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Bintou Sankareh

... and Knowledge) program at Hunter, she volunteers her time mentoring young college freshmen in order to help them create a smooth transition from high school to college. Outside of her collegiate environment,...

Nobody Needs a ‘Shark Tank’ in Philanthropy

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03/27/2015

... the right answer. But nonprofits, especially those that work with the neediest in our society, aren’t contestants. ... distance between smart organizations’ great work and the resources they...

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Jonas Center Announces New Focus on Environmental Health

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05/20/2016

... nurse scholars will be among the nation’s experts in understanding the wide array of impacts from the vast amount ... DNP project will be incorporated into an existing Health Resources and Services...

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Everyone Into the Pool

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07/10/2024

... high schools and at swim meets organized by the Public School Athletic League. A first-ever collaboration will ... public high school students. Though these young people can work in any Y or...

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Youth Leaders are Changing the Conversation on College Access

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06/30/2016

... ratio in New York City. Guidance counselors have little time , says the film, to spend with their assigned students on ... degree. In an effort to close this guidance gap, then-high school students Karoline and...

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PhilTV: When a Community Foundation Takes a Bold Stand, Aligning Mission and Approach Matter

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10/27/2015

... planning process, urged the board, “Until you figure out which one of those things you want to do, you cannot create a strategy and an operating model that will work .” The board chose the community leadership...

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NY/NJ Area Common Application

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04/2014

... the grant application process and ease the often time -consuming grant preparation process. The four-page ...

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Insights from “2025 Financial Series: Reframing Financial Due Diligence”

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06/16/2025

... PNY members in a wide-ranging conversation, unpacking the framework of financial health and exploring how grantmakers ... Having a deep knowledge of their financial story and the resources at hand helps...

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A Conversation with Brandee McHale, the Association of Corporate Citizenship Professionals 2022 Trailblazer Purpose Award Winner

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12/07/2022

... all have to drive impact beyond just deploying financial resources . Harnessing subject matter expertise and increasing ... to their needs, learn about their ideas, and support their work . It’s all about...

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How Can We Apply a “Lens” That Doesn’t Distort?

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12/17/2014

... racial and other forms of diversity, we often examine many complex factors and attempt to apply a certain “lens.” ... need to make inferences about the best use of limited resources based on what is known...

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Rockefeller Partnership to Support Cities' Infrastructure Recovery

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01/25/2016

... company Swiss Re and resource management firm Veolia will work with cities around the globe to assess the risk exposure ... and develop resilience plans to minimize that risk over time . The partnership was...

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18 Jan 2018

First Annual PNY Policy Forum Honoring Janice Nittoli: An Evening with John King

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4:00pm to 6:00pm

... philanthropy. This year’s PNY Policy Forum honors the work of Janice Nittoli, a former Philanthropy New York Board ... positions in the New York City Department of Health, Human Resources Administration, and...

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Paul Di Donato Announced as New President and CEO of Proteus Fund

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01/18/2017

... leadership, and networking skills, combined with a deep understanding of Proteus’ social justice work ,” said Jason Franklin, Chair of Proteus Fund’s Board ... Collaboratives that combine and maximize...

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Mertz Gilmore Foundation Welcomes Aditi Vaidya as its New President

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10/13/2022

... a deep wealth of experience supporting community-led work , and absolute clarity about the role that funders can ... incoming President Aditi Vaidya. “The crises of our time call for new philanthropic practices...

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Grant Foundation Shifts Research Focus, Invites Studies that Improve Use of Research

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12/17/2015

... up these challenges by supporting research to increase understanding of how research evidence is acquired, ... to improve the use of research evidence. For example, the work revealed the prominent role of...

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Research Funded by Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Shows Glimpse of How Moisture and Humidity Affect Mold Growth

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06/10/2019

... of the architectural and environmental engineering programs at Illinois Institute of Technology, recently ... insights into how microbes and metabolites interact over time on wetted building materials and...

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Simons Foundation Gives $1.5M to Explore New Approaches to Data Mining

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08/01/2016

... high-resolution scans of fossils, paintings and other complex digital data and work things out automatically... Simons Foundation Gives $1.5M to ...

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A New Coalition Funded by the Prudential Foundation and Citibank Launches in Newark to Support Asset Building

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02/12/2018

... in Newark to Support Asset Building It has been a long time coming, but it would seem as though New Jersey's largest ... and the large corporate workforce that commutes in and out of Newark every day...

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