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Philanthropy Must Act Now — Vulnerable Communities Can’t Afford to “Wait and See”

Release Date:

04/01/2025

... is happening now . The potential that our organization will have to furlough two dozen Federally-funded staff is now ... funding, certainly not over the long term. And nor should it . But until civil society...

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Children, Youth and Families

Public Policy

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Community Development

Human Services

Public Policy

Major Data Release From Sloan Digital Sky Survey Includes Galaxy Maps, New Data Access and Visualization Tools, and a Huge 'Stellar Library'

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01/29/2019

... called resolved spectroscopy to study galaxies in much greater detail than previous surveys. Spectroscopy is a ... astronomers, yielding a wealth of information by measuring how much light an...

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

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Science

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The Century Foundation Releases Report on Achieving Financial Equity and Justice for HBCU's

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09/14/2021

... equity. Yet, many outside the Black community do not know much about these illustrious institutions, how their existence has countered the narrative of White ... for a historic investment that will...

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20 Apr 2010

Nourishing Strong Communities II: Food Works - New York City Council Engages Around Healthy Food

Tuesday, April 20, 2010 -

8:30am to 11:00am

... transport, and consumption of food. This briefing will introduce funders to FoodWorks, the panel will dialogue about how public, private and government sectors are working ... and Government...

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A Commitment to Playwrights: The Tow Foundation’s 2014 Residency Program

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12/09/2014

... Leonard Tow, Chairman of The Tow Foundation, pondered how the Foundation could support American playwrights who ... a targeted fund—using a relatively small portion of its resources —to have a big impact on the...

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Appointments & Transitions

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Arts

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Surdna Foundation Announces Appointment of Leticia Peguero as Executive Director of Andrus Family Fund and Andrus Family Philanthropy Program

Release Date:

02/01/2013

... that leveraged the power of partnerships by combining resources with local grantmakers to fund creative, pragmatic ... care professionals in New York City and the Caribbean on how to...

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PNY Core: Financial Series

... at Philanthropy New York that help funders understand how to assess organizational health through financial ... In this primer to the Financial Series, participants will get a peek into...

Finding the Right Balance: Thoughts on Advocacy and Direct Service Funding from Ashley Blanchard

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07/09/2010

... York held a panel discussion to help funders consider how to strike their own balance between direct services and ... what they want to achieve, and how they plan to achieve it . Among the...

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Diversity, Inclusion and Effective Philanthropy

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11/2012

... Philanthropy Roadmap series, this guide aims to explain how diversity and inclusion can be used as practical ...

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Long-Sought ‘Warm-Sensitive’ Brain Cells Identified in New Study Supported by NY Stem Cell, Rita Allen, Sloan, and Klingenstein Foundations

Release Date:

09/09/2016

... challenges the most influential textbook explanation of how the mammalian brain detects when the body is becoming too warm, and how it then orchestrates the myriad responses that animals,...

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The New York Stem Cell Foundation

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Health

Science

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Klingenstein Philanthropies

For Jobseekers: What is a foundation?

Publication date:

04/2014

... and entities with nonprofit status), but they do much to fund the work of other nonprofits providing services ... often maintains close ties with the donor company, but it is a separate, legal organization, sometimes with its own ... to the community foundation, which has final authority on how they are used. But, as the terminology suggests, the ...

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Casey Family Programs

Ford Foundation

14 May 2024

Food Waste Reduction: Philanthropy for People and the Planet - A Webinar Hosted by Community Food Funders

Tuesday, May 14, 2024 -

12:00pm to 1:30pm

... food in the United States is wasted along with all of the resources used to produce, distribute, and prepare it . ... the problem of food waste, where funding has been going, how local and...

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Food Systems

Philanthropy & Social Sector Leadership at a Time of Crisis

Release Date:

06/10/2020

... for courage. Our national crisis of disparity and despair will not be healed through what has somehow become a ... the wealth of field knowledge, civic capital and financial resources amassed over a century of...

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Leadership Development

Transparency

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Rauch Foundation Releases Report, Minding the Gaps, On Early Childhood Development

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02/01/2018

... NY-based nonprofit called Docs for Tots. Lombardy says it has helped her pick up on several cases warranting closer ... attention. Like most doctors, she never can spend as much time as she wants with her...

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Children, Youth and Families

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NYC COVID-19 Response & Impact Fund Has Issued Over $110 Million in Emergency Funds to New York City-Based Nonprofits

Release Date:

07/29/2020

... in loans has been issued to date; the remaining loan funds will be allocated in August 2020) Loans range from $100,000 ... in a crisis. And the strong support for it shows how critical these...

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The New York Community Trust

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Arts

Community Development

Disaster Relief

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Bloomberg Philanthropies

Carnegie Corporation of New York

Doris Duke Foundation

Ford Foundation

Freedom Together Foundation

The Estée Lauder Companies

Mellon Foundation

Charles H. Revson Foundation

Rockefeller Brothers Fund

Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund

UJA-Federation of New York

The Moment I Lost It

Release Date:

11/19/2014

... know just enough to be jaded. Darling-Hammond spoke about how Common Core standards are intended to improve the way ... well up in my eyes. How could this be? How could I – so much...

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PNY News

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Education

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 achieved by centralization and creation of an online ... system which will be...

Century Foundation Releases Report on Pursuing Adequate Funding of Community Colleges

Release Date:

10/25/2018

... America, policymakers must provide community colleges the resources necessary to successfully educate the country’s ... the current barriers to reform—the lack of research on how much funding...

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