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The Carnegie Compact Revisited: Re-envisioning New York City’s Branch Libraries

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11/26/2014

by Julie Sandorf, President, Charles H. Revson Foundation In 1901, Andrew Carnegie committed an audacious ... in good physical condition. As reported in the Center for an Urban Future’s Branches of Opportunity...

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Why Helping Pets Helps People

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12/05/2013

... awarded by the largest U.S. foundations, according to 2011 Foundation Center statistics. The false notion we need to overcome ...

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ASPCA

Trusted Advisors—You Rely on Them and Lower Income Families Need Them Now

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09/09/2021

... Now By: Cynthia Rivera Weissblum, CEO, The Edwin Gould Foundation Accelerator The pandemic has shown us many ... organizations to provide services, guidance, and access to resources —the things affluent...

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Edwin Gould Foundation | EGF Accelerator

16 Mar 2015

Food Systems and Movements

Monday, March 16, 2015 -

2:45pm to 5:00pm

... Director for Sustainable Agriculture, Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation Designed for All interested funders Registration ... with any questions. In collaboration with Resources Suggested background reading...

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Internal Communications for Philanthropy: Maintaining Community in a Time of Isolation

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03/31/2020

... of us. It’s been heartening to watch foundations marshal resources to find ways to ease burdens on grantees and step ... obscured and less certain. Through all of it, we need to center community and ensure...

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Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors

Three Actions Philanthropic Funders Can Take to Advance Equity for Immigrant and Refugee Workers

Release Date:

07/30/2020

... #1. Provide unrestricted funding to organizations that center their efforts in workers’ perspectives. The ... provides worker-centered organizations with flexible resources to pivot, experiment, and share...

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World Education Services / WES Mariam Assefa Fund

College and Career Readiness: Are We Measuring What Matters?

Release Date:

06/11/2013

... Rodriguez Leach, Vice President, Deutsche Bank Americas Foundation In today’s global economy, students must be ... groups in the New York City public school system. Our resources are deployed to ensure...

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Can Philanthropy Support the Transformation of Society?

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03/06/2014

by Jennifer and Peter Buffett, Co-Chairs, NoVo Foundation When was the last time you ate a tomato? ... violence and competition. So we are dedicating our resources , entrusted to us at the NoVo Foundation...

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NoVo Foundation

27 Feb 2024

BBB Charity Effectiveness Symposium XVIII - The Power of Community: Building Authentic Relationships with Supporters

Tuesday, February 27, 2024 -

12:30pm to 2:30pm

Please join Education and Research Foundation of the Better Business Bureau of Metropolitan New ... Collaborative Program with the Better Business Bureau Foundation of Metropolitan New York. Event Supporters .....

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Philanthropy New York Elects New Board Members and Announces 2019 -2020 Executive Committee

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06/05/2019

... Finance and Administration for the William T. Grant Foundation . She regularly interacts with Board members and ... as diverse as budgeting, accounting, investments, human resources , facilities, and information...

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PNY News

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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

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

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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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Social Innovation Fund Awards $11.3 Million Grant to LISC to Expand Education, Career Services for Low-Income Individuals

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08/04/2015

... from major corporations and foundations. They include Citi Foundation , MetLife Foundation , JPMorgan Chase, State Farm, Bank of America, Accenture, Walmart Foundation , W.K. Kellogg ...

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MetLife

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Citi

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

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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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Doris Duke Foundation

02 Apr 2025

Making Reporting Work: Aligning Grantmaking with Learning & Change - Part 1 of a Three-Part Series

Wednesday, April 2, 2025 -

1:00pm to 2:15pm

... Desiree Flores , Executive Director, General Service Foundation Sengsouvanh (Sukey) Leshnick , Senior Director of Strategic Learning & Evaluation, San Francisco Foundation Rachel Kimber (Co-Moderator),...

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24 May 2017

Reproductive Services as Healthcare Entry Point: Planned Parenthood, FQHCs and the Families that Rely on Them

Wednesday, May 24, 2017 -

9:00am to 11:00am

... health services remains at the burning white-hot center of the healthcare reform debate. According to the ... receive care due to cost burdens or lack of nearby medical resources . But FQHCs do not provide...

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10 Nov 2015

Justice Reform: The End of Mass Incarceration

Tuesday, November 10, 2015 -

8:30am to 12:00pm

... Families Xochitl Bervera, Director, Racial Justice Action Center Shona Chakravartty, Senior Program Officer, Hill-Snowdon Foundation Norris Henderson, Founder & Executive Director, ... live stream here: In...