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Six Subway Stops, Worlds Apart

Release Date:

05/15/2015

by James R. Knickman, President and CEO, New York State Health Foundation It’s just six subway stops between ... food, safe and walkable streets, active playgrounds and public spaces, good jobs, educational...

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Ford Foundation Appoints David Barth as Director of Youth Opportunity and Learning

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10/19/2015

... acting deputy assistant administrator for Legislative and Public Affairs, and director of the Office of Education, ... of the Office of Middle East Programs and regional legal advisor for Egypt, Yemen, Jordan...

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NoVo Foundation Announces Three Winners of the Pathways to Freedom Challenge

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02/15/2018

... for Freedom, created by Humanity United , is a public -private partnership dedicated to spurring innovation ... United and the NoVo Foundation . “Cities have a critical role to play in the fight against human...

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Gerstner Philanthropies Awards $7.9 million to Emergency Assistance Providers through the Helping Hands Program

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03/01/2023

... additional $0.6 million supporting new partnerships with public colleges within the New York City area. Over $0.7 ... Gerstner Helping Hands program seeks to help people at a critical moment with a need...

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Gerstner Philanthropies Awards $9.1 Million For Helping Hands Emergency Grant Program

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03/12/2024

... additional $0.6 million will support new partnerships with public colleges and social service providers across our ... Helping Hands reaches over 4,000 households, helping with critical needs, including rent,...

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Can Philanthropy Help Shape the Next Economy? A Workshop Series for a Just Transition

... they fund — from poverty and inequality, to climate, health , food systems and democracy. Through a series of six ... , and Ford Foundation ) Missed the program? View resources and the livestream recording...

Great Power, Great Responsibility: Grantmakers’ Role as Conveners

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01/2013

Funders are finding ways to use the power of convening to benefit their grantees and their communities in countless ways. Grantmakers for Effective Organizations' digital publication contains a series of ideas to help grantmakers become better at bringing stakeholders together.

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Learn and Let Learn

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10/2012

Grantmakers for Effective Organizations’ publication explores how learning communities can be powerful tools in creating and shaping peer connections that help expand knowledge, deepen skills and enhance practice.

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On the Money

Publication date:

09/2009

This Grantmakers for Effective Organizations publication highlights the financial challenges nonprofits face and the ways in which grantmakers are both improving the situation as well as perpetuating the problem.

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Finance & Asset Management

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Finance Staff

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Smarter Grantmaking in Challenging Economic Times

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05/2009

As grantmakers look ahead to make tough decisions for 2010 and beyond, this Grantmakers for Effective Organizations publication offers recommendations and examples that we hope provide some useful insights for foundation leaders.

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Executive Leadership

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Investing in Leadership Volume 2: Inspiration and Ideas from Philanthropy’s Last Frontier

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02/2006

A Grantmakers for Effective Organizations publication that explores a sampling of the leadership development being utilized now in the nonprofit sector. Also contains case studies about leadership development.

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Working Better Together: Building Nonprofit Collaborative Capacity

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09/2013

Collective action is an effective way for nonprofits to increase their impact, but key capacities are needed to enable these types of partnerships to thrive. This publication offers insights on the core capacities nonprofits need to collaborate and how funders can help.

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Disrupting the Textbook Status Quo

Release Date:

09/05/2014

... strong materials. Developing guides and open educational resources to help teachers supplement textbooks with known ...

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The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation

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LGBT-Themed Films Receive Support From New Arcus Fund

Release Date:

07/16/2014

... engaging audiences on complex issues and informing public conversations that drive social progress," said Jason ... the pressing nature of the contemporary social issue ; global subject relevance;...

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Communications/Media

LGBTQ

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Arcus Foundation

Edward W. Hazen Foundation Announces Plans to Spend Down

Release Date:

03/05/2019

... [and the] privatization of education and other public systems — have been brought into the national ...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Edward W. Hazen Foundation (Closed)

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Hudson Valley Mourns Longtime Dyson Foundation President Diana Gurieva

Release Date:

02/08/2017

... searching for the best way to apply the Foundation's resources to accomplish the greatest good. She worked ... of America, the National Family Planning and Reproductive Health Association of America and...

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The Dyson Foundation

27 Apr 2021

How Philanthropy Can Help Avoid A Tsunami of Evictions

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10:00am to 11:30am

... owe more than $1 billion in unpaid rent. As with the health impact of the pandemic, the economic impact of the ... coming and have the chance to get ahead of. The scale of resources needed to address this...

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Improving the Accuracy of Wikipedia’s Medical Information

Release Date:

01/06/2015

by Brian Byrd, Program Officer, New York State Health Foundation This post originally appeared on the Health Affairs GrantWatch Blog . Every day, at every hour, ... health care providers,...

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New York Health Foundation

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For Women, the World Remains an Extremely Dangerous Place

Release Date:

03/11/2015

by Kelly Askin, Senior Legal Officer, Open Society Justice Initiative This post ... United Nations, countries, and donors must invest far more resources and energy into tackling this odious scourge. ... and others...

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