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These Days Everyone Can Be A Communicator…But Is That Enough?

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01/12/2012

... Remaley, Vice President of Communications & Public Policy, Philanthropy New York (This post originally appeared on PhilanTopic , the Philanthropy News Digest blog, on January 6, 2012 and is ...

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Note to Funders: If You Believe in the Importance of Leadership, Fund What Leaders Want to Do

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07/08/2014

... sector, including foundations and individual and corporate donors , seems intent on making decisions about how and what ...

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Jonathan E. Gold Elected to Board of Directors of FJC – A Foundation of Philanthropic Funds

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08/05/2016

... FJC is a 501c(3) public charity whose mission is advancing donors ’ charitable goals and financial planning through ...

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Where Do You See Yourself In the Next Five Years?

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10/06/2016

... process, PNY worked with the Center for Effective Philanthropy to conduct a survey of members who have attended ...

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Surdna Foundation Awards $9.7 Million in Grants

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09/30/2013

The grants, awarded in the foundation's three program areas to 56 nonprofit organizations across the country, represent the third cycle of quarterly grants since Surdna introduced changes to each of its program strategies late last year.

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Economic Security

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Unions, Reform Groups Gird for California-Inspired Lawsuit

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06/17/2014

... preparing to battle over expected legal action seeking to change the state’s tenure laws and possibly many other ... against New York State inspired by the Vergara case could change local tenure laws and...

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Education

Water.org Receives $2.9M Grant from Helmsley Charitable Trust to Provide Safe Water and Sanitation in East Africa

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10/22/2014

... resulting in improved healthy behaviors and long-term change within the community. An additional grant of $1.7 ... implemented in 15 communities, focusing on the behavioral change needed to ensure real and...

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Pershing Square Foundation Establishes $10 Million Endowment To Support Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Life Science Research

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06/02/2015

... and innovative organizations that are catalyzing change in their respective industries. “With ...

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Verizon Supports Immersion Program to Teach Girls to Code

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09/01/2015

... Code Young girls were told that they could use code to change the world, to find their voices and to dare to be ... of the Girls Who Code summer camp. “You can change the world because you’ve learned to code...

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Ford Foundation Program Helped Advance Social Justice, Study Finds

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04/28/2016

... from marginalized groups led to significant positive change in communities and organizations around the world, a ... The report, Social Justice and Sustainable Change : The Impact of Higher Education (36 pages...

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Doris Duke Study Finds Promoting Abstinence, Fidelity for HIV Prevention Is Ineffective

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05/03/2016

In a study of nearly 500,000 individuals in 22 countries, researchers could not find any evidence that these programs had an impact on changing individual behavior.

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Nathan Cummings Foundation Announces Revised Funding Areas

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08/02/2016

... bold and forward-thinking as we explored what climate change and inequality mean to us. We are staying true to ... roots and are clearer now about how to drive significant change on the most urgent issues of...

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Nathan Cummings Foundation Launches 2017 Fellowship Program

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11/04/2016

... visionary social justice, economic justice and/ or climate change objective for up to 18 months. The Foundation is ... is dedicated to addressing: Inequality and Climate Change . Fellowship applications should...

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New Study Examines How Creative Placemaking Projects Build Social Capital in Communities

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11/04/2016

... new study released today, Setting the Stage for Community Change : Reflecting on Creative Placemaking Outcomes, offers ... permanent outdoor Levitt music venues are bringing about change in the communities in...

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How Judith Rodin Created A New Model For Philanthropic Funding At The Rockefeller Foundation

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12/07/2016

... natural or manmade disasters, often spurred by climatic change or hiccups in the global economy. And that Rockefeller ... payoffs (both social and at times profitable) in social change ? How Judith Rodin...

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Climate-Smart Agriculture Urgently Needed in Africa

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09/05/2017

... while six of the 10 most affected countries by climate change are in Africa, warns a major agricultural research for ... for the Adaptation of Africa Agriculture to Climate Change ), as well as the needed...

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