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United Way of New York City Establishes the COVID-19 Community Fund

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03/26/2020

... —SHEENA WRIGHT, PRESIDENT & CEO, UWNYC We are monitoring developments of this global pandemic, and as ... reach their families and provide critical and ongoing resources like learning, food distribution...

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United Way of New York City

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Philanthropy New York's Policy Corner - April 2023

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04/21/2023

... As communities of color nationwide have warned, we are currently seeing “anti- Critical Race Theory '' ... critical to understanding the ebb and flow of our nation's resources and why some...

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PNY News

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A Nobel Prize For The Voluntary Sector

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11/15/2009

... to manage “the commons”: common property and resources . The conventional wisdom is that common property ... mean? It turns out that in many different contexts common resources can be managed successfully...

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38th Annual Meeting Recap: The Power of Participation

... isn't quite connected to me as a person, what my needs are , what my values are , and what I need or my family or my business." The ... create structural barriers for the other group and enhance...

Renewing Philanthropy's Commitment to Local Journalism

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01/06/2020

... crises that cities and towns across the United States are facing because of decaying infrastructure, lack of ... It means investing in technical assistance and expert guidance in building revenue streams,...

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Charles H. Revson Foundation

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Communications/Media

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Noyes Foundation Promotes Buchanan, Montañez, and Zigbi to Program Directors

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01/02/2012

... table people of color and low-income communities who are normally excluded from national food and health policy ...

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Rauschenberg Foundation Appoints Risë Wilson First-Ever Director of Philanthropy

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09/16/2013

... based on a number of successful pilot programs led by RRF grantees . Wilson has worked in the field of arts and ... laundromats and other de facto public spaces. Its programs are designed to amplify the...

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Arts

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Three Practical Tips for Spreading and Scaling Youth Programs

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05/11/2017

... missions that complement their own. Otherwise, partners are less committed and programs have a shorter shelf life. ... the program model without instisting on absolute fidelity. Grantees should be in it for...

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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

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Children, Youth and Families

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The New York Community Trust

Seeing Is Believing…and Understanding

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01/25/2018

... of John Jay College of Criminal Justice is one of our grantees , and it was through this grant award that I found ... of programs in proposals and progress reports. While these are key tools for connection,...

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

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The Teagle Foundation

15 Jul 2019

**POSTPONED: FCCP Racial Equity Series: July 2019 - Metrics as Tyranny or Metrics as "Strategic Objects" - A Webinar Hosted by FCCP

Monday, July 15, 2019 -

2:00pm to 3:00pm

... can perpetuate or improve power dynamics between grantees and grantmakers. Are metrics “strategic objects,” which foster new ... Dave Karpf writes in his 2016 book Analytic Activism? Or are...

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9 Leading Nonprofit Groups Urge Foundations to Dig Into Endowments to Support Charities

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04/02/2020

... endowments take a big hit. "The strength of a funder’s grantees at the end of this crisis will be a much better ... be difficult for nonprofits. The groups signing the letter are BoardSource, the Center...

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16 Apr 2020

Bearing Witness: Philanthropy's Role in Responding to COVID-19

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3:00pm to 4:00pm

... routines and created a new normal to which many of us are struggling to adapt. The crisis has heightened our desire ... exactly does “doing more” mean? In our rush to do more are we missing an opportunity to...

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Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Release Scaling Solutions toward Shifting Systems: Seeing, Facilitating, and Assessing Systems Change Report

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07/22/2020

... Report Realizing that the world’s pressing challenges are becoming more complex, many philanthropic funders are reflecting on how to create more transformational impact. ... In it, we detail our findings that...

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Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors

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Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, William T. Grant Foundation, American Institutes for Research, and Spencer Foundation Award Grants to Four Partnerships Addressing Social Issues

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04/28/2021

... and the American Institutes for Research (AIR), we are proud to announce the winners of the 2021 Institutional ... The newest grants, amounting to nearly $2,000,000, are being awarded to Johns Hopkins...

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Children, Youth and Families

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William T. Grant Foundation

31 May 2023

Demystifying Trust-Based Philanthropy Part 3 of 6 - How Do We Approach Risk and Due Diligence in Trust-Based Philanthropy?

Wednesday, May 31, 2023 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

... partnership with the Trust-Based Philanthropy Project, we are offering a six-part webinar series to help address common ... dynamic. In fact, funders who have embraced this approach are finding that it...

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Payout Redux

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04/09/2010

... most foundations because foundation officials and boards are cautious (or lazy) and fail to align budget and mission. ... higher payout resulted in less total money being given to grantees . In both of these...

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A Year of Service

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07/23/2014

... 600,000 applications for about 100,000 positions, which are funded by Congress. Of these about 5,000 are in New York City. The goal is to reach one million per ... strengthen civic engagement in the United...

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Resilience Begins at Home

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07/30/2013

... Foundation Family, neighborhood and community are vital components of responding to shocks and stresses and ... lacking in social cohesion and trust more generally are having a difficult time recovering from...

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$10M McNulty Foundation Gift Expands Leadership Program at Wharton

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01/28/2016

... McNulty Leadership Program at the Wharton School. “We are honored to be able to announce Anne’s amazing gift to ...

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