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The Wallace Foundation Names New Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

Release Date:

12/16/2014

... accomplished senior manager who has proven her ability to help complex organizations manage efficiently and ... "Her broad knowledge, perspective and experience will help her play an important role as we...

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Brooklyn Community Foundation to Award $600,000 to Outstanding Local Organizations

Release Date:

03/31/2017

... to New York City’s largest borough—announces the return of its annual $100,000 Spark Prize for Brooklyn ... Committee members will be announced in May following the close of the online application. Brooklyn...

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Rockefeller Provides Capital for Start-Up Aiming to Increase Worker Savings

Release Date:

12/09/2015

... who charge 400% a year interest for a “payday loan” or help them to budget better, much less save for retirement. ... spreadsheet–just the sort of thing those in need of help wouldn’t use. But his idea morphed...

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Addressing Poverty Through Digital And Financial Literacy (Capital One)

Release Date:

01/07/2016

... Accelerator, the first national accelerator program and investment fund in the country focused on “civic ... innovative solutions around these two skills in order to help more people succeed in the digital...

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Capital One [Corporate]

Ms. Foundation For Women and New York Women's Foundation Take A Stand With Prosperity Together

Release Date:

11/14/2017

... women by donating to women’s foundations. With your help , we can help communities break the cycle of poverty,” said Teresa ...

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We’ve Been Here Before, But Now We Know Where We Are

Release Date:

11/17/2016

... “serve as a connector of people, institutions, ideas and resources , as well as a catalyst for advocacy and action for ... sexual orientation, economic status, physical ability, and gender as we draw from the...

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PNY News

Rockefeller Report Cited by Geena Davis at United Nations Convening

Release Date:

03/13/2015

... Davis on 12 March 2015 told a standing-room only event on gender and the media at the United Nations that the paucity ... Actor, who founded the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media, said the data from her...

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18 Jan 2017

Essential Skills and Strategies for New Grantmakers

Wednesday, January 18, 2017 (All day) to Friday, February 3, 2017 (All day)

... skills that bring greater clarity regarding their role and help build self-awareness of their unique contributions ... methods used in philanthropy Recognize variables that help or hinder capacity to maximize...

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Atlantic Philanthropies' Report Examines the Effectiveness of the Limited-life Approach

Release Date:

05/01/2017

... premise that if a foundation’s grants generate a social return , and that return compounds at a higher rate than its financial assets ... — and whether, considering social utility, rates of return...

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16 Mar 2015

Food Systems and Movements

Monday, March 16, 2015 -

2:45pm to 5:00pm

... recording here . The modern food system, dominated by global monopolies, has been shaped by the privatization of ... of corporate capital— leading to the highest levels of global inequality in economic history...

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16 Nov 2023

Paying it Back and Paying it Forward: The Uses and Impact of PRI - A Webinar Hosted by SeaChange

Thursday, November 16, 2023 -

4:00pm to 5:30pm

... Thomas Yu , Executive Director, Asian Americans for Equality John MacIntosh (Moderator), Managing Partner, ...

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Tools & Strategies

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Animal Groups Unite to Improve Post-Disaster Philanthropy

Release Date:

04/17/2015

... groups and animal response teams who were called upon to help pet owners and animals in crisis. The dire need was ...

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Animal Welfare

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ASPCA

New York Life Foundation Supports Creation of The Speaking Grief Project at WPSU Penn State

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01/27/2020

... Penn State UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — When someone dies, a gap is created in the lives of those who loved that person, ... York Life Foundation to WPSU Penn State will be used to help change that by opening a...

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05 Dec 2018

The Make or Break Moment: Blending Capacity Building and Capital for Change

Wednesday, December 5, 2018 -

9:00am to 11:00am

... like their for-profit counterparts, require regular investment in research and development, in their buildings, ... capacity-building. Hear from funders about their investment strategies and nonprofit leaders...

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Happy Holidays: PNY's Year with You

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12/15/2023

Holiday banner option 2.png As the year comes to a close , the Philanthropy New York team sends its warmest ... the “voice” of disenfranchised immigrants.. We discuss opportunities for thought partnership and...

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Surdna Foundation Appoints Melissa D’Arienzo, Miguel A. Santana, and Ommeed Sathe to its Board

Release Date:

12/16/2022

... , a fifth-generation Andrus family member, is a Global Director for Channel Sales at LinkedIn, where she ... is Head of Strategy at Lafayette Square, an impact investment firm. Previously, he was Head of...

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State of Safety for Asian American and Pacific Islander Women in the US: New Report by The National Asian Pacific American Women's Forum, in Partnership With The Korean American Community Foundation &Asian American Foundation Forum

Release Date:

03/03/2022

... should act on that understanding by investing more resources in the communities most impacted by this hate. ...

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Warhol Foundation Comes Through Again for Texas Arts Orgs

Release Date:

07/11/2018

The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts has announced that it will award $3.6 million to forty-two cultural organizations as part of its spring 2018 grant cycle, reports Artforum. Among the grantees are three Texas arts organizations.