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F.B. Heron: Charitable Giving Is Only a Small Part of What Foundations Do With Their Money

Release Date:

06/30/2017

... in the U.S. But some would argue that their biggest impact comes not from the money they give away, but from the ... heap of assets is managed like any other, to maximize its financial value. One set of people...

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Open Society Foundations Announce 2022 Soros Equality Fellows

Release Date:

11/09/2022

... to critical conversations around the range of racial and social justice issues that this country is currently ... Fellows will be working on: multimedia educational resources on race and...

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

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Open Society Foundations

United Hospital Fund Names Two New Vice Presidents, New Controller, Other Staff Changes

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04/06/2021

... current controller, will be named vice president, chief financial officer, and treasurer, replacing Sheila Abrams, ... R. Murria will be promoted to vice president of human resources from director of human...

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United Hospital Fund

Rediscovering the Enterprise Investment Approach

Release Date:

09/17/2014

... helps us focus on the factors that drive both the social impact of a business and its financial health. We think this old approach offers an ... The danger for us in thinking about Heron’s...

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Michael R. Bloomberg Partners with Commissioner Arias Cañete to Support European Transition from Coal Power

Release Date:

09/18/2018

... and the European Commission will convene leaders from the financial and business sectors to further develop financially ... the transition process and responding to environmental and social challenges. In the...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Bloomberg Philanthropies

26 Oct 2011

Everything You Need to Know You Learned Before Kindergarten: Ready for Kindergarten/Ready for Life

Wednesday, October 26, 2011 -

2:30pm to 5:00pm

Philanthropy New York, 79 Fifth Ave., 4th floor, NYC

... childhood education can boost children’s cognitive, social -emotional, and physical readiness for school, ... amid the current funding environment? Part of Philanthropy New York's Back to School Series . A...

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Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Announces Freedom to Read: "Million Book Project" Brings Literature to 1,000 US Prisons

Release Date:

06/30/2020

... major strategic evolution announcement prioritizing social justice in all of its grantmaking, Mellon and Yale Law ... for the arts and humanities through a distinct lens of social ...

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05 Dec 2018

The Make or Break Moment: Blending Capacity Building and Capital for Change

Wednesday, December 5, 2018 -

9:00am to 11:00am

... buildings, and in their staff, along with strategic and financial “know-how,” to navigate change and adapt to ... investment strategies and nonprofit leaders about the impact of these approaches on their...

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Technical Assistance & Capacity Building

06 Sep 2018

Foundation Administrators Network - Understanding Hiring and Involuntary Separation

Thursday, September 6, 2018 -

9:00am to 10:30am

... keep changing every year. Large organizations have human resources departments and often have in-house counsel to help ... you are a small organization, you often do not have these resources available to you...

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All Funders

HR & Operations Staff

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HR & Operations

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Edgar Villanueva Joins the Schott Foundation as Vice President of Programs and Advocacy

Release Date:

05/22/2015

... and policy advocacy supports. Edgar has significant philanthropy experience, beginning his grantmaking career in ... and advocacy. For many years, Edgar has been a social justice advocate for...

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The Schott Foundation for Public Education

Registration is Open!

Release Date:

09/05/2018

... chance to plan ahead. Our 2018 -2019 season kicks off with Philanthropy 101 a five-part series developed for folks that ... to philanthropy regardless of their new position in the field . This...

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President's Message

PNY News

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Philanthropy New York

12 Jan 2012

A Conversation with Jennifer Buffett and Robert F. Sherman

Thursday, January 12, 2012 -

11:00am to 2:00pm

... Foundation to promote "the girl effect" - the economic and social empowerment of adolescent girls in the developing ... Learning (CASEL), and V-Day. Jennifer began her work in philanthropy in 1997 in...

17 Apr 2019

"Giving Done Right" with Phil Buchanan

Wednesday, April 17, 2019 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

... is co-hosted with our partners, Center for Effective Philanthropy (CEP) and Ford Foundation. Space is limited and ... served basis.* In partnership with Center for Effective Philanthropy and Ford Foundation,...

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World Education Services Launches WES Mariam Assefa Fund to Provide Support to Organizations Striving to Help Immigrants and Refugees

Release Date:

06/04/2019

... immigrants is well documented, and results in billions of dollars of foregone earnings and negative impacts to federal, ... WES Mariam Assefa Fund. “The fund will deploy catalytic resources to address that...

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Immigration

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24 Apr 2012

Post Penn State: Strategies for Ending Child Sexual Abuse

Tuesday, April 24, 2012 -

2:45pm to 5:00pm

... and gender, and is also linked to a host of intractable social issues, including substance abuse, eating disorders, ... York and across the country. Promising strategies in the field —including federal policy...

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Issue-Based

16 Apr 2015

The Mainstreaming of Mental Health: Grappling with City, State and Federal Developments Poised to Dramatically Alter Behavioral Health Programs

Thursday, April 16, 2015 -

3:15pm to 5:30pm

... conditions that have demanded the bulk of the system’s resources in the past? City and State agree on the basics: The infusion of billions of dollars to delivery system redesign to better integrate behavior...

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Century Foundation Report Calls for Funding Reform for Community Colleges

Release Date:

05/28/2015

... colleges tend to receive the least amount of public financial support compared to other institutions, yet they ... of low-income students into the middle class with few resources . A report released by the...

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The Century Foundation

Is Grantmaking Getting Smarter? A National Study of Philanthropic Practice

Publication date:

03/2012

GEO's new national field survey of grantmaking practice (conducted by research ... highlights some of the key shifts in grantmaking since 2008 and what they mean for supporting nonprofit resilience. .....

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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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TCC Group

Beyond the Glass Cliff: Reimagining Executive Transitions in the Sector

Release Date:

04/06/2023

... with driving the strategies most needed to achieve their social change goals. Who serves on boards and how they govern ... Trust-Based Philanthropy can make room for innovation and impact . 3...

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BoardSource

Supported By Many PNY Members, 2016 Creative Capital Awards Given In Literature, Performing Arts

Release Date:

01/13/2016

... receive up to 50,000 USD in direct funding and additional resources and advisory services—such as financial consulting and communications support—valued at ...