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Margaret Hoover Joins the Board of The Markle Foundation

Release Date:

03/31/2021

... Hoover on PBS, a revival of William F. Buckley Jr.' s long running public affairs television program. “Margaret ... observer who will bring a broad perspective to Markle’ s work. She...

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Philanthropy New York's Listserv Policy

... a Rule" (this is easily done with Microsoft Outlook’ s Out of Office Assistant) that would prohibit sending the ... sexually oriented, threatening, invasive of a person' s privacy, or that otherwise...

25 Jan 2012

All Children Matter: How Legal and Social Inequalities Hurt LGBT Families

Wednesday, January 25, 2012 -

7:30am to 11:00am

... deeply important work. A Philanthropy New York Member’ s Briefing , co-sponsored by the Johnson Family Foundation , ... LGBT Center David Hansell , Head of Global Human/Social Services , KPMG Mickey Kander ,...

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15 Nov 2012

Putting a Human Face on the Fiscal Cliff for Nonprofits and Foundations: A Post-Election Reality Check with Tim Delaney

Thursday, November 15, 2012 -

7:45am to 11:00am

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

... you read National Council of Nonprofits CEO Tim Delaney’ s widely-discussed Huffington Post article “Day One on the ... increasing unemployment and the demand for nonprofit services . Under current law, the...

14 Nov 2018

Postponed Getting Through the Front Door: A Campaign to Make Public Schools Accessible

Wednesday, November 14, 2018 -

9:00am to 11:00am

... District of New York found that over 80% of the City’ s elementary schools were not fully accessible. The ... for Inclusive Education Rue Zalia Watkins , Education Services Specialist, Vibrant Emotional Health...

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11 Feb 2019

The Underpinning Stories: Climate & Metrics - A Webinar Hosted by CLIMA Fund

Monday, February 11, 2019 -

12:00pm to 1:30pm

... of a five-part series, The Underpinning Stories: A Funder' s Dialogue Series About Climate Solutions: October 24 – ... between Thousand Currents, Urgent Action Fund for Women' s Rights, Grassroots...

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Environment and Climate Change

24 Apr 2019

The Underpinning Stories: Climate & Geography - A Webinar Hosted by CLIMA Fund

Wednesday, April 24, 2019 -

12:00pm to 1:30pm

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Environment and Climate Change

20 Sep 2012

The Evolution of Institution-Based Community Organizing: Can Congregations Be Change Agents for Social Justice Again?

Thursday, September 20, 2012 -

8:30am to 11:00am

In recognition of substantial shifts in the field of institution-based community organizing (IBCO), Interfaith Funders, in collaboration with researchers from Duke University and The University of New Mexico, conducted research to document and...

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To Frack or Not To Frack in New York: Observations from a Donor Briefing

Release Date:

08/16/2012

... economy, has become far more prominent in the nation’ s mix of energy fuels. But the process of hydraulic ... stress on communities. The states are in the driver’ s seat in terms of regulating hydrofracking...

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25 Mar 2015

Beyond Gender Equity: How Philanthropy is Taking Gender Norms into Account

Wednesday, March 25, 2015 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

... Ana Oliveira, President & CEO, The New York Women' s Foundation Scyatta A. Wallace, Ph.D., Associate Professor ... Fund The Funders of Women and Girls The New York Women' s Foundation Beyond...

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Noyes Selects Four New Board Members

Release Date:

04/01/2013

Brook Beardsley, Keecha Harris, Jaribu Hill and Gregg Houston have all joined the Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation Board of Directors.

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Open Society Foundations Announces Camilla Croso as New Director of Education

Release Date:

07/22/2020

... “The Education Program must build on Open Society’ s remarkable achievements so far to adapt to this new ...

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University of Houston Receives $10 Million Legacy Gift from Conrad N. Hilton Foundation

Release Date:

03/03/2021

... in no small part because of the Hilton Foundation’ s philanthropy,” said UH President Renu Khator. “At every major stage of the college’ s growth, the foundation has been there to support our ... $1.6 billion...

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... the philanthropic community to grow. Members hear what’ s happening at their colleagues’ foundations, exchange ...

Salk Institute Receives $42 Million From Helmsley Charitable Trust to Create Research Center for Genomic Medicine

Release Date:

01/24/2013

... a $42 million gift—the largest in the Institute’ s history—to establish the Helmsley Center for Genomic ... chronic illnesses such as cancer, diabetes and Alzheimer’ s disease... Salk Institute Receives $42...

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Health

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Sloan Foundation Partners With Cornell, Georgia Tech, Penn State to Boost STEM Mentoring Among Minorities

Release Date:

08/05/2013

The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation’ s partnership with Cornell University, the Georgia Institute ... type of partnership, initiated through the Foundation’ s Minority Ph.D. program, is designed to identify ...

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Education

13 Dec 2010

School Climate: What Is It? And Why Does It Matter?

Monday, December 13, 2010 - 2:00pm to Tuesday, December 13, 2011 - 5:00pm

... (2010). PRESENTERS Ken Futernick , Director of WestEd’ s School Turnaround Center. Russ Skiba , Director of the ...

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13 Nov 2013

Where is Opportunity in America? - New York Index Launch

Wednesday, November 13, 2013 -

3:00pm to 6:00pm

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld

... releases new data for the Opportunity Index , the nation’ s only composite measure of economic opportunity at the state ...

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Economic Security

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Christy Loper Joins the Educational Foundation of America

Release Date:

11/01/2013

... a new Program Officer. Loper will support the Foundation' s environmental grantmaking. She comes to EFA with over ... change. Before her tenure with Rare, she worked for the U. S . National Oceanic and...