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New Study Shows Organic Farming Traps Carbon in Soil to Combat Climate Change

Release Date:

09/12/2017

... carbon out of the atmosphere is the prime target for improving the health of our planet. One of the best ways to ... A 2010 paper published in the journal Ambio found that research about increased carbon...

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Environment and Climate Change

Denise Arzola Named Director of Clinical-Community Partnerships at the United Hospital Fund

Release Date:

05/17/2021

... She has extensive administrative and clinical experience, improving services and support for individuals affected by a ...

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Appointments & Transitions

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How The Atlantic Philanthropies Changed Lives Through Building

Release Date:

05/18/2015

... Changed Lives Through Building Imagine having the resources to build something that can dramatically alter the ...

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Community Development

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Bloomberg Awards $10 Million for Women Coffee Farmers in Africa

Release Date:

09/23/2016

... their communities. The institute, a nonprofit dedicated to improving the livelihoods of rural Rwandan women coffee farmers, connects women farmers to resources and global markets so they can meet the ...

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Gender Justice

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Prudential Doubles Down On Financial Wellness

Release Date:

05/17/2017

... American workers, and armed employers with new tools and resources to help them to understand and improve the ...

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Corporate Social Responsibility

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Fund the People Toolkit

Publication date:

09/2017

... invest in the nonprofit workforce as a strategy for improving the impact and sustainability of the organizations: ... Guides: advancing productive dialogue on talent issues Resources : curated content from across the social sector ...

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

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Is Online Fundraising a Bad Idea?

Release Date:

09/29/2017

... fundraising platforms like Razoo or CauseVox, or improving the donation process on their own website. Other ... But is this the right way to go? Each year, I conduct research on individual donor fundraising...

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News Stories about Philanthropy and Hurricane Sandy Recovery

... seeks p,, hotographs of Sandy's destruction, the city's preparation before the storm, and the ongoing recovery ... Built to Survive a Storm Cuomo's Three Commissions Tackle Improving...

Opinion: Disaster Preparedness Requires a 211 System; New York City Still Doesn’t Have One

Release Date:

10/04/2017

Is New York City significantly better prepared for the next big one? My answer is “No.”

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Elects Kevin Burke to Board of Trustees

Release Date:

06/04/2012

... Board in advancing the Foundation’s mission to promote research and broad-based education in science, technology, ... advice regarding the Foundation’s programs supporting research and education in science,...

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The Value of Rigorous Evaluation

Release Date:

06/02/2014

... program assessment or evaluation. Unless we invest more resources in our capacity to measure the performance and ... undertake rigorous evaluation. It can be costly, diverting resources from the direct...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Blue Meridian Partners, Inc.

A Decade After Katrina, Can Philanthropy Make Black Lives Matter?

Release Date:

08/28/2015

... Resource Generation, and others, have explicitly dedicated resources to support black-led grass-roots groups organizing ...

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Civic Engagement

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Social Justice

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North Star Fund

9/30/2014 - To Convene or Not To Convene? - PowerPoint Presentation and Video

Publication date:

09/2014

View related materials presented during the program, "To Convene or Not to Convene?"

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All Funders

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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

18 Mar 2013

Measuring What Matters: Indicators of College and Career Readiness

Monday, March 18, 2013 -

2:45pm to 5:00pm

Philanthropy New York, 79 Fifth Ave., 4th floor, NYC

... Susan Fairchild , Director, Data Analysis & Applied Research , New Visions for Public Schools Nicole Leach ... of Americas Foundation Jennifer Sattem , Fellow, Regents Research Fund, New York State Dept. of...

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Starting the Conversation: Using a Gender Lens in Your Grantmaking

Publication date:

12/2016

... a gender equity lens. The group used the following resources to develop this tool: Black Girls Matter: Pushed ... Additional resources for those looking for a deeper dive into gender analysis: http://www.grantcraft.org/assets/content/ resources /gender.pdf ...

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Gender Justice

Learning What Worked to Support Women After the 2008 Recession

Release Date:

06/23/2016

... nonprofit organizations became increasingly strained as resources declined. When the stock market failed, foundations ... with proven models for supporting women to gain stability. Resources intentionally...

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Insights

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Gender Justice

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The New York Women's Foundation

Regulating Donor Advised Funds

Publication date:

10/2015

... We encourage the reader to check out the additional resources listed at the end of this piece. CLICK THE LINK ...

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PNY Issue Guide

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Public Policy

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Public Policy

Wallace Foundation Releases Report on Principal Evaluation

Release Date:

01/27/2016

... leader standards that help align job descriptions, preparation , selection, evaluation and support; pre-service preparation that includes selective admission to high-quality ...

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Education

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Philanthropy New York Welcomes Stephanie Boarden as Chief of Staff

Release Date:

09/16/2021

... already contributed leadership to the PNY community as a faculty member for PNY’s Essential Skills and Strategies ... Health program. Boarden has a background in public health, research , and program evaluation...