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The Rockefeller Foundation Announces the Communities Thrive Challenge Grantees

Release Date:

12/05/2018

... Each organization is not only making a tremendous impact in its community but also offering insight into how ... promised $1 million grants to organizations with high- impact , potentially scalable, and...

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Community Development

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Arcus Foundation Funded Report Finds Infrastructure Development Likely To Be “Devastating” for Wildlife, Ecological Integrity

Release Date:

02/26/2019

... development, including ways to minimize and mitigate the impact of infrastructure expansion on biodiversity. The ... Development and Ape Conservation,’ considers the impact of infrastructure development in...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Arcus Foundation

Former President of the Surdna Foundation, Phillip Henderson, Appointed as CEO of The Robert H. N. Ho Foundation

Release Date:

09/02/2019

... Foundation’s mission is to advance the understanding and impact of Buddhist inspired values and insights by deepening ... structure and goals that achieve philanthropic vision and impact ... Former President of...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Surdna Foundation

Hearing More About c4s? You're Not Alone - Webinar Recording

Publication date:

05/2020

... c3s left off) How c3s can work with c4s to achieve greater impact How and when foundations can support c4s Presenters ...

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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

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Public Policy

12 Jun 2012

The House I Live In - Philanthropy New York's Documentary Series

Tuesday, June 12, 2012 -

5:30pm to 8:30pm

Please join us for a wine-and-cheese reception, followed by a screening of 2012 Sundance winner for Best Documentary, The House I Live In , and a brief discussion to follow. As America remains embroiled in overseas conflict, a less visible war is...

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13 Jun 2013

The Invisible War - Philanthropy New York's Documentary Series

Thursday, June 13, 2013 -

5:30pm to 8:30pm

Members and Non-Members : To register yourself and/or a colleague at your organization, please click on the link above (visible through June 11th). Please contact register@philanthropynewyork.org with any questions. Join us for a...

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11 Dec 2013

Leaving Vocational Education Behind: Making Sure College Ready = Career Ready

Wednesday, December 11, 2013 -

1:45pm to 5:00pm

When President Obama visited P-TECH in Brooklyn this October, the focus was on how the school – a public-private partnership par excellence – prepares young people for the 21st century workplace. But it does so much more than that! P-TECH and the...

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Education

Workforce Development

'Docu-Ad’ Exposes Hardship of Those Without Bank Access

Release Date:

06/03/2014

A new commercial from American Express, presented like an investigative nonfiction film, exposes the high costs of living outside the traditional financial system.

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Communications

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Economic Security

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American Express

Bloomberg Philanthropies Funds "Innovation Team" in Syracuse

Release Date:

03/12/2015

Andrew Maxwell has been named the municipality’s director of policy and innovation and will oversee a team of four in the city’s new Office of Innovation.

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Peterson Foundation Says Obama Budget Doesn’t Address Unsustainable Debt

Release Date:

02/09/2016

Michael A. Peterson, President and CEO of the Peter G. Peterson Foundation, commented on President Obama's budget for fiscal year 2017, saying it did not sufficiently address the key drivers of long-term debt.

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Peter G. Peterson Foundation

How Do I Master That Skill? LinkedIn, Markle Want To Help

Release Date:

03/18/2016

... not they’re accredited; the program’s employment rate, cost , and duration; the skills the program will teach them; ...

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Workforce Development

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John & Mary R. Markle Foundation

Giving Back: 4 Ways Your Company Can Do Good

Release Date:

08/31/2017

As more millenials enter the work force and look for socially responsible corporations, here are four methods to practice corporate social responsibility while growing and reaching new customers.

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Communications/Media

Century Foundation President's Commentary Explains Why Teachers Deserve a Break on Student Debt

Release Date:

10/03/2017

... its elimination altogether. It’s true: The program will cost billions of dollars in the coming years, as more and ...

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Education

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The Century Foundation

Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Funded Sloan Digital Sky Survey Will Map The Entire Sky

Release Date:

11/20/2017

... international collaboration, technological innovation, and cost -effective grassroots governance. The Sloan Foundation is ...

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Mayor De Blasio and The Rockefeller and Pinkerton Foundations Launch 'CareerLift'

Release Date:

01/17/2018

... a 'Pay for Success' model, in which employers assume the cost of job retention services only if proven successful - a .....

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Children, Youth and Families

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The Rockefeller Foundation

Inside Rockefeller Foundation’s $20 Million Plan to Improve Energy Access in India

Release Date:

09/05/2018

... action. The foundation sees minigrids as one of the most cost -effective and beneficial means of realizing the goals ...

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International/Foreign Affairs

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The Rockefeller Foundation

New Study Commissioned By Staten Island Foundation Reveals Disparity on North Shore

Release Date:

09/18/2018

... George, Grymes Hill, Stapleton, and Rosebank. The study cost $100,000 and took a year to complete, the CCC told the ...

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Community Development

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The Staten Island Foundation

Governor Cuomo Signs Legislation to Protect Non-Profits from Federal Tax Hike

Release Date:

12/12/2018

Bill decouples state tax code from change made to federal UBIT by the trump tax plan—ensuring non-profit employers can continue to subtract expenses for commuter and other benefits.