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Grantmakers in the Arts Selects Edwin Torres as New CEO

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08/16/2017

... of charm and fierce intellect. The fact that he is our first Latinx president is important to note as well.” “I ... Grantmakers in the Arts’ thought leadership has on both public and private philanthropy,”...

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Appointments & Transitions

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Arts

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Grantmakers in the Arts

15 May 2012

Foundation Administrators Network Meeting: Challenges and Opportunities with Organizational Structure

Tuesday, May 15, 2012 -

12:00pm to 2:00pm

... attend. Agenda FAN members all wear multiple hats, as do many others who are in non-programmatic roles in ... to job titles and descriptions and more. What challenges do you face that are related to...

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Issue-Based

Bold Stories For Big Challenges

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12/17/2013

... as well as on the grander level of mass communications. First -person stories put audiences in storytellers’ shoes ... to Brett Davidson of the Open Society Foundations’ Health Media Initiative. That initiative...

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Open Society Foundations

The Nathan Cummings Foundation

The Overbrook Foundation

Random Reflections By A New Author

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05/24/2010

... encounters and how these lessons inform my practice. The first reflection is generated by the consistent head bobbing ... around the tools we use to take spiritual, generalized “ do -gooder” instincts and hone...

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All Funders

15 May 2025

Philanthropy New York's 46th Annual Meeting: Philanthropy For Our Time

Thursday, May 15, 2025 -

1:00pm to 6:00pm

... what areas of our work are serving us well, what work no longer meets our needs, and where we should spend energy ... lifespan. But when context shifts dramatically, how do we stay clear enough to make choices...

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Network Building

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Conference

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All Funders

Reflections on Launching a Philanthropic Fund in Six Months

Release Date:

09/19/2019

... countless choices on who we want to be, how we want to do our work, and what impact we hope our efforts will have. ... a drop in the proverbial bucket. That’s why one of my first tasks when I joined the fund...

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Insights

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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World Education Services / WES Mariam Assefa Fund

The Long Haul: Lessons from Charitable Responses to Previous Disasters

Release Date:

09/05/2017

... of generosity that we have witnessed since the very first days of the flooding The lessons that corporations and ... In addition, the foundation has chosen to pool its resources with others by seeding the...

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Philanthropy’s Best

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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

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Disaster Relief

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The New York Community Trust

Debate Your Philanthropic Philosophies

Release Date:

01/18/2017

... Clark Foundation gave me a lot to think about during their first two short debates on impact investing and perpetuity ... grassroots advocacy or organizing organizations, but I do think it is worth considering...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Arcus Foundation

An Old Idea is New Again: Tackling Large Complex Problems by Investing in Communities

Release Date:

04/10/2018

... of today require the long game. Clean-up day, 2006. No meetings. No phone calls. I had recently become the ... community leaders and activists were among DEC’s first grantees in the 1990s,...

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Education

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The New York Community Trust

Rockefeller Foundation Funds Denver Food Action Plan

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07/06/2018

... Funds Denver Food Action Plan Denver's Department of Public Health & Environment has launched its Food Action Plan to cut ... equity for all residents. A partnership with the National ...

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Member News

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Environment and Climate Change

Food Systems

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The Rockefeller Foundation

Your Foundation in Crisis: Will You Be Ready?

Release Date:

06/18/2013

... And foundations are as vulnerable and prone to crisis as public companies and universities, particularly in the age of ... ones, and react to the issues in real time. And as they do , they start to see how they...

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Research for a 21st Century Child Welfare System

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03/24/2022

... from their involvement with the system demands we do better. Further, there continues to be significant ... give back to communities and organizations. What can you do to advance this important effort? Review...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Casey Family Programs

William T. Grant Foundation

William T. Grant Foundation Awards Three Year Grant to Cornell University to Study Opioid Use in Rural Upstate New York

Release Date:

04/11/2018

... The funds come from the William T. Grant Foundation's first Institutional Challenge Grant and were awarded to ... Findings from each study will be used to improve local practices and programs. “This grant...

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Member News

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Children, Youth and Families

Health

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William T. Grant Foundation

Money and Power in Post-Election America: Why This Conference?

... and the policy spectrum wide-ranging (e.g., health care, public education, poverty alleviation, tax policy and ... may have resulted in greater competitiveness but no fundamental change...

What Drives Education Officials

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06/07/2012

... , who moderated the session, pointed out that this was the first time the three had appeared together at a public event. ... controversial and complex issues like shrinking private resources...

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All Funders

We Need Your Input on Justice Reform

Release Date:

05/18/2016

... Input on Justice Reform by Michael Hamill Remaley, SVP, Public Policy & Communications This piece was originally ... praise from members, we know we have much more work to do . The movement to...

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PNY News

Eric C. Schneider to Join The Commonwealth Fund as Senior Vice President for Policy and Research

Release Date:

11/26/2014

... Senior Principal Researcher and Distinguished Chair in Health Care Quality at RAND, and director of its Boston ... improvement in health care at the Harvard School of Public Health...

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Appointments & Transitions

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Health

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The Commonwealth Fund

PhilTV: "Giving Grants is Not Enough; The Question is 'Did You Make Things Better?'"

Release Date:

09/30/2016

... Things Better?'" By Shiza Pasha and Stephanie Chrispin, Public Policy Fellows, Philanthropy New York Darlene J. ... joined a panel moderated by Rob Lott, Deputy Editor of Health Affairs Journal, for...

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Insights

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Public Policy

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Health

Workforce Development

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Jonas Center / Barbara & Donald Jonas Family Fund

Youth Funders Working Group

... of philanthropic organizations — both private and public — seeking to improve the quality of life of young ... that help the city’s young people develop the skills and resources necessary to become healthy,...

22 Apr 2021

Look Under The Hood and Demand More - Investing With a Racial Equity Lens

Thursday, April 22, 2021 -

10:00am to 12:00pm

... of areas (e.g., homeownership, workplace advancement, health , and education, etc.), as well as the degree to which ... can take to invest in racial equity The variety of resources and partners available to...