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Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation and Social Justice Impact Investing

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07/05/2018

... (including on this very site ) are questioning how deeply foundations should be diving into this approach. ... a $55 million endowment it’s trying to put to best use . The funder recently released a white paper...

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15 Nov 2012

Putting a Human Face on the Fiscal Cliff for Nonprofits and Foundations: A Post-Election Reality Check with Tim Delaney

Thursday, November 15, 2012 -

7:45am to 11:00am

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

... widely-discussed Huffington Post article “Day One on the Edge of the Human Cliff,” or his related piece in The ... into cancer and other diseases too numerous to mention, disaster preparedness and on and on...

New York Community Trust Gives $100K Grant to Encourage Resilient Building Practices in NYC and Beyond

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07/07/2016

... and education institute dedicated to responsible land use and building thriving communities, has been awarded a ... York Community Trust to raise awareness and encourage the use of resilient building practices...

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The New York Community Trust

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After a Gay Rights Victory, a New Challenge for Grantmakers

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07/10/2013

... homophobia. When I resided in Philadelphia, the reputed city of brotherly love, in the 1970s, the city ’s first LGBT ... battles to retain custody of their children; and the Gay Activists...

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Heckscher Foundation for Children Funded New York's First 'To and Through' Data Tool That Shines a Light on College Readiness Gap

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10/14/2019

... the first time to explore data that offer a window into how well New York State’s public high schools are preparing ... K-12 data—including which courses students take, the resources and supports in their...

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Children, Youth and Families

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20 Nov 2018

Equity Speaker Series: Titus Kaphar and The Jerome Project

Tuesday, November 20, 2018 -

5:00pm to 6:30pm

... of the nation’s leading authors, artists, and activists . Explore how racism shapes our policies, influences our institutions, ... . We invite you to learn how art and creative media ...

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Flexible Funding Is the New Kid on the Block

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03/04/2020

... technology, rent, and people (salaries and other human resources costs), you know, that same “overhead” that is ... point for that internal analysis. Measuring impact I can understand why a funder might be...

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Build Up Companies

16 Nov 2011

Role Models in the Classroom: Creating Teaching Pipelines for Black and Latino Males

Wednesday, November 16, 2011 -

1:30pm to 5:00pm

Over the past decade, the achievement gap in New York City schools has remained almost constant, with Black and ... graduate with a Regents diploma in four years. This gap can be narrowed: researchers and...

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Altman Foundation, NY Community Trust, PNY Among Nonprofit Leaders Named to Value-Based Payment Commission

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02/01/2017

... issues and implications of using VBP models and explore how health and human services providers can build cross-sector collaborations that achieve shared ... to Commission members for dedicating their time and...

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14 Oct 2021

Flood, Famine and Fire: Building a Climate Justice Analysis in Philanthropy - A Webinar Hosted by CDP

Thursday, October 14, 2021 -

2:00pm to 3:00pm

This program is hosted by our partner, Center for Disaster Philanthropy (CDP), who has extended an invitation ... change is a major contributing factor. Equally evident is how climate change will continue to have...

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Correspondence Archives in the Age of Email: Technology, Privacy, and Policy Challenges

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07/18/2017

... We send and receive more emails than many of us know how to conveniently organize. That’s no major obstacle when ... Archive. Despite the trove of details a single email can unearth, rigorous cataloguing of...

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Communications/Media

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Foundations and Peer Review: Time to Reconsider the Process?

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05/02/2017

... previous research awards and publication record. So, what can be done to reduce the effects of implicit bias on the ... is needed to better understand the effects of bias and how to address it. Some areas...

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The Next Houston

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08/31/2017

The Next Houston The last time a major hurricane struck Miami directly, in 1926, it left almost 400 ... dumping rain on an already deluged region, the Atlantic hurricane season continues, and threatens to bring...

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New Tech, Renewed Trust and a Less Lunatic Political Process

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10/12/2012

... a pretty rational option when most U.S. citizens likely can ’t name their state- or city -level legislators or write ... of the toolset, while this May, TechPresident reported on how it works...

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Understanding Risk Tolerance in Grantmaking

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08/10/2015

... patterns are at work in real-world situations, which can be hard to detect and even harder to change. ... affect the world of philanthropic foundations as well. How does risk impact—and potentially harm or...

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The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust

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Easy to Say and Hard to Do Well

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05/02/2018

... of a mission-focused strategy, his remarks focused on how to ensure effectiveness while the landscape around you is ... Daily events, whether in this country or around the world, make it easy to want to go in...

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29 Oct 2018

Equity Speaker Series: Exploring Racism in America with Ibram X. Kendi

Monday, October 29, 2018 -

12:00pm to 2:00pm

... some of the nation’s leading authors, artists, and activists . Explore how racism shapes our policies, influences our institutions, ... will share the findings of his book and how this...

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Insights from “Philanthropy’s Role in Reparations and Building a Culture of Racial Repair”

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06/13/2024

... author of “The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together,” came together in conversation with ... State Reparations Donor Briefing . Additional insights, resources...

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Blended Finance "Plus”: Enhancing Support With Blended Knowledge

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09/04/2018

... long recognized that governments alone don’t have the resources to solve the most pressing challenges of our time. ... progress toward the SDGs. He said, “One of the main lessons I have learned during my five...

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