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18 May 2016

Can Failure Be a Success?: Dissecting the Rikers Social Impact Bond Experiment

Wednesday, May 18, 2016 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

... Investing May 10, 2017 - Which Impact Investing Tools Are Right for Your Foundation’s Mission? At their core, ... social impact bonds are about learning from and scaling what works, and...

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Finance & Asset Management

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Impact Investing

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Justice Reform

Manage Difficult Workplace Conversations Like a Jedi

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04/13/2017

... of people prepare before a difficult conversation but are still less than likely to be satisfied with the ... situation or about the issue you are discussing. Know what your personal triggers...

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Altman Foundation

NYC: The Starting Point for Critical Conversations to Address Historic Challenges

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04/21/2015

... widening income inequality and environmental degradation, are grave dangers if left unattended. For good or ill, all ... are anxious to listen to organizations, those funding and doing the...

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Are Too Many Seniors Taking Antidepressants?

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07/31/2015

Are Too Many Seniors Taking Antidepressants? Older Americans receive prescriptions for mental health medications at more than twice the rate that younger ... drugs in this population, because so many older adults...

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The John A. Hartford Foundation

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The Atlantic Philanthropies

United Hospital Fund's Levine Speaks on Healthcare's Toll on Caregivers

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02/16/2016

... New York City-based United Hospital Fund’s Families and Health Care Project, explained in a commentary in the same ... of support groups and services, she said. Yet, they are the ones asking questions about...

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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

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United Hospital Fund

26 Jun 2018

Should My Company and Its Philanthropy Care About the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals? A Roundtable Discussion

Tuesday, June 26, 2018 -

9:00am to 11:00am

In September 2015, 193 member States of the United Nations adopted 17 Sustainable ... colleagues will share examples of how corporations are using the SDG framework for both their philanthropic work ... How...

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Tools & Strategies

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Corporate Funders

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08 Feb 2012

Strengthening Primary Care: Aligning Healthcare with Our Needs

Wednesday, February 8, 2012 -

2:00pm to 5:00pm

Philanthropy New York, 79 Fifth Avenue, 4th Floor, NYC

The Health Policy Working Group has identified strengthening ... and Paloma Hernandez , President & CEO of Urban Health Plan , Inc., who will draw from their experiences and ... biggest...

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Issue-Based

On the Occasion of the New York Foundation’s 100th Anniversary

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11/05/2009

... ideas and solutions but we have observed that when they are proposed and executed from above they lack staying power. ... of the complexity of people’s lives and communities and what it takes to make them...

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Aetna Foundation Pledges Funding To 25 Community-Based Nonprofits To Promote Active Living and Increase Access To Healthy Foods

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11/13/2017

... where Americans live, work and play to improve health outcomes. The foundation pledged $2 million in grants ... white. “We use the social determinants of health as a lens in our grantmaking strategy, because...

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Ford Foundation Announces $180 Million in New Funding for U.S. Racial Justice Efforts

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10/09/2020

... need to increase funding for activists and groups that are advancing sweeping change. “Our most urgent priority ... moment of racial reckoning have the resilience and resources they need to help build a truly...

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Social Justice

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Ford Foundation

MetLife Foundation Launches $200 Million Campaign for Financial Inclusion

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10/28/2013

... Europe, Latin America, the Middle East and the United States . The MetLife Foundation has announced the launch of a ... Europe, Latin America, the Middle East, and the United States . The global campaign will...

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Open Society Foundations Announces $50 Million Gift to ACLU

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11/07/2014

... people, build political capacity in early primary states ahead of the 2016 election, and focus on three to five states where it thinks the 2016 ballot could bring ...

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Justice Reform

Social Justice

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Open Society Foundations

Tow Foundation President Emily Tow Jackson Supports Governor Cuomo's Recommendation to Raise the Age

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01/20/2015

Tow Foundation President and Executive Director Emily Tow Jackson is a member Governor Cuomo's Commission on Youth, Public Safety and Justice Recommendations.

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Appointments & Transitions

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Justice Reform

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Rockefeller Brothers Fund Announces Perry Cammack as the Program Director of Peacebuilding

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01/29/2019

... security, democracy, and economic issues in the United States government. From 2003–2013, he worked as an advisor ...

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Rockefeller Brothers Fund

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New York Community Trust Gives One Million Dollars to Help Train Social Workers

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05/16/2016

... train more social workers to strengthen the delivery of health care services in the United States . NYCT will award the two social work organizations $1 ... two fellows to Washington, D.C. to directly engage in...

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The New York Community Trust

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Seeking Member Comments: Public Policy Position on a True Cost of Living Standard and Wage Equity

... rise in the second most expensive city in the United States . According to the Living Wage Calculator, c urrent ... nonprofit health and human service workers, whose salaries are often set by...

Bloomberg Philanthropies to Help Reduce Financial Barriers for Top Talent to Begin Careers in Public Service

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03/02/2021

... urban infrastructure to transportation systems, public health to public schools, now more than ever society’s ... Education, Environment, Government Innovation, and Public Health . Bloomberg Philanthropies...

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Workforce Development

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Bloomberg Philanthropies

01 Oct 2025

Anti-Authoritarian Funder Learning Series Part III: Local Responses in the Protection of Democracy - A Webinar Hosted by GCIR

Wednesday, October 1, 2025 -

1:00pm to 2:00pm

... us through to a renewed and inclusive vision of America. What will you learn? In this series for grantmakers of all ... democratic backsliding; and hone in on how philanthropic resources can support local-...

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Immigration

Atlantic Philanthropies Funds Camden Coalition to Establish National Healthcare Center

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03/09/2016

... in Camden. “Across the country, innovators are developing new models of health care delivery that lower costs and improve care for patients who are overwhelmed by the challenges of navigating...

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