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Scanning the Landscape

Publication date:

04/2004

Scanning is no longer something done only when planning a new program or contemplating a shift in strategy. Using ... and fresh ideas. GrantCraft asked seven grant makers how they build networks to discover the unexpected in their ...

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Guide to Collaborative Philanthropy

Publication date:

10/2016

... describes our views on the importance of collaboration and how SDG thinks about group composition and goals. The ... things like a chair job decision, application for a new collaborative group, notes template, and detailed ...

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Children, Youth and Families

Sarah Chiles of Redlich Horwitz Foundation: On Foster Care Advocacy, Strong Defense Is Best Offense

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04/18/2017

... On Foster Care Advocacy, Strong Defense Is Best Offense How do you see advocacy as a tool for achieving your ... and what has your foundation done differently in the new political climate? Sarah Chiles of...

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Redlich Horwitz Foundation

06 Apr 2022

Showing Up to Share Power: A Conversation with Building Movement Project - Hosted by the Leadership Transitions Funders Group

Wednesday, April 6, 2022 -

3:00pm to 4:30pm

... to our understanding of leadership transitions. Their new report Trading Glass Ceilings for Glass Cliffs: A Race to ... nonprofit partners. Over the last few years, Philanthropy New York...

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Technical Assistance & Capacity Building

The Affordable Care Act: Keeping Our Eyes on the Ball

Release Date:

10/24/2013

... only the latest story, it will be challenging to determine how successful the Affordable Care Act’s insurance reforms will be over the next year. How will we really know if the law is working as intended, .....

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The Commonwealth Fund

IBM Joins With Stavros Niarchos Foundation, Ford Foundation, And Carnegie Corporation to Help Students Tackle Math

Release Date:

09/14/2017

... to provide elementary school teachers with targeted math resources for their kindergarten through fifth grade ... a critical need for easy-to-use, well-designed math resources and ongoing support. Even with...

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Stavros Niarchos Foundation

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Education

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

Pinkerton Promotes Laurie Dien to Vice President-Programs

Release Date:

12/17/2015

... I’m delighted to recognize her important role with this new title.” Laurie Dien grew up in St. Louis with dreams ... serving economically-disadvantaged young people in New York City...

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Appointments & Transitions

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Children, Youth and Families

Education

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The Pinkerton Foundation

Research Funded By Bloomberg Philanthropies Finds Climate Actions Can Create 14 Million Jobs by 2030

Release Date:

09/10/2018

... meet their commitments to the Paris climate agreement, a new research on Sunday showed that ambitious urban climate ... populations have the most to gain from the introduction of new technologies... Research...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Bloomberg Philanthropies

Dear Fellow Funders: No More Statements on Racial Equity Please (Until You Publish “The Receipts”)

Release Date:

09/23/2021

... equitable every year,” we are still wrestling with how best to benchmark our progress and define our target ...

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Transparency

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Arbor Rising

10 Dec 2021

Philanthropy 101 - The Big Conversations in Philanthropy

Friday, December 10, 2021 -

10:00am to 12:00pm

... 101? It is a five-part series that helps all staff new to philanthropy better understand the sector. This ... Officer, Community Development & the Environment, The New York Community...

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Rita Allen Foundation Supported Research Details Consequences of Kansas’ Lifetime Property Tax Exemptions on Local School Districts

Release Date:

03/02/2018

... 2017 by MediaShift, an investigation by Flatland (Kansas City public TV station KCPT’s digital magazine) and the ... lifetime property tax exemptions. They looked deeply at how those exemptions left local...

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Rita Allen Foundation

09 Apr 2013

Foundation Administrators Network: Making IT Decisions – Peer Case Studies

Tuesday, April 9, 2013 -

8:45am to 10:30am

The Century Foundation, One Whitehall Street, 15th Fl., NYC

... creates a supportive environment for sharing knowledge and resources , testing ideas with peers, and strengthening ... infrastructure. Although our organizational needs, resources , and systems vary, there’s...

To Get to the Good, You Gotta Dance With the Wicked

Release Date:

09/19/2013

... Illumination Fund — respond to a recent SSIR article on how the nonprofit sector sets its goals and achieves impact. ...

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Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund

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The Role Of Entrepreneurship In Ending Poverty And Homelessness

Release Date:

09/13/2017

... addressed a range of topics, including a focus on how social entrepreneurs would help achieve the SDGs. Watch ...

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Sector News

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Corporate Social Responsibility

Shake Shack Founder on Changing The Way Restaurants Do Business

Release Date:

10/10/2017

... a restaurateur named Danny Meyer has had a big impact on how your meal went. Since he opened his first restaurant in ...

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Sector News

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Food Systems

PhilTV: "Giving Grants is Not Enough; The Question is 'Did You Make Things Better?'"

Release Date:

09/30/2016

... Stephanie Chrispin, Public Policy Fellows, Philanthropy New York Darlene J. Curley, RN, MS, FAAN is CEO of the Jonas ... the workforce, factors influencing workforce design, and how patients...

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Public Policy

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Health

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Jonas Center / Barbara & Donald Jonas Family Fund

The Century Foundation Files Lawsuit in Federal Court Against Department of Education

Release Date:

02/12/2018

... in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York by counsel from the National Student Legal Defense ... legal organization representing TCF in the lawsuit. “ How is TCF...

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Education

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The Century Foundation

17 Feb 2022

Building Your Legacy: Knowledge Management in the Age of Digital Records

Thursday, February 17, 2022 -

1:00pm to 2:30pm

... and Southwest, in collaboration with Philanthropy New York , invite members for a moderated conversation on ... What will you learn? What information should be preserved How to preserve the...

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Tools & Strategies

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20 Apr 2023

International Grantmakers Network Virtual Coffee Hour

Thursday, April 20, 2023 -

10:00am to 11:00am

... What else should you know? The IGN is a Philanthropy New York professional peer network, designed for the purpose of ... to build relationships with colleagues in the sector. How do you sign...

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Network Building

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International/Foreign Affairs

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