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Flexible Funding Is the New Kid on the Block

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03/04/2020

... technology, rent, and people (salaries and other human resources costs), you know, that same “overhead” that is ... aversion towards flexible funding primarily stems from two issues: (i) measuring social...

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Build Up Companies

New York Life Foundation Awards $1.4 Million to National Center for School Crisis and Bereavement

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12/23/2013

... Crisis and Bereavement's capacity to provide bereavement resources in schools, reports Philanthropy News Digest. The ... operations and build its capacity to provide bereavement resources in schools...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Corporate Social Responsibility

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New York Life Foundation

Five Technology Trends Defining the Future of Corporate Sustainability

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08/28/2017

... Companies currently spend a lot of time, effort and resources to prepare Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) ... value, this annual exercise becomes a drain on company resources . Emerging technologies can...

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Don’t Forget the Small Guys

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07/19/2010

During the current recession, several grantmakers have decided to fund larger and more-established nonprofits, rather than invest in newer, smaller, and “riskier” ones. In our latest blog post, Miguel Bonilla, the Director of Strengthening New York...

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Laurie Tisch Illumination Fund Launches $15 Million Healthy Foods Initiative

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02/15/2013

The five-year Healthy Food & Community Change initiative will work to improve access to healthy foods for people in low-income neighborhoods.

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Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund

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Community Development

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Open Society Offers New Grants to Spur Charity Collaboration

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04/08/2013

Teams of charities in eight U.S. cities are competing for long-term grants, through the Open ... people and minorities. Teams of charities in eight U.S. cities are competing for long-term grants from the Open ...

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Economic Security

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Schools Rake In Private Funds

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07/28/2013

This article on the record $47 million in pledges that the fundraising arm of the New York City public-school system received this past year quotes Rick Smith, president of the Pinkerton Foundation, which helped fund the Summer Quest academic summer...

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In Lieu of Money, Toyota Donates Efficiency to New York Charity

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08/28/2013

Toyota’s unique partnership with the Food Bank for New York City highlights a different way for-profit businesses can help their communities.

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Heavy Hitters Debate School Achievement Gap

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10/15/2013

The Education Funders Research Initiative’s recent Education Forum conversation on the achievement gap in New York City was reviewed on The Times’ SchoolBook blog.

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4/16/2015 - The Mainstreaming of Mental Health - Recording and Presentation

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04/2015

View materials and the live stream recording of the program, "The Mainstreaming of Mental Health: Grappling with City, State and Federal Developments Poised to Dramatically Alter Behavioral Health Programs."

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Health

Wallace Report Connects the Dots of Data Use in Afterschool Systems

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05/31/2016

... of Data Use in Afterschool Systems A growing number of cities are building afterschool systems to provide low-income ... educators ensure that these systems have the impact their cities need? One way is to use...

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Can Philanthropy Help Shape the Next Economy? A Workshop Series for a Just Transition

... food systems and democracy. Through a series of six two -hour workshops over the course of the next ten months, ... , and Ford Foundation ) Missed the program? View resources and the livestream recording...

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... through community and in relationship with others - two values that are core to our work. At Philanthropy New ... intensive training for grantmakers, and investing resources in a diverse next generation of...

Spend Out vs. Perpetuity: Raising the Question

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08/05/2009

... Nager Former Executive Director, the Beldon Fund Nearly two months ago, the Beldon Fund closed its doors, ... chooses to spend out, there are helpful individuals and resources at the ready. The Beldon Fund...

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Edna McConnell Clark Announces Spend-Down, Major Investment in Blue Meridian Partners

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12/14/2016

... decided to "sunset" the Foundation and spend all of its resources (approximately $1 billion) over the next decade. ... the farm on it." Thanks to a lot of learning over the past two decades, we...

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Blue Meridian Partners, Inc.

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Philanthropy and the Interfaith Imperative

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05/24/2018

... how might philanthropy advance meaningful solutions? The two organizations for which we work, Interfaith Youth Core ... of our highly ambitious goals and relatively modest resources , t he results have been...

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