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Hugh Hogan to Step Down as van Ameringen Foundation Executive Director to Launch Advisory Practice and to Become Senior Advisor to The Action Lab

Release Date:

03/24/2022

... to any individual, family or private foundation with resources to give.” Andrew Friedman, Senior Director of ... movement for the racial and economic justice that is so long overdue." The van Ameringen...

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van Ameringen Foundation

Cost of Health Care a Burden for Most U.S. Households

Release Date:

04/15/2014

... published by the Milbank Memorial Fund's Milbank Quarterly finds the cost of health care to be a burden for most U.S. ... at every income level and in every geographic area, finds a new study published in...

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Health

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Milbank Memorial Fund

Edna McConnell Clark Foundation Discusses the Difficulties of Evaluation

Release Date:

03/17/2015

Kelly Fitzsimmons, Chief Program and Strategy Officer, offers tips on how to get the most out of the evaluation process.

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Blue Meridian Partners, Inc.

Supported by Commonwealth Fund, Study Shows Diabetes, Depression Apps Are Failing the Usability Test

Release Date:

07/18/2016

... Apps Are Failing the Usability Test A new UCSF study finds that some of the most popular apps for diabetes, ... this week in the Journal of General Internal Medicine, finds that the apps aren’t easy to use,...

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Simons Foundation Continues Quest to Understand and Treat Autism on Both Ends of the Spectrum

Release Date:

07/19/2016

As a researcher, Dr. Ruth Ann Luna knows that subtyping autism—finding all the genetic variables that may lead to a diagnosis—is vital to improve care for Kellen and other autistic children.

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19 Nov 2015

Education Reform in Newark: Lessons for Philanthropy

Thursday, November 19, 2015 -

8:45am to 11:00am

On September 24, 2010, when Mark Zuckerberg joined Newark Mayor Cory Booker and New Jersey Governor Chris Christie on the stage of “The Oprah Winfrey Show” to announce his unprecedented gift of $100 million to transform Newark’s public schools, the...

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Children, Youth and Families

10 Sep 2019

Census 2020 Messaging Testing Results - A Webinar Series Hosted by FCCP

Tuesday, September 10, 2019 -

1:00pm to 2:00pm

The Funders Census Initiative is pleased to present a briefing on census messaging results in partnership with the Partnership for America's Children.

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Tools & Strategies

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Webinar/Teleconference

Target, General Mills, McKnight foundations top list of Minnesota grantmakers

Release Date:

10/30/2013

... Council on Foundations' Top 50 Minnesota Grantmakers report for 2012, reported the Star Tribune. The Target .....

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United Way Hires Top Marketer for Brand Makeover

Release Date:

04/29/2014

United Way hires top marketer for brand makeover, reports Chronicle of Philanthropy.

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Brooklynites' Greatest Hopes, Concerns Detailed in New Study by Brooklyn Community Foundation

Release Date:

11/05/2014

... in New Study by Brooklyn Community Foundation A new report curating six-months of interviews with everyday ... juvenile justice systems. The Brooklyn Insights Final Report , produced by the Brooklyn Community...

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Brooklyn Org

How Philanthropy Can Help Achieve the U.N. Sustainable Development Goals in the U.S.

Publication date:

07/2016

... philanthropy has an opportunity to make an impact. This report from the Council on Foundations examines how U.S. ... to the success of the goals in the United States. This report was published in conjunction with the SDG ...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Council on Foundations

Foundations as First Responders?

Release Date:

04/18/2013

We’re pleased to have Brooklyn Community Foundation President Marilyn Gelber share the lessons she’s learned about philanthropic response to disaster — lessons that enabled her to serve Brooklyn and its communities well following Hurricane Sandy.

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Insights

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Disaster Relief

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Brooklyn Org

Assemblyman Peter Lopez Picked as New EPA Regional Administrator

Release Date:

09/29/2017

State Assemblyman Peter Lopez will take over this weekend as the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's top official in a region that reaches from the Adirondacks to the storm-wracked Caribbean.

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Environment and Climate Change

Artists, Investors and Innovators Join Together to Launch Upstart Co-Lab

Release Date:

04/14/2016

... Upstart Co-Lab Rooted in the conviction that artists are social entrepreneurs and that a sustainable future depends on ... of artists, impact investors, philanthropic funders and social innovators today...

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Arts

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The Rockefeller Foundation

Mellon Foundation

JPMorgan Chase Expands Entrepreneurs of Color Fund to Drive Inclusive Economic Growth in South Bronx and San Francisco

Release Date:

02/13/2018

... funds. As part of JPMorgan Chase’s $150 million Small Business Forward program to help women, minority and veteran ... Bronx, with the goal of helping local minority-owned small business share in the growth of...

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Economic Security

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JPMorgan Chase & Co.

As Use of Libraries Grows, Government Support Has Eroded

Release Date:

01/08/2013

Compared to 21 other major American library systems, New York City's three public library systems receive less government support even as their circulation and attendance have increased, according to a new study funded by the Charles H. Revson...

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Public Policy

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Arts

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Charles H. Revson Foundation

Asharoken Storm Protection Project to Be Reviewed, Officials Say

Release Date:

08/29/2017

New York State officials will ask the Army Corps of Engineers to reopen a project to protect Asharoken that was abandoned earlier this year when federal and local officials couldn’t agree on terms, Rep. Thomas Suozzi said Monday.

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Philanthropy New York’s 42nd Annual Meeting - Looking Back, Moving Forward: A Time of Reckoning

... year's half-day conference will include a pre-conference business meeting, plenary sessions, and concurrent workshops to help to turn learning into action. Resources : Discussion Guide Please join us: June...