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Pamela Shifman, Executive Director of the NoVo Foundation, to Step Down at the End of 2019

Release Date:

11/07/2019

... sector: she led efforts to create more and better resources for girls’ and women’s rights work by creating ... of her life’s work to create a world where everyone can live in safety and dignity, free from...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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NoVo Foundation

MetLife Names Tia Hodges Head of Corporate Giving and Employee Volunteerism and President and CEO of MetLife Foundation

Release Date:

07/13/2021

... Wisconsin, where she led strategic partnerships and resources to distribute 15 million pounds of food annually to ... Foundation’s impact on communities around the world can be found in MetLife’s 2020...

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MetLife

PNY Announces New Racial Equity Working Group

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12/02/2021

... for Thought: A Conversation Series to discuss how equity can bolster philanthropic practice and serve as a lens to ... commitment to ensuring that a structure exists to curate resources and support equity work...

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PNY News

The Century Foundation Releases Report - Here Is What School Integration in America Looks Like Today

Release Date:

12/02/2021

... access to diverse learning environments, equitable resources , and school cultures that affirm their identities. ... desegregation order or voluntary agreement. The inventory can be found below, along with an...

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Children, Youth and Families

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19 Mar 2025

Building People Power & People's Budgets in NYC: A Briefing With The People’s Plan

Wednesday, March 19, 2025 -

2:00pm to 4:00pm

... and fight for more, both for a People’s Budget that puts resources where they’re needed most, and for a more ... power through the people’s budget, and how funders can support building a more compassionate and...

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Listening for Bits of Truth in DC

Release Date:

03/22/2018

... listening. We need to keep our ears to the ground so we can act swiftly to protect the nonprofit sector. Information ...

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PNY News

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Public Policy

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Philanthropy New York

Private Philanthropy Cannot Replace the NEH

Release Date:

05/16/2017

... its effervescent diversity is not a job the private sector can or should shoulder alone. We are gratified that Congress ... abolishing the NEH would make access to our cultural resources less equitable, rather...

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Education

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Mellon Foundation

2021 J.M.K. Innovation Prizes Awarded to 10 Initiatives With Standout Potential, Shared Community Focus

Release Date:

11/16/2021

... cycles of harm with creativity and determination, and we can ’t wait to see how their pathbreaking ideas develop,” ... with valuable tools, training, and capacity-building resources , in addition to crucial...

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Environment and Climate Change

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The J.M. Kaplan Fund

Retaining and Sustaining Leaders in the Social Sector

Release Date:

01/30/2025

... leaders have an abundance of ideas about the solutions, resources , and support they need to address the challenges ... and implementing practical solutions, philanthropy can enable positive change. In fact, we...

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Wallace Foundation Study Shows Significant Progress In Building Stronger Principal Pipelines

Release Date:

10/31/2016

... of a milestone, first because it confirms that districts can successfully implement meaningful changes in a complex ... " Building Principal Pipelines: A Job That Urban Districts Can Do ," which...

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The Wallace Foundation

Everyone Into the Pool

Release Date:

07/10/2024

... total of 90-plus degree days. And while some of us can afford to just crank up the air, for millions of New ... his indomitable Parks Commissioner Sue Donoghue and her can -do staff, and the Aquatics Task Force...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Charles H. Revson Foundation

Announcing the Milbank Memorial Fund and AcademyHealth State and Local Innovation Prize

Release Date:

01/25/2018

... the efforts of state and local governments to develop and use data to achieve measurable improvements in the health of ... “The Fund is dedicated to helping policymakers use the best evidence to improve...

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RFPs Etc

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Health

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Milbank Memorial Fund

Recording: NYC Charter Amendments on the Ballot: Housing, Democracy, and the Future of the City

... the ballot this November: four related to housing and land use , and one related to moving City elections to ... these key amendments, their potential impact, and how you can shape the future of NYC governance...

13 Jan 2016

Local to Global: Efforts to Address the Increasing Prevalence of Teen Girl Suicide

Wednesday, January 13, 2016 -

9:15am to 11:15am

... email register@philanthropynewyork.org ($150 fee) Can 't join us in-person? Watch live stream here: (Join .....

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10 Dec 2015

JustFilms and Tribeca Film Institute New Media Fund Celebration

Thursday, December 10, 2015 -

5:00pm to 7:30pm

... new media projects and discuss how emerging technologies can be used to create powerful social justice narratives that ...

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NYS Education Commissioner MaryEllen Elia, Unfiltered

Release Date:

02/17/2016

... useful demonstration of the quality of conversation that can happen when discussions are among only those in the room ...

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PNY News

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Education

20 Apr 2016

Strategy, Struggle and Participation: Three Questions to Improve Your Social-Change Stories

Wednesday, April 20, 2016 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

... a structured conversation about the many ways storytelling can be applied to your funder/grantee partnerships. ... the challenges in your work, and in your stories How to use stories to foster more...