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The New York Community Trust

31 Mar 2026

Philanthropy New York's 2026 Annual Learning Meeting - Embracing Risk To Lead With Courage

Tuesday, March 31, 2026 -

1:00pm to 6:00pm

Philanthropy New York; 320 East 43rd Street; NYC 10017

... organizational intentions and real community impact How values can guide risk tolerance and action Participants will leave ... positioned to move differently based on their visibility,...

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The Moment I Lost It

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11/19/2014

... know just enough to be jaded. Darling-Hammond spoke about how Common Core standards are intended to improve the way ... overwhelmed with sadness that there are not more resources available to make these kinds...

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Education

Informal But Important: Improving the Lives of Informal Workers

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08/19/2014

... workers and vendors, maids and waste pickers. We have come to know them also as highly networked individuals. ... with their own noisy networks and social structures. They can be difficult for the formal world...

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The Rockefeller Foundation

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Economic Security

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01 Dec 2011

Don’t Cut Kids: An Update on the Federal Budget and Children

Thursday, December 1, 2011 -

7:30am to 11:00am

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

... Children, Youth and Families (GCYF), and NYC Youth Funders for a thought-provoking forum that will shed light on ... Recommendations and suggested messaging points for how foundations can...

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Why STEM? The Key to Future Innovation Needs Funding Now

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03/03/2015

... On January 22nd, Philanthropy New York hosted a funders briefing, " Learning to Write Code: The New Literacy ... away from science and engineering toward other fields. How can we change...

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The Pinkerton Foundation

Marlon Williams Represented Philanthropy New York with City Council Testimony on Progress of Reforms to Accelerate Nonprofit Contract Payments

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06/04/2024

... more efficient and accountable, ensuring nonprofits have the resources they need to deliver their critical services ... City metropolitan area and over 5,000 engaged community funders in a...

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Building Our Equity Muscles

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12/08/2021

... uncomfortable ways but we are also beginning to appreciate how equity work can help us run a more joyful and fulfilling race. Like so ... the way from the people whose knowledge and expertise have...

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Children, Youth and Families

Wm. T. Grant Foundation Report: Scarcity of Funding for Research on Youth Inequality

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11/09/2015

... to identify opportunities and gaps that would inform how the Foundation could pursue its work, as well as ... avenues of collaboration. “Private foundations can help reduce inequality in several ways. They...

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William T. Grant Foundation

Philanthropy New York Signs Letter to the U.S. Small Business Administration

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04/13/2020

... themselves shut out of the process to secure financial resources that are critical to their very survival. Letter ... in subsequent legislation. The first step in understanding how to uncover solutions to...

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Ins and Outs of Forming Early Childhood Education Research-to-Practice and Policy Partnerships

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01/11/2018

... up to serve more children, and as research questions on how to continuously improve the quality of services provided ... to young children arise, there is a clear opportunity for funders to echo the K-12...

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Foundation for Child Development

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Education

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Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Awards Grant to the Bard-Brooklyn Public Library College Degree Program

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10/30/2019

... Public Library microcollege challenges us to reconsider how non-traditional students can gain access to a high quality college education,” noted ... ethos.” Together, BPL and Bard provide critical ...

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Community Development

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Mellon Foundation

Our Journey: Celebrating the Eighth Year of Philanthropy 101 and Sharing What's to Come

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09/13/2023

... the sector to one that invites participants to reflect on how they can build, shift, and share power with the communities they ... from the Fund for 2025, we were able to invest significant resources...

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

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Evaluation

Philanthropy Should Focus on the Assets of Aging

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04/22/2016

... a presenter at the recent PNY program “ Artful Aging: How the Arts Are Transforming Aging .” This "Insights" ... see ageism everywhere. */ /*--> */ The Wall: How the Arts Can...

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

01 Jun 2016

Investing in Independence Through Supportive Housing

Wednesday, June 1, 2016 -

9:00am to 11:00am

... conditions, mental illnesses and substance use disorders can find a home and the services they need to build better ... supportive housing providers as the population ages: How to address the complex geriatric...

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Correspondence Archives in the Age of Email: Technology, Privacy, and Policy Challenges

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07/18/2017

... We send and receive more emails than many of us know how to conveniently organize. That’s no major obstacle when ... Archive. Despite the trove of details a single email can unearth, rigorous cataloguing of...

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Communications/Media

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Mellon Foundation

Blended Finance "Plus”: Enhancing Support With Blended Knowledge

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09/04/2018

... Council on August 17, 2018. Global development experts have long recognized that governments alone don’t have the resources to solve the most pressing challenges of our time. .....

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Health

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Johnson & Johnson

After Orlando – After the Anger and Sadness – There Is Work to Be Done

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06/15/2016

... legislation sweeping the nation. Mass Shooting in Orlando: Resources and Networks for Action There are so many important ... and who it affects. Hate violence affects us all, and we can all do our part to...

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

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Dara Major Philanthropy Consulting

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30 Mar 2016

The IRS Form 990 as a Tool for Understanding Organizational Capacity

Wednesday, March 30, 2016 -

8:45am to 11:00am

... and make sound funding decisions, grantmakers must have a firm grasp of the story told by the numbers as well as ... to understand their grantees’ financial health and how it connects to overall organizational...

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Professional Development

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All Funders

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Bridging the Knowledge Gap About Grantmaking for People with Disabilities

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11/04/2010

... of the Americans with Disabilities Act and provide funders with an opportunity to learn more about the ... provides us with a recap of that program and discusses how every funder can (and...

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