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United Way of New York City Names Mary Ann Sallas as Director of New York City’s Combined Federal Campaign (CFC)

Release Date:

11/01/2012

... Committee. Since 2001, she has worked with active duty and veteran ’s issues, first as writer and editor of the ...

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Appointments & Transitions

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United Way of New York City

Ford, Rockefeller and Others Supporting NFF Knowledge-Dissemination Effort on Impact Investing

Release Date:

04/14/2016

... challenges and practical considerations of the move toward results-based funding, and includes the launch of an ... funding to address critical issues such as homelessness , workforce development, education and...

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Member News

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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The Rockefeller Foundation

Ford Foundation

Mayor's Affordable Housing Not Helping People Who Need it Most, Study Says

Release Date:

09/18/2017

... People Who Need it Most, Study Says With the city’s homelessness crisis unabated, housing advocates are asking ... housing in the past four years as it works toward its 200,000-unit goal. So far, however, just...

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Housing and Homelessness

Census 2020 Working Group

... open to all who are interested in learning about progress toward a full and fair 2020 Census count. A subset of this ... a whole lot worse after the 2020 Census if we don’t take action in the years leading up...

Bloomberg Philanthropies: Partnership for Healthy Cities Launches Online Platform to Support City Leaders Responding to COVID-19

Release Date:

04/15/2020

... Response Center includes the latest tools and technical resources geared toward urban challenges, ranging from maintaining city ... to provide city leaders with important tools and technical resources...

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Member News

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Civic Engagement

Community Development

Disaster Relief

Health

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Bloomberg Philanthropies

New York Grantmakers in the Arts

... is a member-driven group that aims to provide information, resources , and networking opportunities for funders to invest ... to address common interests. Recent monthly call topics include arts and disability...

Do You See Yourself In the First Nations Struggle?

Release Date:

03/02/2017

... Need to Do Now in the Trump Age issued a clarion call to the sector. I echo his sentiments and offer a few ... can unequivocally re-affirm its love of humanity, taking action with liberty and justice for all...

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The New York Women's Foundation

The Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund announces inaugural grants in new Arts & Mental Health Program to serve communities impacted by the COVID-19 Pandemic

Release Date:

01/11/2022

... organizations responded to the Illumination Fund’s open- call Request for Proposals to small and medium sized ... by circumstances such as unemployment, domestic violence, homelessness , pre-existing mental...

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Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund

Take Us To Your Leaders

Release Date:

03/10/2015

... what successful assessment entails—in terms of time, of resources , of formulating consequential goals and designing ... who actually knows the territory. The result is a trend toward shorter tenures and a...

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The Teagle Foundation

Take It From the Nonprofits: Even in a Crisis, Funders Are Falling Short on Equity

Release Date:

07/29/2021

... of swiftly and equitably delivering responsive, flexible resources to nonprofits facing urgent demands. And so, at a ... A to point B – to hear what nonprofits need and take action to help – without making...

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Ms. Foundation for Women Will Join SheKnows Media for the Sept. 26 Panel on Next-Generation #Femvertising

Release Date:

09/21/2016

... fielded online in September 2016, examines attitudes toward the pro- female advertising movement in which brands are increasingly ...

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Member News

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Gender Justice

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Ms. Foundation for Women

PhilTV: Funder Advocacy Is Powerful in Conversation on NP Sector Sustainability

Release Date:

05/24/2016

... investigating and documenting what went wrong, with an eye toward changing harmful funding practices that contributed to ... the report New York Nonprofits in the Aftermath of FEGS: A CALL TO ACTION...

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The Clark Foundation

F.B. Heron Foundation President Clara Miller to Step Down

Release Date:

06/20/2017

... peers to jettison outdated operating models that leave resources untapped in the face of systemic social ills." .....

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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F.B. Heron Foundation

Albany Charities Find It Hard to Tap Influx of Wealth

Release Date:

10/03/2017

Upper-income earners have been growing as a share of the Albany region’s population, according to the Pew Research Center.

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Sector News

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Private Philanthropy Cannot Replace the NEH

Release Date:

05/16/2017

... abolishing the NEH would make access to our cultural resources less equitable, rather than give everyone a fair ... within the field. For instance, when Congress sought to call attention to the struggles of...

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Education

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Mellon Foundation

Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation Investment Policy

Publication date:

04/2011

Innovative strategies and new investment opportunities can be used to align investment practices with mission objectives to sustain the public good. Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation offers a look at their investment policy which can be used as a template for others.

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Sample Document/Template

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Executive Leadership

Finance Staff

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Finance & Asset Management

Impact Investing

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Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation

18 Apr 2017

Mobilizing for Mission - On Grassroots Climate Change

Tuesday, April 18, 2017 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

... of change coming out of Washington, DC and contemplate action on the issues they care about. Mobilizing for Mission ... designing innovative strategies to support community-based action on climate change Legal...

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Issue-Based

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Roundtable Discussion

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Topic(s)

Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

Legal Issues

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Public Policy

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Environment and Climate Change

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Public Policy

Science

2/10/1016 - "Put Your Foundation on the Impact Investing Map" - Live Stream Recording & PPT Presentation

View materials and recording of the program "Put Your Foundation on the Impact Investing Map."

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All Funders

A Long Overdue Guide for New Philanthropic Organizations

Release Date:

04/17/2019

... of taking risks and orienting each of our organizations toward continuous learning and improvement. CEP’s research ... of what success looks like, as well as an orientation toward learning. Private foundations...