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Recording: Deciding NYC's Future: The Latest Charter Revision Commission and November Referendum

... dissecting the current Charter Revision Commission, its proposals , and the debates surrounding them. The proposals will be up for voters to consider at this ... ahead, exploring the potential future impacts of...

21 Feb 2012

Improving Internal Practices in Philanthropy

Tuesday, February 21, 2012 -

1:00pm to 3:30pm

Webinar

Is your foundation using best practices for internal processes? Join your colleagues for a two-part webinar led by 2011 graduates of the Career Pathways Program and sponsored by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. E. Thomas Brewer, director of...

Bloomberg Takes Public Innovation Initiative to Europe

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06/13/2014

... of the two-day workshop in Berlin hope to hone their proposals for the final round of a competition designed to ...

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Fate of Detroit’s “Grand Bargain” In Hands Of City Workers, Pensioners

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06/20/2014

City workers and pensioners will decide the fate of Detroit's "Grand Bargain," an effort to save the Detroit Institute of Art’s collection from the auction block—and to which the Ford Foundation has pledged $120 million and Andrew W. Mellon...

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Tiffany & Co. Names Anisa Kamadoli Costa Chief Sustainability Officer

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04/10/2015

Costa will retain her position as chairman and president of The Tiffany & Co. Foundation.

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How Big Foundations Saved the Detroit Institute of Art

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04/24/2015

Ford Foundation was among the top supporters.

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Kress and Mellon Support First Academic Art Museum and Library Summit

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12/09/2015

The Summit will focus on the ways that new pedagogical models and technologies are transforming the work of the academy, and the potential for art museums and libraries to engage more fully with faculty, students, and each other.

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JPMorgan Chase Report: Tech Jobs for All? Exploring the Promise & Pitfalls of U.S. Tech Training

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03/09/2016

JPMorgan Chase published, "Tech Jobs for All?: Exploring the Promise & Pitfalls of Technology Training in the United States,"a first-of-its-kind analysis that identifies the challenges faced by the rapidly evolving world of tech training...

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HSC Calls for Comments on Fair Labor Standards Act Effects on Nonprofits

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11/28/2016

As nonprofits prepare to comply with the new Fair Labor Standards Act rule on exempt employee status, which will take effect on December 1, the State is accepting comments on its own proposed rule, which would set an even higher threshold.

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Annie E. Casey Foundation Funded Research Shows Close to Home is Worth Fighting For

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03/30/2018

Advocates are fighting to save C2H from budget cuts proposed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo that would eliminate state funding for the program just as Raise the Age legislation – mandating that 16 and 17-year-olds are held in age-appropriate facilities like...

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Ford Foundation and Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Launch a Writing Fellowship Focused on Mass Incarceration through Art for Justice Fund

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04/06/2018

Last November, the Art for Justice Fund, launched by collector Agnes Gund with the Ford Foundation and Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors to address issues related to mass incarceration, announced its first round of grant recipients.

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Commonwealth Funded Study Shows Impacts State-based Individual Mandates Would Have in 2019

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07/25/2018

The findings are based on the assumption that the state mandates similar to the penalty structure under the ACA before the passage of The Tax Cut and Jobs Act of 2017.

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Silicon Valley Community Foundation Official Sees Opportunity Zone Program Role

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11/02/2018

The top investment official of the Silicon Valley Community Foundation says foundations could provide loans to make new funds attractive for investors.

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William T. Grant Announce Winners of 2019 Institutional Challenge Grant Competition

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04/05/2019

... for this year’s competition. We received many excellent proposals , making it exceptionally difficult to select a ...

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DDCF Launches Doris Duke Physician Scientist Fellowship

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04/12/2019

... individual needs. To read view the full request for proposals for the Physician Scientist Fellowship, visit ...

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With Support from Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, Nature Conservancy Invites Applications for Natural Climate Solutions Accelerator Grant

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06/11/2019

... the Nature Conservancy has issued a Request for Proposals for two additional rounds of grant funding for ...

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Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Awards Grant to Stanford University Press Digital Publishing Initiative

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07/08/2019

The three-year grant will help accelerate growth and ensure ongoing success of the digital publishing program.

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Rockefeller Foundation Designates Atlanta As Newest City in Opportunity Zones Initiative

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07/31/2019

The Rockefeller Foundation and Keisha Lance Bottoms, Mayor of Atlanta, today announced that Atlanta will become the second city to participate in The Rockefeller Foundation's Opportunity Zone Community Capacity Building Initiative.