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Health Care Innovators Are Filmmakers and Farmers, Not Physicians, Insurers, Hospitals and Drug Companies

Release Date:

12/12/2016

... and Drug Companies by David Sandman, President and CEO, New York State Health Foundation Originally published on the ... Health Foundation. If you’re on a mission to improve people ’s health and to make our...

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New York Health Foundation

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25 Apr 2012

Navigating the Storm: Developing the Capacity to Manage Change

Wednesday, April 25, 2012 -

2:45pm to 5:00pm

Philanthropy New York, 79 Fifth Ave., 4th Floor, NYC.

... organizations to be creative and to do more with fewer resources . Yet, in a time of great uncertainty, leaders can ... will yield the greatest impact. Part of Philanthropy New York's Thought Leader Series...

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Tools & Strategies

12 Jul 2017

Foundation Administrators Network Brown Bag Lunch: Relationship Building and Networking for Success

Wednesday, July 12, 2017 -

12:30pm to 1:30pm

... opportunities, connecting with peers, sharing ideas and resources , influencing and mentoring, and so much more. ... Topics for discussion will include how and where to meet new people , how to...

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Roundtable Discussion

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HR & Operations Staff

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Communications

HR & Operations

As National Momentum Grows, Advocates’ Voices Ring Out On Capitol Hill

Release Date:

12/19/2012

... and Human Rights. The hearing room was packed with 260 people , and another 150 were in an overflow room watching a ... home communities. They had come from across the country— New York City, Philadelphia,...

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All Funders

18 Oct 2022

Keeping Your Cup Full: Practices for Self-Care and Cultural Agility

Tuesday, October 18, 2022 -

10:30am to 12:00pm

The past few years have demonstrated the value of being flexible and adaptable to societal changes and institutional shifts. At the same time, nonprofits and their funding partners are seeing and feeling the way this flexibility may come at a cost...

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Network Building

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Webinar/Teleconference

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All Funders

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30 Mar 2017

Artistic Activism: Connecting Social Activism and Artistic Practice

Thursday, March 30, 2017 -

9:00am to 12:30pm

... finding ways to use artistic practice for social activism New techniques and approaches in supporting grantees working ... Stephen Duncombe , Professor of Media and Culture, New York University Steve Lambert...

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Civic Engagement

Social Justice

Land Rights: From Awareness to Action; Ford Recognized For Long Support of Sustainable Development

Release Date:

12/14/2015

... emission reduction efforts. And the United Nations’ (UN) new Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), adopted in ...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Ford Foundation

Aetna Foundation Addresses Crucial Need for Localized Care

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07/26/2018

... Care The key to truly transforming care is reaching people where they live and work, in a manner that works best for them. Aetna recently launched a new program called Aetna Community Care, designed to provide...

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25 Jan 2012

All Children Matter: How Legal and Social Inequalities Hurt LGBT Families

Wednesday, January 25, 2012 -

7:30am to 11:00am

... that hurt lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people and families. To shine a light on this issue, LGBT, ... research can help to improve the lives of all families in NYC . Opportunities available...

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08 Oct 2013

Education Funders Research Initiative Launch Event and Panel Discussion

Tuesday, October 8, 2013 -

8:45am to 11:00am

Trinity Wall Street, 74 Trinity Place, 2nd Floor, NYC

... Initiative (EdFunders) is a project of Philanthropy New York supported by 16 funding organizations that have ... other private foundations have invested over $2 billion in New York City public school reform...

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Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Announces Freedom to Read: "Million Book Project" Brings Literature to 1,000 US Prisons

Release Date:

06/30/2020

... Book Project" Brings Literature to 1,000 US Prisons NEW YORK, June 30, 2020 – Following The Andrew W. Mellon ... the role of literature and libraries in the lives of people in prison. This marks the first...

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Mellon Foundation

Let’s Close the Gap on Mental Health for Good in 2023

Release Date:

02/16/2023

... health (Zimmerman 2020). There is an urgent need for resources and funding. Nowhere is that truer than in rural ... where there is only one psychiatrist for every 30,000 people (Capriotti et al 2020). Finding...

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Disaster Relief

The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust

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Words Matter: Changing from Funders of Women and Girls to Funders for Gender Equity

Release Date:

01/04/2017

... Equity by Jennifer Agmi, Director of Programs at the New York Women's Foundation The history of philanthropy is ... gender equity that takes into account women, girls, trans people , nonbinary gender...

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The New York Women's Foundation

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Gender Justice

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Musicians Foundation Celebrates Centennial Anniversary

Release Date:

12/18/2014

... as the Artistic Director for Jazz at Lincoln Center in NYC . Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Bobby Lopez are the ... Book of Mormon and Avenue Q. He is one of only twelve people who have won an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar...

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Appointments & Transitions

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Musicians Foundation

Noyes Foundation Promotes Buchanan, Montañez, and Zigbi to Program Directors

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01/02/2012

... Agriculture and Food Systems and also for EAT4Health, a new multi-funder partnership initiated by Noyes. The Jessie ... grantmaker dedicated to supporting the agency of affected people . Through a three-year...

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The New York Women's Foundation

Humanizing Immigration: The Role of COVID-19

Release Date:

06/17/2020

... Muzaffar Chishti was a panelist in Part 1 of Philanthropy New York's Humanizing Immigration Series. To listen to him ... family is ineligible. MPI estimates that 15.4 million people are excluded from the...

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Disaster Relief

Immigration

An Interview With Kavitha Mediratta, Executive Director of the Atlantic Fellows for Racial Equity Initiative Launched by Atlantic Philanthropies

Release Date:

02/14/2018

... Atlantic and before that led the education program at the New York Community Trust and directed school reform programs ... the idea of America as a place of opportunity for all people , and the way in which...

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The Atlantic Philanthropies

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Philanthropy Should Support Frontline Workers During Pandemic and Beyond - from Arabella Advisors

Release Date:

03/27/2020

... educators, food-system workers, and others. Few of these people signed up for jobs considered high risk, and none of ... In the longer term, grant makers should put philanthropic resources toward bolstering...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Arabella Advisors

Ford Foundation Funds Expansion of REACT to Film Educationl Programs

Release Date:

10/08/2014

... or semester-based course curriculum on Media Literacy and Civic Engagement , as well as professional development workshops and ... medium of documentary film and inspiring them to commit to civic...

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