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Sandy support from institutions underwhelms

Release Date:

10/25/2013

Philanthropy New York's Michael Remaley and the North Star ... Sandy as of earlier this month, according to report by Philanthropy New York, a nonprofit comprised of leading grant .....

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Disaster Relief

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North Star Fund

Bloomberg Spins Off Group That Spurs Volunteerism in Cities

Release Date:

01/30/2014

The Chronicle of Philanthropy reports that Bloomberg Philanthropies will turn ...

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

17 Foundations Join Forces to Divest Fossil-Fuel Stocks

Release Date:

01/30/2014

... in clean-energy companies, reported The Chronicle of Philanthropy . Seventeen foundations with nearly $2-billion in ... scheduled to announce the campaign, dubbed Divest-Invest Philanthropy , at a news...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation

The Educational Foundation of America

10 Apr 2014

Leading Through Change: Advice from and for Seasoned CEOs and Their Boards

Thursday, April 10, 2014 -

12:00pm to 1:30pm

... Seasoned CEO: A Guide for Family Foundation Leaders.” A Philanthropy New York Collaborative Program with the National Center for Family Philanthropy . Presenters TBD Leading Through Change: Advice ...

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Family Foundation

Executive Leadership

Turning Brooklyn Cachet Into Cash

Release Date:

03/10/2014

... in both affluence and cultural cachet, neighborhood-based philanthropy would rise, too. But that never really happened ... as a kind of catalyst for the borough—and for local philanthropy —the foundation is...

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Community Development

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Brooklyn Org

The Wall Street Journal

Science Studies Get a Big Boost

Release Date:

03/10/2014

The Chronicle of Philanthropy highlighted several foundation efforts to ...

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Education

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust

The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation

The North Star Fund is the First Community Foundation to Sign Pledge to Divest from Fossil Fuels

Release Date:

03/13/2014

... first community foundation to sign onto the Divest-Invest Philanthropy initiative's pledge to divest from fossil fuel ... and we're proud to be an early member of the Divest-Invest Philanthropy...

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Environment and Climate Change

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North Star Fund

Mertz Gilmore Fires Up Its War On Coal

Release Date:

06/13/2014

... Gilmore Fires Up Its War On Coal An article in Inside Philanthropy singles out the Mertz Gilmore Foundation for ... source of global warming pollution. According to Inside Philanthropy , as of May, Mertz...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Mertz Gilmore Foundation

On Agenda For New Ms. Foundation Head: Diversity and Safeguarding Reproductive Rights

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07/10/2014

... for Women is to "diversify our grant making and what philanthropy looks like." She also tells the Chronicle Of Philanthropy that safeguarding reproductive rights will be .....

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Gender Justice

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Ms. Foundation for Women

Donors Education Collaborative Awards $995,000 For Education Reform

Release Date:

08/04/2014

... York City public schools, and whose contributors are all Philanthropy New York members, announced $995,000 in grants ...

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Education

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The Atlantic Philanthropies

Catherine & Joseph Aresty Foundation

Booth Ferris Foundation

The Morton K. and Jane Blaustein Foundation

Robert Sterling Clark Foundation

Deutsche Bank Americas Foundation

Ford Foundation

The Charles Evans Hughes Memorial Foundation, Inc.

Fordham Street Foundation

The New York Community Trust

NoVo Foundation

The Schott Foundation for Public Education

Trinity Church Philanthropies

The Source Codes of Foundation Culture

Publication date:

10/2015

... to and impedes efforts to lead productive change in philanthropy . One theme that has arisen time and again is the ... internal culture is an essential bedrock for effective philanthropy , but we have also, as a sector, habitually ...

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Report

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Grantmakers for Effective Organizations (GEO)

Edna McConnell Clark and Other Powerful Funders Stand Behind At-Risk Students

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11/23/2016

... Stand Behind At-Risk Students When you hear about philanthropy 's role in K-12 education these days, so often ... Yet, there is plenty else going on in K-12 philanthropy , with nonprofits raising lots of...

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Blue Meridian Partners, Inc.

Foundation Presidents Defend Donor-Advised Funds—Is That the Best They Can Do?

Release Date:

09/14/2017

... the Council of Foundations, Independent Sector, The Philanthropy Roundtable, and the Columbus Foundation (on ... two law professors, Ray Madoff, director of the Forum on Philanthropy and the Public Good at...

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New MIF/Hewlett Foundation Webinars Explore How Funders Can Fight Misinformation

Release Date:

09/27/2017

... like wildfire across the western world, and American philanthropy is at the forefront of the battle to address it. ... in Poynter’s fact-checking initiative, many in philanthropy are seeking to help mitigate...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

01 Nov 2017

Navigating Uncertain Terrain and International Barriers to Giving

Wednesday, November 1, 2017 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

... laws and regulations in many areas that are unwelcoming to philanthropy and civil society. At the same time, however, funding needs in these areas have grown. Philanthropy New York’s International Grantmakers...

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International/Foreign Affairs

14 Nov 2017

Mapping the Intersections of Peace and Security and Human Rights Work - Brown Bag Lunch

Tuesday, November 14, 2017 -

12:00pm to 2:00pm

The relationship between peace and security and human rights is complex. The protection and promulgation of human rights are essential to creating peaceful societies, yet, when peace is threatened, human rights are often sacrificed in the name of...

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Roundtable Discussion

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All Funders

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International/Foreign Affairs

Public Policy

Ed Henry to Step Down from Doris Duke Charitable Foundation at Year End

Release Date:

02/12/2020

... tenure, each grant program has responded to needs in the field and has become known for particular initiatives. The ... in conservation finance as well as diversifying the field of environmental leaders. The...