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The Nathan Cummings Foundation

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The Overbrook Foundation

To Get Beyond Two Percent, We Have to Go Beyond Giving

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10/08/2013

... with this fact: two percent just isn’t enough. So what can we do in response? Basically, we have to do three ... the problems we seek to address and the successes we are having. Too often nonprofit appeals and...

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Arabella Advisors

Legacy Foundations and Risk-Taking: Different Approaches to Empowered Philanthropy

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06/07/2017

... stakeholders? Should a foundation invest in things that are counter to its mission? Yikes. What makes this sector unique is not that it wrestles with ... difference in society – but few think they are...

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PhilTV: Funders, “Blow People’s Minds” on Gender Norms to Reduce Teen Suicide

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01/15/2016

... New York New York City – Recent data from the World Health Organization (WHO) shows that suicide has now ... really get people to move past these rigid expectations of what ’s female, what ’s...

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International/Foreign Affairs

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Stonewall Community Foundation

11 Feb 2016

Toeing the Line: Addressing Common Legal Pitfalls in Family Foundation Grantmaking - Webinar

Thursday, February 11, 2016 -

12:00pm to 1:30pm

... to make grants to individuals or organizations that are not charities? Can we support grantees where one or more of our board members has a conflict of interest? What process do we need to follow with regard...

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Family Foundation

Board & Trustees

New York Life Foundation Awards $1.4 Million to National Center for School Crisis and Bereavement

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12/23/2013

... Crisis and Bereavement's capacity to provide bereavement resources in schools, reports Philanthropy News Digest. The ... operations and build its capacity to provide bereavement resources in schools...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Education

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New York Life Foundation

A Free Lunch Coalition Tries to Make School Meals a Mayoral Issue

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10/17/2013

... officials to urge the next mayor to enact a free lunch plan for all students, regardless of income, immediately ...

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Education

Food Systems

Ask the Right Questions: Funders Toolkit

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02/2015

The Forum of Regional Associations of Grantmakers as released two toolkits both designed for structured group reflection. The first is a self-assessment tool that can help affinity groups engaging in policy work determine how well they're set up for success. The second is a set of planning checklists that affinity groups can use to do policy work and regional associations can use to support that work.

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Public Policy

Three Ways the Arts are Advancing Equity in NYC

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04/06/2016

Three Ways the Arts are Advancing Equity in NYC By Salem Tsegaye, Program ... a tale of two cities. The inequities we see in housing, health , labor, and education are mirrored in the city’s .....

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

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Arts

The New York Community Trust

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21 Jul 2014

Demystifying Funder Transparency: Sharing Assessments

Monday, July 21, 2014 -

3:15pm to 5:00pm

View resources and webcast recording of this program. Grantees, ... a target of criticism and second-guessing, many more are taking the risk and finding that, in fact, they are ... of their...

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Meet the New Grantees of the Black-Led Movement Fund at Borealis Philanthropy

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05/27/2020

... a Black, queer, and gender justice lens to their work, are focused on power-building in the South and Midwest, and ... organizing— and the right thing to do—to entrust resources with Black people who know best...

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Borealis Philanthropy

How The Atlantic Philanthropies Changed Lives Through Building

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05/18/2015

... Changed Lives Through Building Imagine having the resources to build something that can dramatically alter the ... imagine an unassuming man coming to you and asking what you could build to change many lives,...

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American Cancer Society Honors Dave Hattem of AXA at 54th Annual Gala on Long Island

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10/20/2016

... Executive Director, General Counsel, AXA Equitable Life Insurance Company at the 54th Annual Gala of Hope held at Fox ... in his service to the community as part of the United States Department of Justice.....

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Equitable Foundation

NYCHA Now

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02/11/2021

... residents of NYCHA. Our mission is to create and leverage resources and relationships to enhance the opportunities and ... workforce skills and economic mobility, and community health with a focus on NYCHA’s...

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Housing and Homelessness

Research Studies: A Convener’s Best Friend

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05/26/2020

How a research project transformed a region - and the foundation that sponsored it. The Rauch Foundation presents Part 2 of their 3-part Insights series.

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

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The Rauch Foundation

25 Jun 2020

Beyond Defunding the Police: Reimagining Safety for Communities of Color in the Time of COVID

Thursday, June 25, 2020 -

1:00pm to 2:30pm

COVID-19 is the greatest public health crisis since the 1918 Influenza pandemic, resulting in ... prevent the virus’s spread. However, incarcerated people are unable to follow social distancing rules, have no...

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Jonas Center for Nursing & Veterans Healthcare Celebrates 10 Years & 1,000 Scholars

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02/05/2016

... two-thirds of registered nurses over age 54 say they are considering retirement[i], while tens of thousands of ... and the results of those collaborations have far exceeded what we ever thought we could...

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Jonas Center / Barbara & Donald Jonas Family Fund

Veterans

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25 Jun 2018

Unpacking Nutrition Education – Why It Matters for NYC Students

Monday, June 25, 2018 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

School gardening, hands-on cooking, food justice education, health literacy - by any name nutrition education is more important than ever for students' health , academic achievement, and development as 21st...

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Children, Youth and Families

Food Systems