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Open Society Foundations Announce 2020 Soros Arts Fellows

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07/15/2020

Open Society Foundations Announce 2020 Soros Arts Fellows NEW YORK—The Open Society Foundations today announced the ... Fellows Basel Abbas and Ruanne Abou-Rahme (Brooklyn, New York, United States / Ramallah,...

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Community Philanthropy: Using Both Sides of the Brain

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09/07/2012

... Foundations Fall Conference for Community Foundations in New Orleans, is this: What’s the role of “strategy” in ... of community dollars and trust, obligated to use those resources as wisely as possible...

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08 Mar 2017

Achieving Equity…How Exactly?

Wednesday, March 8, 2017 -

9:00am to 11:30am

... – especially if an explicit focus on equity is something new and different? What are the biggest challenges in ... internally and training staff Specific changes in human resources , investment, governance and...

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

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The Nathan Cummings Foundation Announces Leadership Transition

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01/08/2020

... our assets. We increased our payout so that more resources go to: Movement building organizations defending ... to halt the climate crisis and bring about the Green New Deal Moral faith-based voices, artists,...

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04 Apr 2024

Are You Listening? How To Become A More Responsive, Effective, and Equitable Grantmaker

Thursday, April 4, 2024 -

1:00pm to 2:30pm

... session, participants will learn about emerging tools and resources to help them reflect on how they listen, how their ... listening on a personal and organizational basis New tools and resources...

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03 Nov 2011

The American Economy, Manufacturing, and Sustainability

Thursday, November 3, 2011 -

10:00am to 2:00pm

... poverty and embarrassing wealth distribution are some new promising and hopeful themes—manufacturing growth, ... millions of unfilled good jobs, green manufacturing, and new partnerships between business,...

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How Funders Can Use the Power of Art to Heal in Post-Conflict Settings

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11/02/2016

... an identity focused on the survival of conflict toward a new identity focused on a more positive future and different reality. At the recent Philanthropy New York panel discussion ‘ Healing from and Preventing...

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Environment and Climate Change

Michael Bloomberg Takes on the Coal Industry

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04/12/2018

... the billionaire businessman and former three-term mayor of New York City, escaped to a deserted ballroom at the Grand ... earlier, he had announced to attendees of the Bloomberg New Energy Finance summit that...

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Gerstner Philanthropies Awards $4.3 Million For Helping Hands Emergency Grant Program

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01/28/2021

... grants in this most recent round of funding are located in New York City and Westchester County, NY; Palm Beach County, ...

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Open Society Names Mary Fitzgerald to Lead Information Democracy Work

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06/22/2021

... Names Mary Fitzgerald to Lead Information Democracy Work NEW YORK—The Open Society Foundations today announced that ... by holding powerful digital actors accountable, exploring new business models for media,...

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Informal But Important: Improving the Lives of Informal Workers

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08/19/2014

... workers is projected to grow, many of us are examining new ways of working with these communities to meet their ... poor, have shown a willingness to contribute their own resources to pragmatic programs that...

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The Rockefeller Foundation

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Commentary: “Visibility” and Corporate Foundations

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10/22/2009

... A successful visibility plan does not track how many new donors the grantee was able to recruit as a result of ... foundations there is a lot of misguided energy and wasted resources on “visibility” that still...

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28 Nov 2012

Coordination Updates on the Philanthropic Response to Hurricane Sandy: A Webinar for Funders and Regional Associations Nationwide

Wednesday, November 28, 2012 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

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... recovery efforts. There will be updates from the New York and New Jersey grantmaking communities about the dozens of ... Support Function Ronna Brown , President, Philanthropy New York Nina...

Our Common Purpose: The Struggle for True Democracy and Equal Rights

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10/03/2014

... McCutcheon, Hobby Lobby , and related cases privileged new rights of money and corporations at the expense of people ... rights; education, and so much more. At its core, the new Supreme Court jurisprudence...

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28 Oct 2016

Philanthropy 101 - Module 2: Foundation Governance and Legal Issues

Friday, October 28, 2016 -

8:30am to 11:00am

... 5: So You're Working for a Foundation... Power and Your New Community What makes up the leadership and governance of ... through scenarios and guiding principles Recall the New York Revitalization Act...

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Take Another Look at the Ways Schools Police Gender Norms

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12/01/2016

... PNY President Ronna Brown, published originally in the New York PhilanthroPost Weekly December 1, 2016 edition. Philanthropy New York’s Education Working Group has frequently examined ... of color, this is a...

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03 Nov 2017

Philanthropy 101: Foundation Governance and Legal Issues

Friday, November 3, 2017 -

8:30am to 11:00am

... - So You're Working for a Foundation... Power and Your New Community What makes up the leadership and governance of ... through scenarios and guiding principles Recall the New York Revitalization Act...

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01 Nov 2019

Philanthropy 101: Foundation Governance and Legal Issues

Friday, November 1, 2019 -

9:00am to 11:00am

... - So You're Working for a Foundation... Power and Your New Community November 8 - Fundamentals of Grantmaking ... through scenarios and guiding principles Recall the New York Revitalization Act Presenters...

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