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18 Mar 2013

Measuring What Matters: Indicators of College and Career Readiness

Monday, March 18, 2013 -

2:45pm to 5:00pm

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

... and American society increasingly require more than a high school diploma. And, across the country, high school ... “college ready standards” and hold districts and schools accountable to...

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Tang Museum at Skidmore College Receives Grant from the Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund to Build Endowment and Expand Education Programs

Release Date:

07/21/2020

... like the Family Saturdays, as well as workshops at schools , libraries, and community centers. These programs ... enthusiasm it continues to generate in finding new ways of using art to enrich our understanding...

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Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund

Sample Job Descriptions: Receptionist

Publication date:

10/2013

... on PNY's Jobs Board . We update our sample job description resources as we post new positions on our site. Sample Job .....

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Lavelle Fund for the Blind Announces Dr. Louis D. Pizzarello, M.D., M.P.H., as New Board Chair and Dr. Sharon McLennon-Wier to the Board of Directors

Release Date:

10/29/2021

... the title of Professor of Health Management at the Mailman School of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia ... to his leadership and to many more years of providing resources to benefit blind and...

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Lavelle Fund for the Blind

New Thinking about Networks Makes the Field Better, Stronger, More Effective

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03/20/2015

... and an enhanced ability for philanthropy to tell its story using credible, timely data. Our organization — the Forum ... emerged showed precisely where Oregon’s philanthropic resources were flowing, and how...

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Markle Foundation’s Skillful Initiative Welcomes 35 Career Coaches From Indiana for its First Convening Governor’s Coaching Corps

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03/19/2019

... workforce centers, adult educational institutions, K-12 schools and non-profits from all 12 Indiana workforce ... have access to career coaches who will offer new tools, resources and training opportunities so...

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Workforce Development

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John & Mary R. Markle Foundation

Brooklyn Community Foundation Adds Four Members to Board of Directors

Release Date:

05/24/2017

... joined the department upon graduation from Columbia Law School . After serving 8 years as General Counsel, she was ... including the University of Chicago, the Brooklyn Museum, Resources for Children With...

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Brooklyn Org

The Westchester Community Foundation Awards $3.2 Million in Grants to 66 Nonprofits

Release Date:

12/01/2021

... for mental health and addiction. OSSINING UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT : $160,000 to address mental health needs of ... to support German choral concerts. THE PICTURE HOUSE REGIONAL FILM CENTER...

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Westchester Community Fund

Improving the Accuracy of Wikipedia’s Medical Information

Release Date:

01/06/2015

... found that 50 percent of doctors surveyed reported using Wikipedia for information on specific conditions! ... between Consumers Union and New York State medical schools to launch the Wikipedia Medical...

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Health

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The Wallace Foundation Announces Promotions of Five Staff Members to Senior Program Officer

Release Date:

12/18/2017

... relationships with key partners in government, schools , and non-profit agencies; and conceptualizing and ... a number of education, youth development and out-of- school time programs as a service provider and...

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As the White House Changes Hands, Philanthropy Must Change Too

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01/26/2017

... R. Brown, executive director of the Communities for Just Schools Fund Originally published by the Chronicle of ... process, trust the strongest organizations, and devote resources to helping all the nonprofits...

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The Cricket Island Foundation

Westchester Community Foundation Funds Criminal Justice Program Series at Libraries

Release Date:

08/18/2017

... prison. The Sing Sing Prison Museum recently received its charter from the state. It plans to use the powerhouse, built ...

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Justice Reform

Philanthropy New York's Kimberly Roberts Interviews Julie Kashen and Rakeen Mabud, Authors of Nevertheless, It Persists: Disrupting the Vicious Cycle of Institutionalized Sexism

Release Date:

09/30/2020

... has a huge agenda setting and convening power -- using that to encourage grantees to incorporate an ... also focuses solutions on the root causes of the problem. Without doing so we risk designing solutions...

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Annual 990 Forms & CHAR 500

Publication date:

05/2023

For questions about Philanthropy New York's audited financial statements or form 990, please contact Kathryn O'Neal-Dunham .

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NYS Health Foundation Releases New Report: Food Scarcity in New York State During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Release Date:

10/08/2020

... in community settings (e.g., houses of worship) or schools . Many New Yorkers have been forced to choose between ... states. Rates are also shown for households with and without children. It assesses how...

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New York Health Foundation

Hurricane Season is Here, Sandy is Not Over

Release Date:

10/31/2014

... brought? “We can't talk about physical infrastructure without talking about social infrastructure.” This was the ... the days after Sandy. Cowan worked around the clock to get resources to vulnerable...

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North Star Fund

Ask the Right Questions: Funders Toolkit

Publication date:

02/2015

The Forum of Regional Associations of Grantmakers as released two toolkits ... group reflection. The first is a self-assessment tool that can help affinity groups engaging in policy work ... that affinity groups can use to do policy work and regional associations can use to support that work. Ask the ...

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Public Policy

Compensating for Your Philanthropic Blind Spots

Release Date:

01/09/2014

... pottery classes for low-income students in elementary school could reasonably want to know more than just how many ... to fund similar projects at public, independent and charter schools...

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Evaluation

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Bessemer Trust

Economic Recovery Through Racial Equity: Thoughts from Maya Wiley

Release Date:

01/07/2010

... advocate, Ms. Wiley graduated from the Columbia University School of Law in 1989. She received her Bachelor of Arts ... of the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York. She...

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IBM Joins With Stavros Niarchos Foundation, Ford Foundation, And Carnegie Corporation to Help Students Tackle Math

Release Date:

09/14/2017

... across dozens of US states – to provide elementary school teachers with targeted math resources for their kindergarten through fifth grade ... a critical need for easy-to-use, well-designed math ...