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Five Borough Farm: Supporting Urban Agriculture in New York City

Release Date:

11/08/2013

... our waterways healthier and significantly reduce NYC’ s regular violations of the Clean Water Act that result when ... photographs, maps and a website with graphics, tools and resources . Of particular interest...

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All Funders

Blended Finance "Plus”: Enhancing Support With Blended Knowledge

Release Date:

09/04/2018

... long recognized that governments alone don’t have the resources to solve the most pressing challenges of our time. ... many believed was impossible – they provided financial resources and facilitated the flow...

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Health

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Johnson & Johnson

Astraea Lesbian Foundation For Justice Welcomes Joy Chia as New Executive Director

Release Date:

07/20/2021

... being put into practice across all aspects of Astraea’ s work. As Astraea enters our 45th year in 2022 – and ... and other aspects of our complex lives? How can we channel resources in ways that are context-...

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Appointments & Transitions

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Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice

NY/NJ Area Common Application

Publication date:

04/2014

... for use, a sample cover sheet, and the common grant proposal guidelines. Important notes when using the common ... area guidelines still apply. Research each organization’ s funding areas to be sure your proposal fits within their guidelines before submitting your ...

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Sample Document/Template

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Nonprofit Staff/Grantseekers

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Philanthropy New York

The Building Blocks of Demonstrating Impact

Release Date:

09/09/2013

... measure and demonstrate the impact of their organization’ s charitable work. Lisa Frantzen, Senior Director of ... Realistically, what you can measure also depends on the resources (time and money) that you...

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All Funders

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Impact Investing

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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American Express

Citi Foundation

31 Oct 2018

Funding Our Future – the ABCs of Early Care and Education Financing in New York

Wednesday, October 31, 2018 -

9:00am to 11:00am

Today, 82% of children in the U. S . live in households with working parents, and more than 5 ... all of whom are women and many of whom live below the federal poverty level. For them, investments in early care...

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Panel

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Children, Youth and Families

Education

Program Recap—American Journalism: Views on Reconstructing the Falling Industry

Release Date:

03/19/2010

By Vincent Stehle Consultant, John S . and James L. Knight Foundation On February 23rd, ... and Professor of Communication at Columbia University’ s Graduate School of Journalism, and Calvin Sims , Program ... that...

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NYC's Action on School Discipline Moves Closer to Just Education

Release Date:

07/30/2015

... Even one suspension in the 9th grade doubles a student’ s chances of later dropping out of high school, research ... discipline.” The meeting follows guidance from the federal Departments of Education and...

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Insights

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Children, Youth and Families

Education

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The Atlantic Philanthropies

Why Helping Pets Helps People

Release Date:

12/05/2013

... typically benefits just as much as the animal. That’ s easy to picture. But what’ s less known is that overlooking a pet’ s needs can actually hamper the delivery of critical social ...

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Animal Welfare

Disaster Relief

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ASPCA

How Rapid Assessments Can Help the Shift from Response to Recovery

Release Date:

05/13/2021

... it in more flexible ways. Now, as we see that COVID-19’ s impact will be lasting and pronounced, philanthropy needs ... working to understand how to most effectively deploy our resources beyond crisis response...

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Insights

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Community Development

Disaster Relief

Gender Justice

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EMPower - The Emerging Markets Foundation

2020 Open Society Fellows Developing Approaches to Counter Economic Inequality

Release Date:

02/06/2020

... The cohort includes experts working on building labor’ s power in the digital economy, a musician-activist uplifting ... and help those in the “bottom 80 percent” of the U. S . economy increase their assets...

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Member News

Funding Area

Economic Security

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Open Society Foundations

David Spergel Takes the Helm as President of the Simons Foundation

Release Date:

07/01/2021

... Marilyn and Jim Simons. Since the philanthropy’ s launch in 1994, Marilyn Simons served as foundation ... of the foundation and the activities of the foundation’ s new computational center, the Flatiron...

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Appointments & Transitions

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The Simons Foundation

The Foundation Center Announces New Staff to Lead Technology, Outreach and International Data Strategies

Release Date:

02/12/2014

... Data Relations on February 1. The Foundation Center' s new talent aligns with the "Foundation Center 2020" plan, ... calls for connecting social sector organizations to the resources they need...

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Appointments & Transitions

New Thinking about Networks Makes the Field Better, Stronger, More Effective

Release Date:

03/20/2015

... Center to think more closely about how our network’ s regional expertise, leadership and connections, and the ... emerged showed precisely where Oregon’ s philanthropic resources were flowing...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Three Ways Funders Delude Themselves About Equity

Release Date:

04/26/2017

... and wanting to learn how to embrace and promote it. That’ s a good thing. Inequity is a big problem in our society and ... general, it carries with it the notion of fairness. It’ s different than equality, in...

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Insights

Topic(s)

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

What DAFs are Learning from the Community Development Sector

Release Date:

08/05/2019

... my vantage points at institutions like Deutsche Bank’ s Community Development Finance Group and the Local ... The loans from the Fund provide early stage, catalytic resources so that its portfolio of nonprofit...

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Insights

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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FJC

Stavros Niarchos Foundation Continues Pandemic Relief Efforts with New Grants Totaling over $27.7 Million

Release Date:

05/29/2020

... Totaling over $27.7 Million Part of the Foundation’ s $100 million global COVID-19 relief initiative, grants ... New Orleans, New York, and San Antonio that are pooling resources to most effectively serve...

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International/Foreign Affairs

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Stavros Niarchos Foundation

EMpower - The Emerging Markets Foundation Announces New Grants in Emerging Market Countries

Release Date:

01/13/2022

... grants, these organisations will have completed EMpower’ s full grantmaking cycle and have impacted the lives of many ... for Visual Impairment in Education) in Ankara, and Sol’ s Assessment and Remedial...

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Member News

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Children, Youth and Families

Community Development

International/Foreign Affairs

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EMPower - The Emerging Markets Foundation

Working Better Together: Building Nonprofit Collaborative Capacity

Publication date:

09/2013

Collective action is an effective way for nonprofits to increase their impact, but key capacities are needed to enable these types of partnerships to thrive. This publication offers insights on the core capacities nonprofits need to collaborate and how funders can help.

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Report

How To Grow and Activate Your Audience On YouTube

Release Date:

03/12/2014

... to grow audiences and get them engaged — and YouTube’ s nonprofit program offers even more benefits. It is now available to registered NGOs and charities in the U. S ., the U.K., Canada, Australia, Germany,...