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Brooklyn Community Foundation and Alloy Development Collaborate on Better Brooklyn Fund

Release Date:

10/22/2019

... Dumbo neighborhood in late 2020 or early 2021, residents will get a unique request when they move in: an ... “I think a lot of people have spoken about, ‘How can developers give back?’ or, ‘Do developers...

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Member News

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Community Development

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Brooklyn Org

Bloomberg Philanthropies to Help City Leaders Respond to Coronavirus in the United States

Release Date:

03/10/2020

... the world, with devastating impact on the wellbeing of residents and local economies, it has fallen to mayors to ... from cities like Seattle experiencing the outbreak that can be shared with other cities...

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Disaster Relief

Health

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Bloomberg Philanthropies

28 Sep 2016

Foundation Administrators Network Meeting: Embracing Change Management

Wednesday, September 28, 2016 -

8:45am to 10:30am

... preparation for change, because changes of any magnitude can have significant reverberations. Staff need to be ... discussion, led by Maureen Rayhill, Director of Human Resources at the Leona M. and Harry B...

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Professional Development

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All Funders

HR & Operations Staff

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HR & Operations

07 Jun 2012

-- POSTPONED -- Moving Beyond Your Comfort Zone: Unexpected Gains Through Creative Funding Practices

Thursday, June 7, 2012 -

8:45am to 11:00am

... guidelines, some have discovered that creative approaches can lead to unexpected gains for a wider audience. As we ... tangentially related to their primary areas of focus— can generate...

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Issue-Based

29 Apr 2020

Financial Stewardship in Troubled Times: Managing Endowments and Spending Policies - A Webinar Hosted by NCFP

Wednesday, April 29, 2020 -

2:00pm to 3:00pm

... endowments and long-term philanthropic investments. How can donors and foundations balance the desire to meet the ... related to foundation financial health, such as: How can funders frame discussions about...

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Tools & Strategies

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Webinar/Teleconference

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Family Foundation

Javon Robinson

... in Public/Nonprofit Management & Policy. She hopes to use her degree to empower communities of color in breaking ...

Edited Stem Cells Offer Hope of Precision Therapy for Blindness (Doris Duke, Research to Prevent Blindness)

Release Date:

02/03/2016

New research findings may lead to the treatment of blinding eye diseases using a patient’s own corrected cells as replacement tissue.

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Health

Science

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Research to Prevent Blindness

Doris Duke Foundation

New York Foundation Welcomes Altaf Rahamatulla as Program Officer

Release Date:

08/04/2017

Altaf Rahamatulla comes to New York Foundation from the Ford Foundation where he served as a program associate on the Gender, Racial, and Ethnic Justice team.

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Appointments & Transitions

Newman's Own Foundation Reaches Milestone of $500 Million to Charity

Release Date:

02/01/2018

The company is celebrating its 35 th anniversary, and achieving this milestone during a special anniversary year helps punctuate the impact of Paul Newman's legacy.

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Member News

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Newman's Own Foundation

Emmett Carson Steps Down as Silicon Valley Fund Admits Missteps

Release Date:

06/28/2018

... said, noting that nobody had raised any concerns about the use of donated funds. A public report on the ...

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Member News

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Silicon Valley Community Foundation

McNulty Prize Catalyst Fund Launches at the Aspen Institute

Release Date:

07/10/2018

The McNulty Foundation announced the inaugural recipients of the McNulty Prize Catalyst Fund, a new fund at the Aspen Institute to support innovative social ventures at vital inflection points.

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Member News

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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John P. & Anne Welsh McNulty Foundation

Research Funded by Leon Levy Foundation Finds Climate Change Is Leading to Unpredictable Ecosystem Disruption for Migratory Birds

Release Date:

03/06/2019

Using data on 77 North American migratory bird species from the eBird citizen-science program, scientists at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology say that, in as little as four decades, it may be very difficult to predict how climate change will affect...

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Environment and Climate Change

Science

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Leon Levy Foundation

Conrad N. Hilton Foundation Announces Two New Board Members

Release Date:

05/08/2019

... of the Foundation and explore potential opportunities to use financial tools and market-based solutions in addition to ...

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Appointments & Transitions

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Conrad N. Hilton Foundation (New York)

09 Jul 2020

Supporting Youth and Next-gen Philanthropy: How to Get Started - A Webinar Hosted by NCFP

Thursday, July 9, 2020 -

12:00pm to 1:15pm

... staff and trustees only.* Multigenerational families use different methods and techniques to teach the next ...

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Tools & Strategies

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Webinar/Teleconference

Audience

Family Foundation

Topic(s)

Leadership Development

07 Oct 2013

Transition Town NYC: Priceless Prosperity With Market Rate Returns

Monday, October 7, 2013 -

8:30am to 11:30am

Surdna Foundation, 330 Madison Avenue, NYC

... local resilience-oriented enterprises can strengthen food systems, renewable energy and overall ... been put together to teach endowments about the steps they can take to contribute. The first half of this...

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Issue-Based

17 Jan 2012

Improving Effectiveness in an Age of Uncertainty

Tuesday, January 17, 2012 -

1:00pm to 3:30pm

Webinar

... foundations’ decisions impact the fields they work in. Can you do better? Heidi Williamson, vice president for ...

International Genome Research Partnership Uncovers Bed Bug Resistance to Pesticides (Sloan Foundation)

Release Date:

02/03/2016

... suckers that they are, as well as several qualities that can make them resistant to pesticides. “We provide the ...

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Member News

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Health

Science

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

18 Jan 2017

Homeownership and the Racial Wealth Gap – Webinar

Wednesday, January 18, 2017 -

1:00pm to 2:00pm

... ethnicity. Homeownership is one of the key strategies to reduce the racial wealth gap, however, minorities continue ... housing policy landsape Promising strategies which can promote homeownership for people...

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Issue-Based

Format

Webinar/Teleconference

Audience

All Funders

Topic(s)

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Public Policy

Funding Area

Community Development

Public Policy

NYSHealth Releases Survey Results on NYC Voters' Opinions on Universal Free School Lunch

Release Date:

04/19/2017

... for all students from families of all income levels can improve children's physical and emotional health (88%), reduce stigma (79%), and positively impact academic .....