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17 Jun 2010

How Democracy Works Now: The Senate Speaks

Thursday, June 17, 2010 -

5:30pm to 8:30pm

The Paley Center for Media, 25 West 52nd Street, NYC

MEMBERS: To register yourself and or a colleague at your organization, please register by clicking the above link (visible until June 15th.) To register a guest, please fill out this online form . NONMEMBER: To...

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20 Sep 2011

School Transformations III: Practices and Programs that Are Transforming Schools & Policies that Support Them

Tuesday, September 20, 2011 -

2:30pm to 5:00pm

This is the third session of a series designed to inform grantmakers about realistic options for significantly improving and even transforming low-performing public schools. The first session noted the tremendous challenges involved in turning...

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Pat Jenny To Oversee Grants at The New York Community Trust

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09/06/2013

Pat Jenny, a leading expert in grantmaking, has been named Vice President for Grants at The New York Community Trust. Jenny, who had been serving as Acting Vice President, took over this month overseeing annual grants of more than $130 million to...

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04 Jun 2014

The de Blasio Administration’s Workforce Development Strategy

Wednesday, June 4, 2014 -

8:45am to 11:00am

This Quarterly Meeting of the New York City Workforce Funders will feature a presentation from Deputy Mayor Alicia Glen on the de Blasio Administration’s Workforce Development Strategy and a panel of national experts discussing innovative employer-...

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Ford Foundation Appoints John W. Bernstein as Chief Operating Officer

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11/07/2014

Leon Levy Foundation president, John W. Bernstein, will join Ford Foundation as its new COO in January 2015.

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Children, Youth and Families

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Community Development

Education

Social Justice

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04 Feb 2015

Service for Impact

Wednesday, February 4, 2015 -

7:45am to 11:00am

Strategic volunteerism is a critical component of how corporations harness the time and talent of colleagues at all levels to support nonprofit partners and meet true community needs.

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Corporate Funders

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20 Oct 2015

EA Network: Effectively Communicating Your Personal Achievements

Tuesday, October 20, 2015 -

8:15am to 10:30am

The third quarterly program of this year’s series, "New and Improved You: Professional and Career Development," will provide an opportunity to identify your “wonderful” through exploring best practices to showcase your professional strengths, skills...

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Executive Support Staff

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HR & Operations

Westchester Community Foundation Names New Chief

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06/01/2015

The foundation has tapped Laura Rossi to be its next executive director.

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Children, Youth and Families

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Education

Environment and Climate Change

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The New York Community Trust

Ms. Foundation for Women Announces New Vice Presidents

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09/11/2015

The Ms. Foundation is proud to welcome two new vice presidents to our leadership team! Susan Wefald joins as the vice president of programs, and Josh Pushkin joins as the vice president of development. Both have extensive backgrounds in nonprofit...

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Gender Justice

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29 Mar 2016

International Grantmakers Network: Brown Bag Lunch

Tuesday, March 29, 2016 -

12:00pm to 2:00pm

The International Grantmakers Network invites all funders with interest in international grantmaking to an informal brown-bag lunch (bring your own lunch!) for networking and conversation.

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Westchester Community Foundation Disbursed Millions in 2016

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03/22/2016

... career options for young people, and support for community- organizing . “We want to strengthen our communities ...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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The Westchester Community Foundation

Donzelina Barroso Named as Director, Global Philanthropy, for Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors

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09/28/2016

A seasoned philanthropic expert, Barroso will lead RPA’s London office.

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Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors

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Prisoner to Proprietor: Entrepreneurship as a Re-entry Strategy

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09/29/2016

Joseph A. Antolin, Executive Director of the Asset Funders Network, highlights a strategy that works with the formerly incarcerated to become entrepreneurs.

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Justice Reform

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PhilTV: "Giving Grants is Not Enough; The Question is 'Did You Make Things Better?'"

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09/30/2016

Darlene Curley, CEO of the Jonas Family Fund and Executive Director of the Jonas Center for Nursing and Veterans Healthcare, speaks on the role that philanthropy can play in ensuring America’s healthcare workforce is prepared for the rising demand...

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Health

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Jonas Center / Barbara & Donald Jonas Family Fund

14 Feb 2017

Service for Impact

Tuesday, February 14, 2017 -

9:00am to 11:00am

Skills-based volunteering is one of the fastest growing areas of corporate volunteering, and it brings value to both nonprofits and the employees who volunteer.

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20 Sep 2017

New Definitions of Peace & Security Funding: How Your Grantmaking Fits - Brown Bag Lunch

Wednesday, September 20, 2017 -

12:00pm to 2:00pm

You don’t have to be a Peace and Security funder to fund “peace and security” work. In fact, increasingly foundations are understanding just how critical the existence of peaceful and stable societies is to the success of other areas of work,...

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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

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Economic Security

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Peterson Center on Healthcare Names Jay Want, MD as New Executive Director

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06/28/2017

The Peterson Center on Healthcare has named healthcare leader Jay Want, MD as its new Executive Director. Dr. Want will lead the Center’s expanding portfolio of initiatives and grants to identify high-performance models of healthcare, validate their...

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