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16 Oct 2013

CEO Interview Series with Earl Lewis, The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation

Wednesday, October 16, 2013 -

3:45pm to 6:00pm

It’s a new era at the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. This year the venerable $5.3 billion New York-based foundation ... and art conservation and performing arts. Having had a 29- year career in academia, with...

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02 Apr 2012

How Does History Inform Current Philanthropic Practice?

Monday, April 2, 2012 -

2:45pm to 5:00pm

What can 21st-century practitioners learn from the annals of American philanthropy? As the Carnegie, Rockefeller, and Ford foundations celebrate 100, 99, and 75 years of service respectively, pausing to reflect upon the role and practice of...

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11 Jun 2012

Summer in the City: NYC Summer Quest...and More!

Monday, June 11, 2012 -

2:45pm to 5:00pm

... class time in July and August. Just as during the school year , the key to using time effectively in the summer isn’t ... – to provide its students with better summer – and year -round – learning opportunities...

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07 Mar 2013

Responding to Opportunity and Crisis in Immigration Policy

Thursday, March 7, 2013 -

2:45pm to 5:30pm

Last year , President Obama announced Deferred Action for Childhood ... undocumented youth from the fear of deportation. This year , immigration reform for the 11 million undocumented ...

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12 Mar 2013

Getting Your Foundation’s Spending Policy & Asset Allocation Right

Tuesday, March 12, 2013 -

8:45am to 11:00am

Today’s volatile market environment changes how foundations are thinking about spending policy and asset allocation. Come hear leading colleague, both foundation staff and trustee, in the field about their forecast of the market for the next few...

11 Apr 2013

ENDGAME - Philanthropy New York's Documentary Series

Thursday, April 11, 2013 -

5:30pm to 8:30pm

Members and Non-Members: To register yourself and/or a colleague at your organization, please click on the link above (visible through April 11th). Please contact register@philanthropynewyork.org with any questions. Please join us...

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18 Apr 2013

The New York Public Library’s Future: A Private Tour for Funders

Thursday, April 18, 2013 -

9:00am to 12:00pm

The New York Public Library 5th Avenue and 42nd Street, NYC

For over one hundred years, New Yorkers and citizens of the world have ascended the iconic steps of The New York Public Library’s Fifth Avenue building to seek out and be inspired by the vast treasures held within its walls. In the coming years, The...

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13 Jan 2010

Opening a Second Front Against the Dropout Epidemic

Wednesday, January 13, 2010 -

7:30am to 11:00am

... and service-learning. PROGRAM DESCRIPTION Every year , 1.2 million students drop out of high school. ... class shrinks 40% by the time students reach senior year – close to 50% in New York City. The U.S...

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Pat Jenny To Oversee Grants at The New York Community Trust

Release Date:

09/06/2013

... grantees. The Trust, celebrating its 90th anniversary next year , funds hundreds of projects, from an after-school rowing ...

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Community Development

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The New York Community Trust

26 Sep 2011

What We Can Do for Our Returning Veterans

Monday, September 26, 2011 -

8:30am to 11:00am

... withdrawal of American troops from Afghanistan, a year after last summers pullout of combat operations from ...

11 Feb 2014

Promoting the Common Good: Standing Up for 501(c)(4)'s

Tuesday, February 11, 2014 -

7:45am to 11:00am

Philanthropy New York

Attaining important policy changes often requires the engagement of different types of nimble nonprofits.

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Public Policy

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

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01/15/2014

The Rockefeller Brothers Fund is pleased to announce the appointment of Keesha Gaskins as Director of the Democratic Practice program's U.S. portfolio.