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Creating a Conversation About Hunger in America

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03/19/2013

... as I not only struggled throughout the week, but learned more about the kinds of people — and sheer numbers of people — who rely on this government assistance. More than 4 million working Americans — imagine,...

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The Rise of Women (in Philanthropy)

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09/24/2012

... .” Indeed, as our panel discussed, women take a more relational approach to philanthropy than their male ... within the community. Women are also becoming bolder and more strategic in their giving in large...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

21 Sep 2015

What Does it Mean to Serve on a Nonprofit Board?

Monday, September 21, 2015 -

5:15pm to 7:00pm

... you interested in joining a board but want to understand more about what it means to serve on a board? How can you ... Robin Hood Related upcoming events Making Board Service More Meaningful (Oct 7) Dear Board...

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An Open Exchange of Insights, Ideas: What Philanthropy New York Embraces

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11/04/2015

... We’ve been live-streaming and recording more and more of our programs to ensure that the ideas generated reach ... possible. For example, the recording of the recent “ More Than Giving:...

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Amy Berman, of the Hartford Foundation, to Be Honored with Grantmakers In Health's Terrance Keenan Award

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12/14/2015

... Care, she has helped ensure such services are available in more than 90 percent of large hospitals. "I cannot think of an individual who brings more intellectual rigor and creativity to the task and who...

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The John A. Hartford Foundation

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Health

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Media Development Investment Fund Launches Blended-Value Media Loan Fund

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11/16/2016

... Since making its first loan in 1996, MDIF has provided more than $155 million in financing to more than 100 media companies in 39 countries, returning $38 ... million in outstanding loans and equity...

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Media Development Investment Fund

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Communications/Media

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Words Matter: Changing from Funders of Women and Girls to Funders for Gender Equity

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01/04/2017

... philanthropy and decision-making structures into more collaborative and diverse systems. Ultimately women’s ... closed off to them. It also allowed these funders to be more intersectional in how they fund,...

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The New York Women's Foundation

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03 Aug 2017

VR For The Real World: New Tools To Make The World Better

Thursday, August 3, 2017 -

9:00am to 11:00am

... virtual reality developers are finding themselves more and more at the nexus of empathy and advocacy. Their goal? To ... that create positive social change. Some experiences are more...

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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

William T. Grant Foundation Appoints Kenji Hakuta and Mark Soler to Board of Trustees

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07/12/2017

... law firm. While there, he and his colleagues worked in more than 40 states on juvenile justice, child welfare, ... juvenile justice and child welfare systems. He has written more than 20 articles and book...

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Children, Youth and Families

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New York Magazine Profile, "The Rockefellers vs. the Company That Made Them Rockefellers"

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01/08/2018

... Cleveland. Within a few decades, Standard Oil controlled more than 90 percent of petroleum production in the United ... directly the Rockefellers’ fault, of course: The family more or less got out of the oil...

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Environment and Climate Change

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11 Jun 2019

Grantmaking in a Diverse World – A Workshop

Tuesday, June 11, 2019 -

9:00am to 1:00pm

More and more foundations have made the pursuit of equity, diversity ... work that they do and how they can respond differently or more effectively. Gain individual and institutional tools ...

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Census 2020: Focus on the Real Work in Communities, Not the Legal/Political Morass

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07/11/2019

... the census preparatory work in the field and anticipating more swirling chaos, the article does two other things. ... and New York concerning the 2020 census – and possibly more lawsuits as additional...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Launches New $160 Million Program to End the Youth E-Cigarette Epidemic

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09/10/2019

... groups concerned about the nation’s kids and health. More than 3.6 million middle and high school students in the ... Teen smoking rates in the United States declined by more than 70 percent between 2000 and...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Health

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30 Oct 2019

Unfinished Business: Sustaining the Momentum of Justice Reform in NYS

Wednesday, October 30, 2019 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

... the most significant pre-trial criminal justice reforms in more than a generation, due to the advocacy efforts of ... Medication-Assisted Treatment (M.A.T), and the Less is More NY Act . Please join our...

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#AfricaNoFilter Launches, A Multi-Partner Collaborative, Including the Ford Foundation, Seeking to Amplify African Voices Through Reimagining Deep-Rooted Narratives

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02/26/2020

... discussed how to expand the creation and dissemination of more accurate, nuanced and contextualized stories about the ... 3,000 different ethnic groups who speak more than 2,000 languages, and yet, the...

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Philanthropy New York Members Join A Call to Action: Philanthropy's Commitment During COVID-19

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03/25/2020

... response to provide helpful information while not asking more of grantee partners. Commit to listening to our ... support, so we may consider adjusting our practices more fundamentally in the future, in...

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National Grid Foundation to Help Communities Address Food Insecurity and Human Services Impacted by COVID-19

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05/04/2020

... started by one of National Grid’s predecessor companies more than two decades ago. The Foundation is dedicated to ... it began in December 1998, the Foundation has provided more than $27 million in grants to...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Ford Foundation Launches Global Fellows Network to Tackle Inequality Worldwide

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06/01/2020

... Foundation believes new global leadership is therefore more important than ever to meet these challenges and bring ... and economic power of people with disabilities, and more . Many are from directly impacted...

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