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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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Podcast: The Surdna Foundation Pivots to Mark 100 Years of Impact

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03/24/2017

... Like most wealthy philanthropists, he named his new foundation after himself — except he reversed the ... Foundation is still inverting philanthropic norms. The New York City-based grant maker has taken the...

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Nonprofit Supporting NYCHA Adds to Early Fundraising & Programs

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08/29/2017

... has raised approximately $1.5 million, according to New York City Housing Authority Chair and CEO Shola Olatoye. ... with Gotham Gazette, Rasmia Kirmani-Frye, the founding president of the Fund for Public...

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Housing and Homelessness

Refugees Rent Trump’s Childhood Home To Send Message To UN Leaders

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09/19/2017

... Trump’s Childhood Home To Send Message To UN Leaders President Donald Trump’s childhood home in New York had some new occupants over the weekend — refugees who shared their ...

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Immigration

12 Innovative Post-Sandy Projects Built to Withstand Future Storms

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10/03/2017

... the impact severe storms like Superstorm Sandy have on New York, the city’s architects are designing buildings ... require. There’s even a homegrown rating system for New York’s coastal buildings called the...

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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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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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Partnership Aims To Boost Service Positions For Young People, Increase Adult Volunteers

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07/14/2014

... Young People, Increase Adult Volunteers United Way of New York City and NYC Service have announced a partnership ... that seeks to increase service corps positions for young New Yorkers and to double the...

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United Way of New York City

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Tiffany & Co. Foundation Woodland Gardens Exhibit Unlocks the Magic of Aquatic Life

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08/20/2015

... Life After ten years and $16 million, the dazzling new SeaGlass Carousel opened for a media preview today, ahead ... sea creatures that glow, rotate and rise up and down, the new attraction sits on the site of...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Dodge Foundation Suports NJ Schools Grants for Field Trips in Pilot Program

Release Date:

03/14/2016

... Trips in Pilot Program The Community Foundation of New Jersey and the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation are announcing today that their pilot program, Field Trip New Jersey, has awarded more than $45,000 in grants...

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Laura Walker Elected to Commonwealth Fund Board of Directors

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03/28/2017

... to Commonwealth Fund Board of Directors Laura Walker, president and CEO of New York Public Radio, has been elected to The Commonwealth ... effective April 2017. Under Walker’s leadership, New...

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08 Jun 2016

Philanthropic Assistants & Coordinators Network: Building Relationships - Managing Up

Wednesday, June 8, 2016 -

8:30am to 10:30am

... relationships with their staff as well as accessing resources that provide guidance and support, including human resources . We will also hear the perspective and experience ... Administration, Alfred P. Sloan...

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Salesforce Buys Its Own Philanthropic Unit Salesforce.Org For $300m

Release Date:

04/16/2019

... cash philanthropically. Meanwhile, Salesforce.org Chief Executive Officer Rob Acker will head up a new nonprofit and educational business vertical at Salesforce ... company’s Customer Success Platform. In...

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ASPCA & Lil BUB’s Philanthropy Isn’t Just Fluff

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10/29/2014

... more competitive , democratic , and enterprising . But how about adorable? Enter Lil BUB. Lil BUB is a ... the ASPCA Grants Department sees additional “work” as new opportunities to use philanthropy to help...

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"Eye-Popping" Costs for Drugs Could Threaten Other Pressing Societal Needs

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07/28/2014

... needs to take steps to prevent "eye-popping" prices of new drugs from driving health care costs so high that other societal needs suffer, write David Blumenthal, M.D., president , and David Squires,...

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Student Debt and Social Justice: Five Things You Should Know

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09/10/2014

... Student debt is not just about young people. A new nationally representative survey by the Federal Reserve ... compared with 16 percent for whites. 2. It’s not just how much debt you have that matters. Yes,...

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Russell Pennoyer Joins William T. Grant as Board Chair

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06/17/2015

... Foundation is pleased to announce Russell Pennoyer as the new Chair of the Board of Trustees. Pennoyer succeeds Henry ... placement agent, where he was a partner and ultimately president . Pennoyer is also a...

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Lessons Learned from a Journey to Impact Investing

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03/13/2017

... from a Journey to Impact Investing by Phillip Henderson, president of the Surdna Foundation Re-posted with permission ... understanding mission related investing (MRI) and how it differs from PRI, assessing...

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Talking Politics

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02/06/2018

Talking Politics By Kevin Bolduc vice president , assessment and advisory services, at CEP. This ... environment. Twenty-four funders opted to include those new questions in their surveys, so the information I’m...

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