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UJA-Federation Board of Directors Elects New CEO

Release Date:

02/12/2014

... improve and build on our essential mission: to provide care for those in need and to strengthen Jewish life and community in New York, ... broad mission of UJA-Federation. He understands who we are now...

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Appointments & Transitions

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Education

Workforce Development

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UJA-Federation of New York

Nathan Cummings Foundation Names Artealia Gilliard as its First Director of Communications

Release Date:

03/23/2017

... flu crisis. “Artealia is a wonderful match for what Nathan Cummings needs at this time. She is passionate ...

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Appointments & Transitions

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Environment and Climate Change

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The Nathan Cummings Foundation

The Wallace Foundation Releases New Guide to Help School Districts Recruit Students for Voluntary Summer Learning Programs

Release Date:

03/06/2018

... than 100 parents about how they think about summer and what would motivate them to sign their children up for ... are also applicable to community-based organizations that need to effectively engage parents,...

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Children, Youth and Families

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The Wallace Foundation

Nathan Cummings Report Offers Insights into Mission-Aligned Investing

Release Date:

04/19/2021

... and opportunities for mission-aligned investing and offers resources for institutional investors interested in shifting ... and their values. "We believe mission-driven institutions need to reexamine this...

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The Nathan Cummings Foundation

Jarrett Lucas of Stonewall Community Foundation on Donor- Advised Funds and Philanthropy

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10/28/2016

For the first time in a quarter of a century, The Chronicle of Philanthropy ’s annual ranking of the nation’s top-grossing charities places a financial-sector “donor-advised fund” at the top of the list.

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Ms. Foundation to Philanthropy: Grow Local Economies by Supporting Low Wage Workers and Childcare Access

Release Date:

09/08/2017

... for Women validated that state and local officials need to take the reigns and steer their community toward ... to childcare. The Ms. Foundation strategy to address child care access calls on funders to do...

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Economic Security

Gender Justice

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Ms. Foundation for Women

Following Ford's Lead, Another Foundation Goes All In on Equity

Release Date:

08/17/2016

... Darren Walker at the time talked about not only the “ what and why” of this intensive focus but also about the ...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Ford Foundation

Clear and Present Danger - Reframing Risk: A Message from CEO, Kathryn O'Neal-Dunham

Release Date:

09/13/2024

... Juston Cooper of ABFE reiterated in a recent meeting what a colleague and mentor of his once said: “ history ... see when standing firm in an analysis that recognizes the need to address race, gender and other...

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Celebrating Black Philanthropy Month and Our Collective History

Release Date:

08/09/2016

... land ... a long, lasting legacy of benevolence, absent need for further evidence. Forget the twisted myths. We have ... tradition of meeting folks where they are and doing what we can: rent parties; assuming...

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Insights

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Moore Philanthropy

NY/NJ Area Common Report Form

Publication date:

04/2014

Philanthropy New York and the Council of New Jersey Grantmakers (CNJG) spearheaded a project to develop a common report form to help streamline the grant reporting process.

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Sample Document/Template

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Nonprofit Staff/Grantseekers

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Philanthropy New York

23 Jan 2020

Essential Skills and Strategies for New Program Officers

Thursday, January 23, 2020 (All day) to Friday, February 7, 2020 (All day)

Philanthropy New York's Essential Skills and Strategies for New Program Officers (ESS) orients new program officers and directors to their role as funders. This multiday intensive course helps philanthropy newcomers build a framework for...

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Professional Development

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Workshop

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All Funders

Program Staff

With Funds From Helmsley Charitable Trust, Researchers Target Fat to Treat Cancer

Release Date:

09/20/2016

... their plasma membranes and other critical structures. Now , researchers at the Salk Institute, along with academic ...

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Health

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The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust

From the Ground Up

Release Date:

09/08/2017

From the Ground Up Top-down development doesn't work. What 's needed is a "pull model" created by locals, funders, ... to reflect the real, micro-level needs of communities. What ’s more, people...

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International/Foreign Affairs

Carnegie Praised for Preserving the Spirit of Philanthropy

Release Date:

04/13/2015

... Imagine if John D. Rockefeller had not established what is now Rockefeller University and donated more than $500 million ...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

Rockefeller Family & Brothers Fund, Green Groups Subpoenaed on ‘Coordinated’ Climate Efforts

Release Date:

08/03/2016

... July 27 without their producing requested documents. So what now ? Rockefeller Family & Brothers Fund, Green Groups ...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Rockefeller Family Fund

Rockefeller Brothers Fund

Trust-Based Philanthropy Cohort

... to identify areas of focus within their organizations that need to be more explicitly addressed Identify tangible ... into changes in their internal and external practices. What is the Expected Commitment?...

28 Sep 2016

Growing the Farm to Institution Movement: From Farm to Plate

Wednesday, September 28, 2016 -

12:30pm to 2:30pm

... feeding programs to local economies and public health The barriers to increasing the volume of local food ... colleague at your organization, please click the Register Now link above. In collaboration with...

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All Funders

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Environment and Climate Change

Food Systems

Soros' Support of Marijuana Legalization Leads Philanthropies to Increase Support for Opposition

Release Date:

10/14/2014

... curious about the surrounding legal and medical questions: What would employers do with high employees? What would parents tell their children about whether to smoke ...

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Member News

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Health

Public Policy

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Open Society Foundations

The Achelis and Bodman Foundations

Mellon Foundation Grant Helps Capture History, 280 Characters at a Time

Release Date:

03/31/2019

... gas. It quickly became clear to Jules and Summers that what was unfolding on social media—a veritable flood of ... were glued to our TVs and to Twitter, trying to figure out what was happening on the ground,...

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Social Justice

Technology

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Mellon Foundation

20 Oct 2021

Impact Investing, Picking Up Where Philanthropy Leaves Off

Wednesday, October 20, 2021 -

2:00pm to 4:00pm

... tool in your toolkit to advance your foundation's mission What different types of impact investing a private foundation ... you can develop your confidence and overcome the barriers What impact investing...