2015 -

8:15am to 10:30am

... Questions and tips pertaining to Microsoft Office How to navigate social media, particularly regarding our personal branding The best online organizational ...

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Network Building

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All Funders

Executive Support Staff

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HR & Operations

Alfred P. Sloan Foundation-Backed Study Examines the Role of Older Workers in Small Business

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04/23/2015

... not only encourage that trend but think differently about how older workers can most benefit the workforce. It’s important to our nation’s well being and the public’s health that ...

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Aging

Workforce Development

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Aetna Foundation President Writes on Turning the Clock Forward on Health Disparities, City Block by City Block

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10/20/2015

... left in the last century. Stand in the lobbies of some of our largest and most celebrated hospitals and look outside, ... than in many third-world countries and is similar to how long the average American...

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Caltech Biologists Identify Gene that Helps Regulate Sleep (Rita Allen Foundation)

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02/18/2016

... are less active during the day. The findings improve our understanding of how sleep is regulated--a process that we know surprisingly ...

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Health

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Rita Allen Foundation

Markle Foundation-Backed Online Tools Seek to Help Close the Employment Skills Gap

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07/10/2017

... there were in 1989. At the same time, 6 million jobs in our country go unfilled due in large part to a shortage of ... terrain. Where are all these unfilled positions? And how can would-be workers, armed in...

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John & Mary R. Markle Foundation

Ford Foundation Awards 25 Fellowships to US Artists Driving Social Change

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10/02/2017

... advance freedom, justice, and inclusion, and strengthen our democracy. Artists and cultural leaders have been at the ... widening inequality, the arts have the power to transform how people see and understand...

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Arts

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Ford Foundation

New York Community Trust Central to Shaping the Mayor's Office of Strategic Partnerships

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05/15/2018

... to what he had to say about Connections to Care – and how it might build on the work they were already doing, ... beginning (he) was very interested in getting involved in our work,” she said in a telephone...

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Community Development

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The New York Community Trust

New York Foundation and New York Community Trust Create New Fund Aimed At Supporting A Fair and Accurate Census

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07/02/2018

The New York Community Trust has joined with other funders in the state to create the New York State Grantmakers for Census Equity which plans to raise $1 to $2 million to help mobilize local and statewide efforts to make the 2020 Census accurate...

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Civic Engagement

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The Westchester Community Foundation

07 Nov 2018

One Size Doesn’t Fit All: A Conversation about Education with the Gates Foundation’s Bob Hughes

Wednesday, November 7, 2018 -

3:00pm to 4:30pm

... us as Bob reflects on the role of being grantmaker and how his years as an advocate have influenced his strategies ... with any questions. Please note: To ensure fairness among our members, we reserve the...

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All Funders

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Children, Youth and Families

Education

09 Apr 2019

Service for Impact - Effective Strategies in Aligning Employee Engagement and Business Priorities

Tuesday, April 9, 2019 -

8:45am to 11:00am

... citizenship leaders, we are uniquely equipped to connect our colleagues to solutions that catalyze business benefit ... corporate responsibility with broader firm goals, and how you can find ways to more...

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Ford Foundation to Open Gallery for Socially Engaged Art in New York

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02/13/2019

... Trees Management. “It’s a new way to present art, and our goal is to provide a global perspective and show how art is a vital component to pushing forward social ...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Ford Foundation

Helmsley Charitable Trust Grants $4.3 Million to Develop Tools for the Clinical Testing of Anti-fibrotic Treatments for Crohn’s Disease Patients

Release Date:

04/15/2019

... or failure, as well as an imaging system to measure how these strictures respond to anti-fibrotic therapies. ... of patients with Crohn’s disease is at the center of our Program’s mission. The STAR consortium...

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Health

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The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust

15 Sep 2020

New York Environmental Funders Network Meeting

Tuesday, September 15, 2020 -

3:30pm to 5:00pm

... about environmental issues in the New York City area, how they are being impacted during this time of COVID, and ... to the program. Please note: To ensure fairness among our members, we reserve the right to...