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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

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Beyond Grantmaking: Foundations as Impact Investors

Release Date:

05/12/2014

... into their strategies, they had to make tough decisions to balance their desire to make impact investments, many of ... even combined with governments, don’t have the resources to solve the world’s pressing...

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Impact Investing

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The Rockefeller Foundation

The Nathan Cummings Foundation

Philanthropy and the ACA: Helping People Engage in Their Own Health and Health Care

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08/08/2012

... scientific discoveries will be derived. We will learn the balance between protection of our privacy and the life-saving ... serious attention. But the most prevalent challenges— obesity , diabetes and...

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U.S.-Cuba Thaw Reverberating Through Nonprofits

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06/04/2015

... Reverberating Through Nonprofits Those who work on Cuba- related grants emphasized that internal changes to economic ... MacArthur Foundation, which has made $17.9 million in Cuba- related grants since 1988,...

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Ford Foundation

Patients with Macular Degeneration Show Improvement with High-dose Statin Treatment (Research to Prevent Blindness)

Release Date:

02/08/2016

... for the treatment of patients with the dry form of age- related macular degeneration (AMD) -- the leading cause of ... of AMD; however, previous studies have shown very little correlation between regular...

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Research to Prevent Blindness

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Health

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Boosting Adult Education in New York

Release Date:

07/16/2015

... reform a top policy priority and invested significant resources in universal pre-kindergarten. This focus makes ...

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Education

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Altman Foundation

Ford Foundation Partners with Other Funders to Increase Educational Attainment in the Rio Grande Valley

Release Date:

05/03/2018

... or outperform their Texas peers in nine out of 11 key indicators – from high school graduation rates, to FAFSA ... improve educational outcomes across the region by aligning resources that create a cradle-to-...

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Education

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Ford Foundation

New York State Health Foundation Sponsors Report on All-Payer Database & Consumer Transparency

Release Date:

09/17/2015

... report, prepared by the APCD Council, examines the issues related to the development of regulations and policies for an ... The State currently is developing regulations and policies related to the APD on...

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New York Health Foundation

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Health

Public Policy

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9/24/2014 - Expanding Opportunities and Improving City Social Services Quality - PowerPoint Presentation

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09/2014

View related materials presented during the program, " Expanding .....

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Workforce Development

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The New York Women's Foundation

The New York Community Trust

Funders for Gender Equity

3/24/2016 - "Legal Series: Best Practices in International Grantmaking" Live Stream & PPT Presentation

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03/2016

View materials and recording of the program "Legal Series: Best Practices in International Grantmaking."

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Audio/Video Recording

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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

Legal Staff

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Legal Issues

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2014-2016 PNY Strategic Plan

Publication date:

01/2014

This plan lays out the vision and goals that Philanthropy New York will pursue for the three-year period of 2014 through 2016. The ambitious work we envision for the next three years builds on the successful accomplishments over the last three years, based on our current strategic plan. Those successes are a direct result of the strong and vibrant partnership between Philanthropy New York and our members.

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Board/Committee Materials

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Governance

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Philanthropy New York

29 Oct 2015

Exploring Grantmaking Strategy: Options and Approaches

Thursday, October 29, 2015 -

8:15am to 10:30am

... your own foundation, how would you strategically use your resources to accomplish your mission? Would you: Weigh the ...

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Network Building

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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

Emerging Leaders

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HR & Operations

14 Mar 2019

Pride of Place: Sustaining a Family’s Commitment to Community - A Webinar Hosted by NCFP

Thursday, March 14, 2019 -

12:00pm to 1:30pm

... the founding region or community where their philanthropic resources were first created? How can family foundations and ... examples of families who have found effective ways to balance and showcase their...

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Tools & Strategies

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Family Foundation

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Could Universal Pre-K Disrupt the School-to-Prison Pipeline?

Release Date:

06/19/2014

... most, Potter says, their classrooms must have a delicate balance of diversity—most importantly, socioeconomic ...

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The Century Foundation

6/11/2015 - Funding Where Poverty Lives: City and Suburban Realities - PPT Presentation & Notes

Publication date:

06/2015

View the PowerPoint presentation and notes from the program, "Funding Where Poverty Lives: City and Suburban Realities."

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Environment and Climate Change

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Community Development

Public Policy

Social Justice

The People’s (Climate) March: A Tipping Point Towards the Clean Revolution

Release Date:

09/26/2014

... in the transition from fossil fuels to a clean/renewable energy economy. (In 2012, I reported on clean energy as one of two game-changers from Rio+20.) But as noted ... ‘Forests Not for Sale’ and ‘Jobs,...

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Insights

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Health

'Investment Club' of Foundations Pays Off for Nonprofits

Release Date:

06/05/2015

... a group of New York Foundations that decided to pool their resources last fall isn't likely to generate much cash. But ... neighborhood in the South Bronx, returns from the program- related investment, or...

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Community Development