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Donita Volkwijn

... development programs. Donita brings to this role great skills in facilitation, an orientation toward ... management tools and methodologies to ensure that access and information (and, as a result, power) were...

Two Emblematic Markers of Policy Progress

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10/24/2018

... Progress By Michael Hamill Remaley, Senior Vice President, Public Policy & Communications Philanthropy New York’s ... DNA. But over the past several years PNY has learned even more about what it really...

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Philanthropy New York Endorses Independent Sector’s Principles for Good Governance and Ethical Practice

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06/15/2015

... and foundations related to legal compliance and public disclosure, effective governance, financial oversight, ... sectors. Those principles concern: Legal Compliance and Public Disclosure 1. Laws and...

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Engaging Teens Through "Hunger Games" and Skateboarding Culture

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06/25/2014

Grants totaling $663,000 from The New York Community Trust to boost digital media learning will provide NYC teens the opportunity to remix music on wired steel drums, play a Hunger Games-inspired video game and create digital maps and videos of...

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Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Backs Columbia's Justice-In-Education Initiative

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08/27/2015

The $1 million grant will provide education to current and former prisoners.

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Justice Reform

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ASPCA Supports Farm Animal Welfare Certification Guide

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03/16/2017

The ASPCA and Vermont Law School’s Center for Agriculture and Food Systems (CAFS) are doing their part to help farmers raising animals—as well as food companies, restaurant owners and chefs sourcing animal products - understand welfare certification...

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Animal Welfare

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Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Partners with Lumina Foundation to Address Racism on College Campuses

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12/11/2017

... on their campuses, and award smaller grants to help schools improve or expand their plans for campuswide ...

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Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Foundation Gives Stem Programs Over $5 Million

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09/13/2018

The Detroit foundation announced $5.5 million in grants to 17 after-school and summer programs teaching science, technology, engineering and math for those in grades 6 to 12. Eleven of the programs are in Western New York, and six are in Southeast...

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15 May 2012

Foundation Administrators Network Meeting: Challenges and Opportunities with Organizational Structure

Tuesday, May 15, 2012 -

12:00pm to 2:00pm

... to compensation to job titles and descriptions and more . What challenges do you face that are related to ... into small groups to discuss specific challenges in more depth, understand some of the different...

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15 Mar 2023

The State of Philanthropy Tech and Implications for Our Workplace

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2:00pm to 3:30pm

... for grants management, remote work enablement, and more Cybersecurity breaches, training, and protections ... for foundation administration, including human resources and operations. What to expect:...

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27 Oct 2022

The Path to Racial Equity: How Board Readiness Informs Organizational Readiness for Black Board Leadership

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12:00pm to 2:00pm

... sharing and/or building power with its community partners, more foundations are looking at the make-up of their board ... a toolkit was developed to provide actionable steps and resources for preparing boards...

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17 Sep 2024

Performance Reviews for Changemakers: Can We Do Better?

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2:30pm to 4:00pm

... performance reviews Discuss approaches to develop more inclusive and engaging performance feedback processes ... FAN , as well as prospective FAN members including human resources and operations managers who...

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16 Mar 2017

Brown Bag: Financial and Regulatory Challenges Facing Nonprofits Working Internationally

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12:00pm to 1:00pm

... grantees! CSN has recently issued the report, Financial Access for U.S. Nonprofits , based on the first-ever ... the scope, frequency, and prevalence of various financial access problems, including delayed...

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17 Mar 2016

Foundation Administrators Network Meeting: Optimizing a Multigenerational Workplace

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9:00am to 10:30am

... HR and operations professionals to share knowledge and resources , to test complex ideas with peers about ... for foundation administration, including human resources and operations. Registration 8 :45-9:00 AM...

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Did Exxon Deceive Its Investors on Climate Change? - Lee Wasserman, Director of the Rockefeller Family Fund, Featured in The New York Times

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10/21/2019

... oil and gas companies misled its shareholders and the public by misrepresenting the risks that climate change poses ... was altering the climate but repeatedly deceived the public , just as the tobacco...

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Revson Foundation President Makes the Case for NYC Libraries in HuffPost Editorial

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05/22/2015

... by a distinguished panel of independent judges from more than 13,400 nominations submitted by New Yorkers. The ... are part of the city's three library systems: the Brooklyn Public Library; Queens Library...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Sustainability Starts Within: Meet NYC’s Green City Force

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09/14/2017

... job in the sustainable energy industry. She lived in public housing where crime was very high … and opportunity ... in her neighborhood. “With this position, I’m earning more money than I ever did in my life...

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Opinion: How Parks Lose Their Playfulness

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09/25/2017

... in such projects) to design it. Though planned as a public park, the design also accommodated three outdoor event ... Gilded Age, is extraordinarily praiseworthy. But with ever more private and corporate...

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Bloomberg-supported Cities Work on Assembling the Open Government Puzzle

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09/27/2017

... information not with the attitude that it was granting the public some royal benignity, but that those data sets and ... — the image of the future of truly open government is more full but remains hardly...

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