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29 Nov 2012

Social Media: Promising techniques used by social media-savvy funders

Thursday, November 29, 2012 -

11:00am to 1:00pm

Webinar

... increasingly bombarded with seemingly limitless streams of data . This webinar series will help foundation staff ... highway by focusing on key strategies and useful data sources for funders. In addition to...

31 Jan 2013

Knowledge Management: Strategies for making sector knowledge more accessible

Thursday, January 31, 2013 -

11:00am to 1:00pm

Webinar

Simons Foundation Among Backers of $28 Million Autism Treatment Study

Release Date:

07/29/2015

... disorders are treated. The Yale team will collect data in Connecticut from preschoolers and school-aged ... children affected by autism spectrum disorders. The data then will be evaluated along with ...

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Member News

Funding Area

Health

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The Simons Foundation

Former NYC Official & Former Philadelphia Mayor Named 'What Works Cities' Senior Fellows (Bloomberg)

Release Date:

02/08/2016

... What Works Cities as they expand their use of data and evidence to improve residents’ lives. The WWC ... largest ever philanthropic efforts to enhance the use of data and evidence in the public sector. “...

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Member News

Funding Area

Community Development

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Bloomberg Philanthropies

City Outside Monrovia Admitted to 100 Resilient Cities Pioneered by the Rockefeller Foundation

Release Date:

12/01/2016

The City of Paynesville, outside Monrovia, has been admitted to the group of 100 Resilient Cities (100RC) pioneered by the Rockefeller Foundation and dedicated to helping member cities around the world become more resilient to physical, social, and...

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Member News

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Community Development

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The Rockefeller Foundation

Bloomberg-supported Cities Work on Assembling the Open Government Puzzle

Release Date:

09/27/2017

... and Atmospheric Administration began releasing weather data in the 1970s, government and its surrounding community ... granting the public some royal benignity, but that those data sets and knowledge should...

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Member News

Funding Area

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Bloomberg Philanthropies

Research Funded By The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Leads To Passwords In Clothing

Release Date:

11/02/2017

... Gollakota has demonstrated a method for encoding digital data , including ID tags and security keys, into electrically ... then can be read out using magnetometers. A report on the data -weaving experiment was...

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Member News

Funding Area

Science

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

09 Mar 2022

New York City Workforce Funders Collaborative Quarterly Meeting

Wednesday, March 9, 2022 -

10:00am to 11:30am

... workforce development system. The lack of a comprehensive data infrastructure to track program outcomes has long been ... improving—the system. Indeed, the lack of a unified data system may hamstring efforts...

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Issue-Based

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Webinar/Teleconference

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All Funders

Topic(s)

Information Technology

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Funding Area

Workforce Development

Is Nonprofit Board Service Worth It? Reflections from a One-Time Skeptic

Release Date:

01/16/2014

... all heard the not-so-apocryphal-sounding stories of big corporate boards that were asleep at the wheel while ... non-endowed nonprofits face. And I joined just as the economy was in free fall. While I came to...

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Insights

Topic(s)

Governance

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Surdna Foundation

PNY's Policy Corner: What's on the Ballot in 2024?

Release Date:

10/30/2024

... and non-profit sectors. Watch the recording below! Resources What to Know About New York’s Six Ballot Measures ... NYC ballot questions would change the City Charter in big ways. Here’s how. (Gothamist, 10/23/...

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PNY News

Topic(s)

Public Policy

Wallace Foundation Study Shows Significant Progress In Building Stronger Principal Pipelines

Release Date:

10/31/2016

... At least half the students in each district are from low- income families. The Policy Studies Associates report details ... to demonstrate skills, creating talent pools and using data to match principals with...

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Member News

Funding Area

Education

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The Wallace Foundation

01 Aug 2018

On Shaky Ground: Stabilizing the Financial Security of Single Women - A Webinar Hosted by AFN

Wednesday, August 1, 2018 -

1:00pm to 2:00pm

... to home and business credit and other areas. Yet the data shows that many of these women are struggling ... the past, wealth inequality has been largely overlooked in income -focused discussions of women’s...