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More Floods Are Coming And We're Making Them Worse

Release Date:

09/07/2017

“Conquering” nature has long been the western way. Our hubris, and often our religious ideologies, have led us to believe we are above nature and have a right to subdue and control it. We let our technical abilities get ahead of our wisdom.

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Environment and Climate Change

Group of NY Funders Support History-Making Performance Celebrating Black Choreographers

Release Date:

03/30/2018

With support from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, Mertz Gilmore Foundation, Con Edison, and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Brooklyn-based 651 ARTS and RestorationART’s have collaborated to present a history-making presentation of Gesel Mason...

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Arts

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Doris Duke Foundation

Mertz Gilmore Foundation

Mellon Foundation

Con Edison

The Art of Inclusion: New York Funders Mobilize to Make the Arts More Accessible

Release Date:

05/03/2012

... grant dollars have been dedicated to figuring out how to make it possible for that potential audience member to enjoy ... Funders Network, and her DFN colleagues are mobilizing to make access to arts and...

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Revson Foundation President Makes the Case for NYC Libraries in HuffPost Editorial

Release Date:

05/22/2015

Julie Revson discusses the crucial role libraries play in the community.

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Member News

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Children, Youth and Families

Community Development

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Charles H. Revson Foundation

Fusion OpEd Makes Case for New York Times Buying Bloomberg

Release Date:

06/15/2015

Bloomberg would not be able to bequeath the for-profit Bloomberg LP to his foundation.

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Bloomberg Philanthropies

Weinberg Foundation Makes New Commitment to Military Members and Their Families

Release Date:

11/16/2016

The Mission Continues reintegrates veterans who are adjusting to life outside the military by engaging them in the work of strengthening communities from within.

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Veterans

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The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation

Open Society Foundations Fellow Makes Greece a More Welcoming Place for Refugees

Release Date:

01/23/2017

A group of people walking through the fields caught Vasilis Tsartsanis’s eye as he passed the railroad that connects Greece to the rest of the Balkans. It was a warm September day in 2014, outside the small, usually quiet town of Idomeni. He stopped...

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Video

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Immigration

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Open Society Foundations

JPB Foundation Supports Study of New Approach That Makes Cells Resistant to HIV

Release Date:

04/19/2017

Their experiments under lab conditions show that these resistant cells can quickly replace diseased cells, potentially curing the disease in a person with HIV.

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Health

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Freedom Together Foundation

How Nonprofits Can Make The Super Rich Work For Them

Release Date:

09/22/2017

How Nonprofits Can Make The Super Rich Work For Them Understanding the different ... group, provides some answers. ... How Nonprofits Can Make The Super Rich Work For Them ...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Stonewall Community Foundation Makes Funding Available for Responding to Shifting Realities

Release Date:

04/10/2017

Stonewall Community Foundation is now accepting proposals to fund organizations that are struggling to respond to the demand for advocacy, support, and services in the face of shifting political realities.

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RFPs Etc

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Social Justice

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Stonewall Community Foundation

Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Funded Research Makes Water Purification Breakthrough

Release Date:

04/03/2018

The ability to create clean, safe drinking water using only natural levels of sunlight and inexpensive gel technology could be at hand, thanks to an innovation in water purification.

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Health

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

14 Apr 2022

Governance Practices for Better Decision Making - A Webinar Hosted by NCFP

Thursday, April 14, 2022 -

12:00pm to 1:15pm

Join us for a conversation on how to create an advisory committee or add independent directors, and how to ensure that these models are effective.

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Tools & Strategies

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Webinar/Teleconference

Audience

Family Foundation

Topic(s)

Governance

Top 8 Ways Philanthropy Can Make Space at the Table for Immigrant Women Leaders

Release Date:

05/19/2016

Top 8 Ways Philanthropy Can Make Space at the Table for Immigrant Women Leaders By Taryn ... will all be stronger for it. Top 8 Ways Philanthropy Can Make Space at the Table for Immigrant Women Leaders ...

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Gender Justice

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Unbound Philanthropy

17 Jun 2009

Challenges & Needs of African-American Girls in NYC & Strategies for Making a Difference

Wednesday, June 17, 2009 -

8:30am to 11:00am

WHO SHOULD ATTEND : Members concerned with issues affecting women and girls; youth; poverty; and minorities. PROGRAM DESCRIPTION Join Philanthropy New York Funders of Women & Girls for a briefing and dialogue on the recently...

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Network Building

The Art of Inclusion: New York Funders Mobilize to Make the Arts More Accessible

Release Date:

05/03/2012

... The Art of Inclusion: New York Funders Mobilize to Make the Arts More Accessible ...

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Insights

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Arts

Smarter Relationships, Better Results: Making the Most of Grantmakers' Work with Intermediaries

Publication date:

04/2013

Grantmakers often work with intermediaries to extend their reach and impact. GEO’s digital funders' brief offers insights from intermediaries and examples of grantmaker practices that help or hinder the effectiveness of intermediaries. Readers will find a breakdown of three grantmaker-intermediary relationship models, step-by-step relationship building recommendations, and more.

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Report

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Grants Managers

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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

04 May 2011

Seventh Generation Leading: Making the Case for Native Youth Leadership and Organizing

Wednesday, May 4, 2011 -

8:30am to 11:00am

MEMBERS: To register yourself and/or a colleague at your organization, please click on the link above (visible through May 2nd). NON-MEMBERS: To register, please fill out this online form . Non-members will...

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Issue-Based

How One Foundation Is Making Waves With Art And Social Activism

Release Date:

09/05/2013

The Robert Rauschenberg Foundation and its first Director of Philanthropy, Risë Wilson, are profiled by Fast Company.

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Member News

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Funding Area

Arts

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Robert Rauschenberg Foundation

A Free Lunch Coalition Tries to Make School Meals a Mayoral Issue

Release Date:

10/17/2013

... after taking office... A Free Lunch Coalition Tries to Make School Meals a Mayoral Issue ...

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Education

Food Systems

PNY Makes Public Video from Session on the Future of Finance

Release Date:

07/02/2014

View the livestream recording and related materials from the program The Future of Finance: Shifting Power and Wealth from Wall Street to Main Street.