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The Rockefeller Foundation Appoints Jeanette Vega as Managing Director; Martin L. Leibowitz and Monica Lozano Join The Rockefeller Foundation Board of Trustees

Release Date:

04/02/2012

... most difficult challenges by expanding opportunity through equitable growth and strengthening resilience to ... Book. That book was first published in 1972, and has gone through 21 reprintings and remains a...

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Appointments & Transitions

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Morgan Stanley

The Rockefeller Foundation

Standby Letters of Credit: The Underdog of Charitable Financing

Release Date:

06/25/2009

... is to post no more collateral than you are willing to fund through future years’ contributions to that grantee—just ... communication is not maintained and plans are not thought through clearly, the risk of...

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Playwright, Novelist and Songwriter Suzan-Lori Parks to Receive the Dorothy and Lillian Gish Prize: JP Morgan Private Bank

Release Date:

10/15/2015

... paved the way for the next generation. Established in 1994 through the will of legendary stage and screen actress ... those artists who have made an indelible impact through their work. In choosing Suzan-Lori...

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Arts

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Mellon Foundation

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

Palau to Sign National Marine Sanctuary Into Law; Bloomberg and Tiffany-supported Global Ocean Legacy Campaign Win

Release Date:

10/22/2015

... by significantly tightening rules for vessels passing through Palau's waters. It requires expeditious passage of nonlicensed fishing boats through the EEZ, appropriate vessel monitoring systems (VMS) .....

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Environment and Climate Change

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The Tiffany & Co. Foundation

The Pew Charitable Trusts

Oak Foundation

Lawyers Alliance for New York Announces 2017 Cornerstone Awards for Lawyers Providing Superior Pro Bono Service to Nonprofit Organizations

Release Date:

11/09/2017

... 1,800 business and transactional lawyers who volunteered through Lawyers Alliance during the past year. “This year ... also reaches nonprofit organizations and attorneys through its workshops, publications,...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

28 May 2020

Humanizing Immigration: A Conversation in Three Parts

Thursday, May 28, 2020 -

2:00pm to 3:30pm

... Join us on a digital exploration of migration and policy. Through presentations, performances and panels, we ... series is structured across three weeks in May 2020, through three 90-minute virtual sessions...

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Board & Trustees

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Children, Youth and Families

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Workforce Development

Owning My Expertise & Embracing My Leadership

Release Date:

02/10/2022

... and an MPA from the Baruch CUNY School of Public Affairs through the National Urban Fellows Program. In addition to ... and college Explainers who guide thousands of visitors through the Hall of Science each...

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The Pinkerton Foundation

WES Mariam Assefa Fund Announces New Grants to Support New York City Asylum Seekers

Release Date:

02/21/2023

... Creating Sanctuary project, an initiative providing care through a trauma-informed lens and developing several tools ... is working to bolster its Friend of the Court program, through which legal practitioners...

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Human Services

Immigration

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World Education Services / WES Mariam Assefa Fund

Member Input on Official Statement on Opposition to Eliminating the Estate Tax

... implies that, each year, the nonprofit sector would lose resources equivalent to the total grants currently made by ...

Opposition to Eliminating the Estate Tax

... implies that, each year, the nonprofit sector would lose resources equivalent to the total grants currently made by ...

PNY Supports Inclusion of Nonprofits in COVID-19 Legislation

... are deployed above and beyond normal capacity while their resources remain flat or even decrease. Essential community ...

John Ruskay, Ph.D., to Step Down in June 2014 as Executive Vice President and CEO of UJA-Federation of New York

Release Date:

05/01/2013

... "John has ensured that UJA-Federation has the financial resources to support the services provided by our beneficiary .....

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UJA-Federation of New York

19 Oct 2010

The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) at 20: Looking Back/Looking Ahead to Building a More Inclusive Community

Tuesday, October 19, 2010 -

8:30am to 11:00am

... of people with disabilities. Offer accessible tools and resources for grantmakers. Discuss opportunities for funders ...

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Issue-Based

15 Oct 2014

Busting the Business of Trafficking Women and Children

Wednesday, October 15, 2014 -

8:45am to 11:00am

Human trafficking is often approached as a women and children’s human rights and social justice issue. Rightly so considering the U.S. State Department estimates 600,000 to 800,000 people are trafficked across international borders every year with...

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

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Children, Youth and Families

18 Sep 2014

Inequality, Democracy and Corporate Power

Thursday, September 18, 2014 -

2:45pm to 5:00pm

A series of Supreme Court decisions; Buckley v Valeo, Citizens United, Shelby v FEC and McCutcheon v FEC, have expanded corporate constitutional rights and limited the ability of Congress and the states to protect voting rights and regulate campaign...

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We’re Not Just Fighting the Good Fight

Release Date:

09/22/2014

... in its public policy work. With limited staff and resources , we choose our issues carefully based on their ...

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PNY News

How Philanthropy Can Address the Needs of Our Veterans

Release Date:

11/05/2014

... problems veterans are experiencing and how best to deploy resources to address them. Veterans Day is just around ...

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President's Message

PNY News

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Veterans

18 Dec 2014

Who Will Benefit from the President's Immigration Reforms? - Webinar

Thursday, December 18, 2014 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

... grantmakers to coordinate, collaborate, and leverage their resources for greater impact Presenters Randy Capps , ...

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Webinar/Teleconference

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Immigration

Public Policy

12 Jan 2015

Ebola: Philanthropy’s Multidimensional Approach to Healthcare Amidst Crisis

Monday, January 12, 2015 -

1:45pm to 5:00pm

A second part of Philanthropy New York’s program on the Ebola outbreak in West Africa examines how can philanthropy respond with funding that meets immediate needs and invests in long-term solutions.