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A Critical Catalyst: Lessons Learned from Hurricane Sandy

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01/30/2013

... Center for Disaster Preparedness , Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University and Co-Chair, NYS Ready ... into a long phase of recovery, many new questions arise: what have we learned? What...

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Cynthia Rivera Weissblum, CEO of Edwin Gould Foundation, Announced in New Class of Leaders for Pahara-Aspen Fellowship

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01/22/2020

... Spring 2020 cohort of the highly selective Pahara-Aspen Education Fellowship. These 24 individuals join the Pahara ... and innovative leaders who are reimagining America’s public schools. “To make sure all of...

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Edwin Gould Foundation | EGF Accelerator

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The Power of Bridging Issue Silos Through Funding Collaboratives

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11/13/2019

... issue areas, help play a bridging role among funders? What other benefits do you see for funders? Anita Khashu ... the issues at hand? AK: FFF does a lot of funder-facing education , informing, helping funders...

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National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy

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Unbound Philanthropy

27 Apr 2023

New York City Workforce Funders Collaborative Quarterly Convening: The Future of NYC’s Workforce Development Board

Thursday, April 27, 2023 -

2:00pm to 3:30pm

... Workforce Development Board. Following the release of Rebuild , Renew, Reinvent: A Blueprint for New York City’s ... the session with a discussion of their perspectives on what ’s needed to empower and re-...

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Atlantic Shows Support for Grassroots Organizing in Sandy-Affected Communities

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03/05/2013

... better understand both the short- and long-term community needs . We also wanted to support one or more organizations ... ways for Atlantic to contribute to addressing the needs of underserved communities...

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Useful Skills for Grantmakers

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06/2012

... the following additional skill areas may be useful: Public Relations Government Affairs Community Relations ... Human Resource professionals at our member foundations what qualifications are most important when they hire program staff. A few rose to the top of their list: A good education ; for specialized positions, a post-graduate degree ...

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Toward a New Gospel of Wealth

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10/01/2015

... can harness and direct it to advance our mission. For us, what has unfolded is a process of discovery and renewal that ... from. And yet, despite this vast ledger of undeniable public good, the tension...

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Community Development

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JPMorgan Chase Announces new business and philanthropic commitments to help close the housing affordability gap in Washington D.C. and beyond

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06/28/2023

... community members, decisionmakers and lenders to make public resources more accessible and aligned to enhance affordable ... lives and it creates stronger communities – that’s what these...

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Housing and Homelessness

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Community Philanthropy: Using Both Sides of the Brain

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09/07/2012

... of nimbly responding to emergent and changing community needs . I wrote about this issue in my recent article for the ... for Community Foundations in New Orleans, is this: What ’s the role of “strategy” in...

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RPA Announces Ebola Survival Fund

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10/29/2014

... Leone and Liberia, the fund is responding to the immediate needs resulting from the outbreak, as well as working to ... delivery infrastructure. Troubled by the U.S. public and media response to the Ebola...

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Health

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Our Guides to Knowledge: Celebrating 'I Love My Librarian Award' Winners

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12/19/2012

... Award. Almost everyone's life has been enriched by what they learned in a library. But libraries would not be .....

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

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Arts

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Wiliam T. Grant Foundation Announces Institutional Challenge Grant to Support Research-Practice Partnerships

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04/06/2017

... to build sustained research-practice partnerships with public agencies or nonprofit organizations in order to reduce ... obstacles that inhibit partnerships, including limited resources and capacity, as well...

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NoVo Foundation Looks to Girls As Change Agents

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07/10/2015

... and young women of color have made important gains in education , health and economic security in recent years. ... There is cause to celebrate increased graduation rates, higher participation in post-secondary...

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Gender Justice

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19 Oct 2016

School Integration in NYC (Part 2): Strategies for Change

Wednesday, October 19, 2016 -

10:00am to 12:30pm

... data shows that majority-minority schools also have a higher percentage of low-income students. In this second ... address the issues of integration and segregation in NYC public schools Single-school,...

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Gerstner Philanthropies Awards $9.1 Million For Helping Hands Emergency Grant Program

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03/12/2024

... additional $0.6 million will support new partnerships with public colleges and social service providers across our ... Hands reaches over 4,000 households, helping with critical needs , including rent,...

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Education

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Reimagining Early-Warning Systems for At-Risk Students in NYC High Schools

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03/2013

... from a Philanthropy Connects program presented by The Education Working Group . Reimagining Early-Warning Systems ... NYC High Schools from Susan Fairchild of New Visions for Public Schools discusses how policymakers and educators are rethinking how to measure what matters when it comes to college and career readiness ...

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On The Foundation Freeway: Entering And Exiting Priority Areas With Caution

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08/02/2016

... funders, no matter their size, have big dreams and limited resources . I have yet to meet grantmakers—even the largest ... dollars pale in comparison with the health and health care needs of a large and diverse...

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New York Health Foundation

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Health

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Teagle Foundation Names Andrew Delbanco Next President

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03/22/2018

... years leading the foundation, whose grants support liberal education , with a strong emphasis on the teaching role of ... and has mixed scholarship in the humanities with a more public role in discussions of...

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Sepi Sepasi Joins Mellon as Chief Financial Officer

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05/05/2022

... strongly informed by a commitment to the centrality of higher education , Sepi brings depth of experience and ... Administration at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health. “With...

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