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Wallace Foundation Invests $30 Million to Strengthen Supervisors Of School Principals

Release Date:

06/24/2014

... the effectiveness of their principal supervisors so they can better work with principals to raise the quality of ... this new initiative will require districts to rethink how their central offices are...

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Education

Donations for Ebola Relief Efforts Are Slow to Take Off

Release Date:

10/20/2014

... Or it is harder for people to understand what their money can do to fight a disease with such a high mortality rate and ... and protective equipment will have any impact — or how those things will get where...

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Health

Charities Seek to Attract More Boomers as They Mull Retirement Plans

Release Date:

10/20/2014

... organizations are seeking to get them thinking about how to channel their money and other assets into ... application at the end of 2012. Using the free app, donors can direct grants from their smartphones on...

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Bank of America Charitable Foundation

RPA, Ford and MasterCard Support Bogata Convening on World Philanthropy

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03/12/2015

... of knowledge and data and identify opportunities around how philanthropy can engage in the evolving global development landscape. ...

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Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors

24 Feb 2016

The Art of Moving Research to Impact

Wednesday, February 24, 2016 -

2:45pm to 5:00pm

... of evidence-based decision-making, foundations have and can continue to play an important role in funding research to ... for impact raises a variety of questions, including: How risky should foundations be in...

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Casey Family Programs Announces Winner of the 2015 Casey Excellence for Children Award

Release Date:

05/21/2015

... The Center represents the kind of innovation that can change the national conversation about how we collectively ensure that all children are safe, loved ...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Fusion OpEd Makes Case for New York Times Buying Bloomberg

Release Date:

06/15/2015

... Bloomberg has the kind of rich-person problem most of us can barely dream of. Namely, how will he fulfil his commitment to give away his $37bn ...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies

New York Women's Foundation-Backed Report Sees Aging Immigrant Women as the 'Invisible Population'

Release Date:

07/08/2015

... the report. "Unless one stands in school yards to note how many grandmothers are picking up their grandchildren who depend on them, it can be all too easy to assume that these women are enjoying a .....

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Aging

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The New York Women's Foundation

UU Veatch's Molly Schultz Hafid joins NCRP's Board of Directors

Release Date:

09/25/2015

... of a recently published article in Foundation Review on how eliminating budgets can improve due diligence and increase the value of grants. ...

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Unitarian Universalist Veatch Program at Shelter Rock

NCRP Reviews New York Community Trust

Release Date:

04/13/2016

... according to the report, New York Community Trust: How Can This Equity Funder Rally Donors and Deepen Grassroots ...

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Hartford Foundation Study Gets Attention on ‘National Healthcare Decisions Day’

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04/18/2016

... putting aside the sorrow or awkwardness the conversation can trigger, said Dr. Dean Tsai, medical director and ... of physicians surveyed reported having formal training on how to talk to patients and families...

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NY Women’s Foundation President and City Council Speaker Announce $20M More for Young Women’s Initiative

Release Date:

05/16/2016

... policy experts and young women themselves – to inform how the City can transform the lives of young women and girls across the ...

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Gender Justice

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The New York Women's Foundation

09 Mar 2017

Equity, Inclusion, and Connecting with Community in Family Philanthropy - Webinar

Thursday, March 9, 2017 -

12:00pm to 1:30pm

... only.* What does inclusivity mean for family philanthropy? How can we promote diversity, community engagement, and openness ...

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Tools & Strategies

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

With Support from the Rockefeller Foundation, This New Orleans Neighborhood Is Fighting Flooding By Welcoming It

Release Date:

03/09/2017

... in 2017, the goal is to let water in—which paradoxically can reduce flooding. The plan was developed as part of the ... is that we really have to go back into history and learn how to live with water in a city...

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Environment and Climate Change

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The Rockefeller Foundation

Atlantic Philanthropies' Report Examines the Effectiveness of the Limited-life Approach

Release Date:

05/01/2017

... the capital and making more grants later — but how would we know, asks a report from the Atlantic ... scholars about the social value a philanthropic initiative can be estimated to generate — taking into...

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JPMorgan Chase’s Investment in Detroit to Reach $150 Million

Release Date:

05/11/2017

... in the city. "Detroit’s resurgence is a model for what can be accomplished when leaders work together to create ... will see Detroit’s comeback as a shining example of how to put aside differences and...

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Community Development

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CareConnect Pulling Out Of New York Insurance Market

Release Date:

08/28/2017

... individual and small group market, the latest evidence of how hard it can be for new companies to compete with legacy players in ...

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Health

Opinion: ‘Fair Share’ Reform – An Essential Step to Solving the City’s Homelessness Crisis

Release Date:

08/29/2017

... subways, closing Rikers, rescuing failing schools – it can seem like New York’s most insurmountable crises are ... and taking the path of least resistance. This isn’t how it’s always been in our city. When the...