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Altman Foundation Welcomes New Trustee, Lisa Hinds

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05/19/2020

... a Board Vice Chair and Investment Committee Chair of the United Church Funds, the institutional investment ministry of the national churches of the United Church of Christ. UCF manages over $800 million of...

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12 Sep 2012

Technology and the Promise of Blended Learning

Wednesday, September 12, 2012 - 11:00am to Thursday, September 13, 2012 - 4:00pm

The Roosevelt Hotel, 45 E. 45th Street at Madison Ave, NYC

Students, educators and philanthropists have shown an enthusiastic appetite for digital learning. Yet education technology, with its potential to personalize learning, boost student achievement and lower costs, is still seen by some as more fad than...

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Ford Foundation Appoints Hilary Pennington and Martín Abregú as Program Vice Presidents

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09/05/2013

The Ford Foundation has announced the appointments of Hilary Pennington as Vice President for the foundation’s program on Education, Creativity and Free Expression, and Martín Abregú as Vice President for its Democracy, Rights and Justice program,...

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Consultant & Vendor Lists: Technology Consultants

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02/2015

This list was submitted by Philanthropy New York members and may not be distributed. Inclusion on this list does not imply an endorsement from Philanthropy New York

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Student Debt and Social Justice: Five Things You Should Know

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09/10/2014

The Ford Foundation's Amy Brown outlines the disproportionate nature of student debt in the United States.

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Children, Youth and Families

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Education

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ASPCA & Lil BUB’s Philanthropy Isn’t Just Fluff

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10/29/2014

... helped the neediest animals through 38 programs in 24 states (and growing). It has also helped give fans, who ...

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Animal Welfare

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Marion Nestle Challenges Funders to Be More Strategic and Political

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08/08/2013

by Jenny Rempel, Tom Ford Fellow in Philanthropy, Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems, Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation Food systems funding is hot right now. Foundations are supporting everything from food hubs to community...

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A New Funder Embrace for Workforce Development

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04/18/2012

By Patricia Jenny, Executive Committee Chair, New York City Workforce Funders & Program Director, The New York Community Trust and Bret Halverson, Staff Consultant, New York City Workforce Funders The loss of...

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Seven Things Foundations Can Do to Shape Public Debate in the NYC Election Season

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02/21/2012

By Laura Wolff, Senior Program Officer, Robert Sterling Clark Foundation The upcoming New York City campaign season is the first one in more than a decade—and only the second since 1973—where there is no incumbent candidate for...

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Reflections from Foundations on the Hill

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03/24/2011

By Nur Ibrahim Executive Coordinator, Philanthropy New York Philanthropy New York recently went to Washington, D.C. with a delegation of members to participate in Foundations on the Hill. This annual event, co-sponsored by the...

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Standby Letters of Credit: The Underdog of Charitable Financing

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06/25/2009

... context, a standby letter of credit is a document that states that a bank’s client (in this case a Donor) will ...

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Philanthropy Must Lead With Its Heart

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02/19/2015

NoVo Co-Presidents, Jennifer and Peter Buffett, discuss the importance of love in the philanthropic sector.

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John A. Hartford Foundation and Commonwealth Fund Support Journalism Fellowships That Recognize Top 'Age Beat' Reporters

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10/20/2015

The Gerontological Society of America and New America Media have selected 18 distinguished reporters for the next cohort of the Journalists in Aging Fellows Program, now in its sixth year.

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Communications/Media

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School Choice and Privilege Are Inextricably Linked

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11/09/2015

Edward W. Hazen Foundation President Lori Bezahler says that unless we examine the relationship between privilege and access to markets, we will ignore the constraints that many families face in a market driven education system.

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Boutiques for the People

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09/27/2016

Judith Shapiro, president of the Teagle Foundation, says it's certainly understandable that scalability has become the holy grail of higher education reform, but the dismissive attitude toward so-called boutique programs presents an occasion for...

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Lessons Learned from a Journey to Impact Investing

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03/13/2017

Phillip Henderson, president of the Surdna Foundation, writes about a nine-month learning process that led to the Surdna board unanimously voting to commit approximately 10 percent of its endowment — $100 million — toward impact investing.

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What Philanthropy’s Response to Changes in Washington Means for Civic Engagement

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06/15/2017

Philanthropy for Active Civic Engagement Executive Director Kristen Cambell says funders are responding to the current political climate by deploying funds in new ways.

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04 Jun 2018

Philanthropy New York’s 39th Annual Meeting - Democracy, Demographics & Destiny: All in the Details

Monday, June 4, 2018 -

1:00pm to 6:00pm

Philanthropy New York is proud to announce our 39 th Annual Meeting “Democracy, Demographics & Destiny: All in the Details.” The focus of this half-day conference will be on fair representation and active participation of all...

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The Next Five Years: Three Reasons We Must Adapt

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05/01/2018

Maya Winkelstein, Executive Director, Open Road Alliance writes "When is an organization no longer a ‘start-up’? Is it age, size, or some other acquired wisdom that moves it out of the ‘test and experiment’ stage into the ‘institutional’ one? When...

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