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Yifei Li Joins The Rockefeller Foundation Board of Trustees

Release Date:

11/01/2013

... "I have long admired the Foundation's work to advance the well - being of humanity, and I very much look forward to being part ... years she was one of Fortune's 50 Most...

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Appointments & Transitions

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The Rockefeller Foundation

Open Society Foundations to End Operations in Turkey

Release Date:

11/27/2018

... which has included projects to improve education, promote women 's rights, and encourage democratic reforms. In addition ... and accused of financing and directing the Gezi protest as well as having links...

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Member News

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International/Foreign Affairs

Philanthropy & Nonprofit Sector Support

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Open Society Foundations

How Public Policy Can Support Collective Impact

Publication date:

12/2014

... How Public Policy Can Support Collective Impact, a new learning brief co-authored by FSG and the Forum for Youth ... a collective impact approach to challenges as diverse as economic development, education, and health. These public ... of these examples, and suggestions for additional resources that may be helpful for policymakers and their ...

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Report

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Public Policy

Ms. Foundation Partners with Ebony.com on Making Black Men Feminists

Release Date:

04/27/2016

... on Making Black Men Feminists Feminism is “the social, economic and political equality of ALL genders.” Last year, the Ms. Foundation for Women invited thought leaders, public figures, writers and ...

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Member News

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Gender Justice

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Ms. Foundation for Women

Helmsley Charitable Trust Names Jacqueline F. Bausch as Next General Counsel

Release Date:

03/31/2022

... Trust Names Jacqueline F. Bausch as Next General Counsel NEW YORK , NY, March 31, 2022 – The Leona M. and Harry B. ... four research centers, and 88 branches throughout the city . “Jacqueline...

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The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust

The Need for Civil Legal Aid

Release Date:

06/07/2016

... to help individuals navigate the court system. While new programs such as the Court Navigator Program in NYS 2 are ... seeking civil legal aid are turned away due to lack of resources , meaning a majority of...

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Insights

Funding Area

Economic Security

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Elmezzi Foundation

Rauschenberg Foundation Appoints Risë Wilson First-Ever Director of Philanthropy

Release Date:

09/16/2013

... commitment to operating in communities of color, as well as communities living on low incomes. “We chose ... to fulfill Bob’s philanthropic vision but also shape new ways for how philanthropy can be pursued.”...

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Arts

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Ford Foundation

Robert Rauschenberg Foundation

Rockefeller Brothers Fund Increases Spending to Seize ‘Hinge Moment in History’

Release Date:

06/30/2020

... racial justice, strengthen U.S. democracy, and generate new economic thinking to address global climate change and inequity, as well as to maintain current grants budgets during a period of...

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Finance & Asset Management

Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

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Disaster Relief

Public Policy

Social Justice

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Rockefeller Brothers Fund

A Coalition to Move de Blasio Along on Bus Rapid Transit

Release Date:

06/09/2014

... bus rapid transit system of at least 20 routes in New York City . Now there’s a coalition intent on making sure that as ...

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The Rockefeller Foundation

Staying True to Donors’ Wishes Beyond the Grave

Release Date:

09/21/2015

... True to Donors’ Wishes Beyond the Grave Years after New York lawyer Sherman Day established a charitable fund to help poor and elderly married couples in the city continue living together,...

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Member News

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Philanthropy & Nonprofit Sector Support

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The New York Community Trust

Seaport Museum's 110-Year-Old Lightship To Be Restored To Its Glory Days

Release Date:

08/29/2017

... major restoration. The Museum announced on Monday that the city had contributed $4.5 million towards restoring the ... from the Atlantic Ocean “into the broad mouth of lower New York Bay...

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Arts

Westchester Community Foundation Announces Institute for Strong Nonprofits

Release Date:

09/26/2017

... one of the largest funders of nonprofits in Westchester, New York , has announced the formation of the Institute for Strong ... home of charitable New Yorkers who share a passion for the...

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RFPs Etc

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Philanthropy & Nonprofit Sector Support

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The Westchester Community Foundation

Bloomberg Philanthropies Supports Community Art to Keep NYC on the Cultural Edge

Release Date:

03/27/2018

... on the Cultural Edge Scheduled to open at Hudson Yards in New York City in the spring of 2019, the Shed received a $75 million ...

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Arts

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Bloomberg Philanthropies

Laurie M. Tisch: Perfecting the Art of Philanthropy

Release Date:

12/13/2018

... While her family is known as long-standing patrons of New York City , the dynamic 67-year-old philanthropic leader has forged ...

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Philanthropy & Nonprofit Sector Support

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Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund

24 Oct 2012

CEO Interview Series with Christopher Oechsli, Atlantic Philanthropies

Wednesday, October 24, 2012 -

4:15pm to 7:00pm

Philanthropy New York is launching its CEO Interview Series , a set of ... facing our sector and the world. Part of the new Philanthropy New York CEO Interview...

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Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Supports Launch Plant Humanities Initiative

Release Date:

10/05/2018

... Plants Initiative, Dumbarton Oaks and JSTOR propose a new model of integrating digital humanities with scholarly ... by the insights and needs of teachers and students as well as librarians and technical...

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Mellon Foundation

Research to Prevent Blindness-Supported Researchers Will Be Integral Part of Latest Effort Within NEI’s Audacious Goals Initiative

Release Date:

11/06/2018

... AGI effort, the five multi-disciplinary teams will develop new disease models for a range of eye conditions. This AGI model-development effort seeks to catalyze new , regenerative treatments – such as cell- and...

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Health

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Research to Prevent Blindness

04 Feb 2010

Summer Learning Loss: How Can It Be Reduced?

Thursday, February 4, 2010 -

7:30am to 11:00am

A Philanthropy New York Members Briefing presented by the Altman Foundation , ... , and The New York Community Trust , with the New York...

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Issue-Based

23 Feb 2021

BBB Charity Effectiveness Symposium XV - Building Bridges: Powering Your Mission Through a Time of Transition

Tuesday, February 23, 2021 -

12:30pm to 2:30pm

... disruption of the status quo offers opportunities to make new connections – build bridges – that can help us ... of next steps for your organization! A Philanthropy New York Collaborative...

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Tools & Strategies

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Webinar/Teleconference

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Executive Leadership

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

02 Jul 2020

Funding a Racially Just Regenerative Regional Food System - A Webinar Hosted by Community Food Funders

Thursday, July 2, 2020 -

2:00pm to 3:30pm

... will be granted on a first come, first served basis.* In New York State, agriculture is one of the most racially inequitable of all the state's economic sectors. A long tradition of...