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Most Funders Don’t Think About Disaster Until It Strikes

Release Date:

07/05/2016

... a complicated question with no single answer. There are resources , however, to help funders start to prepare their ... Relief / Individual Support Mitigation & Preparedness Product Donations The...

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President's Message

PNY News

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Disaster Relief

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Responding To Covid-19: Suggestions and Recommendations for Donors as of March 2020 from Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors

Release Date:

03/24/2020

... to the donor community preliminary guidance that we will update as the context shifts relating to key principles and ... regional and national boundaries and not only sufficient resources , but also the right...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors

Marissa Tirona Named Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees' New President

Release Date:

11/02/2020

... the social justice infrastructure. Before joining Ford in 2017 , Tirona led the Blue Shield of California Foundation’s ... partners in the field, and other PSOs to mobilize funder resources on the most pressing...

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Appointments & Transitions

An Old Idea is New Again: Tackling Large Complex Problems by Investing in Communities

Release Date:

04/10/2018

... how DEC’s attention to immigrant students in its 2017 portfolio proves that some of the most pressing issues ... but not an end point. DEC grantmaking cycle, 2017 . Similar questions. Similar conversations. As...

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Insights

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Education

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The New York Community Trust

Don't Overthink It

Release Date:

04/30/2019

Admittedly, as grantmakers, we like to fund projects where we can anticipate long-range payoffs, systemic change, and solving problems at the root rather than placing bandages. And detailed analysis and research have their place in evaluating grant...

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Disabilities

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Workforce Development

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Reader's Digest Partners for Sight Foundation

07 Jun 2016

The Importance of Cultivating Youth Leadership in Community Based Programs

Tuesday, June 7, 2016 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

... 3:00 - 5:00 PM Program Registration is required by June 6. Members: To register yourself and/or a colleague at ...

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Roundtable Discussion

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All Funders

Funding Area

Education

Children, Youth and Families

To Be Brave and Radical in Arts Philanthropy

Release Date:

02/20/2019

... committee of ALAANA arts leaders and funders in July to guide our work in the exchanges and beyond. We now have two ... and establishing a new grants program to direct more resources to ALAANA arts groups...

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Insights

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Funding Area

Arts

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The New York Community Trust

Doris Duke Foundation

Making Lunch Free Was Just the Beginning

Release Date:

12/10/2019

... free school lunch on the first day of the school year in 2017 . It was a hard won policy change thanks to the efforts ...

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Insights

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Children, Youth and Families

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New York Health Foundation

Name a New Kind of Funder Action Meeting

Release Date:

03/01/2017

... published originally in the New York PhilanthroPost March 2017 president's edition. One of the important messages we ... want to understand how other funders are directing their resources in that area at...

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President's Message

PNY News

Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Awards $750,000 Grant to Bard College for "Cultures of Conservation" Curriculum

Release Date:

07/13/2017

... Active Matter” with the goal of creating intellectual resources with which 21st century conservators and art ... The project will launch with a symposium on November 28, 2017 ... Andrew W. Mellon Foundation...

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Member News

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Arts

Science

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Mellon Foundation

How Surdna Foundation Is Using its Grantmaking to Champion Impact Investing

Release Date:

01/18/2018

... to organizations that strengthen the field by providing resources and otherwise helping institutions that want to ...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Surdna Foundation

Johnson & Johnson Introduces Global Pro Bono, A Program That Gives Employees Time Off to Volunteer

Release Date:

03/05/2018

... That Gives Employees Time Off to Volunteer In the fall of 2017 , Johnson & Johnson employees in North and Latin ...

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Member News

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Corporate Social Responsibility

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Johnson & Johnson

The Rockefeller Foundation Awards Grants to Fuel Plans for Equitable Investment in Opportunity Zones in Washington, DC, Oakland, Dallas, and St. Louis

Release Date:

09/05/2019

... communities through Opportunity Zones created in the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. The four cities represent 97 ... residents’ interests by providing cities with the resources to shape investments so they create...

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Member News

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Community Development

Economic Security

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The Rockefeller Foundation

Ivy Suriyopas Announced as New Vice President of Programs for Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees

Release Date:

04/14/2021

... partners in the field, and other PSOs to mobilize funder resources on the most pressing issues facing immigrants, refugees, and asylum seekers. In 2017 , Inside Philanthropy named GCIR the Funders’ ...

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Appointments & Transitions

Aging and HIV/AIDS: A New Era of Convergence

Release Date:

10/17/2019

... grantmaking totaled only about $186 million in 2017 , according to Funders Concerned About AIDS . Funding for ...

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Insights

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Aging

Health

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Grantmakers in Aging

Philanthropic Assistants and Coordinators Network (PACNET)

... for the purpose of sharing questions, experience and resources among peers in a confidential setting. Recent ...

04 Oct 2012

Measuring and Strengthening Advocacy Capacity: Tools and Strategies

Thursday, October 4, 2012 -

2:45pm to 5:00pm

... Explore The specific skills, knowledge and resources needed for effective advocacy How advocacy ... assessment tools are used to measure capacity and help guide nonprofit advocacy efforts and foundation...

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Issue-Based

Sarah Burton Appointed as Project Manager for Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors and Marshall Institute

Release Date:

03/09/2016

... a goal of enhancing the capacity of foundations to align resources for effectiveness and to extend the field of ... to leading foundations and authored a philanthropy guide for a leading private bank. Earlier...