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The Tow Foundation

14 Apr 2016

Active Ownership vs. Divestment: When Is It Either-Or? Can My Foundation Do Both Well?

Thursday, April 14, 2016 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

An increasing sense of urgency about issues like climate change has upped the pressure on foundations and endowments to take a stand in their investment portfolios. For some, divestment, for example from fossil fuels, is the right choice.

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NYS Education Commissioner MaryEllen Elia, Unfiltered

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02/17/2016

For many funders, recently appointed New York State Education Commissioner MaryEllen Elia is among the state’s most important leaders. She will play a pivotal role on a wide range of education and workforce development issues in which many in the...

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PNY News

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Education

20 Apr 2016

Strategy, Struggle and Participation: Three Questions to Improve Your Social-Change Stories

Wednesday, April 20, 2016 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

Storytelling helps social-change groups do better at everything that they do—enlist members, raise funds, take the pulse of their communities, change policy and behavior.

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22 Jun 2016

Social Impact Exchange: 2016 Conference on Scaling Impact

Wednesday, June 22, 2016 - 8:30am to Thursday, June 23, 2016 - 5:00pm

... gather to share knowledge, learn about innovative co- funding opportunities and develop a community to help scale ...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Russell Sage Publishes First Book on Court Fines and Fees Exposes Lifetime of Debt Faced by Poor Americans

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06/08/2016

... for a select group of Visiting Scholars each year, a funding source for studies by scholars at other academic and ...

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Russell Sage Foundation

28 Jun 2016

After United States v. Texas: What's Next for Immigrants, Communities, and Philanthropy? - Webinar

Tuesday, June 28, 2016 -

1:00pm to 2:00pm

On June 23, 2016, a deadlocked Supreme Court left in place—at least for now—a lower court decision halting the implementation of expanded Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) and Deferred Action for Parents of Americans (DAPA).

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Helmsley-backed DATA2GO.NYC's Veterans Data Highlighted by Social Science Research Council

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11/11/2016

... added data on reported rapes, geocoded using NYPD data. Funding for DATA2GO.NYC is provided by The Leona M. and Harry ...

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The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust

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Veterans

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Fake News as a Real Opportunity

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01/23/2017

Celeste Ford, manager of media relations for Carnegie Corporation of New York, says philanthropic organizations are in a strong position to offer a wide range of credible and newsworthy information to audiences that are increasingly open to new...

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Insights

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Communications/Media

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

28 Feb 2017

Prison Is The Most Unaffordable Housing

Tuesday, February 28, 2017 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

... private donations to address, but several foundations are funding programs that are making a big difference. Join us ...

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Housing and Homelessness

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Watch this New Series Showing the Ordinary and Extraordinary Lives of Muslim New Yorkers

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02/23/2017

Clare Church of the New York Community Trust writes about a new web series that has been attracting hundreds of thousands viewers on YouTube since just before the presidential election.

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The New York Community Trust

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16 Jun 2017

Philanthropy New York’s 38th Annual Meeting: The Power of Participation

Friday, June 16, 2017 -

8:00am to 1:30pm

Check out the video, photos and other content from the 38th Annual Meeting on the recap page. ** Please note: The live-stream runs from 9:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. EST . Tune into the livestream via PhilTV ....

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Public Policy

17 May 2017

The Price of Justice: America’s Unfair Bail and Prosecution System

Wednesday, May 17, 2017 -

9:00am to 11:00am

The justice reform system in the United States has made one thing clear: the constitutional principle of “innocent until proven guilty” is only reserved for those who can afford it.

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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

Three Practical Tips for Spreading and Scaling Youth Programs

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05/11/2017

New York Community Trust's Leigh Ross says that not every program will look the same, and that's ok.

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HSBC Gives $1.5M to Scale Up Horizons Learning Programs

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05/16/2017

To bring educational support to low-income and underserved communities, HSBC will make a grant of $1.5 million to help bring Horizons multi-year learning programs to new communities and serve more low-income children across the country.

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