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Private funders should fund full project costs too

Release Date:

03/11/2016

... most targeted, socially responsible agenda items – from building financial skills among low-income youth in a certain ... those that government will fund. However, costs like building an endowment, paying...

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22 Mar 2017

Harnessing the Power of Youth Organizing: Impact on Resiliency, Social-Emotional Development, and Academic & Career Success

Wednesday, March 22, 2017 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

Join the NYC Youth Funders for a session that will focus on the benefits of youth organizing and how these experiences help young people develop strong social-emotional competencies and tangible skills that promote academic and career success.

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Children, Youth and Families

Civic Engagement

Social Justice

Strengthening Community in the Face of Antisemitism and Injustice: A Message from CEO, Kathryn O'Neal-Dunham

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08/01/2025

... language and reject binary thinking, is key to building the kind of coalition that can lead us forward. At ...

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President's Message

PNY News

“The City Where America Is Going to Find Herself Again”: A Funders Conversation with Mayor Mitch Landrieu

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01/12/2011

... the New York foundation community for its support in building community capital and capacity around a unified ...

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After We Say Goodbye

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01/29/2010

In August of 2009, Anita Nager, the former Executive Director of the Beldon Fund, began a discussion on this blog regarding “spend out” versus “in perpetuity.”

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Philanthropy As “Invisible Aid”

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08/31/2009

... the same short-term horizon that afflicts business. Building impact and influence takes time, but ever-changing ...

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Internet to Newspapers: Drop Dead—A Program Recap with Nicholas Lemann and Victor Pickard

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06/12/2009

For a group of newspaper people, newspapers must be saved; for a group of Web people, newspapers must go; and there are a lot of compass points in between.

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Wallace Video Series Shows How Illinois Revamped Requirements for Preparation of Principals

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10/18/2016

... be," says Chavarria. "The principal is the heart of a building ." Part 4: The District (9 min.) Chicago Public .....

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Education

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The Wallace Foundation

Open Letter to Grantees from Social Justice Funders

Release Date:

03/19/2020

... economic scenarios in strategic ways and to focus on building sustainable organizations. Staying coordinated: ...

Is There an App for That? New Thinking on Kids and Digital Media

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03/10/2016

... endured The federal government has equipped most of the nation ’s schools with modern broadband technology, but ...

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The New York Community Trust

Digital Badges: What They Are and Why Funders Should Pay Attention (Part 1)

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06/13/2014

A badge can offer a more complete, accurate depiction of an educational experience than a grade or a test score.

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Technology

Workforce Development

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The New York Community Trust

Badge Alliance

Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum

The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation

10 Feb 2015

The Conference Board's Business - Community Impact Symposium

Tuesday, February 10, 2015 - 8:00am to Wednesday, February 11, 2015 - 5:00pm

Nexus of money, intellectual capital, time and voice leading to critical outcomes

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Finance & Asset Management

Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

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United States

Learning in Place

Release Date:

07/14/2011

By Maria Mottola, Executive Director, New York Foundation I am an ambivalent traveler. I get anxious about leaving things that are familiar—it’s disorienting. But once I arrive someplace new, I feel exhilarated; finding yourself...

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Responding to Haitian Devastation, At Home

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08/16/2010

By James R. Knickman President and Chief Executive Officer, New York State Health Foundation The devastating earthquake in Port au Prince in January has lately fallen off many people’s radar, for lots of reasons: six months is a...

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Can We Still Improve Philanthropy?

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07/17/2009

Being away from the day-to-day administration of a foundation has allowed me some time to think about how philanthropy can be improved.

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What’s “Best” in Philanthropy: A Debate Recap with Aaron Dorfman and Adam Meyerson

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05/19/2009

Philanthropy New York proudly hosted a recent debate between Aaron Dorfman (pictured left), Executive Director of the National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy (NCRP) , and Adam Meyerson , President of The Philanthropy Roundtable , that focused...

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24 Jun 2015

Learning the Way: DACA, Educational Attainment and Philanthropy - Webinar

Wednesday, June 24, 2015 -

1:00pm to 2:30pm

For more than two million youth and young adults in the United States, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) offers first-time access to the American Dream.

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Children, Youth and Families

Hostos Food Studies Program is Creating Opportunities in the Bronx

Release Date:

10/07/2015

Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund Executive Director, Rick Luftglass, outlines the foundation's commitment to food security through their support of the Hostos Community College Food Studies program.

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Education

Food Systems

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Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund

New Report from The Century Foundation: 11.4 Million Workers Facing Jobless Benefit Cliff Starting March 14

Release Date:

02/10/2021

Unless Congress acts swiftly, 11.4 million workers will lose their unemployment benefits between March 14 and April 11 of this year, with disastrous results for families and the American economy.