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Ford Foundation to Open First Detroit Office In 64 Years

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05/31/2017

... to invest in affordable housing in Detroit. Foundation President Darren Walker is expected to detail the decision in ... Walker said the international foundation has hired a new program officer who will be...

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Housing and Homelessness

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NYU Uses $6 million Bloomberg Grant to help AGs fight Climate Rollback

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08/18/2017

... million Bloomberg Grant to help AGs fight Climate Rollback New York University is using a $6 million grant from former ... Impact Center, which will escalate attacks against President Donald Trump’s decision...

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As U.N. Gathers, De Blasio Urges Fellow Mayors to Fight Trump on Climate, Immigration

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09/19/2017

... As the United Nations General Assembly got underway in New York City on Monday, Mayor Bill de Blasio crisscrossed ... and immigration, taking both opportunities to criticize President Donald Trump. De Blasio...

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Schneiderman Vows To Sue Over Clean Power Plan Repeal

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10/10/2017

... Vows To Sue Over Clean Power Plan Repeal The decision by President Donald Trump’s administration to scrap the Clean ... once again putting industry special interests ahead of New Yorkers’ and all Americans’...

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The Silicon Valley Community Foundation Seeks to Do Things Differently

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04/13/2018

... he said he encountered a very different situation at a new foundation aiming to work across nine counties that ... Carson. It keeps a staffer in Sacramento to push its agenda in California’s capital and has...

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Surviving COVID-19: 6 Recommendations for Nonprofits and Funders

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03/17/2020

... grant making, funding, and the evaluation of whether new grants or funding should be awarded should not be ... impacting the nonprofit’s budgeting, and determining how to stop any financial hemorrhaging, so to...

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05 Mar 2020

Financial Series: What to Look for in a Nonprofit's Financial Statement

Thursday, March 5, 2020 -

9:00am to 12:00pm

... via remote access. PNY Members: Log into your Philanthropy New York account to view the available recordings of the 2020 Financial Series. Learn how to analyze and evaluate nonprofit financial statements ...

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A Letter from Ronna Brown

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05/28/2020

... to remote collaboration and learning. We have learned just how flexible and adaptable we can all be. And, as we enter ... the remainder of 2020. We will. To reiterate: Philanthropy New York will keep all...

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What Money Can Buy - Ford Foundation's Pursuit of Conquering Inequality

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01/05/2016

... grant-makers are employed “for the general purpose of advancing human welfare,” so their work requires determining what human welfare consists of and how best to advance it. . . . What Money Can Buy - Ford ...

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Surdna Foundation Announces Over $600,000 in Impact Investing Grants

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01/11/2018

... others thinking about impact investing, and demonstrate how foundations can invest to achieve positive social, ... of impact investing by supporting organizations that are advancing the industry and increasing...

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29 Apr 2020

Financial Stewardship in Troubled Times: Managing Endowments and Spending Policies - A Webinar Hosted by NCFP

Wednesday, April 29, 2020 -

2:00pm to 3:00pm

... their endowments and long-term philanthropic investments. How can donors and foundations balance the desire to meet the ... questions related to foundation financial health, such as: How can funders frame...

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Sloan Foundation Contributes to Study on 'Superbugs'

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09/07/2016

... have even warned of a post-antibiotic -- and sicker -- era . To better understand the problem, researchers have been ...

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Innovative Finance and the Search for the Next Big Idea

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10/17/2014

... Over the course of three days, Rockefeller Foundation President Judith Rodin encouraged the SOCAP community and the ... send us ideas, examples, and solutions that might unearth new innovations in financial...

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Brooklyn Community Foundation names Tynesha McHarris Director of Community Leadership

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05/29/2014

... McHarris will be joining the Foundation next week in a new position as Director of Community Leadership. Tynesha has ... staff member, she will help design the Foundation’s new community leadership and...

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Improving Health Care Is Billionaire Peterson’s Next Mission

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11/24/2014

... the nation’s health-care system. The billionaire’s New York-based Peter G. Peterson Foundation will announce a ... next month, the Peterson Center on Healthcare. The new organization boasts a boldface-name...

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WSJ Seeks PNY Comment on Geffen $100 Million Gift to Lincoln Center

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03/04/2015

... for the Performing Arts. The concert hall, home to the New York Philharmonic, is slated for a major overhaul ... donors, said Michael Hamill Remaley, senior vice president of Philanthropy New...

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Ford, Knight and Others Give $20M for United States Artists Campaign

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04/19/2016

... James L. Knight Foundation will contribute $1 million to a new $20 million operations endowment campaign in support ... country specializing in nine fields. Alberto Ibargüen, President & CEO of the Miami-...

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Ford Foundation"s Darren Walker Participates in Discussion on the Influence of Impact Investing on Philanthropy

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05/12/2016

... Investing on Philanthropy Impact investing can lead to new strategies for entrepreneurs and mission-driven businesses. That means room for new people to receive investment. For the leaders of large ... then we...

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Ford Joins Growing List of Grant Makers Focused on People With Disabilities

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09/12/2016

... priorities, and the physical accessibility of its New York headquarters. The foundation does not plan to start a new program on disabilities, wrote Darren Walker, president of the foundation...

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