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What Is Effective Philanthropy?

Release Date:

06/05/2019

... explicitly serve these needs — either by funding programming to enhance one or all of these specific areas, or ... solutions to common problems has helped us become better grant makers and improve our own work...

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Technology

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Siegel Family Endowment

'Dreamer’ Plan That Aided 800,000 Immigrants Is Threatened

Release Date:

08/28/2017

... Aided 800,000 Immigrants Is Threatened Jessica Rojas beat poverty to put herself through engineering college, where she ...

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Immigration

Leon Levy Foundation Promotes Three Managers

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02/08/2016

... Controller Justine Koch, who has added the title of Human Resources Manager; and Meredith Ross, Grants Manager and ... & Manager of Special Projects, Ms. Ross administers grant - making at...

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Education

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Leon Levy Foundation

20 Sep 2012

Money and Politics: The Impact of Citizens United on the 2012 Presidential Election

Thursday, September 20, 2012 -

8:30am to 10:45am

The Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision has fundamentally altered the strategy and structure of elections and electioneering in the United States. Early evidence suggests that spending on the 2012 election will easily surpass the $3 billion...

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Simons Foundation Supports CUNY Graduate Center to Diversify Astrophysics Education

Release Date:

02/09/2022

... have shown the benefits of diversity in STEM fields, but making the science, technology, engineering, and math fields ... programs as well as STEM careers. Thanks to a $4 million grant from the Simons...

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The Simons Foundation

21 Feb 2012

Improving Internal Practices in Philanthropy

Tuesday, February 21, 2012 -

1:00pm to 3:30pm

Webinar

... and administration at the Irvine Foundation will present case studies on strategies for effective performance ...

Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Announces Nine Winners of the Physician Scientist Fellowship

Release Date:

10/10/2019

... to award these nine Physician Scientist Fellows with the resources they need to advance their careers and make ... at $110,000 per year, a total of $220,000 for the entire grant term, and will work under the...

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Health

Science

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Doris Duke Foundation

Leaving Rikers: What the New York Women's Foundation Is Doing for Women in New York City's Worst Jail

Release Date:

04/09/2019

The New York Women’s Foundation (NYWF) created a Justice Fund in 2018 to address mass incarceration and its effects on women, girls and transgender and gender nonconforming communities in New York City.

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The New York Women's Foundation

Improving the Accuracy of Wikipedia’s Medical Information

Release Date:

01/06/2015

... the New York State Health Foundation awarded a $176,670 grant , uniquely qualified to undertake this project. First, ... has relationships with numerous medical societies, making the focus of the Wikipedia...

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Health

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New York Health Foundation

13 Oct 2020

Housing and Homelessness Narrative Change: From Research to Action - A Webinar Hosted by Funders Together to End Homelessness

Tuesday, October 13, 2020 - 3:00pm

... requires compelling and values-based messaging to make the case . We have heard over and over that we need to “shift ...

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Tools & Strategies

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Webinar/Teleconference

Audience

All Funders

Topic(s)

Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

30 Mar 2012

New York State's Health IT strategies

Friday, March 30, 2012 -

10:00am to 11:00pm

... has been deployed through several rounds of competitive grant funding that emphasizes community-level ... assess population health, program planning, and directing resources for interventions. The development...

United Way of New York City Announces Grace C. Bonilla, Esq. as the New President and CEO

Release Date:

05/23/2022

... into that role after leading the New York City Human Resources Administration, as the Administrator of the largest ... she led a team that developed programs designed to combat poverty and income inequality...

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Appointments & Transitions

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United Way of New York City

12 Nov 2015

I Didn’t Know You Could Do That With a Family Foundation

Thursday, November 12, 2015 -

2:45pm to 5:00pm

Learn about how your family foundation can move beyond basic grantmaking, from grants to non-charities, scholarships, and international grants, to program-related investments (PRIs), and even advocacy and policy engagement.

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Professional Development

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Roundtable Discussion

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Topic(s)

Finance & Asset Management

Governance

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Funding Area

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Location

New York City

25 Jan 2018

Essential Skills and Strategies for New Grantmakers

Thursday, January 25, 2018 (All day) to Friday, February 9, 2018 (All day)

... variables that help or hinder capacity to maximize grant impact Apply reflective practice in their philanthropy ... (i.e., CEO and/or Board, grantees) Assessment of grant performance and evaluation of...

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Workshop

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All Funders

Program Staff

Topic(s)

Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

Weinberg Foundation Approves $500,000 in Emergency Funding to Those Affected by Hurricane Irma in Florida

Release Date:

09/27/2017

... Irma, the Weinberg Foundation has approved emergency grant funding totaling $500,000 to support five organizations ... Duval, Collier, Palm Beach, and Broward counties: Senior Resources Alliance (SRA) ($150,...

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Member News

Funding Area

Disaster Relief

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation

A Letter from Ronna Brown

Release Date:

05/28/2020

... fall programs, we had to decide whether to continue programming virtually for the remainder of 2020. We will. To ... funding projects around the corner or across the globe. Making our decision now affords us...

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President's Message

PNY News

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Renewing Philanthropy's Commitment to Local Journalism

Release Date:

01/06/2020

... are increasingly diversifying, and individual donors are making up larger proportions of revenue. State and local ... its own local news ecosystems to make the most of limited resources . Journalistic...

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Insights

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Funding Area

Communications/Media

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Charles H. Revson Foundation

25 Jan 2012

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

Wednesday, January 25, 2012 -

7:30am to 11:00am

For the first time ever, the All Children Matter report gives a voice to the more than 2 million children in the United States who have, to varying degrees, become collateral damage after decades of ideology, laws, and policies that hurt lesbian,...

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Issue-Based

21 Oct 2013

Sandy Bus Tour Site Visit – The Rockaways and Long Beach, L.I.

Monday, October 21, 2013 -

9:00am to 5:00pm

... ways groups responded and built capacity despite limited resources . Lunch – provided by a local business ...

How Foundations Can Be the Risk Takers They Want to Be

Release Date:

06/25/2014

... to a nonprofit executive director describe to a group of grant makers and nonprofit peers the innovative hires and new ... but laughed in our faces when we suggested that to be the case . Based on what seemed...

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Insights

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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

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Arcus Foundation

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