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Funders’ Network for Smart Growth and Livable Communities (TFN) Announces Applications for 2017 Class

Release Date:

10/27/2016

... designed for professionals in philanthropy. This year- long fellowship program will offer coaching, tools, ... decisions in ways that are responsive to the needs and assets of low-income neighborhoods and...

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RFPs Etc

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Open Society Foundations Announce Inaugural Soros Arts Fellows

Release Date:

05/09/2018

... engaged art project over the next 18 months. With a long history of supporting arts and culture to advance social change, the ... resistance movement against the privatization of natural resources...

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Open Society Foundations

Random Reflections By A New Author

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05/24/2010

... of why there needs to be 45,000 private foundations with assets under $1,000,000 when donor-advised funds or supporting organizational structures could achieve the same ... become easier, and the distance...

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Newly Created Heckscher Foundation Workforce Development Grants Aim to Create More Than 1,100 Full-Time Jobs in New York

Release Date:

07/19/2023

... in New York State. The Heckscher Foundation Challenge is providing $7.6 million in grant funding to 20 colleges, ... help many more fellows rebuild their lives, beginning with long - term ,...

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Children, Youth and Families

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The Heckscher Foundation for Children

Philanthropy As “Invisible Aid”

Release Date:

08/31/2009

... and poorly articulated. Some profiles did show foundations supporting research and basing their work on the results of ... Too often, philanthropy retains the same short- term horizon that afflicts business...

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Caroline Kennedy Joins Carnegie Corporation of New York Board of Trustees

Release Date:

03/09/2018

... in helping to lead the Corporation’s work.” "I have long admired the work of Carnegie Corporation of New York, ... the U.S.-Japan alliance. Kennedy in also known for supporting the economic empowerment of...

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

Here's How to End the Culture of Sexual Harassment

Release Date:

01/16/2018

... to the environment, being family-friendly and supporting employee health. It should not be difficult to ... last year. Although the trajectory is positive, there is a long way to go. Women should be on every...

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Westchester Community Foundation Awards $308,500 in Grants to 15 Nonprofits

Release Date:

07/01/2021

... one of the largest community foundations in the U.S., with assets of approximately $3 billion. Westchester ...

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The Westchester Community Foundation

The Spend-Out/Perpetuity Distraction…and the Merger Option

Release Date:

02/08/2010

... the Charles E. Culpeper Foundation (over $200 million in assets ) merged with the Rockefeller Brothers Fund (approximately $460 million in assets ). In June 2006, Warren Buffett pledged what was then ...

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14 Jul 2016

Social Movements for Good: Family Philanthropy Fuels Change - Webinar

Thursday, July 14, 2016 -

12:00pm to 1:30pm

... the core of society -- raising awareness about issues and providing a voice for those that are often not heard. These ... in the idea that individuals can band together and combine resources to make an issue...

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Family Foundation

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Banks that Actually Serve Communities, What a Novel Idea

Release Date:

07/08/2014

... most of their money by producing any tangible goods or providing people with necessary services. Furthermore, a very ... these campaigns will require a lot of staff time and resources . We will need veteran...

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The Nathan Cummings Foundation

Roosevelt Institute

Ford Foundation's Darren Walker, One of Rolling Stones 25 People Shaping the Future

Release Date:

11/22/2017

... Shaping the Future The nation's major philanthropies have long operated by noblesse oblige, seeking to blunt the sharp .....

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Ford Foundation

UJA-Federation of New York's CEO Writes Letter About AHCA to NY's Congressional Delegation

Release Date:

03/24/2017

... 100 years, UJA-Federation of New York has been a leader in providing help to our cities’ most vulnerable. Propelled by ... stemming from both our Jewish values and our experience in supporting a vast network...

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Health

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UJA-Federation of New York

Westchester Community Foundation Launches the Westchester COVID-19 Response Fund

Release Date:

03/23/2020

... address the most pressing basic needs—immediate, short term , and long - term —of our most vulnerable Westchester residents. It ... proud to join the Westchester Community Foundation in ...

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A Green Bond Primer: Overview of a Rapidly Evolving Market

Release Date:

10/10/2017

Responsible investment means incorporating environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors into investment decisions to generate sustainable returns and better manage risk.

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Environment and Climate Change

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The Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation Welcomes Marianna Schaffer, Vice President of Programs and Jennene Tierney, Vice President of People, Culture, Equity

Release Date:

01/11/2021

... to center racial justice and equity and direct resources and trust in new ways. I am thrilled to be grounded ... Culture, and Equity to oversee the Foundation's human resources , culture building and...

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

Release Date:

12/12/2016

... in New York and beyond. The Center provides research, resources , and technical assistance to developers, designers, ... neighborhood than it was to get healthy food. Committed to providing good food for their...

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Doris Duke Teams Up With Chicago's Stomping Grounds Dance Festival

Release Date:

04/29/2016

STOMPING GROUNDS is made possible by major support from the Chicago Free For All Fund atThe Chicago Community Trust, Engaging Dance Audiences funded by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, and Joyce Chelberg with additional funding from the...