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Leadership for Change: Will, Skill, and Courage

Release Date:

03/23/2023

... “ we should be a bit nervous here — but not daunted…. It says that we’re paying attention to what we’re about ... conception of leadership. This distribution of power keeps it concentrated in the hands of the...

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President's Message

PNY News

Topic(s)

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Leadership Development

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Transparency

Fund for Public Housing Receives $3.2 Million from Helmsley Charitable Trust to Launch Green Space Connections for 14,000 NYCHA Residents in Brooklyn and the Bronx

Release Date:

11/02/2022

... not-for-profit organization that creates and leverages resources and relationships to enhance the opportunities and ... that have been converted to PACT/RAD, and over 92,000 families through federal rent...

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Member News

Funding Area

Community Development

Housing and Homelessness

Related Organizations

The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust

Do Nothing About Me Without Me: An Action Guide for Engaging Stakeholders

Publication date:

06/2010

This guide argues the value of engaging diverse stakeholders, highlights grantmakers who are bringing stakeholders into the center of their work and offers a variety of tools to help grantmakers better engage grantees, community members and other partners.

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Report

Supporting Next-Generation Leadership: A GEO Action Guide

Publication date:

02/2008

A Grantmakers for Effective Organizations action guide that explores the role grantmakers can take in attracting, developing and retaining the next generation of nonprofit leadership.

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Report

Topic(s)

Leadership Development

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Native American Youth Can't Wait

Release Date:

08/22/2016

... harsher sentences, and are more likely to be killed by police than any other racial group. Moreover, Native ... great things they can achieve — not just for their own families , but for their nation and for the...

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Insights

Topic(s)

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Funding Area

Education

Related Organizations

The Schott Foundation for Public Education

10 Feb 2022

Practice Makes Better – Navigating Difficult Dialogues Across Difference, Revisited

Thursday, February 10, 2022 -

10:00am to 11:30am

... your professional partnerships is easier said than done. It ’s with this in mind that we’ve cultivated a space for ...

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Tools & Strategies

Format

Workshop

Audience

All Funders

Topic(s)

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Internet to Newspapers: Drop Dead—A Program Recap with Nicholas Lemann and Victor Pickard

Release Date:

06/12/2009

... about this topic quite often, at least twice a week, and it ’s interesting to see how differently each group frames ... production of opinion is dramatically freer and wider than it has ever been. But ...

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Insights

Audience

All Funders

Jocelyn Downie Elected New Surdna Foundation Board Chair; Social Finance CEO Tracy Palandjian to Join Surdna Board

Release Date:

11/01/2013

The Surdna Foundation has announced the election of Jocelyn Downie, a prominent scholar, as the next Chair of its Board of Trustees. The foundation also announced the election of a new member, Tracy Palandjian, an innovator on impact investing.

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Appointments & Transitions

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Surdna Foundation

06 Apr 2016

Know What They Owe – Ensuring that New York’s Students Graduate College with Manageable Debt

Wednesday, April 6, 2016 -

9:00am to 11:00am

... to graduate college successfully with reasonable debt. It is the college financial aid award letter that is the key ... and often include misleading information. Students, families , and even college advisors...

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Children, Youth and Families

Community Development

29 Mar 2023

Sustaining the Unsustainable: The Imperative for Innovative Financing for Child-Care Facilities - A Webinar Hosted by AFN and NYWF

Wednesday, March 29, 2023 -

1:00pm to 2:00pm

... already unaffordable for 63% of parents . In fact half of families lived in child-care deserts . One in 3 working families struggle to find childcare despite knowing that ... the child care system with greater...

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Issue-Based

Format

Webinar/Teleconference

Audience

All Funders

Topic(s)

Finance & Asset Management

Funding Area

Children, Youth and Families

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Altman Foundation Announces Leadership Transition, New President and Chair

Release Date:

10/10/2018

... approach to grantmaking and a review process that takes a multi-year view of grants and their effectiveness. ... City with a focus on initiatives that help individuals, families , and communities benefit from...

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Appointments & Transitions

Funding Area

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Related Organizations

Altman Foundation

Kitty Green’s THE ASSISTANT Forms Partnership With the New York Women’s Foundation Ahead of Its Telluride Premiere

Release Date:

09/05/2019

... the economic security, safety, and health of women and families in New York City, where the film was made. THE ... James Schamus, P. Jennifer Dana, and Ross Jacobson. It had its world premiere at the Telluride...

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Member News

Funding Area

Arts

Gender Justice

Related Organizations

The New York Women's Foundation

ASPCA Shares Tips to Keep Pets Safe During COVID-19 Pandemic

Release Date:

03/17/2020

... can be transmitted to or from companion animals, it 's always a good idea to follow basic hygiene practices ... contact with your pets, their food or their supplies. Play it Safe While there have not been...

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Member News

Funding Area

Animal Welfare

Disaster Relief

Related Organizations

ASPCA

Marc Krupanski and Paul Ranogajec Joins Open Society Foundations

Release Date:

01/01/2013

... Europe and the Americas, such as ethnic profiling by the police in the European Union and statelessness in the ... reform of criminal justice systems, especially related to police and prisons. Additionally, he...

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Appointments & Transitions

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Open Society Foundations

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

... How is homophobia deployed against all men of color by the police ? Which experiences and common concerns are the shared ... Schools Fund, Public Interest Projects Andrea Ritchie , Police Misconduct attorney;...