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16 May 2012

Understanding the Rules of Engagement: Advocacy in an Election Season

Wednesday, May 16, 2012 -

8:45am to 11:00am

... grant making objectives. The question then becomes: how does one provide sufficient protection to the grantmaker ... grantees. AFJ attorney -- Abby Levine -- will discuss how these rules apply in an election...

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Issue-Based

PNY Core: Impact Investing Series

... can have a social impact using all of their financial resources . Participants hear from insights of philanthropic ...

Key Facts on Mission Investing

Publication date:

10/2011

... assets— are extending the public benefit of their resources . The report also offers perspective from Stephen ...

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Report

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Finance & Asset Management

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation

The Rockefeller Foundation and the Urban Institute Evaluate Rebuild by Design

Release Date:

09/04/2014

... work as a region to become more resilient with adequate resources and knowledge.... The Rockefeller Foundation and ...

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Member News

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Disaster Relief

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The Rockefeller Foundation

Supporting Grantee Capacity: Strengthening Effectiveness Together

Publication date:

02/2015

... accompanied by a curated collection of capacity-building resources from around the field. Supporting Grantee Capacity: ...

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Report

Topic(s)

Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

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Foundation Center

Bank of America Charitable Foundation Focuses on Affordable Housing, Workforce Development and Community Development

Release Date:

08/26/2015

... a critical role in connecting low-income people to such resources as affordable housing, financial coaching, ...

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Member News

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Housing and Homelessness

Community Development

Workforce Development

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Bank of America Charitable Foundation

With Support from Several PNY Members, EngageNY Archive of Common-Core Materials Grows in Popularity

Release Date:

05/18/2016

The online library of common-core-aligned curricula hosted by New York state’s education department has now been downloaded more than 45 million times.

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Education

Wallace Foundation Continues Investigation on Role of Principals In Improving Schools

Release Date:

06/06/2016

... from The Wallace Foundation, which has poured a lot of resources into the question of the role of principals for ...

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Member News

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Education

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The Wallace Foundation

With Support from Stavros Niarchos Foundation, 'Van Gogh at School' Launches Online Teaching Materials

Release Date:

08/16/2016

... directly on a digiboard, or use elements of the available resources to create their own lessons. Van Gogh at School ...

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Member News

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Education

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Stavros Niarchos Foundation

Bank of America Charitable Foundation Announces Five Projects for 2016 Green Neighborhoods Program

Release Date:

10/12/2016

... The AGN grant program provides funding and educational resources to developers of affordable housing who are ...

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Member News

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Housing and Homelessness

Environment and Climate Change

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Bank of America Charitable Foundation

Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Supports SDG Philanthropy Platform

Release Date:

03/13/2017

... international development community, aiming to maximize resources through coordination and collaboration and to ...

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Member News

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Environment and Climate Change

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors

The Peter G. Peterson Foundation Frames the Long-Term U.S. Budget Picture

Release Date:

04/04/2017

... and sustainable can we ensure that we have sufficient resources to invest in our future.” The Peter G. Peterson ...

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Member News

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Economic Security

10 Mar 2022

Building Capacity of CDFIs to Support Entrepreneurs of Color - A Webinar Hosted by Asset Funders Network

Thursday, March 10, 2022 -

9:30am to 11:00am

... increased funding and recognition, however, CDFIs will need to continue to build their capacity to increase ability ... providing access to capital to minority business owners How do we build capacity to take...

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Tools & Strategies

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Webinar/Teleconference

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All Funders

Topic(s)

Finance & Asset Management

Funding Area

Economic Security

Surdna Foundation Awards $9.7 Million in Grants

Release Date:

09/30/2013

The grants, awarded in the foundation's three program areas to 56 nonprofit organizations across the country, represent the third cycle of quarterly grants since Surdna introduced changes to each of its program strategies late last year.

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Member News

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Economic Security

Environment and Climate Change

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Surdna Foundation

MetLife Foundation, Sesame Workshop Launch Financial Knowledge Program

Release Date:

11/22/2013

... programs that reach nearly 75 million people in up to ten countries . To be launched in 2014 in Brazil, China, India, ...

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Member News

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Children, Youth and Families

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MetLife

Mass. Unveils Biggest U.S. ‘Pay for Success’ Effort

Release Date:

01/30/2014

Goldman Sachs and five other supporters will invest $18 million in a Massachusetts program to reduce recidivism among ex-convicts, the biggest "pay for success" project in the U.S., reported The Chronicle of Philanthropy.

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Justice Reform

Opportunity International and The MasterCard Foundation Plan To Help 7M Out of Poverty With $22.7M Partnership

Release Date:

03/25/2014

... loans and has reached over 5 million clients in 22 countries . In 2009, The MasterCard MA -0.42% Foundation and ...

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Member News

Topic(s)

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Economic Security

International/Foreign Affairs

Century Foundation Intern Discussion Series Kicks Off With Look At Regulating Marijuana Sales

Release Date:

06/11/2014

The Century Foundation kicks off its annual policy forum for summer interns in NYC with a discussion about the challenges regulating the market for marijuana, a product that is legal in some states but still federally prohibited.

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Member News

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Legal Issues

Public Policy

Mertz Gilmore Fires Up Its War On Coal

Release Date:

06/13/2014

An article in Inside Philanthropy singles out the Mertz Gilmore Foundation for championing climate change solutions, especially efforts to reduce the use of coal, the country’s biggest source of global warming pollution.