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Wallace Foundation Launches 'Building New Audiences for Sustainability' Initiative

Release Date:

04/16/2015

... A frequent scapegoat is the lack of arts education in the schools , which implies that if people were only better educated, they would love these art forms — despite ...

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Arts

Community Development

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The Wallace Foundation

Surdna Foundation Funds Exhibit Mapping 150 Years of Activism in New Orleans

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01/05/2018

... From an early attempt to integrate New Orleans’ public schools during Reconstruction to an 1892 strike of more than 25,000 union workers pushing for better working conditions, the stories elevate often ...

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Arts

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Surdna Foundation

Centering Racial Equity for Generational Impact

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06/24/2021

... Specifically, the report identifies “foundation leader attitudes and practices” as two variables that ... with grantees. We have learned that simply knowing better is not enough to do better...

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

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Our Commitments

Release Date:

06/04/2020

... work Philanthropy New York has undertaken to deepen our learning , embed racial analysis into PNY programming and ... examining our missteps and making a commitment to do better . It means that on our journey to...

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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

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Social Justice

Grants to Individuals: Investing in People and Their Communities

Publication date:

09/2008

In this GrantCraft guide, grantmakers talk about the rigors and rewards of investing in people. Learn how to design and manage a grants-to-individuals program, including developing a theory of change, using the right funding mechanism, and finding the right people to support.

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Report

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Evaluation

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Community Development

Using Competitions and RFPs: Requests for Proposals

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12/2004

... goals, communicate with wider audiences, create a learning community, and find ways to work with those who are ...

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Grants Managers

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Evaluation

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When Projects Flounder: Coming to the Rescue When Good Grants Go Astray

Publication date:

11/2004

What warning signs might alert you that a project is floundering? In this guide, grant makers recount their experiences with troubled projects and tell how they responded - or how they wish they'd responded. With the benefit of hindsight, veterans describe what they learned and offer advice on the most effective and timely way to handle distress signal.

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Report

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Grants Managers

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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

In Time Magazine, Ford’s Walker Says Giving Back Is a Birthright

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06/30/2016

... virtue, dating at least to the dawn of religious teaching . Philanthropy as we understand it today, however, is ...

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The Fight Over Immigrants and Refugees Is Going to Intensify. Here's What Foundations Need to Do

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03/06/2018

... directly impacted and by the nonprofits working with them. Schools must shore up supports and ensure a safe and inclusive learning environment for all students. Local governments must ...

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Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees

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Immigration

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Autism at Work: How the Simons Foundation is Expanding Efforts of Inclusion in the Workplace

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03/10/2020

... as well. The employee’s direct manager, human resources staff, and the employees who will be working with ... autism spectrum have not worked for pay since leaving high school , so a paid internship is an...

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

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HR & Operations

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The Simons Foundation

Philanthropy Must Prioritize Democracy Beyond Election Day

Release Date:

11/17/2020

... of Medicine and Dentistry, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School . William Watterson is director of Galaxy Gives, the ...

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Sample Job Descriptions: Controller

Publication date:

08/2013

... on PNY's Jobs Board . We update our sample job description resources as we post new positions on our site. Sample Job .....

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HR & Operations Staff

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HR & Operations

Brooklyn Community Foundation Adds Four Members to Board of Directors

Release Date:

05/24/2017

... joined the department upon graduation from Columbia Law School . After serving 8 years as General Counsel, she was ... including the University of Chicago, the Brooklyn Museum, Resources for Children With...

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Meet DaLyah Jones, the new Program Officer of the Racial Equity in Journalism Fund at Borealis Philanthropy

Release Date:

03/22/2022

... So that means ensuring that grantees have enough resources and access to capacity building, ensuring folks are ... and Manami. I haven’t been here long, but I’m already learning so much and continue to be...

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Sloan Foundation Among Funders of New Report Outlining Research Agenda for Microbiomes, Indoor Environments, And Human Health

Release Date:

08/16/2017

... in the report are spaces such as homes, offices, and schools --the places where people spend most of their time. ... operation, and maintenance. Once these associations are better understood, the report says,...

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Health

Science

Palette Fund Helps Launch TRUTH Campaign to Spur Storytelling Movement for Trans Youth

Release Date:

08/05/2015

... three years ago, my wife and I had a hard time finding resources around trans issues and instead saw a lot of stigma ... from the Palette Fund, will roll out more videos and resources over the coming months,...

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Children, Youth and Families

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LGBTQ

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The Palette Fund

Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Elects New Board Chair and Five Members to Its Board of Directors

Release Date:

01/15/2016

... Marnie S. Pillsbury, Senior Policy Advocate at the Natural Resources Defense Council Theo Spencer, and former Executive ... an investment fund based in Kyiv, Ukraine before graduate school . He is a sixth-...

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Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors

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United Way of New York City Names Sheena Wright as New President & CEO

Release Date:

10/01/2012

... Way of New York City for selecting such an accomplished leader to serve as its first female CEO.” "I have known ... commercial and retail space, including the first new high school building in Harlem in...

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United Way of New York City

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The Helmsley Charitable Trust Appoints Kevin Cavanaugh Director of Communications and Public Affairs and Ryan Kelsey Program Officer for New Programs

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01/01/2013

... the firm’s global business development staff and resources . Prior to joining Davis Polk, Mr. Cavanaugh was the ... with a special emphasis on higher education, STEM learning and effective uses of technology...

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