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Mellon and the Flamboyan Foundation’s Arts Fund Announce Letras Boricuas - A New Fellowship Aimed at Supporting Puerto Rican Writers Across Genres

Release Date:

05/12/2021

... the Fund has committed over $10 million and has provided critical support to 541 artists and 106 arts organizations ... just communities enriched by meaning and empowered by critical thinking, where ideas and...

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Mellon Foundation

10 Apr 2018

Brooklyn DA Gonzalez Previews ‘Justice 2020’ Report, Talks Trends in Reform Movement

Tuesday, April 10, 2018 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

... and with what. A culture of associating incarceration with public safety has led to a ballooning of our jail population ... racial disparities, increase transparency, and improve public safety in Brooklyn by...

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

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Civic Engagement

Justice Reform

Mike Bloomberg Offers to 'Match Every Donation' to Fight Gun Violence

Release Date:

10/05/2017

On Wednesday afternoon, former New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg took to Twitter to announce that he will match donations given to Everytown for Gun Safety, a nonprofit organization that advocates for gun control that he founded in 2014.

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Bloomberg Philanthropies to Help Poor Countries Fight Big Tobacco

Release Date:

03/19/2015

... will help low and middle-income countries facing expensive legal battles with tobacco giants, which have increasingly ...

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Health

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Bloomberg Philanthropies

08 Mar 2019

Applied Finance Part 1 of 2: Grantee Financial Resilience for Nonprofits - A Framework

Friday, March 8, 2019 -

9:00am to 12:00pm

... they have a comprehensive understanding of their financial health and are able to tell their financial story to key ... financial resilience framework Identify signs of financial health and red flags that...

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Professional Development

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Workshop

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All Funders

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Finance & Asset Management

Beyond Grantmaking: Foundations as Impact Investors

Release Date:

05/12/2014

... of Impact Investing: Making Markets Work for Profit and Public Good.” But like many other foundations ... even combined with governments, don’t have the resources to solve the world’s pressing problems alone...

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The Rockefeller Foundation

The Nathan Cummings Foundation

A Commitment to Playwrights: The Tow Foundation’s 2014 Residency Program

Release Date:

12/09/2014

... for an up-and-coming playwright? 1. A full time salary and health insurance 2. The guarantee of having a work ... a targeted fund—using a relatively small portion of its resources —to have a big impact on the...

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The Tow Foundation

Brooklyn Community Foundation Announces the Addition of Four New Staff and Six New Board Members

Release Date:

01/28/2015

... to barista, to vegan food truck cook. Andrew studied public relations and the nonprofit sector at Boston ... supporting local leaders, developing our own leadership is critical to our long-term success. We are...

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Arts

Children, Youth and Families

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Education

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25 Jan 2012

International Grantmakers Network: Providing Capacity-Building Support for International Grantees (Part I)

Wednesday, January 25, 2012 -

1:45pm to 5:00pm

Philanthropy New York’s International Grantmakers Network is hosting a two-part series on capacity building. Part I will focus on how we define and approach “capacity building” in an international context. Part II will build on this discussion and...

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Issue-Based

Peter G. Peterson, Bloomberg & Others Give $10 Million to Launch Financial Crisis-Response Project at Yale School of Management

Release Date:

05/17/2017

... M.A., Professor of Economics and Thomas D. Cabot Professor Public Policy, Harvard University; Former Chief Economist, ... crises have enormous effects on the fiscal and economic health of a nation. It is...

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Economic Security

International/Foreign Affairs

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Bloomberg Philanthropies

Peter G. Peterson Foundation

12 Apr 2012

Star Power: Achieving Impact by Working Effectively with Celebrities (Featuring Kevin Bacon)

Thursday, April 12, 2012 -

2:45pm to 5:00pm

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

... crowded. No matter how compelling your cause, it is critical that you find a way to rise above the din and ... with a nonprofit/cause One celebrity’s experience with public service and impact through...

03 Oct 2012

Can Social Justice Organizations Endure? New Ideas to Get Us to “Yes”

Wednesday, October 3, 2012 -

2:30pm to 5:00pm

... vehicles designed to generate revenue for nonprofits The critical role donors of all sizes and capacities can play in ... Gara LaMarche , Senior Fellow, Robert F. Wagner School of Public Service , New York...

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Issue-Based

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Social Justice

Afua Atta-Mensah, Executive Director of Community Voices Heard, Says "Basebuilding is a Contact Sport"

Release Date:

06/22/2017

... "Basebuilding is a Contact Sport" Atta-Mensah, a former public defender, recalls how she first got involved with CVH ... engagement is, but emphasized its centrality to building a critical mass of...

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PhilTalks

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Civic Engagement

Public Policy

Brooklyn Community Foundation Invests $2.5M in Youth Initiatives for 2017

Release Date:

12/14/2017

... 2017. Brooklyn Community Foundation—the first and only public charity dedicated to New York City’s largest ... young people of color, whose leadership and voice are critical levers for social change,” said...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Brooklyn Org

Bloomberg Philanthropies Expands Arts Innovation and Management Program

Release Date:

05/11/2018

... across the United States generate innovation and advance public policy. AIM targets arts non-profits because of the ... on tight budgets, so smart management and fundraising are critical to their success,”...

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Community Development

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Bloomberg Philanthropies

JPMorgan Chase Launches Annual AdvancingCities Challenge

Release Date:

06/02/2021

... by leveraging meaningful collaboration among private, public , and nonprofit leaders. This year, JPMorgan Chase is ... entrepreneurs, business owners, and essential workers in critical sectors affected by the...

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JPMorgan Chase & Co.

15 Apr 2009

Philanthropy New York Funders of Women & Girls Network Meeting: Advancing Women’s Leadership

Wednesday, April 15, 2009 -

9:00am to 11:00am

Presented by Philanthropy New York's Funders of Women & Girls, a Professional Peer Network. WHO SHOULD ATTEND : Executive directors and senior program officers of members whose grantmaking includes a substantial focus on...