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Edward W. Hazen Foundation (Closed)

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Food Systems

School Choice and Privilege Are Inextricably Linked

Release Date:

11/09/2015

... if state budgets for education are any indication, that does seem to be the trend. Choice makes sense to so many of ...

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Insights

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Education

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Capping the Charitable Deduction

Philanthropy New York's official position in support of maintaining full deductibility of itemized charitable deductions.

PNY Officially Endorses Principles for Good Governance and Ethical Practice

The Principles for Good Governance and Ethical Practice outlines 33 principles of sound practice for charitable organizations and foundations related to legal compliance and public disclosure, effective governance, financial oversight, and...

Katherine Bleich Joins American Express as Corporate Philanthropy Intern

Release Date:

07/02/2012

Katherine Bleich has recently joined the staff of American Express, supporting their philanthropic initiatives as an intern. In addition to her role there, Bleich is a second-year Master of Public Administration candidate at NYU’s Wagner School of...

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Schendler & Haynes: Finally, ski resorts wake up to warming

Release Date:

09/05/2013

Aspen Skiing Company Sustainability Director Auden Schendler and Mertz Gilmore Foundation Vice President Lukas Haynes talk about a collaboration between ski resorts and a climate-focused nonprofit to address global warming in The Salt Lake Tribune.

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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

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Funding Area

Environment and Climate Change

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Mertz Gilmore Foundation

2012 NGen Fellows Project: Hacking the NGen Experience

Release Date:

09/29/2013

During their nine-month fellowship, the 2012 Independent Sector American Express NGen Fellows examined the "leadership void" that will be created by the impending retirement of baby-boomer nonprofit executives. The Fellows also sought to identify...

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Leadership Development

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American Express

Christine Rhee Joins the Wallace Foundation

Release Date:

12/11/2013

Christine Rhee has joined the Wallace Foundation as Program Officer for the Arts.

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Arts

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American Express

The Post-Bloomberg Plunge

Release Date:

04/10/2014

As Mayor Michael Bloomberg's money goes global, NYC nonprofits miss their biggest patron. No other leader of New .....

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Bloomberg Philanthropies

Boards as an Accountability Mechanism

Publication date:

06/2014

... of accountability, and empirical evidence from over 5,100 nonprofits in the Urban Institute National Survey of ...

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Report

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Board & Trustees

Topic(s)

Governance

Kopp Joins Changing Our World As Managing Director

Release Date:

08/12/2014

James Michael Kopp has joined Changing Our World as a managing director.

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Foundations Join Together to Create New Philanthropy Feedback Opportunities

Release Date:

09/04/2014

... Those insights and experiments will help, more donors and nonprofits to join this crusade to make asking for feedback ...

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The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation

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Legal Issues

Funding Area

Communications/Media

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Ford Foundation

Freedom Together Foundation

The David and Lucile Packard Foundation

Rita Allen Foundation

W.K. Kellogg Foundation

Bank of America Among Organizations Supporting Giving Tuesday

Release Date:

10/16/2014

... on #GivingTuesday, online giving increased 90% for 3,800 nonprofits –more than $19.2 million–compared to 2012, ...

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Bank of America Charitable Foundation

Volunteerism

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Bank of America [Corporate]

Fund for Shared Insight Announces First Round of Grants Totaling $5.26 Million

Release Date:

11/21/2014

... A new, seven-foundation partnership created to support nonprofits working to collect feedback and be more effective ... designed "to accelerate the culture of listening" among nonprofits , according...

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Freedom Together Foundation

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Ford Foundation

Rachel D. Pardoe Appointed NYCT Program Officer for Health and People with Special Needs

Release Date:

02/10/2015

The New York Community Trust as named Rachel D. Pardoe as their new Program Officer.

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The New York Community Trust

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Disabilities

Health

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Edna McConnell Clark Foundation Studies Impact of Volunteerism

Release Date:

03/06/2015

The study found that volunteers can boost reading proficiency in low-income schools.

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Corporate Social Responsibility

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Volunteerism

Funding Area

Education

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Blue Meridian Partners, Inc.

UJA Federation Charities Scramble to Address FEGS Closure

Release Date:

03/16/2015

FEGS currently runs hundreds of city and state social-service programs.

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UJA-Federation of New York

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Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Grants $4.1 Million to 41 Theater Programs

Release Date:

07/06/2015

Each grant ranged between $10,000 and $160,000 and will be used toward operating support over the next two years.

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Arts