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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

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Health

Science

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Gould Foundation’s Tyre is Author of In-Depth Atlantic Investigative Piece on Math and Low-Income Students

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02/12/2016

Peg Tyre, director of strategy at the Edwin Gould Foundation, wrote a deep examination on mathematics whizzes and reaching glory in math competitions. She is also the author of the book, "The Good School: How Smart Parents Get Their Kids the...

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Edwin Gould Foundation | EGF Accelerator

Education

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12 Jan 2017

Family Philanthropy Stories- Capture the Legacy of your Giving with NCFP and The History Project- Webinar

Thursday, January 12, 2017 -

12:00pm to 1:30pm

Why, in 2017, are we still relying on grandma’s photo albums and poorly scanned Facebook uploads to preserve our family histories?

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Tools & Strategies

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Family Foundation

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Board & Trustees

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14 Sep 2017

The First Year in the Life of a New Executive Director - Webinar

Thursday, September 14, 2017 -

12:00pm to 1:30pm

How can your board develop a transition plan to maximize your new executive director’s prospects for success?

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Professional Development

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Webinar/Teleconference

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Board & Trustees

Family Foundation

HR & Operations Staff

Private Foundation

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Governance

HR & Operations

02 Feb 2017

New York Foster Youth Funders Group – Winter Meeting

Thursday, February 2, 2017 -

12:00pm to 2:00pm

Join us for an opportunity to share important updates, network with colleagues, and catch up on topics impacting foster youth today.

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Issue-Based

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Roundtable Discussion

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All Funders

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Two Weeks Left to Apply to The J.M.K. Innovation Prize

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04/14/2017

The Prize is an exciting initiative of The J.M. Kaplan Fund, a New York-based family foundation. In 2017, up to ten Prizes will be awarded to those tackling our country's most pressing needs through social innovation.

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RFPs Etc

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The J.M. Kaplan Fund

Bloomberg Philanthropies Supports National Geographic Documentary About the Coal and Mining Industry

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04/14/2017

From the Ashes captures Americans in communities across the country as they wrestle with the legacy of the coal industry, and what its future should be under the Trump administration.

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Video

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Arts

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Bloomberg Philanthropies

The Rockefeller Brothers Fund: A 19th Century Fortune Tackles 21st Century Problems

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05/17/2017

RBF made headlines a few years ago by announcing plans to divest from fossil fuels. What's the update on the fund’s divestment process and RBF’s mission-aligned investing?

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Rockefeller Brothers Fund

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Jeff Jarvis, CUNY Professor and Director of the Tow Knight News Integrity Initiative, on Shifting Away from Media-Centric News Literacy

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06/22/2017

Jeff Jarvis, CUNY Professor and Director of the Tow Knight News Integrity Initiative, speaks on how fake news propagates and spreads and the strategies media should employ to tackle misinformation.

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PhilTalks

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Communications/Media

Unusual Times Lead to Unusual Grants from the Rockefeller Foundation

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06/28/2017

Political hot buttons aren't the Rockefeller Foundation’s usual fare; however, when its core values—diversity, pluralism and respect for all—are threatened it will respond.

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The Rockefeller Foundation

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Ford Foundation's Darren Walker on the Perils of Meritocracy

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06/30/2017

It’s one of the most loved ideas in American life. Perhaps, though, it should be one of the most resented.

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Social Justice

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Ford Foundation

Niarchos Foundation, Revson Foundation, & Heckscher Foundation Are Crowdsourcing Ideas to Help NYC Public Libraries

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07/05/2017

Some funders in New York City and elsewhere remain deeply dedicated to libraries. Aso notable is an effort by a trio of funders who've come together to support New York's libraries.

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Stavros Niarchos Foundation

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Charles H. Revson Foundation

The Heckscher Foundation for Children

Macquarie Group and Its Employees Donate $100,000 To Hurricane Harvey Relief Efforts

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09/19/2017

Macquarie Group Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Macquarie Group, announced a $100,000 donation to the American Red Cross to aid in immediate relief efforts for Hurricane Harvey.

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Disaster Relief

Macquarie Group Foundation

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Ford Releases Investment Returns; More Grant Makers May Be On the Way

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10/02/2017

For the first time in several years, the Ford Foundation disclosed the investment performance of its $12.1 billion endowment, saying it generated a return of 7 percent in 2016. By comparison, the median return of more than 5,700 foundations that...

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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

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Ford Foundation

14 Nov 2017

Hats on, Hats Off – A Creative Approach to Capacity Building

Tuesday, November 14, 2017 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

Are you new to capacity building and want to learn more about what it is and how you might integrate it into your grant making?

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Tools & Strategies

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Workshop

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All Funders

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Funded Cities of Service Announces Engaged Cities Award

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11/06/2017

With the Engaged Cities Award, Cities of Service, a Bloomberg Philanthropies Grantee, looks to recognize the impact of creative citizens and mayors—and to inspire more engagement.

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Community Development

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Bloomberg Philanthropies

29 Nov 2017

New York Foster Youth Funders Group – Fall Meeting

Wednesday, November 29, 2017 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

New York Foster Youth Funders Group is a peer network of grantmakers who are funding or interested in the area of foster youth in New York. The purpose of the group is to keep our hand on the pulse of salient issues and initiatives impacting foster...

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Issue-Based

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Roundtable Discussion

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All Funders

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Immigration

Appointments & Transitions

Dana K. Bezerra Named President of Heron Foundation

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11/20/2017

Dana K. Bezerra will assume the role of President at Heron as of December 31, 2017, the Heron Foundation announced today.

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F.B. Heron Foundation

The Andy Warhol Foundation Partners With Calvin Klein

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11/29/2017

Calvin Klein has entered into a new partnership with The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, which gives the American fashion brand unprecedented access to the late artist’s life work - much of which remains unpublished.

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The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts

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Arts

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Ford Foundation Appoints Roy Swan to Lead Mission Investments Portfolio

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12/05/2017

The Ford Foundation announced today the appointment of Roy Swan as director of its Mission Investments team based in New York. Swan will lead a dedicated team managing the portfolio announced in April, when Ford committed to invest $1 billion over...

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