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World Education Services / WES Mariam Assefa Fund

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Immigration

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18 May 2016

Can Failure Be a Success?: Dissecting the Rikers Social Impact Bond Experiment

Wednesday, May 18, 2016 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

... 2016-17 PNY Core Curriculum : February 10 – Put Your Foundation on the Impact Investing Map April 14 – Active ... programs that have been proven to work and save system resources . Does this experiment say...

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Justice Reform

Philanthropy Must Shift Power to Others

Release Date:

05/06/2016

... By Jennifer and Peter Buffett, Co-Presidents of the NoVo Foundation Reprinted with permission from NoVo Foundation , published originally in Time Magazine . ‘The ... asset. By investing in their power, we can...

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Gender Justice

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Forum Tells Congress to Keep Johnson Amendment, Quotes PNY Official Statement

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04/05/2017

... from every state and every segment of the charitable and foundation communities, makes a strong statement in support ... www.givingforum.org For a complete list of signers and resources go to www.givevoice.org...

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PNY News

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Forum of Regional Association of Grantmakers

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10/28/2014 - Collective Impact: From Concept to Reality in NYC - Presentations

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10/2014

View related materials presented during the program, "Collective Impact: From Concept to Reality in NYC."

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Community Development

This Teen Pregnancy Program’s Tight Focus Is a Success

Release Date:

05/02/2016

... Director for Child Well-being at the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation As we enter National Teen Pregnancy Prevention ... ; Provide technical assistance to school-based health center staff in schools with low...

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Gender Justice

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Doris Duke Foundation

What Post-9/11 Advocacy Can Teach Us about Fighting for Brooklyn Immigrant Rights Today

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01/30/2017

... Patankar, senior program officer at Brooklyn Community Foundation Re-posted with permission from the Brooklyn Community Foundation In 2002, I moved to Brooklyn's Flatbush/Midwood ... rights organizations...

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Immigration

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Brooklyn Org

Philanthropy Can Help Bridge the Gap Between the Idea of Disability Rights and the Reality

Release Date:

11/05/2021

... By: Sam Gill, President & CEO, the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation . This piece was originally published by The ... properties: Duke Farms , an environmental stewardship center in New Jersey, and Shangri...

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Disabilities

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Food Funders Working Group

... New Jersey, and Connecticut. We provide information, resources , and networking opportunities for funders to invest ... CFF also aggregates and disseminates information and resources to its members, provides a...

Supported by Surdna and NY Community Trust, Study Shows How Arts and Culture Improve Health, Safety and Well-being in NYC

Release Date:

03/10/2017

... in New York City neighborhoods with many cultural resources are healthier, better educated, and safer ... those in similar communities with fewer creative resources , according to a groundbreaking study by the...

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The New York Community Trust

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Arts

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Surdna Foundation

Aetna Supports Projects Using Big Data to Get At-Risk Kids the Services They Need

Release Date:

05/11/2017

... core of this problem are resource allocation challenges. Resources are always scarce, no matter how well a economy is performing — or how large a foundation ’s checks may be. But one tool that can help ...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Health

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Nancy Feller Joins The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust as General Counsel

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09/03/2012

... Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel at the Ford Foundation . As the Ford Foundation ’s chief legal officer, in addition to all legal ... Ms. Feller also supervised the Foundation ’s...

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The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust

How Institutions Take Risks

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10/12/2014

... scientists, philosophers, and thinkers, the Rockefeller Foundation pivoted from its core public-health work to the ... episode and others, I decided to explore the Rockefeller Foundation 's archives and...

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Bronfman Cultivates Programs for Next Generation Donors

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08/20/2015

... next generation donors to bring their own ideas and resources to bear on the Jewish world. After spending a ... initial financial support from ACBP, the Samberg Family Foundation , Righteous Persons ...

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The Andrea and Charles Bronfman Philanthropies [Closed]

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The Samuel Bronfman Foundation

Carnegie and Ford Plan to Foot Entire Bill for Cuomo's Public-Private Legal Defense Fund For Immigrants

Release Date:

03/30/2017

... the Carnegie Corporation of New York and the Ford Foundation . The Fund will work with some 182 “advocacy ... announcement “to provide pro bono legal and additional resources for immigrants threatened by recent...

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

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Immigration

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Ford Foundation

Skoll, Ford and Others Work with Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors on How to Listen More to Nonprofits & Speak Less

Release Date:

09/26/2017

... to investigate how to more effectively apply their resources toward large societal problems like education, ...

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Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors

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Ford Foundation

New York Community Trust's HIVE Grants to Boost Digital Media Learning

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06/02/2014

... Fund was started by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation and The New York Community Trust in 2010 so that, ... 13 grants in May, 2014: With a $35,000 grant to Beam Center , high school students...

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