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14 Sep 2011

Foundation Administrators Network Meeting: Encouraging and Improving Staff Learning and Development at our Foundations

Wednesday, September 14, 2011 -

8:45am to 10:30am

Henry Luce Foundation, 51 Madison Ave., 30th Fl., NYC

... to be better mentors to those we work with? Bring your best ideas to the FAN meeting where we can share lessons and ... for foundation administration, including human resources , finance, and operations...

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Network Building

A New Era for NYC Government, an Opportunity for Philanthropy

Release Date:

11/20/2013

... of the need to not just tap philanthropy's financial resources but also to learn from funders' knowledge, ... of you for a peaceful and enjoyable Thanksgiving holiday. Best regards, Ronna A New Era...

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President's Message

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Leadership Development

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NYC Among First Group of Cities Chosen for Rockefeller Resiliency Challenge

Release Date:

12/11/2013

... including former president Bill Clinton, will receive resources to help them build their resilience in order to ... opportunities for partnership and sharing knowledge and best practices; support to create a...

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Community Development

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Simons Foundation Autism Research Initiative Supports NeuroBioBank for Autism Research

Release Date:

11/18/2015

... research—will jointly redouble their efforts to ensure best practices around the collection and distribution of these precious resources . The ABN initiative is directed by David Amaral, ...

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Health

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New York Community Trust Joins Redlich Horwitz Foundation and Tiger Foundation to Improve the Lives of Foster Children

Release Date:

05/29/2018

... and tools to foster care providers, as well as created new resources to help prospective foster parents become ... funding to hire consultants to help the agencies integrate best practices into their work in...

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Children, Youth and Families

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The New York Community Trust

Redlich Horwitz Foundation

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Kaberi Banerjee Murthy joins Meyer as new Director of Program Strategy

Release Date:

11/19/2018

... advocacy as the highest value use of philanthropic resources and reputation. She has shared power with ... led grantmaking and is committed to implementing best practices of the sector to reduce the burden on...

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Appointments & Transitions

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

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Brooklyn Org

William T. Grant Foundation Opens Applications for Youth Service Capacity-Building Grants

Release Date:

09/04/2019

... support to allow grantees the flexibility to determine the best way to allocate the funds to address their ...

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RFPs Etc

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Children, Youth and Families

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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William T. Grant Foundation

NoVo Foundation Supports The New Start for Women program at SUNY Ulster

Release Date:

09/09/2019

... TransArt & Cultural Services. “Every community has the resources that they need to solve their own problems, even the communities that struggle,” she said. “The best way to shift a community is to invest...

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Community Development

Education

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NoVo Foundation

Bloomberg Philanthropies’ Asphalt Art Initiative Expands Grant Opportunity to Cities in Canada, Mexico, and the United States

Release Date:

04/25/2023

... local urban landscapes to people in those communities.” Resources for cities: To help create asphalt art projects, ... the Asphalt Art Guide , which provides case studies and best practices from cities around...

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Arts

International/Foreign Affairs

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Philanthropy's Key Contributions to Society

Publication date:

08/2008

A compilation of well-known innovations that can be traced to foundation funding over the past 100 years.

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Article

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Bloomberg Philanthropies Announces the World Cities Forum Leadership Exchange Programme

Release Date:

10/26/2017

... to specifically support world cities in the development of best practices for advancing cultural projects and shaping ... Through peer-to-peer learning they will share the best of these ideas and approaches...

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Community Development

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Bloomberg Philanthropies

Young Black Males and the Urgency of Now

Release Date:

11/26/2012

... titled the 2012 edition of its biennial fifty-state report on public education and black males The Urgency of Now ... philanthropy can and must play a leading role in investing resources in advocacy; in...

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Insights

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All Funders

Arcus Foundation's Support of Mighty Earth Has Major Impact on a Destructive Cacao Industry

Release Date:

03/29/2018

... images of the Cote d’Ivoire’s forests from 2000 to 2014 , it’s like seeing a piece of green construction paper ... After the release of Mighty Earth’s Arcus-funded report , “ Chocolate’s Dark Secrets ,” in...

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Funding Area

Environment and Climate Change

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NYS Health Foundation Comments on Proposed Changes to Limit SNAP Eligibility

Release Date:

03/29/2019

The New York State Health Foundation (NYSHealth) appreciates the opportunity to respond to the proposed rule to limit the amount of time an able-bodied adult without dependents (ABAWD) can receive Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)...

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New York Health Foundation

Long Island Community Foundation Issues RFP for the Long Island Sound Stewardship Fund

Release Date:

12/04/2019

... proposals to restore and protect the health and living resources of the Long Island Sound. We are interested in ... and environmental quality work; Accelerate the “next best step” for proven strategies to...

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RFPs Etc

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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For Jobseekers: Facts About the Sector

Publication date:

04/2014

... foundations. Foundation Staff Only 27.4% of foundations report having a staff Average Number of Staff at Operating ... Staff at Community Foundations: 8.2 Representative Human Resources Data: Benefits, tenure, and promotion Close to ... on Foundations: 2010 Grantmakers Salary and Benefits Report For Jobseekers: Facts About the Sector ...

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Article

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Job Seekers

Leon Levy Foundation Names Meredith Ross President, Justine Koch Promoted to Director of Finance/Administration, Jennifer Ellis to Senior Program Officer

Release Date:

09/15/2022

... human rights. Prior to joining the Leon Levy Foundation in 2014 , Ms. Ross spent 15 years in nonprofit development, with ... from foundations and corporations. From 2010 to 2014 , she served as director of...

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Appointments & Transitions

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Supporting Leaders of Color? Insights from “Showing Up to Share Power: A Conversation with Building Movement Project”

Release Date:

05/09/2022

... funders to discuss the Building Movement Project’s report , Trading Glass Ceilings for Glass Cliffs: A Race to ... an internal pipeline of future leaders. Additional Resources : As philanthropy continues to...

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Insights

Topic(s)

Leadership Development

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Accelerating Your Impact: On-Ramps to Effective Advocacy Funding

Release Date:

10/24/2024

... are essential to effective advocacy, and we know that the best ways to build power are building trust and relationships ... new perspectives, share practices and challenges, exchange resources , and mentor and...

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Insights

Topic(s)

Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

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TCC Group

Responding To Covid-19: Suggestions and Recommendations for Donors as of March 2020 from Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors

Release Date:

03/24/2020

... possible. General operating support dollars are the single best way to equip everyone and every group affected right ... regional and national boundaries and not only sufficient resources , but also the right...