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08 Apr 2025

The Transportation Road Ahead: A Briefing with the Clean RIDES Network

Tuesday, April 8, 2025 -

11:00am to 12:30pm

... and has promised to expand highways and roads. It’ s become clear that the focus of emissions reductions turns ... rules that require transportation agencies to demonstrate how their projects, including...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Catherine Rick Named Senior Advisor for Nursing Leadership at the Jonas Center for Nursing Excellence

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12/11/2013

... (Ret.) William Bester to address veterans' life-altering health issues by increasing the field of qualified caregivers ... in health careers. She also worked with the Health ...

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Research to Prevent Blindness Grantee Dr. Gregg Semenza Wins Nobel Prize in Medicine

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10/10/2019

... discoveries… [revealing] the mechanism for one of life’ s most essential adaptive processes,” namely, “ how oxygen levels affect cellular metabolism and ... blood vessel growth, or angiogenesis. “We and others...

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Research to Prevent Blindness

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The Smart Way to Get US Employees Back to Work

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04/29/2020

... grapples with grave and interconnected challenges to our health and economy. We are a long way from returning to full ... to work is a response to a very fundamental challenge: how do we ensure that the return...

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Disaster Relief

Economic Security

Workforce Development

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John & Mary R. Markle Foundation

16 Sep 2013

Position Yourself: 4 Women Discuss their Careers and Leadership in Corporate Philanthropy

Monday, September 16, 2013 -

4:00pm to 6:30pm

... on September 16th at Philanthropy New York. What do they have in common? They are all emerging, current, or recent ... Lynn talk about her honest reflections on the field and how to position yourself within...

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17 Nov 2020

Engaging Youth Peer Network: Supporting Youth Givers Across Ages - A Webinar Hosted by NCFP

Tuesday, November 17, 2020 -

2:00pm to 3:00pm

... to private and family foundation staff and trustees only. How do you support the youth within your family or your ... for kids by age. Hear real stories and examples of how these tools and activities ...

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Tools & Strategies

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Family Foundation

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Can Philanthropy Help Shape the Next Economy? A Workshop Series for a Just Transition

... together by a short film produced for this series entitled How We Live: A Journey Towards a Just Transition , we will ... , and Ford Foundation ) Missed the program? View resources and the livestream recording...

Inaugural Nathan Cummings Foundation Fellows Tackle Problems with Creative Projects

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05/01/2013

... with outside-the-box thinking, which is at the core of how the foundation operates,” said Simon Greer, President ... will help communities and help inform the foundation’ s future work.” Saqib Bhatti will draw...

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The Nathan Cummings Foundation

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Social Justice

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Weinberg Foundation Announces New Trustee, as well as Leadership Changes in Hawaii Office

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07/27/2018

... conclude 44 years of service with the Foundation. Awaya’ s tenure included leadership and direction of the Hawaii ... at the $6-billion, 33,000-person New York City Human Resources Administration. Berlin...

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The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation

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18 Jul 2012

Corporate Community Involvement Conference

Wednesday, July 18, 2012 - 7:30am to Friday, July 20, 2012 - 8:45pm

Fairmont Copley Plaza, 138 St. James Ave., Boston MA

... the "Corporate Community Involvement Conference." Learn how Social Innovation and Social Entrepreneurship can ... formed a breakthrough partnership to tackle a public health issue that is quickly...

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12 Jul 2012

Streamlining Grants Management: Partnering NYC & Philanthropy to Work with Grantees

Thursday, July 12, 2012 -

3:30pm to 5:00pm

Philanthropy New York, 79 Fifth Ave., 4th floor, NYC

... and speed provider selection for contracts, and redirect resources to high-value activities. These goals will be ... system which will be launched later this year and explore how it can be leveraged by your...

Mark Zezza Joins NYSHealth as Director of Policy and Research

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04/18/2017

... As Director of Policy and Research at the New York State Health Foundation, Mark Zezza, Ph.D., works in close ... that advances and magnifies outcomes in the Foundation’ s key programmatic areas of Empowering...

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New York Health Foundation

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Brooklyn Community Foundation Announces Divestment from Industries that Harm People of Color

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11/03/2016

... The divestment decision was approved by the Foundation’ s Board of Directors in September. “Racial equity is core ... and predatory lenders are three industries that have had a devastating impact on...

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Brooklyn Org

Ford Foundation and Leading Thinkers Discuss A New Gospel of Philanthropy

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08/10/2016

... and Leading Thinkers Discuss A New Gospel of Philanthropy How should philanthropy consider the tension between its ... like extreme poverty and hunger — but acquire their resources through forces that ...

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Ford Foundation

Practices That Put Your Expertise Into Play

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10/16/2018

... Jan Jaffe, Senior Partner of The Giving Practice Learning how practitioners work well when philanthropy is trying to do ... More recently, with a new project called Philanthropy’ s Reflective Practices , I’ve...

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The Giving Practice

01 Dec 2022

Transforming the Funding Landscape for the Immigrant Justice Movement - A Webinar Hosted by GCIR

Thursday, December 1, 2022 -

1:00pm to 2:00pm

... that inflicts harm upon – and withholds power and resources from – people and communities who seek to stay, ... invest in these communities compared to national donors How much grantmakers are giving in...

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

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All Funders

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Immigration

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20 Feb 2025

Holding the Line of Defense in Florida by Building Local Power - A Webinar Hosted by GCIR

Thursday, February 20, 2025 -

2:30pm to 3:30pm

... threats, groups in Florida are thinking creatively about how to defend, protect, and expand the rights of immigrant ... is limited to organizations that share GCIR’ s core values.) How do you...

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

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Immigration

A Recipe for Capacity Building

Release Date:

02/16/2017

... way. In fact, for many years, I was a terrible cook. How did I turn things around? I took classes; I watched ... capacity building has been a staple in our “community’ s kitchen” for nearly 20 years. I...

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Grantmakers for Effective Organizations (GEO)

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Simons Foundation Among Backers of $28 Million Autism Treatment Study

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07/29/2015

... in Connecticut from preschoolers and school-aged children affected by autism spectrum disorders. The data then will be ... four other locations: Duke University, Boston Children’ s Hospital, the University of...

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