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03 Oct 2025

2025 Philanthropy 101 - Speaking the Same Language

Friday, October 3, 2025 -

10:00am to 12:00pm

What is Philanthropy 101? It is a five-part series that helps all staff new to ... better understand the sector. This interactive course will help participants gain the working knowledge they need ... please email...

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Professional Development

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All Funders

New Staff

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

14 Nov 2025

2025 Philanthropy 101 - Foundation Governance and Legal Issues

Friday, November 14, 2025 -

10:00am to 12:00pm

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Issue-Based

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Legal Issues

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18 Sep 2025

New York City Workforce Funders Collaborative Quarterly Convening: A Systemwide Approach to Career Connections at CUNY

Thursday, September 18, 2025 -

9:30am to 12:00pm

... of the New York City Workforce Funders Collaborative will focus on high-impact workforce development models at CUNY. The session will feature the NYC Accelerated Workforce Recovery Hub ... of Workforce...

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Ford Releases Investment Returns; More Grant Makers May Be On the Way

Release Date:

10/02/2017

... performance of its $12.1 billion endowment , saying it generated a return of 7 percent in 2016. By comparison, ... over those same five years, a sample portfolio of low- cost , passively invested index funds...

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Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Partners With The Nature Conservancy To Explore Nature’s Ability To Mitigate Climate Change

Release Date:

10/20/2017

... in forests, grasslands and wetlands—can provide low- cost opportunities and are often significantly more cost effective when compared to technological solutions... ...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Rosa Asciolla Joins Jonas Center for Nursing Excellence

Release Date:

07/02/2012

Rosa Asciolla has joined the staff of the Jonas Center for Nursing Excellence as Grants Management Associate. Most recently, she was the Development Assistant at the Bayou District Foundation in New Orleans, LA.

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A New Way to Sustain the Campaign — BMAFunders.org

Release Date:

03/28/2013

Five years ago, the Open Society Foundations created its Campaign for Black Male Achievement to address the economic, political, social and educational exclusion of black men and boys from American society.

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From the Macy Foundation: AAMC’s Marc Nivet On Developing LGBTI Competencies

Release Date:

05/31/2012

We’re pleased to share a recent conversation between the Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation and Dr. Marc Nivet, Chief Diversity Officer of the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC), which received a President’s Grant from the Foundation to define...

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Insights

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LGBTQ

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Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation

Though Enrolling More Poor Students, 2-Year Colleges Get Less of Federal Pie

Release Date:

05/22/2013

A review of the findings from The Century Foundation’s report on the nation’s community colleges.

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Public Policy

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Education

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The Century Foundation

To Be a True Practitioner of Democracy

Release Date:

05/22/2013

... the book that emerged from his experiences, he called it "individualism," a word he coined to describe the self-reliant character of Americans , who reveled in their freedom from aristocracies... .....

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

Robin Hood Gala Brings in $60-Million for Antipoverty Groups

Release Date:

05/14/2014

... supports groups helping immigrants and their families, will get $35-million of Monday’s take. The fundraising ...

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Social Justice

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Four Reasons to Champion Leadership Development

Release Date:

06/11/2014

A recent evaluation of an American Express program to help develop leadership skills in the nonprofit sector showed the program has had a profound impact on graduates, and that participants have sustained important leadership behaviors.

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Leadership Development

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For Diverse Communities, Giving Circles Strengthen Involvement In Philanthropy

Release Date:

07/03/2014

... and amplify the contributions of highly connected people, it helps turn those people into committed philanthropists…. ...

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LGBTQ

Religion

Gender Justice

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Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Philanthropies

Prudential, Goldman Sachs and Brooklyn Community Foundation Among Funders Spurring Urban Revival in Brooklyn

Release Date:

03/10/2015

Impact investing in underserved communities is trending in the philanthropic sector.

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Community Development

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Prudential Foundation

Goldman Sachs

Brooklyn Org

Time Magazine Spotlights Walker's UT Austin Commencement Speech

Release Date:

05/27/2015

... world—this is a Texas story. This is an American story. It ’s a story about transcending and overcoming; about the pathway out and the roadway forward. In short, it ’s a story about bridges. About crossing them...

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Ford Foundation

Peterson Testifies on Reforming the Federal Budget Process

Release Date:

10/23/2015

... Mike Enzi (R-WY), Chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, will held a hearing Wednesday, October 21 on the need to ...

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Peter G. Peterson Foundation

Duke Foundation’s Islamic Center Gets New Leadership

Release Date:

11/20/2015

... Islamic Center Gets New Leadership Konrad Ng will lead the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation’s Shangri ...

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International/Foreign Affairs

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Doris Duke Foundation

Jerome Foundation Helps Woman Filmmaker Get to Tribeca 2016

Release Date:

04/15/2016

... a post-industrial town with little economic opportunity, will premiere at the 2016 Tribeca Film Festival on April 15. ...

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Arts

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Jerome Foundation

Century Foundation Promotes ‘Realistic Steps’ on Gun Violence

Release Date:

06/15/2016

The country was horrified this weekend to learn of the massacre in Orlando affecting the LGBT and Latino communities, now known as the worst mass shooting in American history.

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Justice Reform

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The Century Foundation

In Time Magazine, Ford’s Walker Says Giving Back Is a Birthright

Release Date:

06/30/2016

... dawn of religious teaching. Philanthropy as we understand it today, however, is a distinctly American phenomenon, inseparable from the nation that shaped it . From colonial leaders to modern billionaires like...

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