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23 Oct 2012

Embracing the Power of Education - GFE 16th Annual Conference

Tuesday, October 23, 2012 - 10:30am to Friday, October 26, 2012 - 3:30pm

... of education grantmaking practices. Explore Concurrent learning sessions hosted by grantmakers and field experts ...

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Issue-Based

06 Feb 2013

Family Foundations Briefing

Wednesday, February 6, 2013 -

11:00am to 1:00pm

Teleconference

GFNY members will start the conversation reporting on participation at the Council on Foundations Family Philanthropy Conference, in San Jose. Hear what they learned, and contribute your views if attending. Explore What’s the buzz? What are the...

11 Feb 2013

Money and Power in Post-Election America: Where is Philanthropy?

Monday, February 11, 2013 - 4:00pm to Tuesday, February 12, 2013 - 4:00pm

Kimmel Center, 60 Washington Square South, NYC

At this conference post-2012 election, foundation executives, individual donors and civic leaders will come together to examine what philanthropy’s evolving relationship with public policy and government means in the context of the rapidly changing...

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Issue-Based

A New Agenda for a Post–Health Reform Landscape

Release Date:

09/12/2013

Learn about The Commonwealth Fund's new grantmaking and research agenda.

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Member News

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Public Policy

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Health

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The Commonwealth Fund

Advocates for LGBT Equality Launch Freedom Fund to Support LGBT Russians

Release Date:

11/26/2013

The Arcus Foundation, the Council for Global Equality and the Open Society Foundations have announced the establishment of the Russia Freedom Fund to provide financial support directly to groups working to end discrimination and violence in Russia...

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Member News

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LGBTQ

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Arcus Foundation

Open Society Foundations

Digital Storytelling for Social Impact

Release Date:

06/02/2014

The Rockefeller Foundation teamed up with Hattaway Communications to explore the role that digital technology can play in elevating the practice of storytelling to improve the well-being of the poor and vulnerable around the world.

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Member News

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Communications

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The Rockefeller Foundation

Atlantic Philanthropies Offers Best Practices For Winding Down

Release Date:

08/13/2014

At the same time the Atlantic Philanthropies is working on giving away all its money, it's taking in a great deal of knowledge that could be helpful to other foundations "considering or already implementing a limited-life strategy."

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Member News

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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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The Atlantic Philanthropies

Charities Seek to Attract More Boomers as They Mull Retirement Plans

Release Date:

10/20/2014

Foundations Like Bank of America Charitable Foundation provide grant-making forms to allow donors to earmark gifts more easily.

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Member News

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Bank of America Charitable Foundation

5 Questions for. . .Judith Rodin, President, Rockefeller Foundation

Release Date:

10/15/2015

The New York City-based Rockefeller Foundation was one of the first philanthropic organizations to respond to the devastation caused by Katrina. Rockefeller President Judith Rodin answers questions about Katrinia recovery and urban resilience in the...

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Member News

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Environment and Climate Change

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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The Rockefeller Foundation

Ford Foundation Launches Arts in a Changing America With Webcast

Release Date:

10/23/2015

The Ford Foundation, along with artists, arts organizations and community leaders, will present a live webcast of the Arts in a Changing America (ArtChangeUS) launch event.

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Member News

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Arts

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Jerome Foundation

Carnegie Corporation of New York Backs Commission on the Future of Higher Education

Release Date:

11/04/2015

... goal: to examine "the vast — and expanding — array of learning options" now available to students and to identify .....

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Member News

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Education

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

In New York, More Than a Thousand in Record-Breaking Kids Challah Bake (UJA-Federation of NY)

Release Date:

01/15/2016

Some 1,128 children gathered on Tuesday afternoon for a “Kids Mega Challah Bake” event, which took place at the New York Hilton in Midtown Manhattan and sought to break a world record in challah baking.

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Member News

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Children, Youth and Families

Religion

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UJA-Federation of New York

Tow Foundation Announces Six Playwright Residencies

Release Date:

02/25/2016

The Tow Foundation-supported residency will give six emerging playwrights creative homes at theatres in New York City.

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Member News

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Arts

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The Tow Foundation

Ford’s Alexander Reviews ‘Incarceration Nations’ in Washington Post

Release Date:

03/22/2016

Baz Dreisinger’s intriguing new book, “Incarceration Nations,” describes countries where prisons are small, typically housing fewer than 50 people and some fewer than 10, and prisoners are close to their families and communities. This begs the...

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Member News

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Justice Reform

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Ford Foundation

Social Movements for Good: How Companies and Causes Create Viral Change

Release Date:

04/21/2016

In Social Movements for Good: How Companies and Causes Create Viral Change, Derrick Feldmann adeptly dissects many of the social movements we've become familiar with.

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Corporate Social Responsibility

Benchmarking Foundation Evaluation Practices

Publication date:

09/2016

For foundations, there are lots of questions to reflect on when thinking about which evaluation practices best align with their strategy, culture, and mission. How much should a foundation invest in evaluation? What can they do to ensure that the information they receive from evaluation is useful to them? With whom should they share what they have learned

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Report

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Glenn E. Martin, Founder of JustLeadershipUSA, Says He Met Some of America’s Best and Brightest While In Prison

Release Date:

05/10/2016

Glenn E. Martin is a formerly incarcerated person, in a country where 70 million Americans have a criminal record on file.

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PhilTalks

Funding Area

Justice Reform

Seven Cities Join Bloomberg Philanthropies' Innovation Teams Program

Release Date:

01/17/2017

Bloomberg Philanthropies has announced grants to seven cities to help them boost their capacity to tackle major challenges through innovation and improve quality of life for their residents.

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Member News

Funding Area

Community Development

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Bloomberg Philanthropies

Mellon Foundation President Earl Lewis Writes About the Absence of Federal Arts Funding

Release Date:

03/17/2017

Since President Lyndon Johnson and a bipartisan Congress created the national arts and humanities endowments, no president has called for their elimination -- until now. We should pause and think about what our country would be like in their absence.