Weinberg Foundation Names Jonathan D. Hook Their First Chief Investment Officer
Release Date:
04/17/2014
... , one of the largest private foundations in the United States , has named Jonathan D. Hook as its first Chief ...
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Philip Zelikow Joins Markle Foundation As Visiting Managing Director
Release Date:
08/27/2014
... has taught at Harvard University and for the United States Navy. He has served on several boards, including as a ...
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2017
David vs. Goliath: How Arizona Advocates Won Victories in the Fight Against Extremism - Webinar
Monday, January 9, 2017 -
3:00pm to 4:00pm
Despite a 2016 election season which saw the rise of xenophobic rhetoric, advocates in Arizona have surprised many by successfully pushing back against anti-immigrant bills in the state legislature, defeating leading anti-immigration figure Sheriff...
Michael Bloomberg Takes on the Coal Industry
Release Date:
04/12/2018
... can change some environmental regulations, but companies are going to put in the environmental safeguards anyway. Their stockholders are insisting on it, their employees are insisting on it...
04
Mar
2019
The Interplay of Money in Politics, Democracy Reform, and Movement Building - A First Monday Discussion Webinar Hosted by FCCP
Monday, March 4, 2019 -
3:00pm to 4:00pm
... to movement building. Emerging coalition based efforts are also galvanizing further momentum, allowing for greater ... landscape, and a discussion about how state advocates are building a more cohesive...
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... within the philanthropic community to grow. Members hear what ’s happening at their colleagues’ foundations, ...
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Nov
2012
Learn and Let Learn: Supporting Successful Learning Communities
Friday, November 2, 2012 -
1:00pm to 2:00pm
Grantmakers for Effective Organizations' Scaling What Works initiative invites you to join an interview with .....
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Apr
2013
The “Grit” Factor: How Community Organizations Support Students for College Success
Wednesday, April 17, 2013 -
8:15am to 10:30am
Philanthropy New York, 79 Fifth Ave., 4th floor, NYC
... from college. In our March 18 session on Measuring What Matters, we heard a lot about “GRIT” and other ... the measurement challenges have been overcome. If they are going to help their students, members and...
To Get to the Good, You Gotta Dance With the Wicked
Release Date:
09/19/2013
... base their conclusion on hard questions about whether what they, as leading social entrepreneurs, initially saw as ...
One year after Sandy, are we prepared for another superstorm?
Release Date:
10/31/2013
... anyone with a wandering imagination -- has always been, " What would happen if a catastrophic event hit the island of ... is exactly how it must have felt... One year after Sandy, are we prepared for...
One year after Sandy, are we prepared for another superstorm?
Release Date:
10/31/2013
... anyone with a wandering imagination -- has always been, " What would happen if a catastrophic event hit the island of ... is exactly how it must have felt... One year after Sandy, are we prepared for...
Wanted: Hartford Change AGEnts with Red Pens
Release Date:
03/13/2014
... say “Thank you,” reflect on the input, and incorporate what is helpful…. Wanted: Hartford Change AGEnts with Red ...
The North Star Fund is the First Community Foundation to Sign Pledge to Divest from Fossil Fuels
Release Date:
03/13/2014
... apartheid regime in the 1980s, but many people know what it means now: companies and institutions can stop investing in corporate or business actions that are harmful. North Star funded many activist groups...
De Blasio unveils 30-member task force charged with overhauling NYC’s job-training and workforce-placement programs
Release Date:
05/20/2014
... like the technology sector. “We’re going to tear down what was there before and rebuild,” Mr. de Blasio said... ...
On Agenda For New Ms. Foundation Head: Diversity and Safeguarding Reproductive Rights
Release Date:
07/10/2014
... Foundation for Women is to "diversify our grant making and what philanthropy looks like." She also tells the .....
NYCT Supports South Bronx Culture Trail
Release Date:
10/03/2014
... Bronx Culture Trail An arts and education center and what 's believed to be the first Puerto Rican-owned music store in the city are among the sites set to get markers that will designate .....
Donors to Gay Causes Consider Their Next Steps
Release Date:
11/03/2014
... asked gays, lesbians, and their allies to articulate what they hope the movement will have accomplished by ...
From Poverty to Giving Away Millions: Darren Walker Shares His American Dream
Release Date:
11/11/2014
... even at a young age, he tells PEOPLE, "I had a thirst for what was beyond the horizon." His life changed in 1965, .....
Wealthy Donors are Driving the Immigration Reform Debate
Release Date:
11/20/2014
Wealthy Donors are Driving the Immigration Reform Debate President Obama ... immigration, and the role they have played leading up to what is sure to be a landmark announcement from the Obama administration......
President’s Changes on Immigration Mobilize Nonprofits, Foundations
Release Date:
12/17/2014
... task: mobilizing to help undocumented immigrants who are eligible for temporary legal status under the ... be eligible. The number presents a challenge that dwarfs what advocates faced with the dreamers...