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New STARS Community, Funded by Josiah Macy Foundation, Will Focus Wise Choices And Value in Health Care

Release Date:

09/21/2017

... opt for surgeries, tests and other procedures that might not improve their health - and could even undermine it. To ... recommendations; Train to create local and regional change in the areas of overuse or...

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26 Mar 2012

Changing the System: Effective Strategies for Grassroots Activism to Make NYC More Fair, Just, and Compassionate

Monday, March 26, 2012 -

2:45pm to 5:00pm

... to stand -up as leaders able to envision and create social change . Their work is incredibly challenging, and too often ... in a discussion about the leadership, strategy, and resources required to ...

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Issue-Based

A Practical Guide to New York's Prudent Management of Institutional Funds Act

Publication date:

03/2011

Enacted in September 2010, the New York Prudent Management of Institutional Funds Act (NYPMIFA) makes important changes to the laws concerning the expenditure of charitable endowment funds. It also includes new provisions concerning the prudent management and investment of funds held by charities and the delegation of management and investment responsibilities to outside advisors, along with new protections for donors. This Guide summarizes key provisions of the Act and provides practical guidance in response to frequently asked questions.

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Mayor de Blasio Can Make Lasting Change with Nonprofit Living Wages and Career Opportunities

Release Date:

12/16/2014

... in order to provide for their families. The inadequate funding of City of New York social services contracts is the ... sector wages. In addition, the City traditionally has not provided adequate financial...

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22 Mar 2016

Foundation Archives: How Changes to the Way We Work is Sparking Innovation in the Way We Record Our History

Tuesday, March 22, 2016 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

... attendees will explore. Explore The basic expertise and resources needed to staff an archival function large or small ...

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Professional Development

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HR & Operations Staff

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Transparency

How Bloomberg is Still Changing the Way Cities Operate

Release Date:

03/30/2015

... entrepreneurial. So far, every city has had a success story to report. Memphis reduced its retail vacancy rate by ...

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18 Jun 2012

9th Annual Games for Change Festival

Monday, June 18, 2012 - 8:00am to Wednesday, June 20, 2012 - 6:30pm

NYU Skirball Center 655 LaGuardia Place at Washington Square, NYC

The Games for Change Festival brings the digital games industry together ... The festival culminates with the annual Games for Change Awards. Click here to view a complete itinerary. ... Designed for All...

28 Sep 2016

Foundation Administrators Network Meeting: Embracing Change Management

Wednesday, September 28, 2016 -

8:45am to 10:30am

Change often presents an exciting opportunity for an organization to grow and improve. Yet, change is not an event isolated to a moment in time; it is a process of ... discussion, led by Maureen...

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Professional Development

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All Funders

HR & Operations Staff

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HR & Operations

The Significance of Michelle Obama’s Fertility Story

Release Date:

11/15/2018

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Gender Justice

The Doris Duke Charitable Foundation announced grant funding through its Creative Inflections program to support leading jazz artists

Release Date:

02/08/2022

... continue jazz’s rich tradition as a vehicle for social change .” The following supported projects represent daring ... bring to life her musical exploration of the true story of Sara Baartman, a 19th‐century...

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Arts

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Doris Duke Foundation

Leadership Changes Announced at Gap Foundation and Gap, Inc.

Release Date:

05/15/2015

... oversee the following Gap Inc. functions: Global Human Resources ; Corporate Affairs; Gap Foundation; and Global ...

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Borealis Philanthropy and Ford Foundation Launch $1 Million Disability x Tech Fund to Advance Leadership of People With Disabilities in Tech Innovation

Release Date:

02/28/2023

... groups working to bring about transformational change at the intersections of disability rights, justice and ... world where the leadership of people with disabilities is not only considered but prioritized in...

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Disabilities

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Borealis Philanthropy

The Will and The Way: Philanthropy's Grantmaking Defaults Must Change

Release Date:

02/05/2020

... Will and The Way: Philanthropy's Grantmaking Defaults Must Change By John MacIntosh, Partner, SeaChange Capital ... Cycle” confirms that the vast majority of funding is project-based, that this type of...

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25 Apr 2012

Navigating the Storm: Developing the Capacity to Manage Change

Wednesday, April 25, 2012 -

2:45pm to 5:00pm

Philanthropy New York, 79 Fifth Ave., 4th Floor, NYC.

... organizations to be creative and to do more with fewer resources . Yet, in a time of great uncertainty, leaders can focus organizational energy and use change as a positive force. In their book Building .....

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Tools & Strategies

Kopp Joins Changing Our World As Managing Director

Release Date:

08/12/2014

James Michael Kopp has joined Changing Our World as a managing director.

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Appointments & Transitions

Can Business Save The World from Climate Change?

Release Date:

09/06/2017

Can Business Save The World from Climate Change ? "We are still in." On June 5, with these four words a ... may have withdrawn from the Paris agreement on climate change four days earlier, but corporate...

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This Is How We’re Facing Change Together

Release Date:

06/06/2018

This Is How We’re Facing Change Together A Message from the President of Philanthropy ... PNY is a nonpartisan organization, which means we do not engage in any form of electoral politics. But that does ... also...

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The Scherman Foundation

The Rockefeller Foundation Announces $3 Million in New Funding for Data Science Platform Global.health To Strengthen Pathogen Surveillance and Response

Release Date:

11/01/2022

... Catalytic Capital, Inc. (RFCC) , the Foundation’s public charity launched in September 2020 as a new innovative tool ... investors, businesses, and governments to combine their resources to scale ...

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Health

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13 Jul 2023

The Gendered Nature of Climate Change - A Webinar Hosted by CDP

Thursday, July 13, 2023 -

2:00pm to 3:00pm

... who has extended an invitation to PNY members. Climate change is gendered. It affects women, girls and transgender ... we cannot discuss disasters without looking at climate change . And that conversation...