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MetLife Foundation and Sesame Workshop Launch 'Dream, Save, Do' to Support Financial Empowerment

Release Date:

09/14/2016

... MetLife Foundation and Sesame Workshop, the nonprofit educational organization behind Sesame Street, announced the ... Japan’s local school network and is intended to help children , and the adults in their...

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Children, Youth and Families

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MetLife

In Harlem, These Elders Devote Their Golden Years to Improving Local Schools

Release Date:

09/15/2017

... also organizes an annual event for seniors to read to children in Harlem schools, as well as monthly visits to ...

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Aging

Education

Philanthropy New York 36th Annual Meeting

... I would focus on girls’ education, maternal health, youth empowerment and employment… I could do a lot, and can ... over-emphasis on measurable outcomes at the expense of learning the intricacies of complex...

Autism at Work: How the Simons Foundation is Expanding Efforts of Inclusion in the Workplace

Release Date:

03/10/2020

... there have been improvements in early intervention and educational support for people with autism, their employment ... as well. The employee’s direct manager, human resources staff, and the employees who will...

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The Simons Foundation

09 Nov 2021

Social Impact Exchange 2021: The Systems Summit 2021

Tuesday, November 9, 2021 - 11:30am to Wednesday, November 10, 2021 - 4:00pm

... wealth managers and philanthropy advisors interested in learning about innovative methods to support high-impact nonprofits in education, youth development, poverty alleviation, health and impact ...

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Tools & Strategies

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Webinar/Teleconference

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All Funders

Topic(s)

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Edna McConnell Clark Foundation Discusses the Difficulties of Evaluation

Release Date:

03/17/2015

... or have completed rigorous evaluation. Just as every youth -serving organization or program is unique, so every ...

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Evaluation

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Blue Meridian Partners, Inc.

Reflections on Launching a Philanthropic Fund in Six Months

Release Date:

09/19/2019

... drive our efforts, for instance, orienting the work to learning and committing to transparency. These and other ... in the immigrant integration field. Lesson 3: Prioritize learning . The WES Mariam Assefa Fund...

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World Education Services / WES Mariam Assefa Fund

MasterCard Foundation Initiative to Bring Economic Opportunities to Rural East Africa

Release Date:

03/17/2015

... young people in rural East Africa. Building on the success of their Strengthening Rural Youth Development through Enterprise (STRYDE) program, the ... address the significant problem of unemployed or unengaged...

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International/Foreign Affairs

Workforce Development

14 Sep 2012

Social Justice on the Streets: New Developments Around "Stop-and-Frisk" and Discriminatory Policing

Friday, September 14, 2012 -

8:45am to 11:30am

... amongst those who organize communities of color, youth , immigrants, LGBT people, people who are homeless, ... and in collaboration with Funders Collaborative for Youth Organizing , Funders’ Committee for Civic...

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Issue-Based

13 Sep 2017

Food Distribution and Infrastructure in the South Bronx

Wednesday, September 13, 2017 -

9:30am to 3:30pm

... home of their planned regional food hub A showcase by Youth Ministries for Peace & Justice of the newly planted ... funders, especially in health, community development, children and youth...

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New York Life Foundation Awards Grief Reach Grant to Mount Auburn Hospital in Cambridge, MA

Release Date:

12/03/2019

... Care and Hospice HEARTplay program, an award-winning, free children ’s bereavement program that uses the creative arts to help children and teens cope with the illness or death of a loved ... HEARTplay will...

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Health

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New York Life Foundation

Fund for 2025 Testimonials

... infrastructure to do the essential work of convening and learning . We believe that a contribution to PNY’s Fund for ... problem solving, we know that when we combine our grant resources with knowledge building...

Pinkerton Elects Daniel Mosley as New Chair

Release Date:

02/17/2017

... development, career readiness, cultural enrichment and youth leadership. Pinkerton also supports a number of ...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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The Pinkerton Foundation

Century Foundation Quoted in Article on School Desegregation Lawsuit

Release Date:

01/27/2016

... in St. Paul, Minnesota. Determined to provide his five children with a quality education, he and his wife were able ... they would likely be unable to send their three younger children to integrated...

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Member News

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Education

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The Century Foundation

Foundations as the "Brain Trust" for City Officials

Release Date:

04/15/2014

... the funder community just as a checkbook, though financial resources are obviously important. I really see you all as my ... . So she fully understands the multiple values and resources funders bring. That...

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PNY News

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Public Policy

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Doris Duke Foundation

08 Mar 2017

Achieving Equity…How Exactly?

Wednesday, March 8, 2017 -

9:00am to 11:30am

... internally and training staff Specific changes in human resources , investment, governance and other functions that ... Samantha Gilbert , Vice President, Talent and Human Resources , Ford Foundation Edgar...

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Professional Development

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HR & Operations Staff

Senior Management

Topic(s)

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

HR & Operations

Funding Area

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

13 May 2013

TED: Media As A Catalyst for Ideas and Community

Monday, May 13, 2013 -

2:45pm to 5:00pm

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

Founded nearly three decades ago as a conference forum for spreading ideas, TED has since evolved and grown into an organization with worldwide media reach and ongoing initiatives in translation, education, science and the environment. The TED model...

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Issue-Based

01 Apr 2014

Advocacy and Policy Communications: Where Does Social Media Fit In?

Tuesday, April 1, 2014 -

2:45pm to 5:00pm

Effective advocacy communications today means successful navigation of social media. It isn’t just Twitter, Facebook and other new distribution channels; blogs, webcasts, digital services, and other innovative technologies offer immense potential...