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Useful Skills for Grantmakers

Publication date:

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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Job Seekers

Community Philanthropy: Using Both Sides of the Brain

Release Date:

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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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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Community Development

Housing and Homelessness

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JPMorgan Chase & Co.

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

Economic Security

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Social Justice

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Ford Foundation

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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Education

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

Release Date:

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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NoVo Foundation Looks to Girls As Change Agents

Release Date:

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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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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International/Foreign Affairs

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Health

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Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors

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

Release Date:

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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Children, Youth and Families

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William T. Grant Foundation

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

Release Date:

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

Release Date:

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

Publication date:

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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Education

Teagle Foundation Names Andrew Delbanco Next President

Release Date:

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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Collective Impact: From Concept to Reality

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11/13/2014

... mechanisms. Finally, and most importantly, the mission needs to be anchored by a backbone organization that is ... Impact session, “Change travels at the speed of trust .” Therefore, it is critical that a...

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The Fund for the City of New York Announces Lisette Nieves as President

Release Date:

08/10/2020

... Strategic Planning for Government and Nonprofits, Sloan Public Service Awards, Sloan Awards for Excellence in ... of how far we have yet to go to realize our vision of what this world class city can and should...

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Philanthropy New York Signs Letter to the U.S. Small Business Administration

Release Date:

04/13/2020

... themselves shut out of the process to secure financial resources that are critical to their very survival. Letter ... our organizations continue to meet a wide range of needs , from providing meals to families...

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Disaster Relief

Public Policy

Pfizer and The Pfizer Foundation Donate $40 Million in Charitable Grants, Expand Product Access and Mobilize Colleagues to Combat COVID-19 Pandemic

Release Date:

04/06/2020

... fight infectious diseases, grants will help address urgent needs of U.S. and global partners on the front lines of the ... strengthen vulnerable healthcare systems against future public health threats. Pfizer...

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International/Foreign Affairs

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Health

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Pfizer [Corporate]

Long Island Community Foundation Issues RFP for the Long Island Sound Stewardship Fund

Release Date:

12/04/2019

... proposals to restore and protect the health and living resources of the Long Island Sound. We are interested in ... New York Community Bank Foundation, The New York Community Trust , Pamela and Richard...

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