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The Changing Face of Philanthropy

Release Date:

10/12/2015

... We are: a brain, an athlete... wait, no. That’ s a different Breakfast Club. Philanthropy New York’ s Young ... that we can only access through each other. We came to see what this field...

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Insights

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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American Express

Doris Duke Foundation

The Century Foundation Report on For-Profit Colleges Cited in NY Times

Release Date:

10/13/2015

... But the Education Department, despite a crackdown against what it calls “bad actors,” continues to hand over tens ...

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Education

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The Century Foundation

The Source Codes of Foundation Culture

Publication date:

10/2015

... Organizations has been working to better understand what contributes to and impedes efforts to lead productive ...

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Report

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Grantmakers for Effective Organizations (GEO)

Rockefeller Foundation Finds Major Issues for Women in the Workplace

Release Date:

10/13/2015

... Finds Major Issues for Women in the Workplace What are the top five challenges you face at work? Ask ...

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Member News

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The Rockefeller Foundation

Poll: Americans Have Never Been So Sure About Climate Change, Even Republicans

Release Date:

10/23/2015

... So Sure About Climate Change, Even Republicans Maybe it' s the pope. Or the freakish year in extreme climate records. ... of the presidential election cycle. Whatever the cause, U. S . views on climate...

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Environment and Climate Change

25 May 2016

No More Fake Funder Budgets! Transforming Grantee Financial Review

Wednesday, May 25, 2016 -

9:00am to 11:00am

... of grant application and reporting processes. But here' s the dirty little secret (perhaps not so secret) - the ... if it should change at your foundation - or disagree with what ' s...

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Professional Development

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Panel

Webinar/Teleconference

Audience

All Funders

Grants Managers

Program Staff

Topic(s)

Finance & Asset Management

Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

Nonprofit Financials

Technical Assistance & Capacity Building

Several NY Donor Families Among Millionaires Asking for Tax Raise on the Wealthy

Release Date:

03/23/2016

... asked New York state to raise taxes on the wealthy, under what they called a “1% plan for tax fairness”. “As ... New Yorkers are struggling economically, and the state’ s ailing infrastructure is in desperate...

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Member News

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Public Policy

Hartford Foundation-Supported Survey Finds Most Doctors Ill-Equipped to Give End-of-Life Care

Release Date:

04/15/2016

... to Give End-of-Life Care Nearly all doctors believe it’ s important to talk with patients about the care they want in ... that provide little help, and often they don’t know what to say or when to say it,...

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Member News

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Health

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The John A. Hartford Foundation

Carnegie Attends Gathering to Discuss Launch of NYCitizenship Services

Release Date:

04/25/2016

... to Discuss Launch of NYCitizenship Services The Mayor’ s Office of Immigrant Affairs joined forces with public and ... City with a press conference at New York Public Library’ s Mid-Manhattan branch, one of...

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Immigration

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

Rockefeller Funding of Resilience Officer in Chicago Makes News

Release Date:

05/03/2016

... Foundation, Mayor Rahm Emanuel struggled to explain just what it is that former Deputy Water Management Commissioner ... somebody other than Chicago taxpayers is paying Koch’ s salary. “When we used to make...

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Member News

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Environment and Climate Change

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The Rockefeller Foundation

Simons Foundation Gives $40M for Astronomy Facility in Chile

Release Date:

05/12/2016

... million to establish a new astronomy facility in Chile’ s Atacama Desert, adding new telescopes and new detectors to ... in particular its polarization, to better understand what took place a fraction of a...

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Science

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The Simons Foundation

Three Ways Ford Foundation's Shift To Inequality Will Affect Nonprofits Everywhere

Release Date:

05/24/2016

Three Ways Ford Foundation' s Shift To Inequality Will Affect Nonprofits Everywhere ... more urgency, especially considering Ford Foundation’ s influence over its smaller counterparts. Three nonprofit .....

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Member News

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Economic Security

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Ford Foundation

NYS Health Foundation President & CEO Wonders if NY Can End the AIDS Epidemic

Release Date:

07/18/2016

... be the HIV/AIDS epidemic. No one knew the magnitude of what was coming. From 1981 to 2013, an estimated 1,194,039 ...

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Health

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New York Health Foundation

Guttman Foundation Leads Funder Collaborative All About Child Care in New York City

Release Date:

07/25/2016

... education has been getting tons of attention lately, but what about support for kids a little bit younger? Very few ...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Stella and Charles Guttman Foundation

Ford and #ReasonsforHope Foundations Want You To Know They Make A Difference—Not Just Write Checks

Release Date:

08/10/2016

... Make A Difference—Not Just Write Checks "HOPE." That’ s the one-word message at the center of a new awareness ... collective concern that we all have in philanthropy about what ’ s...

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Member News

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Ford Foundation

28 Oct 2016

Philanthropy 101 - Module 2: Foundation Governance and Legal Issues

Friday, October 28, 2016 -

8:30am to 11:00am

... Working for a Foundation... Power and Your New Community What makes up the leadership and governance of a foundation? What are the legal dos and don'ts? What role do trustees ... who...

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Professional Development

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Following Ford's Lead, Another Foundation Goes All In on Equity

Release Date:

08/17/2016

Following Ford' s Lead, Another Foundation Goes All In on Equity Yesterday, ... Darren Walker at the time talked about not only the “ what and why” of this intensive focus but also about the ... position with...

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Member News

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Ford Foundation

Century Foundation Report Criticizes Student Loan Guaranty Agencies

Release Date:

09/29/2016

... they were designed to serve is in the rear-view mirror, what should happen with the endowments of more than $5 ...

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Member News

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Education

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The Century Foundation

NY Community Trust's Shawn Morehead Featured in Podcast on Countering Stereotypes and College Prep

Release Date:

10/06/2016

NY Community Trust' s Shawn Morehead Featured in Podcast on Countering Stereotypes and College Prep In response to what it called a rising tide of bias incidents and ... about this more recent initiative...