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California Governor Jerry Brown and Michael Bloomberg Launch “America’s Pledge”

Release Date:

07/12/2017

... community how and in which ways these entities can help the U.S. deliver on its pledge under the Paris ... and Bloomberg, the Rocky Mountain Institute and the World Resources Institute will jointly lead an...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Bloomberg Philanthropies

Measuring What Matters: Funder Evaluation

... grantee engagement and other essential values can manifest in the evaluation processes they design. ... staff with limited or no evaluation expertise so they can more successfully engage in evaluation...

25 Jan 2018

Essential Skills and Strategies for New Grantmakers

Thursday, January 25, 2018 (All day) to Friday, February 9, 2018 (All day)

... the class size small (20 – 25 participants) so attendees can build relationships with peers and develop a peer ... Programmatic due diligence of potential grants ( i .e., proposal review, site visits)...

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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

23 May 2019

Measuring What Matters: Funder Evaluation

Thursday, May 23, 2019 - 9:00am to Thursday, June 20, 2019 - 1:30pm

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Professional Development

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All Funders

Executive Leadership

HR & Operations Staff

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Evaluation

HR & Operations

Edna McConnell Clark Scales Up Support for Communities in Schools

Release Date:

05/21/2018

... vulnerable students and their families with community resources , has gotten a big investment from a sun-setting ... choice and accountability have argued that huge strides can be made by changing how schools...

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Education

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Blue Meridian Partners, Inc.

A Look At How Surdna Foundation is Backing Water Infrastructure in American Cities

Release Date:

06/25/2018

... has a couple of options when it comes to focusing its resources . It can go deep in a particular geography, or it can hammer down ... gone all over the country, and toward developing national...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Surdna Foundation

Come Help Me Be Less Racist

Release Date:

10/21/2015

... Homophobic. And Xenophobic. And the list goes on. You can ’t be a human being in our world, viewing our media, ... there are specific steps philanthropic professionals can take to reduce...

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PNY News

Six Subway Stops, Worlds Apart

Release Date:

05/15/2015

... Foundation It’s just six subway stops between where I live, in Murray Hill, and the East Harlem neighborhood. But ... are worlds apart. If you are born in Murray Hill, you can expect to see your 85th birthday...

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Community Development

Education

Food Systems

Health

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New York Health Foundation

Bloomberg Philanthropies Kicks Off CityLab Paris Summit

Release Date:

10/24/2017

... “The more cities learn from one another, the faster they can make progress, and the brighter our future will be – ... for inclusion in politics. “After this recent election, I felt again [that] there is a very...

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Community Development

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Bloomberg Philanthropies

23 Oct 2020

Philanthropy 101: So You're Working for a Foundation... Power and Your New Community

Friday, October 23, 2020 -

10:00am to 12:00pm

... ‘power dynamics’ at play in philanthropy and how you can be part of transforming power in philanthropy Understand ... show up for colleagues and community partners Identify the resources and networks within...

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Professional Development

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All Funders

New Staff

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Gun Violence, Advocacy, and Leadership

Release Date:

04/05/2018

... Memorial Fund blog. As the know-it-all big brother, I take the job of telling my sister what to do very seriously. ... thoughtful leaders of those movements, like my sister, who can speak...

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Milbank Memorial Fund

FORE Awards New Grants to Catalyze the Federal Response to the Opioid Crisis

Release Date:

05/31/2023

... that combines the best ideas from both parties to promote health , security, and opportunity for all Americans. In 2021, ... evidence-based recommendations for how federal policy can reduce overdose death rates...

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Health

Public Policy

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Foundation for Opioid Response Efforts (FORE)

Boutiques for the People

Release Date:

09/27/2016

... of high quality boutiques, but, in fact, such programs can be found in less privileged contexts as well. In some ... is a special feature of the HLLC. Cohorts of students take a series of interdisciplinary...

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Education

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The Teagle Foundation

MetLife Names Tia Hodges Head of Corporate Giving and Employee Volunteerism and President and CEO of MetLife Foundation

Release Date:

07/13/2021

... Wisconsin, where she led strategic partnerships and resources to distribute 15 million pounds of food annually to ... organizations and social enterprises to create financial health solutions and build...

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Appointments & Transitions

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MetLife

Hugh Hogan to Step Down as van Ameringen Foundation Executive Director to Launch Advisory Practice and to Become Senior Advisor to The Action Lab

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03/24/2022

... County. In announcing his transition, Hugh shared, “ I have learned so much from the van Ameringen Foundation’s ... to any individual, family or private foundation with resources to give.” Andrew Friedman,...

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Appointments & Transitions

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van Ameringen Foundation

37th Annual Meeting Re-Cap: Rethinking American Justice

... to live without hope, opportunity and compassion so they can survive,” he said, but adding, “ I met some America’s best and brightest while I was in ... have created over decades, over...

Salesforce, Johnson & Johnson, and New York Women’s Foundation Harnessing Talent To Remake Workplace Giving

Release Date:

04/02/2018

... savvy about tapping one of their greatest philanthropic resources : their employees. As we've been reporting, some new .....

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Member News

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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The New York Women's Foundation

Salesforce

Johnson & Johnson

02 May 2023

Philanthropy New York's 2023 Annual Meeting - From Possibility into Practice

Tuesday, May 2, 2023 -

10:00am to 4:30pm

... to be. We will continue to lift up ways in which power can be recognized, shared, and built with those who are most ... a new shared prosperity agenda. Come explore what it would take to move beyond supporting...

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Robert Sterling Clark Foundation Welcomes Two New Board Members, Names New Chair

Release Date:

06/14/2023

... a trained executive leadership coach and Society for Human Resources Management Senior Certified Professional. Ms. ... provide opportunity to historically marginalized citizens, I greatly admire the Foundation...