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NYCT Announces Finalists for 2015 Nonprofit Excellence Awards

Release Date:

10/13/2015

... lives lost by restoring hope and dignity and offering opportunities for health and self-sufficiency. • ... competent organizational practices; enlightened human resources ; model IT practices;...

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The New York Community Trust

The Clark Foundation

Ford Foundation

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

... for decades, failing to produce adequate full-time job opportunities for the communities that need them the most,” ... partnering with employers including Asian Americans for Equality and Star Hospitality...

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Children, Youth and Families

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The Heckscher Foundation for Children

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

... and self distributor Insights into TED’s successful global crowdsourcing effort to translate TED Talks into 98 ... crowdsourcing of the Open Translation Project and the global viral expansion of the brand with...

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Karen Davis Named to Lead Lipitz Center at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

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12/03/2012

After serving two decades as President of The Commonwealth Fund, Karen Davis, Ph.D., is returning to the Johns Hopkins University, where she previously chaired the Department of Health Policy and Management at the Bloomberg School of Public Health.

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The Commonwealth Fund

NY Community Trust, Mellon, Ford Among Supports of New York Live Arts 2017-2018 Season

Release Date:

07/03/2017

... one founded in empathy, with the goal of providing opportunities for artistic expression and a safe place for ...

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Arts

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Ford Foundation

Mellon Foundation

The New York Community Trust

Bloomberg Philanthropies-Supported Criminal Justice Mentorship Program Scales across Country

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05/02/2018

With grants from Bloomberg Philanthropies and oversight from the Mayor's Office for Economic Opportunity, the Department of Probation funded 19 community-based organizations to hire mentors for people ages 16 to 24

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Justice Reform

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Bloomberg Philanthropies

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

Release Date:

06/15/2018

... activity, wellness education, and mentorship/leadership opportunities . This extensive veteran program works with U.S. ...

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The Patrina Foundation

15 Nov 2016

School Discipline is Changing. For the Better?

Tuesday, November 15, 2016 -

12:00pm to 2:00pm

Kavitha Mediratta, Chief Strategy Advisor for Equality Initiatives and Human Capital Development at The ... Presenters Kavitha Mediratta , Chief Strategy Advisor for Equality Initiatives and Human Capital...

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Richard D. Parsons Elected Next Chair of The Rockefeller Foundation Board; David Rockefeller Jr. To Step Down At End of Five Year Term

Release Date:

10/29/2015

... and resilience. I am profoundly honored to be asked to help lead this organization going forward. We have a great ...

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The Rockefeller Foundation

18 Jan 2024

Quarterly Meeting of the New York City Workforce Funders Collaborative

Thursday, January 18, 2024 -

9:30am to 11:00am

... the scale of infrastructure jobs on the horizon; and opportunities to align pathways to high-quality ... The role of pre-apprenticeship and apprenticeship pathways Opportunities for the public and...

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Workforce Development

Why Should Your Foundation Continue to Exist?

Release Date:

04/14/2014

The idea of time-limiting foundations seems to be gaining more traction. As counterpoint, a recent Philanthropy New York program asked: “What Is the Case for Foundations Living in Perpetuity?”

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Insights

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The Communications Network

James Short Named Program Director for Teaching and Human Capital Management at Carnegie Corp.

Release Date:

02/09/2016

Carnegie Corporation of New York has named James Short to the position of Program Director of the foundation's Teaching and Human Capital Management portfolio of grants. He will join the Corporation on April 11.

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

Supported By The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, The National Alliance for Audition Support Looks to Increase Diversity in Orchestras

Release Date:

04/18/2018

... on Wednesday that they are joining forces to try to help more African-American and Hispanic musicians audition ... of trained musicians to blind auditions, which helped with gender equity but make it harder...

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Mellon Foundation

24 Sep 2014

IFIP World Summit on Indigenous Philanthropy

Wednesday, September 24, 2014 (All day) to Friday, September 26, 2014 (All day)

... fostering cultivation of funding partnerships and drawing global attention to the importance of Indigenous ... and dynamic workshop sessions highlighting the most urgent global issues of our time, including...

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Environment and Climate Change

Five Questions for Pamela Shifman, Executive Director, NoVo Foundation

Release Date:

04/01/2016

... and Peter Buffett that has long worked in the U.S. and Global South, last week announced a $90 million commitment to ... Shifman, the foundation's executive director, about the investment , the structural...

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Gender Justice

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NoVo Foundation

Rockefeller Foundation Launches Conversation-for-Action Series, Insight Dialogues

Release Date:

04/28/2016

... live event and digital content series focused on sparking global conversations and action around the most pressing ... share highlights and learnings from the dialogues with a global audience. "Convening...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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The Rockefeller Foundation

Tokyo Joins Bloomberg Philanthropies’ Partnership for Healthy Cities

Release Date:

12/12/2019

... from 54 to 70. The Partnership for Healthy Cities is a global network of cities, each committed to achieving one of ... road traffic crashes, together cause an estimated 80% of global deaths each year...

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Health

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Bloomberg Philanthropies

Rockefeller Brothers Fund Increases Spending to Seize ‘Hinge Moment in History’

Release Date:

06/30/2020

... democracy, and generate new economic thinking to address global climate change and inequity, as well as to maintain ... of expected market volatility. “This is a moment of global pandemic and civic tension...

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Rockefeller Brothers Fund

The Conrad N. Hilton Foundation Announces Homeboy Industries as the 2020 Recipient of the Annual Humanitarian Prize

Release Date:

08/03/2020

... , SHOFCO , icddr,b and The Task Force for Global Health , selected by an independent, international ... its community-led approach has spawned and supported a global network of over 300 organizations. Homeboy...