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Essential Skills and Strategies for Program Officers

... and recognize the myriad ways they can contribute to social change. The “science” of philanthropy: ... The Rockefeller Foundation Alli Jernow, Vice President, Social Justice, Arcus Foundation Carolyn Peters ,...

Remember! You’ve Got Friends

Release Date:

07/30/2018

... philanthropic support for research in the humanities and social sciences. This approach can be applied to all manner ... the scholar and the winning proposal, as well as through social media, e-newsletters,...

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

Philanthropy New York's 43rd Annual Meeting - Purpose as Compass: A Recap

... It was a moment to pause and ask ourselves: What desired social outcome serves as my compass, and how can I hold on to ... and those who are the collected and better understand our responsibility to listen and...

The New York Women’s Foundation Celebrates Six Outstanding Women Leaders of Queens

Release Date:

09/27/2016

... contributions to community and their work promoting social change. More than 200 people attended the dinner ... of Queens, each in her own way a tireless advocate for social justice. We thank Martha Baker,...

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Advocacy Group Supporting NYC Pre-K Expansion Raised $1.76 Million

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07/15/2014

... Hen Group LLC In another news article, Crain's New York Business reports that the grant from AFT, the parent union of .....

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Rockefeller Family Fund

Patrina Foundation Supports Adaptive Sports Foundation’s 2018 Warriors in Motion Program

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06/15/2018

The Adaptive Sports Foundation (ASF) in Windham announces the businesses and foundations that will join the family of companies and donors providing support for Warriors in Motion® summer 2018 programming.

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The Patrina Foundation

A Decade of Impact: Bloomberg LP Improves Energy Efficiency by 45%

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04/11/2019

... Energy Efficiency by 45% Bloomberg LP’s sustainable business practices have improved the company’s energy ... according to the company’s 10 th annual Impact Report released today. Bloomberg is on target to...

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Bloomberg LP

09 Sep 2025

Evolving Your Family Philanthropy: Bold Transparency - A Webinar Hosted by NCFP

Tuesday, September 9, 2025 -

2:00pm to 3:00pm

... partners? The annual Trust in Nonprofits and Philanthropy Report showed that 57 percent of Americans trust the ... sector—much higher than the government, media, or the business sector. Yet, only 33 percent...

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Nathan Cummings Foundation Welcomes Equity-and-Justice Advocate Kavita N. Ramdas As President and CEO

Release Date:

09/01/2021

... for women’s rights. Ramdas also founded a program on social entrepreneurship at Stanford University and worked to ... record as a passionate, transformational, and effective social justice leader and manager...

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Afua Atta-Mensah, Executive Director of Community Voices Heard, Says "Basebuilding is a Contact Sport"

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06/22/2017

Afua Atta-Mensah, Executive Director of Community Voice Heard, tells funders in this PHIL Talk that "basebuilding is a contact sport... change movements are built by a small cadre of people."

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PhilTalks

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William T. Grant Foundation Awards Three Year Grant to Cornell University to Study Opioid Use in Rural Upstate New York

Release Date:

04/11/2018

... under the grant, and will bring expertise in poverty and social policy to the project... William T. Grant Foundation ...

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Children, Youth and Families

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William T. Grant Foundation

Ford Foundation Provides Initial Funding for Black Feminist Fund

Release Date:

03/25/2021

... led to brainstorming an idea to move significant resources “unapologetically” to Black feminists. “We ... that was so meaningful to us—why is it difficult to get resources for this kind of movement work,...

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Social Justice

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Ford Foundation

The Future of ‘Zipcode as Destiny': Three Scenarios

Release Date:

01/14/2016

... and inequity, such as racial discrimination, inadequate social services, and poor quality jobs—greatly influences ... CloudFactory, which has a both a financial and social bottom line—don’t offer clear ladders...

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Economic Security

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The Rockefeller Foundation

Young Men of Color Initiative Details Its Investments

Release Date:

03/03/2015

... policy and programmatic efforts are chronicled in a new report titled Investments for Change, which provides selected ... color. "Though the philanthropic sector has a decades- long history of supporting...

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Community Development

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Open Society Foundations

The Atlantic Philanthropies

In Memoriam: James McConnell Clark of Edna McConnell Clark Foundation

Release Date:

11/04/2015

... The Edna McConnell Clark Foundation is sad to report that its Trustee Emeritus, James “Jim” McConnell ... Jim graduated from Cornell University in 1944. He had a long and successful career in finance that...

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Blue Meridian Partners, Inc.

Westchester Community Foundation Names Tara Seeley as New Program Officer

Release Date:

02/02/2016

... colleagues in this dynamic county.” Seeley’s career- long commitment to the nonprofit sector includes roles in ... in the Center for Effective Philanthropy’s research report , "Working with Grantees: Keys...

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Research Supported by The Helmsley Charitable Trust Grant Provides New Insight Into Neurological Disorders

Release Date:

04/17/2018

... and therapeutic purposes, these model systems are still a long way from representing the complexity of the brain. Scientists from the Salk Institute report a new approach that can develop more sophisticated ...

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The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust

Funded By Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, Field Study Looks At Chemistry Of Indoor Home Environments

Release Date:

06/18/2018

... what role they may play in human health. The month- long project incorporates measurements from more than 15 ...

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Atlantic Philanthropies Shares Its Top Ten Lessons Learned in Hindsight

Release Date:

06/19/2018

... from the mistakes of others. You can’t possibly live long enough to make them all yourself.” It’s in that ...

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The Atlantic Philanthropies

With Support From the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, MIT Mathematicians Solve Age-Old Spaghetti Mystery

Release Date:

08/15/2018

... to describe the forces at work when spaghetti — and any long , thin rod — is bent. They found that when a stick is ... of the National Academy of Sciences, researchers report that they have found a way to break...

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