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07 Jun 2012

-- POSTPONED -- Moving Beyond Your Comfort Zone: Unexpected Gains Through Creative Funding Practices

Thursday, June 7, 2012 -

8:45am to 11:00am

... responsible initiatives—which often seem tangentially related to their primary areas of focus—can generate ...

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24 Sep 2012

Inside Story: The Crucial Role of Early Childhood and Youth Advocacy in the 2012 New York City Budget Battle

Monday, September 24, 2012 -

3:30pm to 5:00pm

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

With revenue sources shrinking, the City geared up for painful budget cuts for the 2013 fiscal year. These included a $53 million cut for childcare and a $21 million cut for youth services. Two coalitions—the New York City Youth Alliance and the...

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12 Dec 2012

Pushing Back Against Push-outs, Pipelines and Profiling: Grantmaking for Impact Among Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Men & Boys of Color

Wednesday, December 12, 2012 -

8:00am to 11:00am

This briefing will explore issues of policing, safety, profiling, and school discipline policy as they relate to gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (GBTQ) young men and boys of color. How do zero-tolerance policies place queer youth in jeopardy?...

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10 Jan 2013

The First Year: How to Hire, Inspire and Empower a New Family Foundation CEO

Thursday, January 10, 2013 -

11:00am to 1:00pm

Webinar

Hiring a new CEO is one of the most important transitions that any family foundation must go through. The role of a family foundation chief executive is unique—running a philanthropic enterprise in partnership with a family. This webinar, based on...

05 Jun 2013

Workforce Funders Quarterly Meeting: Superstorm Sandy

Wednesday, June 5, 2013 -

8:45am to 11:00am

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

This Quarterly Meeting of the New York City Workforce Funders will focus on current workforce activities in response to Superstorm Sandy and the opportunities for new investments in impacted communities. It will also include an update on a highly...

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19 Jul 2010

College-Ready or Not? Preparing High School Students for Success

Monday, July 19, 2010 -

9:00am to 11:00am

Ford Foundation, 320 East 43rd Street, NYC

... albeit not so easy to implement, strategy, others less related to academic rigor also may be of value. For ...

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06 Jan 2010

Nourishing Strong Communities: Access to Healthy Food as an Essential Ingredient of Community Building

Wednesday, January 6, 2010 -

7:30am to 11:00am

... youth. PROGRAM DESCRIPTION With the rapid rise of diet- related illness and the increased demand on food pantries and ...

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14 Nov 2013

American Revolutionary: The Evolution of Grace Lee Boggs

Thursday, November 14, 2013 -

4:30pm to 8:30pm

Ford Foundation, 320 East 43rd Street, NYC

Registration Registration is required by November 12th. No fee. Members and Non-Members: To register yourself and/or a colleague at your organization, please click on the link above (visible until November 12th). Please contact register@...

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11 Dec 2013

What Does it Mean to ‘Do’ Policy Work in a Foundation?

Wednesday, December 11, 2013 -

7:45am to 11:00am

”Public Policy Work” in foundations is like the proverb of the elephant being described by several blind men — each has a very different description of what it is based on their personal experience of it. Is it government relations? Is it funding...

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Keesha Gaskins to Lead Democratic Practice–United States Grantmaking at the Rockefeller Brothers Fund

Release Date:

01/15/2014

... defender. She is a frequent lecturer and writer on issues related to women and politics, movement building and ...

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Appointments & Transitions

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Rockefeller Brothers Fund

30 Apr 2014

CEO Interview Series: Will Miller, The Wallace Foundation, with Phil Henderson

Wednesday, April 30, 2014 -

3:15pm to 5:30pm

In October of 2012, Philanthropy New York launched its CEO Interview Series, a set of intimate, engaging, and, thought-provoking conversations with relatively newly appointed CEOs on the future of philanthropy. Appointed in 2011, Will Miller...

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Tools & Strategies

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Children, Youth and Families

Education

The F.B. Heron Foundation Welcomes New Team Members

Release Date:

04/15/2014

The F.B. Heron Foundation recently welcomed new members to their team.

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F.B. Heron Foundation

Michelle A. Adams and Stephen Berger Elected to United Hospital Fund Board

Release Date:

06/24/2014

Michelle Adams and Stephen Berger have joined the United Hospital Fund Board

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Appointments & Transitions

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Health

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United Hospital Fund

Robertson Foundation Executive Director Phoebe Boyer To Become CEO Of Children's Aid Society

Release Date:

07/15/2014

... managing emergency prison construction and other related projects. She then went to the Department of ...

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Tiger Foundation

Ford Foundation Appoints Dr. Francisco Cigarroa to Board of Trustees

Release Date:

10/28/2014

Ford Foundation appoints outgoing chancellor of the University of Texas system, Dr. Francisco Cigarroa, to the Board of Trustees.

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Community Development

Education

Social Justice

14 Apr 2015

Community Schools: An Opportunity for Funder Collaboration?

Tuesday, April 14, 2015 -

1:45pm to 4:00pm

On March 17, funders came together to learn from experts – practitioners, researchers and policymakers – about the promise of the community schools strategy in NYC.

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Network Building

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Roundtable Discussion

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Children, Youth and Families

Community Development

Jerome and Camargo Foundations Appoint New President

Release Date:

06/05/2015

Ben Cameron is currently the Program Director for the Arts at the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation.

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Arts

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Jerome Foundation

Ned Wight, UU Veatch Program Executive Director, Plans to Retire in July 2016

Release Date:

03/02/2016

Ned Wight, who has served as Executive Director of the Unitarian Universalist Veatch Program at Shelter Rock for nearly a decade, will retire in July 2016.