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09 Oct 2012

Service for Impact Working Group Breakfast

Tuesday, October 9, 2012 -

9:00am to 10:30pm

Philanthropy New York, 79 Fifth Ave., 4th floor, NYC

... economic climate. A well-designed volunteer program can increase nonprofit productivity and effectiveness but it ... provide an opportunity for discussion so that participants can share successes and...

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Mayor must focus on city's resiliency

Release Date:

01/03/2014

... puts resilience front and center, Mayor Bill de Blasio can accomplish both. Resilience is the ability of people, ... preventable, but the degree of destruction and devastation can be... Mayor must focus on...

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Public Policy

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The Rockefeller Foundation

10 Apr 2014

Leading Through Change: Advice from and for Seasoned CEOs and Their Boards

Thursday, April 10, 2014 -

12:00pm to 1:30pm

... How do they know when it is time to move on, and how can they work with the board to prepare the donor family for ... departure? What are the ways that family foundation boards can ensure the continued...

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Executive Leadership

Report Outlines Internet and Broadband "Vision" for LGBT Community

Release Date:

06/26/2014

... in all aspects of life and according to a new report, they can do more. The LGBT Technology Partnership & ... , describes how, among other things, these technologies can contribute to identity formation...

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The Palette Fund

Rockefeller Foundation Releases International Study on Gender Images in Films

Release Date:

01/22/2015

... (often imbued with unconscious or implicit bias) that can seep into our languages and behaviors, which can turn into acts of bias, microaggressions, or exclusion. ...

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Communications/Media

Gender Justice

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TCC Group Exlpores a New Approach to Capacity Building

Release Date:

02/03/2015

... a problem, a field, an issue or a set of stakeholders can have a powerful effect on the impact it can achieve. And while situations vary, there are better and ...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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TCC Group

OSF and Ford Praised by de Blasio for Internet Accessibility Work

Release Date:

02/12/2015

... the accessibility of the Internet. "We know that you can fill in some of these gaps more effectively than any government, and you can spark change more agilely than most governments ever .....

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Ford Foundation

Mellon Foundation Partners with NFF to Build Financial Health of Arts Organizations

Release Date:

03/12/2015

... served by a well-capitalized sector where organizations can access — and their supporters can provide— the right kinds of support." Mellon Foundation .....

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Arts

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Mellon Foundation

Nonprofit Finance Fund

Ford, Visa Fund Incubator Program for Financially Fragile Populations

Release Date:

03/31/2016

... serve financially fragile populations. “Credit unions can play a more active role in improving the financial lives ... the potential for life-changing personal impact but that can also provide long-term...

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Children, Youth and Families

Economic Security

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Ford Foundation

New Study Examines How Creative Placemaking Projects Build Social Capital in Communities

Release Date:

11/04/2016

... placemaking" and is a working illustration of what can and can 't be learned from different impact-measurement .....

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Arts

Supported by Mellon Foundation, Hybrid Publishing Platform Launches In Beta Form

Release Date:

04/07/2017

... version of Manifold , a publishing platform it hopes can straddle the gap between traditional and experimental ... including how to better serve authors whose work can ’t fit between the covers of a book. With...

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Education

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Mellon Foundation

Opinion: Harvey, the Storm That Humans Helped Cause

Release Date:

08/30/2017

... of Mexico last winter never dropped below 73 degrees. You can probably guess how many previous times that had happened: ... warms — which has also been happening in Texas — it can carry more moisture. . ...

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Environment and Climate Change

Opinion: Nonprofits Have a Big Stake in Overtime-Rules Debate

Release Date:

09/05/2017

... comes up in Washington, business groups do all they can to show how their interests are in line with those of ... rising costs that for-profit businesses and governments can more easily absorb . . . Opinion:...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

How Much Did These 90 Companies Add to Global Warming and Sea Level Rise?

Release Date:

09/11/2017

... 90 Companies Add to Global Warming and Sea Level Rise? Can millimeters of sea level rise or increments of warming on ... level rise and about half the warming from 1880 to 2010 can be traced back to just 90...

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Corporate Social Responsibility

De Blasio Wants To Install 1,000 Electric-Car Charging Stations By 2020

Release Date:

09/21/2017

... hub will include 20 “fast-charging” stations, which can power up vehicles in 30 minutes, instead of the eight hours it can take on lower-level chargers. “The easier we make it ...

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Community Development

Environment and Climate Change

Albany Charities Find It Hard to Tap Influx of Wealth

Release Date:

10/03/2017

... Center for homeless mothers and their children, says you can see this shift in increasing ticket prices and ... director of the Boys and Girls Clubs of Albany: "How can we get those people into the club...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Supreme Court Weighs Immigrants’ Rights to Have Detention Reviewed

Release Date:

10/04/2017

... deportation are entitled to have their detentions, which can stretch for years, reviewed by a judge. The justices were ... to periodic hearings before a judge to decide whether they can be released on bond...

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Immigration

The Charles H. Revson Foundation Awarded Over $3 Million in Grants to 12 Recipients.

Release Date:

06/21/2022

... to provide broad access to knowledge, information, and resources that sustain an informed and engaged citizenry. ... Jews and Muslims to learn together, developing leaders who can respond in times of crisis...

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Charles H. Revson Foundation

Donn Weinberg Concludes Term as Weinberg Foundation Chairman, Judge Ellen Heller Assumes Board Leadership Role

Release Date:

03/01/2013

The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation, one of the largest private foundations in the United States, has announced that Donn Weinberg has concluded his three-year term as Chairman of the Board.

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Appointments & Transitions

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The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation

Commonwealth Fund Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer John Craig to Retire at the End of 2014

Release Date:

03/17/2014

John E. Craig, Jr., The Commonwealth Fund's Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, has announced he will retire at the end of 2014, after 33 years at the Fund. Since joining the foundation in 1981, he has served as vice president and...

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Health

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United Hospital Fund

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