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13 Jun 2013

Disaster Grantmaking and Preparedness: The Role of Family Philanthropy

Thursday, June 13, 2013 -

2:30pm to 4:00pm

Webinar

Usually, disasters bring out the best in people. Donations to charities surge as ... to clean up and consider how long their power will be out , private philanthropists turn their attention to the ...

How Should Philanthropies Respond to Emergencies?

Release Date:

05/13/2014

For funders bailing out Detroit, does the funding commit them to a long-term ... Foundations committed $366 million to help lift Detroit out of bankruptcy, and this July, the city’s retirees will ...

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New After School Programs and Professional Development Bring Digital Literacy with Grants Totaling $414,000

Release Date:

10/31/2014

... to use digital tools to educate young people in and out of school. One project, for example, lets kids create ... to get teens to exercise; our grant supports its roll out to 22 YMCAs. The Hive Digital Media...

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The New York Community Trust

Daphne Foundation President Highlighted as one of "Seven Women Who Change Their Worlds"

Release Date:

11/05/2014

... from the Women's Foundation and others, she began reaching out to women living her prior life. In addition to handing out prophylactics and information flyers in English, Spanish .....

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Daphne Foundation

Arcus Director Examines the Story Behind LGBT History Month

Release Date:

09/04/2015

... Pride Month, June, would not work because school was out , and other months were spoken for by other groups. But ... Marches on Washington (1979 and 1987) and National Coming Out Day (October 11). He selected...

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Arcus Foundation

AOL Charitable Foundation Joins Others in Event on the STEM Workforce

Release Date:

11/03/2015

... expertise by 2018, with similar trends playing out in countries around the world. And yet students, particularly women, are dropping out of STEM at the moment when their skills are most needed. ...

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AOL Inc.

Johnson & Johnson

NonProfitTimes Calls on Foundation Leaders to Demand Presidential Candidates Address NP Issues (Rockefeller Foundation, Rockefeller Brothers Fund)

Release Date:

02/04/2016

... as to how the presidential nominating process will turn out from those three exercises in democracy hasn’t been ... of the Republicans running for president surely will be out of the race after South Carolina...

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Public Policy

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Rockefeller Brothers Fund

The Rockefeller Foundation

Century Foundation Report Recommends Universal Child Allowance

Release Date:

03/17/2016

... living in poverty. But according to new research out today from TCF’s Bernard L. Schwartz Rediscovering ... children age 6 and above) would lift 3.2 million children out of poverty. . . Century Foundation...

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The Century Foundation

New Discoveries on Dark Matter from Sloan-Sponsored Scientists

Release Date:

07/15/2016

... of 1.2 million galaxies over one quarter of the sky to map out the structure of the Universe over a volume of 650 cubic ... University, a co-leader of the scientific team carrying out this effort. “This map...

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Science

NCN Requests Foundations Sign on to Oppose Repeal of the Johnson Amendment

Release Date:

03/28/2017

... Amendment The National Council of Nonprofits is putting out an urgent call to all nonprofits and foundations to sign ... on Foundations has advised that foundations can speak out on this issue, as is fall...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

JPMorgan Chase Announces $6 Million to Prepare South Bronx Youth for High-Demand Jobs

Release Date:

05/05/2017

... a high school diploma and 23 percent of young people are out of school and out of work. This has pushed half of employed young people ...

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Workforce Development

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JPMorgan Chase & Co.

Ford, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur and Rockefeller Foundations’ Impact Investing Highlighted

Release Date:

06/07/2017

... Investing Highlighted In 2015, the United Nations laid out its Sustainable Development Goals to track global ... is that, in just a year and a half since the call came out , the impact investing industry is...

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The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation

Ford Foundation

The Rockefeller Foundation

Bike-Share Expansion in Harlem, Astoria, and Central Brooklyn Starts Next Week

Release Date:

09/06/2017

... Bike will also add seven “infill” stations to fill out thin parts of the bike-share network in Long Island City. The expansion in Astoria comes out to just 19 stations per square mile, however, ...

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Community Development

J.J. Watt's Hurricane Relief Fundraising Closes at More Than $37 Million

Release Date:

09/18/2017

... up) organizing of a charitable endeavor, born partially out of a kind heart and partially out of desperation when he couldn't be there to help in .....

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The War Against ‘Lunch Shaming’: NYC Joins Growing List of Cities and Districts That Are Rethinking Mealtime

Release Date:

09/19/2017

... students — whether stamping their wrists, calling them out of line, requiring manual labor, or providing alternative ... stamped on his arm.) Mayor Bill de Blasio was slow to roll out universal lunch citywide...

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Service for Impact

... President Obama signed the Edward M. Kennedy Serve America Act. The funders in New York began a conversation ...

10 May 2012

Family Philanthropy: At the Wheel - Women in Family Philanthropy

Thursday, May 10, 2012 -

12:00pm to 1:30pm

Webinar

... about charitable giving, according to the Bank of America Merrill Lynch 2011 Study of High Net Worth Women's ... Foundation Executive for Philanthropic Management, Bank of America Merrill Lynch Sally...

10 May 2012

Family Philanthropy: At the Wheel - Women in Family Philanthropy

Thursday, May 10, 2012 -

12:00pm to 1:30pm

Teleconference

06 Dec 2012

Detropia - Philanthropy New York's Documentary Series

Thursday, December 6, 2012 -

4:30pm to 8:30pm

... Detroit's story has encapsulated the iconic narrative of America over the last century -- the Great Migration of ... the Motor City as it struggles to survive postindustrial America and begins to envision...

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08 Oct 2013

The Evolution of Corporate Philanthropy: Understanding My Role in a Changing Profession

Tuesday, October 8, 2013 -

7:45am to 10:00am

What are the skills and competencies required to be successful in corporate philanthropy today? Philanthropy no longer exists in a silo, but is a critical part of a corporation’s citizenship. Corporate philanthropy has become more deeply embedded in...

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