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01 Nov 2016

Getting Your Board on Board with Impact Investing

Tuesday, November 1, 2016 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

... that best suits your foundation’s mission? Join us for this program where board members share how impact investing unfolded at their foundations . Hear their thoughts on optimal board education ... part of...

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Tools & Strategies

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Panel

Livestream

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All Funders

Topic(s)

Finance & Asset Management

Impact Investing

RPA, Ford and MasterCard Support Bogata Convening on World Philanthropy

Release Date:

03/12/2015

... (UNDP), Foundation Center, and a committee of leading foundations guided by Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors ... around how philanthropy can engage in the evolving global development landscape. "I'm...

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Member News

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Ford Foundation

Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors

Evaluation of OSF-Funded Education Program for Boys of Color Finds Efforts Didn’t Improve Outcomes

Release Date:

05/10/2018

... at the time, city officials hoped to boost that number by giving extra money and support to schools that already made ... strides getting those students to graduation. With extra resources , the theory went,...

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Member News

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Education

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Open Society Foundations

Why a 'Gender Transformative' Approach?

Release Date:

04/06/2015

... validates manhood. It is for these reasons that international development agencies like the CARE , PEPFAR , ... take off in the United States. One idea offered was that international donors are more used to...

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Insights

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Community Development

Health

LGBTQ

Gender Justice

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True Child

The Overbrook Foundation

The New York Women's Foundation

16 Feb 2023

A Layered Disaster: Supporting Long-Term Recovery in Turkey and Syria - A Webinar Hosted by CDP

Thursday, February 16, 2023 -

12:00pm to 1:00pm

... of the existing complex humanitarian emergency and the communities already dependent on humanitarian assistance as ... the variety of immediate and long-term needs faced by communities in the earthquake-...

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Issue-Based

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Webinar/Teleconference

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All Funders

Emerging Leaders

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Disaster Relief

UHF: A New Arena For Reducing Antibiotic Misuse: Outpatient Care

Release Date:

03/25/2016

... has highlighted this need with an array of online resources for providers and consumers, and in March 2015 the ... antibiotic prescribing can yield a 17 percent decrease in community -acquired C. difficile...

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Member News

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Health

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United Hospital Fund

UJA-Federation To Launch Largest Anti-Poverty Push In Its History

Release Date:

01/31/2018

... Council on Jewish Poverty and the Central Queens Y, two Community Resource Hubs that will offer a wide variety of ...

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Member News

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Food Systems

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UJA-Federation of New York

06 Jun 2019

Census Counts & The Urban Institute present 2020 Census: Who's at Risk of Being Miscounted?- A Webinar Hosted by The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights

Thursday, June 6, 2019 -

1:00pm to 2:30pm

... question will result in serious miscounts, diminishing our communities ’ political voice and resources for the next ten years. During this webinar, Urban ...

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Issue-Based

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Webinar/Teleconference

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Census 2020

Civic Engagement

WES Mariam Assefa Fund Announces New Grants to Support New York City Asylum Seekers

Release Date:

02/21/2023

... provide aid. In the 10 months since the crisis began, many community -based organizations have stepped up to address the ... fitness, wellness, and social justice in underserved communities in New York City...

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Member News

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Human Services

Immigration

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World Education Services / WES Mariam Assefa Fund

Mark Gilbert Named Planning Director, JCNC at the UJA-Federation of New York

Release Date:

10/01/2012

... organizations since high school, when he was trained as a community organizer by Cesar Chavez’ United Farmworker’s ...

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Appointments & Transitions

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UJA-Federation of New York

09 May 2013

Over the River and Through the Woods: Geographic Dispersion in Family Philanthropy

Thursday, May 9, 2013 -

12:00pm to 1:00pm

Webinar

... accommodates individual interests and needs of different communities ; maintaining high standards of grantmaking ...

13 Jun 2013

Disaster Grantmaking and Preparedness: The Role of Family Philanthropy

Thursday, June 13, 2013 -

2:30pm to 4:00pm

Webinar

... in the long term, as rebuilding begins. As families and communities begin to clean up and consider how long their ... the Center for Disaster Philanthropy and leaders of family foundations experienced in...

Governor Cuomo Announces Members of Commission on Youth, Public Safety & Justice

Release Date:

04/09/2014

... work to make the system fairer and safer for our youth and communities .”... Governor Cuomo Announces Members of ...

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Appointments & Transitions

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Children, Youth and Families

Justice Reform

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The Tow Foundation

A Coalition to Move de Blasio Along on Bus Rapid Transit

Release Date:

06/09/2014

... Joan Byron, director of policy at the Pratt Center for Community Development, which has joined with the Rockefeller ...

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Member News

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The Rockefeller Foundation

When It Comes To Building Resilient Cities, Everyone Wants In

Release Date:

06/24/2014

... to be as important as physical resilience. -- Community leaders have already started thinking beyond major ...

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Member News

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Disaster Relief

Community Development

Economic Security

Environment and Climate Change

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The Rockefeller Foundation

Rockefeller Brothers Fund Joins Impact Investment Efforts

Release Date:

06/25/2014

At a White House event earlier this week, the Rockefeller Brothers Fund announced plans to dedicate 10 percent of its $840 million endowment to targeted impact investments.