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14 Sep 2017

Time of Opportunity: Best Practices in Summer Learning (Part 2)

Thursday, September 14, 2017 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

... learning can be best structured to meet student needs What sorts of publicly and privately funded programs are currently available in NYC through CBOs, libraries, and schools What...

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25 May 2021

Why the Time is Right for a Guaranteed Income with an Equity Lens - A Webinar Hosted by Asset Funders Network

Tuesday, May 25, 2021 -

1:00pm to 2:00pm

... Income; how philanthropy can play a catalytic role and what this moment tells us about the future of guaranteed ... Income How philanthropy can play a catalytic role and what this moment tells us about the...

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Economic Security

Ford Foundation Provides $1.5 Million in Emergency Funding to Puerto Rico

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09/27/2022

... impact hit areas in the southwest where 3,600 homes are still covered by blue tarps from Hurricane Maria in 2017 ... and reimagine how to support survivors. While basic needs are by definition crucial, we also...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Disaster Relief

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PNY Core: Philanthropy 101

... five modules will build on each other, and participants are expected to commit to attending all five . Who should ... New York; Donita Volkwijn, Philanthropy New York Are you stepping into a new role and want...

Recording: Deciding NYC's Future: The Latest Charter Revision Commission and November Referendum

... Revision process, starting with the fundamentals – what it is, its history, and how it can impact the city. ...

NCF Welcomes Elizabeth Mendez Berry and Isaac Luria as Directors of Voice, Creativity and Culture

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12/16/2016

... President and CEO Sharon Alpert. “Elizabeth and Isaac are highly regarded in the field for being innovative, ... of storytelling. Each of their perspectives and networks are deep, cross-cutting and...

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Appointments & Transitions

Apollo Theater Launches Initiative Dedicated to the Creation of a Diverse 21st Century Performing Arts Canon with Support from the Ford Foundation and Andrew W. Mellon Foundation

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02/27/2020

... times and, by providing these unique perspectives, rewrite what is possible and allow us all to see the world in a ... Mellon Foundation President Elizabeth Alexander. “We are excited by the potential of these...

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Arts

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Mellon Foundation

Rockefeller Brothers Fund Releases New Report: Mission Aligned Investing: How We Assess Our Progress

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04/07/2022

... shares the Fund's mission-aligned investing and how they are assessing progress in this announcement. In a new report ... investments at the RBF is meant to support the idea that what is good for people...

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Finance & Asset Management

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Rockefeller Brothers Fund

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Insights from “Responding to the Moment: Participatory Approaches in Philanthropy”

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09/19/2024

... Shared Insight Participatory approaches in philanthropy are on the rise! Inspired by the disability rights slogan ... more rooted in lived experience and embraced by community are more likely to be effective...

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12 Jul 2017

ComNetworkNY: Coffee Klatch With Your Philanthropic Peers

Wednesday, July 12, 2017 -

8:30am to 10:00am

... directors working in philanthropic organizations. RSVPs are limited to 70 people.* Join us for an informal Coffee ... challenges Talk about the communications projects you are working on Designed for...

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CEP Study, Commissioned by Mid-Hudson Valley Nonprofits & the Dyson Foundation, Paints Stark Picture for Valley Nonprofits

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04/27/2020

... MILLBROOK, NY—Mid-Hudson Valley nonprofit organizations are reeling financially because of the COVID-19 economic ... the funding gap has become so pronounced some nonprofits are in danger of going under. “This...

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Community Development

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Appointments & Transitions

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The Dyson Foundation

Ford Foundation Appoints Hilary Pennington and Martín Abregú as Program Vice Presidents

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09/05/2013

The Ford Foundation has announced the appointments of Hilary Pennington as Vice President for the foundation’s program on Education, Creativity and Free Expression, and Martín Abregú as Vice President for its Democracy, Rights and Justice program,...

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ASPCA & Lil BUB’s Philanthropy Isn’t Just Fluff

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10/29/2014

... helped the neediest animals through 38 programs in 24 states (and growing). It has also helped give fans, who ...

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Animal Welfare

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ASPCA

Mayor de Blasio Can Make Lasting Change with Nonprofit Living Wages and Career Opportunities

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12/16/2014

... a majority of front-line social service sector employees are underpaid and without real opportunities for career ... 52 percent of these employees, the great majority of whom are women of color, earn less than...

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Workforce Development

A New Funder Embrace for Workforce Development

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04/18/2012

... levels of unemployment. In New York City, funders are focused on developing new approaches to prepare ... economic development or anti-poverty efforts, more funders are joining in. We welcome all donors who...

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Reflections from Foundations on the Hill

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03/24/2011

... is very high. Many of those working on Capitol Hill are simply unaware of the many facets of the philanthropic ... between foundations and charities; the populations that are served by the sector; and its...

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JPMorgan Report: Good, Growing Middle-Skill Jobs Exclude Women

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03/24/2016

... occupations. As companies throughout the United States face a skills shortage, the report identifies ... lead author of the study. “At the same time, employers are facing a shortage in workers who can fill...

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Gender Justice

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Where Walls Exist, the Arts Provide a Doorway

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03/27/2017

... and compose about one percent of the population of United States . Rhetoric that lumps together such a diverse group and ... large spike in hate crimes in recent months. The examples are multifold: In Brooklyn...

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Video

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Arts

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Doris Duke Foundation

New York Life Foundation and the Afterschool Alliance Open Competitive Grant Program to Help Middle School Youth in Out-of-School Time Programs

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12/13/2018

... reached hundreds of thousands of children in the United States already, and this third year of the grant program will ... to help students mature into well-rounded teens who are prepared for success in high...

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