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Civic Engagement Strategies that Turn Policy Wins into Real Change

Release Date:

07/14/2015

... law actually do. What are the combinations of direct education , social media, traditional public information ... ” REGISTER NOW With recent policy wins such as the NYC Earned Sick Time Act, the NYC...

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PNY News

05 Jun 2017

New York Foster Youth Funders Group - Summer Meeting

Monday, June 5, 2017 -

9:00am to 11:00am

... in partnership with the City of New York, has launched the NYC Task Force on Ending Girls’ Incarceration. Composed of ... Services, Department of Probation, NYPD, Department of Education ) as well as non-profit...

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Children, Youth and Families

This Is Not A Normal Grant Cycle Or A Time To Wait And See

Release Date:

02/21/2017

... record as a donor, or the legacy you are pursuing, find resources to give to organizations engaging on the issues in ... your values now. 4. March, help, run Financial resources are not the only assets donors...

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Insights

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Arabella Advisors

North Star Fund Announces 2017 North Star and Frederick Douglass Awardees

Release Date:

04/12/2017

... a person who has experienced that trauma to find allies, resources , and trust to stand up and fight is absolutely ... to invest in protecting Black lives if our movement is not ready to invest in Black...

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Member News

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Social Justice

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North Star Fund

Ikea Foundation and The Rockefeller Foundation Join Forces to Set up a Historic $1 Billion Initiative to Catalyze Investments in Distributed Renewable Energy

Release Date:

06/21/2021

... many organizations struggle to identify viable, investment- ready projects. As a result, many emerging economies still ... investment. Our partnership will unlock the financing and resources that are essential...

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Member News

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Corporate Social Responsibility

Environment and Climate Change

International/Foreign Affairs

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The Rockefeller Foundation

25 Jun 2014

The Future of Finance: Shifting Power and Wealth from Wall Street to Main Street

Wednesday, June 25, 2014 -

2:45pm to 5:00pm

View resources and live recording of this program. Part of Can ... levels - in making the financing of cities, public higher education and homeownership more democratic Alternatives to ... including state...

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Community Development

Looming Overhead: The Persistent Debate Over Administrative Costs

Release Date:

10/22/2013

... is that foundations don’t have an infinite supply of resources . Every dollar we spend on overhead is a dollar that ...

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Insights

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All Funders

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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Health

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New York Health Foundation

Gates Foundation, Open Society Foundations, and The Rockefeller Foundation Announce New Recipients of Multilateral Development Banks Challenge Fund

Release Date:

06/20/2023

... finance research to promote ways in which MDB’s unique resources can be maximized. With grants ranging from $140,000 ...

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Member News

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Economic Security

International/Foreign Affairs

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The Rockefeller Foundation

Open Society Foundations

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Board Elects Vicki L. Fuller as New Trustee

Release Date:

02/08/2023

... and managerial experience, including her impact in opening career opportunities for women and people of color, will help ... Previously, she had a successful, four-decades-long career in financial services...

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Appointments & Transitions

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Governance

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Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

Newsmakers: Darren Walker, President, Ford Foundation

Release Date:

12/23/2013

... to Ford, where he was vice president of the foundation’s Education , Creativity and Freedom of Expression program, ... Foundation and a distinguished lecturer at the Baruch College School of Public Affairs and...

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Insights

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Ford Foundation

Doris Duke’s Andrew Bowman to Lead The Land Trust Alliance

Release Date:

11/30/2015

... at Berkeley, a Master of Laws in environmental and natural resources at the Northwestern School of Law of Lewis & Clark College and a Juris Doctor degree at the University of California, Hastings ...

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Appointments & Transitions

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Environment and Climate Change

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Doris Duke Foundation

15 Jun 2021

Leveraging Philanthropy to Build a Responsive Small Business Ecosystem

Tuesday, June 15, 2021 -

9:00am to 10:30am

... work together as an emerging funder collective to support NYC Small Business. Please join Next Street, ... link above. (no fee) Members of Asset Funders Network and NYC Small Business Funders Collective :...

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Breakout Discussion

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Webinar/Teleconference

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All Funders

Corporate Funders

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Community Development

Economic Security

Workforce Development

20 Jun 2024

Quarterly Meeting of the New York City Workforce Funders Collaborative

Thursday, June 20, 2024 -

9:30am to 11:00am

Registration is Closed

... Dr. Kira o'Brien , NY Director and Chief Human Resources Officer, Emma's Torch Andrew Rigie , Executive .....

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Children, Youth and Families

Immigration

Workforce Development

New Publication Examines the Funding Model For Public Research Universities (Carnegie Corp.)

Release Date:

02/04/2016

... Corp.) At a time when public discussion of higher education has focused on a perceived growth in non-academic ... research universities continue to devote most of their resources to their core activities:...

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Member News

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Education

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

Ford Foundation appoints Catherine Chinedum Aniagolu-Okoye as regional director for West Africa

Release Date:

10/07/2021

... pressing opportunities and challenges.” Throughout her career , Aniagolu-Okoye has designed and implemented ... and transparency in the extractives sector. Earlier in her career Aniagolu-Okoye was deputy...

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Appointments & Transitions

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Ford Foundation

12 Sep 2018

New York City Workforce Funders Quarterly Meeting and Presentation of the Analysis and Recommendations from the Workforce Agenda Report

Wednesday, September 12, 2018 -

9:00am to 11:00am

In November 2014 Mayor De Blasio released the Career Pathways report, with ten recommendations including adopting a Career Pathways framework, committing $100 million for ... click the Register Now link above. (no...

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All Funders

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Workforce Development

Schott and Arcus Foundations Partner to Empower Trans Students with Super Powers

Release Date:

06/17/2016

... with Super Powers The Schott Foundation for Public Education joins the country and the international community ... that happen. In May 2016, U.S. Departments of Justice and Education released joint guidance to...

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Member News

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Children, Youth and Families

Education

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Arcus Foundation

The Schott Foundation for Public Education

Ms. Foundation for Women Selects Deborah Jacobs as Vice President, Advocacy and Policy

Release Date:

06/04/2012

... civil liberties in the state. Jacobs started her ACLU career in 1992 at the ACLU of Washington, where she directed ... Literature and an M.A. in Liberal Studies from Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs, NY...

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Appointments & Transitions

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Public Policy

Funding Area

Gender Justice

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Ms. Foundation for Women

Kathryn Haslanger Elected to Commonwealth Fund Board of Directors

Release Date:

01/15/2014

... a Caregiver Support demonstration project. Earlier in her career , Haslanger was Vice President for Health Practice and ... David Blumenthal, M.D. Haslanger earned a J.D. from Boston College Law School and an M...