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Legacy Foundations and Risk-Taking: Different Approaches to Empowered Philanthropy

Release Date:

06/07/2017

... can be distilled as: Should a foundation have goals and strategies ? Should a foundation engage stakeholders? ... of agreement on goals, undisciplined implementation of strategies , lack of long-term commitment...

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Insights

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Measuring What Matters

Release Date:

04/24/2019

... Funders often ask grantees to have assessment strategies in place – everything from bullet-pointed ... to think about how to evaluate their own practices and strategies and build a culture of learning and...

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Insights

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Philanthropy New York

Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, William T. Grant Foundation, American Institutes for Research, and Spencer Foundation Award Grants to Four Partnerships Addressing Social Issues

Release Date:

04/28/2021

... Challenge Grantees conduct rigorous research on strategies to reduce inequalities in youth outcomes, take ... with those in the field, we can identify effective strategies focused on summer youth employment...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Education

Social Justice

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Doris Duke Foundation

William T. Grant Foundation

JPMorgan Chase Shares New Approaches to Summer Youth Employment Programs in Response to COVID-19

Release Date:

07/08/2020

... intensive apprenticeship programming to provide additional resources for students should schools continue to operate ...

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Children, Youth and Families

Disaster Relief

Economic Security

Workforce Development

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JPMorgan Chase & Co.

Citi Foundation Announces Recipients of Community Progress Makers Initiative in the United States

Release Date:

12/13/2021

... ever as the U.S. continues to address the root causes and impacts of income and wealth inequality. Through the ... philanthropy is game-changing. It gives us the freedom and resources we need to pursue our...

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Member News

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Community Development

Economic Security

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Citi Foundation

Simons Foundation Announces Historic Gift to Stony Brook University Endowment

Release Date:

06/01/2023

... level of educational excellence and with world-class resources . The foundation’s gift will also help give those ... into environmental, community and health outcomes and impacts . The Simons’ own personal...

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Member News

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Education

Science

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The Simons Foundation

Foundations and Peer Review: Time to Reconsider the Process?

Release Date:

05/02/2017

... Medicine 88 (2013): 1740 http://www.winstonchurchill.org/ resources /quotations/the-worst-form-of-g... Foundations and ...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Doris Duke Foundation

Philanthropy New York Speaks Out After the Supreme Court's Decision on Affirmative Action

Release Date:

07/26/2023

... backlash against racial justice work. Below we've shared resources and analysis from across the sector designed to .....

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PNY News

31 Oct 2014

Documentaries That Pull Back the Curtain on Big Oil

Friday, October 31, 2014 -

8:45am to 12:00pm

Missed the program? View resources and the live recording here . Recent documentary ...

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Environment and Climate Change

International/Foreign Affairs

Social Justice

06 Jun 2013

Personal Democracy Forum 2013: Think Bigger

Thursday, June 6, 2013 - 9:00am to Friday, June 7, 2013 - 6:00pm

NYU Skirball Center and Kimmel Center, 566 LaGuardia Place, NYC

Called "a grassroots political, journalistic, civic networking collective" by The New York Times , Personal Democracy Forum (PDF) is the world's largest and longest-running gathering of thinkers and doers exploring technology's impact on the way we...

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Issue-Based

Eric C. Schneider to Join The Commonwealth Fund as Senior Vice President for Policy and Research

Release Date:

11/26/2014

Eric C. Schneider has been appointed Senior Vice President for Policy and Research at The Commonwealth Fund.

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Appointments & Transitions

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Health

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The Commonwealth Fund

Weinberg Foundation Announces Former Ambassador as New Trustee

Release Date:

11/12/2015

The Weinberg Foundation announced that Ambassador Fay Hartog-Levin (Ret.) will succeed Judge Ellen M. Heller as the next Trustee of the Weinberg Foundation.

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Appointments & Transitions

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation

Oscar Raposo Jr. Joins United Way of New York City

Release Date:

08/18/2016

... for GE’s Components Business. “Oscar brings tested strategies for success and a track record of taking on ...

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Appointments & Transitions

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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United Way of New York City

Third Wave Fund, New York Women's Foundation and Ms. Foundation Pen Open Letter to Foundations and Donors Calling for Increased Funding to People of Color

Release Date:

03/09/2017

... environment, but because they are leading the boldest strategies to dismantle the core structure of white supremacy ...

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Member News

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Gender Justice

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Ms. Foundation for Women

The New York Women's Foundation

Pinkerton Supports Internships for Young Adults in Foster Care

Release Date:

07/18/2017

... effort. These internships are an important addition to the strategies that ACS and our partners are implementing under ...

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Member News

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Children, Youth and Families

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The Pinkerton Foundation

28 Feb 2018

ComNetworkNY: Leadership and the Art of Communications

Wednesday, February 28, 2018 -

5:30pm to 7:30pm

This session will focus on the importance of communications training as an essential element of developing leaders and networks. It will emphasize communications as a series of skills and tools that are most effective when they transcend...

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07 Jun 2018

CFF Annual Gathering 2018

Thursday, June 7, 2018 -

5:00pm to 8:00pm

... past year and hear from your colleagues about different strategies being used to impact our regional food system. As ...

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19 Jun 2019

Using Advocacy to Support Mission: What Your Foundation Can and Can’t Do, Can and Can’t Fund

Wednesday, June 19, 2019 -

2:30pm to 5:00pm

Join us for a lively discussion with Sean Delany, Executive Director of the Lawyers’ Alliance for New York . Mr. Delany’s expertise in this field will give even the most seasoned grantmaker new information that can be put to use immediately.

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Professional Development

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Presentation

Audience

All Funders

Topic(s)

Legal Issues

11 Sep 2019

New Voices, New Approaches to Workforce Development, and the Quarterly Meeting of the New York City Workforce Funders

Wednesday, September 11, 2019 -

9:00am to 11:00am

We’ve experienced dramatic changes in the workforce sector as a result of advances in technology, population and economic growth, local and federal policy shifts and may other factors. These conditions have created both challenges and opportunities...