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Helmsley Charitable Trust Donates $1.6 Million to Address School Dropout Crisis in Ethiopia

Release Date:

10/21/2014

... education system has experienced significant growth in primary school enrollment rates, but the number of students ... of school continues to be a challenge. The dropout rate in primary school is 13.1%, and...

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Children, Youth and Families

Education

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The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust

Women Lose Ground In The New York City Council, Even If Chin And Ayala Win

Release Date:

09/14/2017

... City Council, Even If Chin And Ayala Win A day after the primary election, two women are holding on to razor-thin ... lead over Assemblyman Robert Rodriguez in the Democratic primary for the East Harlem and...

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Gender Justice

Rockefeller Foundation President Profiled in BusinessWeek

Release Date:

10/03/2014

... problem: “As rich as Rockefeller” doesn’t mean quite what it once did. The foundation ranks only 16th in assets ... by spending lots of its own money, it’s focusing on what it calls “impact investing”—highly...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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The Rockefeller Foundation

A Great Wall of Funding? American Philanthropy and the Rise of China

Release Date:

11/11/2014

... his second trip to China, starting today. Given what 's at stake here, you'd think that U.S. foundations and ... you might expect. Here's a rundown of who's been funding what over the past...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Rockefeller Brothers Fund

Bloomberg Philanthropies

Taking the Time to Learn in Transition: How the Ford Foundation Board Revamped the Traditional CEO Search

Release Date:

11/13/2014

... was constructed as an opportunity for peers to share what matters and what is hard when it comes to leading productive change in ...

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Member News

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Ford Foundation

U.S. Trust Annual Survey Finds Entrepreneurs Choose The Career Path Of Most Resistance

Release Date:

05/31/2016

... 2016 U.S. Trust Insights on Wealth and Worth survey, found what worries entrepreneurs most is what they don’t have control of: the unknown impact of the ...

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Member News

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Economic Security

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Bank of America Private Bank

02 Nov 2021

HERO Act and Other Compliance Considerations Amidst the Pandemic – A Roundtable Discussion

Tuesday, November 2, 2021 -

10:00am to 11:00am

... questions come up frequently about how to stay compliant, what trainings are required, and how to navigate employee ... funders, regardless of roles at your foundation. What to expect: presentation followed by...

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Professional Development

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All Funders

Topic(s)

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Correspondence Archives in the Age of Email: Technology, Privacy, and Policy Challenges

Release Date:

07/18/2017

... and open source systems, have been used over time by individuals and organizations. Archivists, technologists, ...

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Insights

Funding Area

Communications/Media

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Mellon Foundation

New York City Vision Funders Network

... of blindness and vision rehabilitation services and eye care for people who are blind or visually impaired. Operating ... and blindness services, vision rehabilitation, eye care , and public policy experts...

UJA-Federation of New York Raises Record-breaking $249 Million in 2017-2018 Campaign Year

Release Date:

07/27/2018

UJA-Federation of New York raised a record-breaking $249.3 million for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2018, an increase of $11.2 million from the previous year. In addition to raising $156.1 million for its annual campaign, UJA raised $55.8 million...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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UJA-Federation of New York

Open Society Names Yamide Dagnet as Director for Climate Justice

Release Date:

12/07/2021

... as the director of climate negotiations at the World Resources Institute in Washington, D.C., focusing on the ... NDC Partnership, providing strategic advice and mobilizing resources from donors and agencies...

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Appointments & Transitions

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Open Society Foundations

03 Oct 2019

Intergenerational Programming in Senior Housing: From Promise to Practice - A Webinar Hosted by Grantmakers in Aging

Thursday, October 3, 2019 -

2:00pm to 3:00pm

Senior housing can be an ideal platform for implementing high quality intergenerational work.

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Issue-Based

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Webinar/Teleconference

Funding Area

Aging

Edwin Gould Foundation and the Education Writers Association Announced the Winner of the Eddie Award

Release Date:

06/19/2018

... of the Edwin Gould Foundation’s board of trustees. “ Serious and independent journalism has an huge role to play ...

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Arts

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Edwin Gould Foundation | EGF Accelerator

05 Mar 2015

Looking at the 990 Part I (March 5) and Part II (March 12)

Thursday, March 5, 2015 - 7:45am to Thursday, March 12, 2015 - 11:30am

... and accomplishments of grant applicants and recipients. What information can be gleaned from the form? What has changed within the form since prior years? ...

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Professional Development

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Webinar/Teleconference

Workshop

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All Funders

New Staff

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 ... gone all over the country, and toward developing national resources and best practices in...

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Member News

Funding Area

Environment and Climate Change

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Surdna Foundation

06 May 2011

You Can’t Really Say That, Can You?: How Your Foundation Can (and Cannot) Use and Fund Advocacy to Support Its Mission

Friday, May 6, 2011 -

8:00am to 10:00am

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

... goals. Don’t miss this opportunity to learn what you need to know about the ins-and-outs -- what 's licit and what 's not -- about using or funding advocacy to further your .....

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Issue-Based

21 Feb 2019

Financial Series: Intro to Financial Statements

Thursday, February 21, 2019 -

9:00am to 11:00am

... 21 – Intro to Financial Statements March 7 – What to Look for in a Nonprofit’s Financial Statement ... organizations’ financial statements to assess financial health . Intended Outcomes Upon completing this...

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Professional Development

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All Funders

Topic(s)

HR & Operations

Nonprofit Financials

Report Funded by Helmsley Charitable Trust Looks at Human Well-Being in NYC

Release Date:

07/03/2018

... the American Human Development Index, which combines health , education, and earnings data from the U.S. Census Bureau and state and city health departments into a single well-being score. This ... encompassing...