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05 Apr 2022

Engaging Youth Voice in Participatory Grantmaking

Tuesday, April 5, 2022 -

1:00pm to 2:00pm

... non-profits, and the youth grantmakers – and learn how you can get involved. What will you learn? What youth ... Director, Solon E. Summerfield Foundation Carolyn Silver , Executive Director, Futures and...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Education

Consider This Tool for More Nimble Philanthropy

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02/27/2017

... and control to take a back seat. But Philanthropy New York members sometimes struggle to balance the due ... and boards with the needs of innovative change-makers and new initiatives outside of existing...

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Wallace Foundation Invests $30 Million to Strengthen Supervisors Of School Principals

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06/24/2014

... to improving principals’ performance,” said Wallace President Will Miller. “To strengthen this critical role, this new initiative will require districts to rethink how their central offices...

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Education

Ordering Review of Statues Puts de Blasio in Tricky Spot

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08/31/2017

... of world leaders, only to be criticized for leaving New York hours after a police officer was murdered. Now he ... situation. He has been peppered with questions about how far the review will go to cleanse...

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Community Development

Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Foundation Backs Inclusive Innovation in a “Transitioning” Region

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03/30/2018

... to be reckoned with in southeast Michigan and western New York—a region long plagued by post-industrial decline. ... often, this is tough terrain for philanthropy, given how powerful economic forces have...

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Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Foundation

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Community Development

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Co-Chief Investment Officer of Carnegie Corporation of NY Meredith Jenkins Goes to Trinity Wall Street

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01/19/2016

... Co-Chief Investment Officer of Carnegie Corporation of New York, who helped grow the investment portfolio of the ... Jenkins joined Carnegie Corporation in 1999 as President Vartan Gregorian’s second hire for...

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

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Trinity Wall Street

Call for Applications: Racial Equity in the Arts Innovation Lab

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04/04/2017

... on racial justice. With support from the Cultural Agenda Fund in New York Community Trust , we are pleased to provide this Innovation Lab for 60 New York City arts and cultural organizations...

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RFPs Etc

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Arts

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Insights from “Risk, Reward, and the Reality: What Don’t We Know About Intermediaries?”

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06/28/2022

... foundations and nonprofits in re-granting foundation resources and providing important technical assistance and ... overlooked and largely misunderstood. As Joy Chia, Executive Director of Astraea Lesbian...

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06 May 2015

Scaling for Social Impact: Perspectives from Both Sides

Wednesday, May 6, 2015 -

9:15am to 11:15am

... is the best option? Different scaling strategies, and how do you decide when to use them? Potential risks and ... how can funders support them? Presenters Chitra Aiyar , Executive Director,...

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Children, Youth and Families

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New York City

25 Feb 2020

Introduction to Expanding the Bench for Culturally-Responsive and Equitable Evaluation - A Webinar

Tuesday, February 25, 2020 -

2:30pm to 3:30pm

... your organization value diversity, inclusion and equity? How are those values reflected in your organization's ... of ETB and Founding Partners of Change Matrix Explore A new pathway for diverse...

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Tools & Strategies

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Study Supported by Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Finds Genetic Link to Extinct Relative of Humans in Four Modern West African Populations

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02/13/2020

... thousands of years without fossil DNA. “This opens a new path in understanding the complexity of human ... about these archaic hominins, which makes finding out how this ‘ghost population’ fits into human...

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

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Science

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Inaugural Nathan Cummings Foundation Fellows Tackle Problems with Creative Projects

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05/01/2013

... the world in one year with $100,000, an office space in New York City and support from the Nathan Cummings Foundation ... with outside-the-box thinking, which is at the core of how the foundation operates,”...

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Social Justice

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See the Storify: Sandy, Philanthropy & A Year of Hard Lessons

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10/29/2013

... more remains to be done. On October 25, Philanthropy New York and a group of funders and nonprofits who have been ... half-day event — sponsored by the Citi Foundation and New York Life , with additional...

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Evan Michelson Joins Alfred P. Sloan Foundation as Program Officer

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02/12/2014

... research in the natural sciences, collaborating with the President and foundation program directors to accelerate ... optical telescope out of an observatory in Apache Point, New Mexico. Supported with more...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Technology

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$1.6M in Grants from NY Women’s Foundation Focus on Economic Security and Justice

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01/19/2017

... Foundation Focus on Economic Security and Justice New York (January 18, 2017) - The New York Women’s ... youth in NYC, and build shared ground for collective action against sex trafficking of...

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The New York Women's Foundation

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Gender Justice

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Initiative Launched to Improve Accountability of Climate Change Adaptation Finance

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12/12/2012

The Rockefeller Foundation has announced the launch of a new initiative led by Oxfam, the Overseas Development Institute and the World Resources Institute to increase the transparency and ... Oxfam, the Overseas...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Former Deutsche Bank Americas Foundation VP to Lead LISC NYC

Release Date:

09/18/2014

... invested more than $2 billion to help revitalize some of New York City's most distressed neighborhoods. Marks comes ... to LISC NYC from Deutsche Bank, where he served as vice president of both the...

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Deutsche Bank Americas Foundation

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

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12/14/2017

... Brooklyn Community Foundation is pleased to announce 67 new grants from its Invest in Youth initiative, bringing ... first and only public charity dedicated to New York City’s largest borough—launched Invest...

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