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Mayor de Blasio Can Make Lasting Change with Nonprofit Living Wages and Career Opportunities

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12/16/2014

... of these conversations-- nonprofit employees. The City of New York annually contracts out $5 billion in social services to ... their pay will improve their communities. There’ s no doubt that...

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HR & Operations

Public Policy

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Workforce Development

A Critical Catalyst: Lessons Learned from Hurricane Sandy

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01/30/2013

... to Hurricane Sandy into a long phase of recovery, many new questions arise: what have we learned? What could we have ... the questions Governor Cuomo posed when he created the New York State...

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From Katrina to the “Next Sandy”: Disaster Preparedness, Relief and Recovery for Older Adults

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04/04/2013

... Officer, Altman Foundation On February 27, Philanthropy New York hosted a session to zero in on the impact of disasters, ... Commissioner Barrios-Paoli provided an account of DFTA’ s...

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Altman Foundation Announces Two Promotions

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01/25/2017

... developing annual presentations on the grant portfolio’ s performance for the Foundation’ s Trustees. Externally, ... initiatives including, in recent years, as a member of the New ...

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Kress Foundation Trustee to Lead Metropolitan Museum of Art

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03/12/2015

... was formally elected to the Museum presidency at today’ s regular meeting of the Board of Trustees, was chosen after ... by a special committee of the board. He will assume his new post at the Metropolitan...

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Arts

Education

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Samuel H. Kress Foundation

Opinion from Ford Foundation's Walker: Why Giving Back Isn’t Enough

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12/17/2015

Opinion from Ford Foundation' s Walker: Why Giving Back Isn’t Enough During this ... foundations that built schools and libraries, developed new vaccines, revolutionized agriculture and advanced human ... of...

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Social Justice

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Ford Foundation

Inside Game: A Foundation Supports LGBTQ Leaders in the Halls of Power

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09/11/2017

... Leaders in the Halls of Power While it was the nation’ s highest court that granted marriage equality to LGBTQ ... to gains at the federal level, these funders were focusing new attention and resources...

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Gender Justice

LGBTQ

OpEd: CEO Lori Bezahler on Edward W. Hazen Foundation’s Decision to Empty Its Coffers

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03/06/2019

OpEd: CEO Lori Bezahler on Edward W. Hazen Foundation’ s Decision to Empty Its Coffers The past two years have seen ... supporters of social-justice organizations, have rallied resources to protect fundamental...

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Edward W. Hazen Foundation (Closed)

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Milbank Memorial Fund, John A. Hartford Foundation, Commonwealth Fund Support Study That Reveals How ACOs Use Home Visits to Improve Care and Reduce Hospital Use

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06/21/2019

... Use Home Visits to Improve Care and Reduce Hospital Use A new Dartmouth-led study, published this week in the June issue of Health Affairs, offers new details about how one key approach–home visits–is ...

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The John A. Hartford Foundation

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Health

Human Services

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The Commonwealth Fund

Aetna Foundation and Newman’s Own Foundation Earn CyberGrants Ovation Awards

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06/27/2018

Aetna Foundation and Newman’ s Own Foundation Earn CyberGrants Ovation Awards ... Ovation Awards at the 2018 CyberGrants User Conference in New Orleans. The Aetna Foundation and Newman’ s Own...

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Stephanie Teatro appointed US Program Director, Unbound Philanthropy

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01/30/2024

... In this role, Stephanie leads Unbound Philanthropy’ s US Program, to advance Unbound’ s mission to invest in ... Justice and Migration at the National Partnership for New Americans. In this...

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12 Sep 2012

Technology and the Promise of Blended Learning

Wednesday, September 12, 2012 - 11:00am to Thursday, September 13, 2012 - 4:00pm

The Roosevelt Hotel, 45 E. 45th Street at Madison Ave, NYC

... transformative in K–12 education? Join America’ s leading local and national philanthropists for a candid ... How can funders help prepare teachers and leaders for this new style of education? What role do for...

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A Creative Approach to Advocacy: How One Foundation Tackles a Complex Issue, Part Two

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11/08/2017

... the strong collaborations we’ve built, nationally and in New York City. National partnerships On a national scale, we’ve ... partnerships is the US Business Leadership Network’ s (USBLN)...

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Disabilities

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Poses Family Foundation

Philanthropy Can Help Bridge the Gap Between the Idea of Disability Rights and the Reality

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11/05/2021

... Duke Farms , an environmental stewardship center in New Jersey, and Shangri La , a museum of Islamic art and ... essential work toward progress, not its conclusion. It’ s important to recognize that there is...

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Disabilities

Health

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Doris Duke Foundation

Wiliam T. Grant Foundation Announces Institutional Challenge Grant to Support Research-Practice Partnerships

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04/06/2017

... Partnerships The William T. Grant Foundation announced a new grants program that encourages research institutions to ... obstacles that inhibit partnerships, including limited resources and capacity, as well...

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Children, Youth and Families

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William T. Grant Foundation

Mellon Foundation President Earl Lewis To Step Down In March

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09/14/2017

... term, Lewis will return to the academy, and launch a new initiative, The Center for Social Solutions, to focus ... future of work. He expects to announce more details in the new year. Widely respected, Lewis...

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22 Sep 2020

What 2020 Rapid Response Looks Like: Responsive Planning and Innovative State Mobilization Strategies - A Webinar Hosted by FCCP and Democracy Fund

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3:00pm to 4:00pm

... of this work, practitioners and funders are finding new methods to collaborate and design networked responses. ... state mobilization strategies for post election responses New methods to collaborate and...

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Civic Engagement

Ford Foundation announces five-year, $25 million grant to women-led global worker networks calling for a just economic recovery for the world’s 2.1 billion informal workers

Release Date:

11/16/2021

... calling for a just economic recovery for the world’ s 2.1 billion informal workers NEW YORK – Today, the Ford Foundation announced a five-year, ...

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