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Post Election: Can Philanthropy Move The Conversation On Gun Safety?

Release Date:

11/03/2016

... show documentaries that can influence attitudes and spur action , and demonstrate the ways that funders have chosen ... presented and the potential for collaboration around action . Post Election: Can...

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President's Message

PNY News

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Arts

Bloomberg Philanthropies' 2019 Annual Report: Michael R. Bloomberg’s Annual Letter on Philanthropy

Release Date:

06/13/2019

... supporting Everytown for Gun Safety and Moms Demand Action , which push state and city leaders to pass bills and take executive action on common-sense gun rules; creating a blueprint to ...

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Member News

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Park Foundation Welcomes New Executive Director: Rachel Leon

Release Date:

09/23/2020

... Before Common Cause, Rachel spent six years at Hunger Action Network, as a lobbyist, advocate and then as Associate Director. Hunger Action Network addresses the root causes of hunger and ...

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Appointments & Transitions

11/14/2014 - The Science of Convening - Notes

Publication date:

11/2014

View Notes from the program, " The Science of Convening. "

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Program Presentation

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All Funders

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HR & Operations

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

1/20/2015 - The Power of Micro Aggressions and Micro Affirmations Live stream & Presentations

Publication date:

01/2015

View materials and the live stream recording of the program, The Power of Micro Aggressions and Micro Affirmations .

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Audio/Video Recording

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All Funders

CSR, the Arts, and the Double Bottom Line

Release Date:

04/14/2015

Americans for the Arts VP of Private Sector Initiatives, Emily Peck, discusses the critical relationship between corporate social responsibility and arts funding.

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Insights

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Arts

Corporate Social Responsibility

Community Development

New FORE Grants Support Community-Based Organizations Combatting the Opioid Use Disorder and Overdose Crisis

Release Date:

03/29/2023

... OUD who are making the transition from incarceration or homelessness and are at increased risk of drug overdose. ...

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Community Development

Health

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Foundation for Opioid Response Efforts (FORE)

19 Jul 2012

Supreme Court Decision in Arizona v. United States: Implications for Funders

Thursday, July 19, 2012 -

2:00pm to 3:00pm

This one-hour call will provide an overview of the Supreme Court’s highly ...

14 Nov 2012

A Cultural Exploration of Russian Arts: Performance at BAM & Dinner

Wednesday, November 14, 2012 -

4:30pm to 9:30pm

Members are invited to a special dinner, talk and performance of Donka: A Letter to Chekhov , part of BAM’s 30th Next Wave Festival. Featuring a spectacular melding of acrobatics, juggling, clowning and music, internationally renowned circus artist...

Schendler & Haynes: Finally, ski resorts wake up to warming

Release Date:

09/05/2013

Aspen Skiing Company Sustainability Director Auden Schendler and Mertz Gilmore Foundation Vice President Lukas Haynes talk about a collaboration between ski resorts and a climate-focused nonprofit to address global warming in The Salt Lake Tribune.

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Member News

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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

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Environment and Climate Change

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Mertz Gilmore Foundation

The School That Will Get You a Job

Release Date:

02/13/2014

TIME Magazine examined Chicago's Sarah E. Goode STEM Academy, where every student graduates with a promise of a $40,000-plus job at IBM, the school's corporate partner and a key developer of its curriculum

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Member News

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Education

If Pfizer Leaves NYC, Will It Start a Trend?

Release Date:

05/01/2014

... keeping other multinational corporations that currently call New York home. Pfizer has deep roots in New York, ...

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Member News

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Workforce Development

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Pfizer

A Coalition to Move de Blasio Along on Bus Rapid Transit

Release Date:

06/09/2014

A coalition that includes the Rockefeller Foundation is intent on making sure that Mayor Bill de Blasio follows through on plans for a world-class” bus rapid transit system of at least 20 routes in New York City.

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Member News

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The Rockefeller Foundation

Investment in Light Rail Program Helps Create Jobs, Stimulate Economy

Release Date:

06/17/2014

A new light rail line that connects the downtowns of Saint Paul and Minneapolis for the first time in decades is being hailed by the Ford Foundation as an example of how strategic public investments in transit and transit-oriented development can...

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Member News

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Community Development

Economic Security

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Ford Foundation

Testing New Kind Of Emergency Care

Release Date:

07/08/2014

A New York State Health Foundation official calls the "HealthPlex," a free-standing emergency center opening across the street from the former St. Vincent's Hospital in NYC, as as a test case for a new kind of care.

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Member News

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Health

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New York Health Foundation

City's Green Cart Initiative Judged An "Extraordinary Success"

Release Date:

07/13/2014

Evaluators are calling an "extraordinary success" an initiative launched in NYC in 2008, with support from the Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund, to make more fresh fruits and vegetables available in low-income neighborhoods.

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Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund

Bloomberg Philanthropies Gives Museums $17 million to Improve Digital Outreach

Release Date:

09/09/2014

Bloomberg Philanthropies will give $17 million to museums in New York and around the world to increase the utilization of technology in exhibitry and educational programs.