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14 Feb 2018

2020 Census Funders: Learning from National Initiatives

Wednesday, February 14, 2018 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

The 2020 Census Funders Group is an ad hoc group of regional philanthropic ... New York Funders Alliance and its members. There are over a dozen foundations already associated with this .....

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Issue-Based

Format

Roundtable Discussion

Audience

All Funders

Funding Area

Census 2020

04 Oct 2018

Philanthropic Assistants & Coordinators Network Meeting: Finding Your Decision-Making Power

Thursday, October 4, 2018 -

8:45am to 10:15am

... our roles. This is a chance to learn about other people’ s work as well as reflect on your own; both how it currently ... the decisions we make every day, and how these decisions impact our...

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Professional Development

Format

Breakout Discussion

Audience

Executive Support Staff

Funders Give and Get Advice From NYC Teens

Release Date:

05/02/2013

... and April Hawkins, Director of MetLife Foundation ’ s Civic Affairs Program On most days, the job of ... the kinds of skills necessary for success. The students are part of The Opportunity...

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Insights

Audience

All Funders

Research Co-Sponsored by The JPB Foundation Examines Quality of Abortion Care

Release Date:

03/16/2018

... by The JPB Foundation Examines Quality of Abortion Care The quality of abortion care depends on where a woman ... research on safety and quality of abortion care in the U. S...

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Member News

Funding Area

Health

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Freedom Together Foundation

New York Women’s Foundation Receives 2017 Leadership in Equity and Diversity Award from The Women’s Funding Network

Release Date:

09/07/2017

New York Women ’ s Foundation Receives 2017 Leadership in Equity and ... similar programs. Young Women ’ s Initiatives leverage new resources as well as...

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Member News

Funding Area

Gender Justice

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Related Organizations

The New York Women's Foundation

31 Jan 2013

Knowledge Management: Strategies for making sector knowledge more accessible

Thursday, January 31, 2013 -

11:00am to 1:00pm

Webinar

Locating the most appropriate information, and managing it strategically, becomes a challenge when we are increasingly bombarded with seemingly limitless streams ... by focusing on key strategies and useful data...

Ford Foundation Partners with Other Funders to Increase Educational Attainment in the Rio Grande Valley

Release Date:

05/03/2018

... RGV FOCUS leaders recently unveiled the organization’ s 2017 Annual Report showing that Rio Grande Valley students ... with Valley-based leaders to establish the collective impact initiative RGV FOCUS in 2012...

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Member News

Funding Area

Education

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Ford Foundation

Commonwealth Fund Finds Insurers Selling More of Their Individual Health Plans in ACA Marketplaces

Release Date:

06/02/2016

... Fund Finds Insurers Selling More of Their Individual Health Plans in ACA Marketplaces The new health insurance exchanges are the core of the Affordable Care Act’ s...

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Member News

Funding Area

Health

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The Commonwealth Fund

Eight Cities Selected to Participate in National League of Cities Project to Build Financial Inclusion for Families (MetLife Foundation)

Release Date:

01/20/2016

... League of Cities Project to Build Financial Inclusion for Families (MetLife Foundation) The National League of ... city-wide systems that improve residents' financial health and stability. By...

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Member News

Funding Area

Children, Youth and Families

Economic Security

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MetLife

7/30/2014 - Capacity Building in Isolated Neighborhoods Program - Reports

Publication date:

07/2014

View materials presented during the program "Building Capacity in Isolated Neighborhoods."

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Resource type

Report

Audience

All Funders

Funding Area

Economic Security

A Short Guide to Impact Investing

Publication date:

02/2015

... of the questions, if not the answers, to determine what’ s right for them and what to do next to move toward meaningful, measurable impact . A Short Guide to Impact Investing ...

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Report

Topic(s)

Finance & Asset Management

Impact Investing

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Case Foundation

Bloomberg Philanthropies Funded Studies Make Progress In Fight Against Malaria

Release Date:

10/05/2017

Bloomberg Philanthropies Funded Studies Make Progress In Fight Against Malaria Two new strategies ... from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health ’ s Malaria Research Institute...

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Member News

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Bloomberg Philanthropies

Anti-Violence Crown Heights Group Celebrates 20 Years, Continues to Make Impact on the Community

Release Date:

10/29/2018

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Sector News

Funding Area

Community Development

All Investing is Impact Investing

Release Date:

01/12/2015

All Investing is Impact Investing In the United States, nearly $1 trillion ... donations for the public good. The great majority of those resources are invested for a financial return without...

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Member News

Topic(s)

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Rockefeller Brothers Fund

F.B. Heron Foundation

Marcella Tillett of the Brooklyn Community Foundation Named Among 50 Women in City & State's 2022 Above & Beyond List

Release Date:

03/21/2022

... Community Foundation Named Among 50 Women in City & State' s 2022 Above & Beyond List In August, Kathy Hochul was sworn ... social work. Tillett’ s early career focused on sexual...

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Appointments & Transitions

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Brooklyn Org

Is Bail Reform Causing an Increase in Crime? - New Research & Policy Report from the Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation Releases

Release Date:

01/20/2023

Is Bail Reform Causing an Increase in Crime? - New Research & Policy ... Foundation Releases As jurisdictions throughout the U. S . consider reducing or eliminating the use of pretrial ... might, in fact, “...

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Member News

Funding Area

Social Justice

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Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation

Spelman College Receives Funding from Alfred P. Sloan Foundation to Help Fuel the Field of Black Women Economists

Release Date:

08/29/2019

... programming to address the scarcity of Black women Ph.D. s in economics. thanks to funding from a Alfred P. Sloan ... board of trustees. “Economists and economic theory impact virtually every...

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Member News

Funding Area

Education

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Commonwealth Fund Article Asks: Is Primary Care the Best and Worst Job in Medicine?

Release Date:

05/26/2016

Commonwealth Fund Article Asks: Is Primary Care the Best and Worst Job in Medicine? About one-third of U. S . and U.K. primary care physicians are dissatisfied with ... managing...

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Member News

Funding Area

Health

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The Commonwealth Fund

Michael J. Fox Foundation and Simons Foundation Making Waves in Basic Science

Release Date:

12/01/2017

... more than $700 million to understanding Parkinson’ s disease. Others, like the CZI, have much broader goals. But ... innovative and risky research. The National Institutes of Health (NIH) and other government...

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Member News

Funding Area

Health

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The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research

The Simons Foundation

05 Dec 2018

The Make or Break Moment: Blending Capacity Building and Capital for Change

Wednesday, December 5, 2018 -

9:00am to 11:00am

In Nonprofit Finance Fund’ s 2018 State of the Sector Survey, 86% of respondents ... nonprofit sector, corporation and foundation funders are responding by blending different types of support in...