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Philanthropy Has a Duty to Respond Quickly to the COVID-19 Outbreak. Here's How We Can Do It

Release Date:

03/18/2020

... local nonprofits are stepping up to fill the gaps in our social safety net while trying to protect our families and ... and childcare when schools are closed. We can move resources now to make sure our...

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Disaster Relief

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Edward W. Hazen Foundation (Closed)

Impact Investing: Not Just For Billionaires

Release Date:

06/04/2014

... option in a more complex menu of financial tools for the social sector. Judith Rodin, president of Rockefeller Foundation, is taking risks with philanthropic capital , risks she says have the potential for...

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Impact Investing

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Children, Youth and Families

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The Rockefeller Foundation

J.P. Morgan commits $20 million in support of Latino-led businesses

Release Date:

03/29/2022

... critical stages of early development, providing them with capital , expertise, and visibility to accelerate growth. ... businesses had the same access and connections to capital as white-owned businesses. The...

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JPMorgan Chase & Co.

Philanthropy Should Support Frontline Workers During Pandemic and Beyond - from Arabella Advisors

Release Date:

03/27/2020

... a situation filled with uncertainty. Their health, income, social networks, and communities all are under threat. They ... In the longer term, grant makers should put philanthropic resources toward bolstering...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Arabella Advisors

TCC Group Welcomes Two New Members to its Nonprofit Strategy Team

Release Date:

02/23/2016

... background in capacity building, technology development, social impact measurement, and strategic communication to her ... efforts. She has worked with B Lab to create tools and resources for assessment of...

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Appointments & Transitions

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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TCC Group

Marion Nestle Challenges Funders to Be More Strategic and Political

Release Date:

08/08/2013

... Big Food. To young foodies, Nestle says, politics with a capital P is smeared by corrupt officials, back-room deals ... justice, economic vitality, environmental sustainability, social justice, any number of “...

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All Funders

Artists, Investors and Innovators Join Together to Launch Upstart Co-Lab

Release Date:

04/14/2016

... Upstart Co-Lab Rooted in the conviction that artists are social entrepreneurs and that a sustainable future depends on ... of artists, impact investors, philanthropic funders and social innovators today...

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Arts

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Ford Foundation

The Rockefeller Foundation

Mellon Foundation

Russell Sage Foundation Calls for Articles on Women and the Economy

Release Date:

05/29/2014

... educational achievement and advances in the economic and social standing of women have been distinguishing features of ... centuries. RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences invites...

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Economic Security

Gender Justice

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Russell Sage Foundation

Program Overview: Money and Power in Post-Election America

... from Carnegie to Rockefeller to Gates have long engaged in social change activities, advocacy and politics. Congress and ... Exercising Philanthropy’s Political Muscle: What’s the Role of Philanthropic...

All Investing is Impact Investing

Release Date:

01/12/2015

... donations for the public good. The great majority of those resources are invested for a financial return without regard ... funds are traditionally divided into two silos: grants for social impact and...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Rockefeller Brothers Fund

F.B. Heron Foundation

Howard Gilman, Laurie M. Tisch, Doris Duke and Mellon Fund Brooklyn Youth Chorus’ Latest Project

Release Date:

10/18/2016

... voice to those who have been silenced or marginalized by social , cultural or religious circumstances. The Chorus has ... create music that explores race and identity, inequity and social disparity—music that...

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Arts

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Howard Gilman Foundation

Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund

Doris Duke Foundation

Mellon Foundation

IBM Turns to Artificial Intelligence to Solve Poverty, Hunger, and Illiteracy

Release Date:

06/08/2017

... the tech giant announced the launch of Science for Social Good, a new program that partners IBM researchers with ... announced 12 projects planned for 2017. Each Science for Social Good project aligns with one...

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Technology

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IBM Corporation

Ariane Cruz Represented Philanthropy New York with City Council Testimony on City Contracting

Release Date:

03/22/2024

... food and shelter. This creates a substantial void in the social safety net for New Yorkers who depend on these ... process provides the stability needed to ensure quality social services and empowers BIPOC-led...

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PNY News

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Public Policy

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Public Policy

International Crisis Group Receives Grant from Open Society Foundations Aiming to Combine Local Voices and Global Expertise to Reduce Human Suffering

Release Date:

04/25/2022

... fuelling violence, like climate injustice and economic inequality . Crisis Group is the go-to organisation for ideas ... is transforming the shape of conflict, from the use of social media to foment unrest to...

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Human Services

International/Foreign Affairs

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Open Society Foundations

Using an Ecosystem Approach to Define Nonprofit Strategy

Release Date:

10/05/2016

... “relational” stance—actively examining what their role is, can, or should be—in influencing the external ... “Who shares your vision?” “What is your unique role in the ecosystem” “What is your role...

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Insights

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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TCC Group

NYCT Makes Over $800K in Grants to Respond to Federal Policy Changes

Release Date:

02/07/2017

... a time when programs to improve health care, support the social safety net, and safeguard the environment are under ... New Yorkers. HEALTHY LIVES Columbia University's School of Social Work is using $80,...

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Member News

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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The New York Community Trust

Race Forward Announces Roster of Participants for NYCT-funded Racial Equity in the Arts Innovation Lab

Release Date:

06/09/2017

... of American Arts, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Creative Capital , Lincoln Center for Performing Arts, and Hester ... significance of arts and culture as integral to social transformation and transcending barriers...

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Arts

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The New York Community Trust

Brooklyn Community Foundation Now Accepting Applications for Incubator Project

Release Date:

01/19/2017

... information, idea exchange, and gathering of philanthropic resources across the borough. Among its many functions, the ... Community Foundation is on a mission to spark lasting social change, mobilizing people...

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RFPs Etc

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Brooklyn Org

The Term Impact Investing Needs to Be Better Understood

Release Date:

02/03/2016

... foundation leaders concerned about putting all of their resources to maximum use to serve their organization’s social mission, impact investing means getting creative about putting capital...

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President's Message

PNY News

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Ford and RPA Work to Foster Sustainable Development in Ghana

Release Date:

07/09/2015

... (SDGs) in Ghana. Participants from business, philanthropy, social investment, the UN system, non-governmental ... organizations, and government will have a rare opportunity to exchange information and share...