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Digital Badges: What They Are and Why Funders Should Pay Attention (Part 1)

Release Date:

06/13/2014

By Leigh Ross, Program Associate for the Hive Digital Media Learning Fund in The New York Community Trust. Technology has ... people, learning isn’t confined to the hours of the school day—and...

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Insights

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Education

Technology

Workforce Development

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The New York Community Trust

Badge Alliance

Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum

The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation

Service Through Philanthropy Dr. Starita Boyce Ansari

Release Date:

04/15/2014

MSBPhilanthropy Advisors's Dr. Starita Boyce Ansari talks service through philanthropy on BlogTalk Radio.

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Member News

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

The Mellon Foundation Backs Bard's Innovative Masters Program in Orchestral Performace Studies

Release Date:

08/14/2015

Bard College has been awarded a $2 million grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to support the launch of an innovative Master of Music Degree Program.

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Member News

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Arts

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Mellon Foundation

With Help from Helmsley, Caltech Researchers May Have Discovered a Cause of Crohn’s Disease

Release Date:

05/09/2016

There has been growing evidence that certain probiotics – therapies that introduce beneficial bacteria into the gut – may help alleviate some of the symptoms of intestinal disorders such as Crohn’s disease.

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Member News

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Health

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The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust

Open Society Foundations Founder George Soros Writes in WSJ About $500 Million Investment in Migrants

Release Date:

09/20/2016

I will invest in startups, established companies, social-impact initiatives and businesses founded by migrants and refugees.

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Member News

Funding Area

Immigration

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Open Society Foundations

NYC Youth Funders Accepting RFPs for 2017 Cycle

Release Date:

06/02/2017

... we are unable to connect with individual applicants in advance of the 6/19 due date. NYC Youth Funders Accepting ...

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RFPs Etc

Funding Area

Children, Youth and Families

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Arbor Rising

The NYPD's Growing DNA Database Raises Concern

Release Date:

09/26/2017

As the police have gotten more aggressive about collecting genetic material, they've quietly amassed a giant database of DNA profiles without any laws and little oversight over how they can use it.

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Sector News

Funding Area

Justice Reform

Pfizer: Joins AMP Health Partnership to Increase Access to Care in Africa

Release Date:

02/02/2018

... are working together in an innovative partnership to help advance access to healthcare in Africa. AMP Health is a ...

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Member News

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Health

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Pfizer

Philanthropy Can Help Bridge the Gap Between the Idea of Disability Rights and the Reality

Release Date:

11/05/2021

... of people with disabilities as an affirmative way to advance our programs. That means ensuring that our efforts to ... philanthropy can do is apply its flexibility, insight, and resources to advance...

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Insights

Funding Area

Disabilities

Health

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Doris Duke Foundation

New Arcus Report on Extractive Industries and Ape Conservation Reveals Potential of Collaboration Among Industry, Conservation and Government Sectors

Release Date:

04/18/2014

... peoples and in nature, today announced the release of State of the Apes: Extractive Industries and Ape ... are increasingly driven by economic development, the State of the Apes series presents an objective...

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Member News

Funding Area

Animal Welfare

Westchester Community Foundation Names Tara Seeley as New Program Officer

Release Date:

02/02/2016

... Tara Seeley as program officer. Seeley will be developing and implementing the overall grantmaking strategy, ...

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Appointments & Transitions

Funding Area

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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The Westchester Community Foundation

JPMorgan Chase Expands Second Chance Hiring Efforts in Columbus

Release Date:

04/26/2021

... Society of Columbus to provide these job seekers with key resources , such as legal services, job search support and ... barriers to employment and a lack of opportunities to advance professionally. For example...

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Member News

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Corporate Social Responsibility

Justice Reform

Workforce Development

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JPMorgan Chase & Co.

02 May 2023

Philanthropy New York's 2023 Annual Meeting - From Possibility into Practice

Tuesday, May 2, 2023 -

10:00am to 4:30pm

... and practices. As always, we invite you into a space of learning and action. Join us in moving from possibility into ... in support of communities. Come explore the possibility of developing new paradigms and...

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Format

Roundtable Discussion

Workshop

Audience

All Funders

Topic(s)

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Ford’s Push for the Reproductive Rights of Young Women in the Niger Delta

Release Date:

04/13/2015

... addresses the reproductive health needs of young, out-of- school women in Rivers State in Nigeria.... Ford’s Push for the Reproductive ...

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Member News

Funding Area

International/Foreign Affairs

Gender Justice

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Ford Foundation

AXA Announces the 2015 AXA Achievers

Release Date:

04/21/2015

... and disease prevention. Every year, AXA awards 52 high school seniors - one from each state , plus Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico - college ...