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Resilience Begins at Home

Release Date:

07/30/2013

... the resilience of New York and New Jersey. As the region works to rebuild and to better prepare for future storms and ... greater resilience. It can also help to inform other cities as they prepare for shocks...

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All Funders

Renowned Scholar and Author Carolyn Dinshaw Joins the Mellon Foundation as Senior Program Officer for Higher Learning

Release Date:

02/10/2022

... subjects from “Medieval Misogyny” to “Queer New York City .” “The breadth of Carolyn’s experience across ... member of the Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies at the City University of New York, and has been an...

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Mellon Foundation

Surdna Foundation Appoints Melissa D’Arienzo, Miguel A. Santana, and Ommeed Sathe to its Board

Release Date:

12/16/2022

... of Fairplex, a nonprofit in Pomona, CA. Prior, he was the City Administrative Officer for Los Angeles, overseeing the City ’s $9 billion budget and designing its first ... with Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver...

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Surdna Foundation

Learn Foundation Law

Publication date:

04/2012

... online resource, which covers the basic legal rules around what staff are allowed to fund and engage in at a private ... how lobbying laws apply to private foundations, who and what they can legally fund, the types of grants private ...

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03 Mar 2015

Summer Youth Employment Programs: Ensuring Greater Career Readiness

Tuesday, March 3, 2015 -

7:00am to 10:00am

... affected young people of color. 2013's employment data reveals that only 19% of black teens were likely to be ... How early work contributes to long term success Current city priorities around increasing...

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Roundtable Discussion

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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

Technical Assistance & Capacity Building

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Children, Youth and Families

Location

New York City

Bold Stories For Big Challenges

Release Date:

12/17/2013

... social justice advocates address the disconnect between what they say and what their audiences receive. Yvette Alberdingk Thijm of ... years to achieve? How can you tell good stories about data...

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Open Society Foundations

The Nathan Cummings Foundation

The Overbrook Foundation

Trust-Based Philanthropy Cohort

... an inequitable system that has perpetuated a racial wealth gap . Meanwhile, white dominant norms and perspectives have ... into changes in their internal and external practices. What is the Expected Commitment...

The People’s (Climate) March: A Tipping Point Towards the Clean Revolution

Release Date:

09/26/2014

... published on the WINGS Philanthropy in Focus blog . What a day it was! Sunday’s historic People’s Climate ... UN Climate Chief Christiana Figueres said that what is important is the strength of commitments and...

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Environment and Climate Change

Health

Most Funders Don’t Think About Disaster Until It Strikes

Release Date:

07/05/2016

... a complicated question with no single answer. There are resources , however, to help funders start to prepare their ... Donations The suggestions in the playbook are similar to what we learned from the...

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President's Message

PNY News

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Disaster Relief

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Beyond Rigor - Building Philanthropy's Equitable Evaluation Infrastructure

Release Date:

07/17/2019

... projects. In response to member demand for additional resources and tools to support their equity-focused missions, ... a statement setting forth our commitment to provide EE resources and learning to support...

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Philanthropy New York

Simons Foundation Announces Historic Gift to Stony Brook University Endowment

Release Date:

06/01/2023

... level of educational excellence and with world-class resources . The foundation’s gift will also help give those ... and Bloomberg Philanthropies, and 108th mayor of New York City . “This new gift is an...

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The Simons Foundation

27 Jun 2025

Navigating Headwinds: Lessons in Leadership, Capacity, and Allyship

Friday, June 27, 2025 -

10:00am to 11:30am

Virtual Meeting - Register by 6/26

... preparedness, strategic communications, and data protection—and why they are critical to organizational ... they advance their missions under heightened pressure. What will you learn? The specific legal,...

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Human Services

Justice Reform

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Public Policy

School Choice and Privilege Are Inextricably Linked

Release Date:

11/09/2015

... that figure was cut basically in half, down to a gap of 18 points by 1988. But today, schools are ... a school choice lottery system was implemented across the city , as families with greater access and ability...

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Edward W. Hazen Foundation (Closed)

19 Mar 2019

Census 2020 Messaging Testing Results – A Webinar Series Hosted by FCCP

Tuesday, March 19, 2019 -

4:00pm to 5:00pm

*This program is hosted by our partner, Funders' Committee for Civic Participation (FCCP), who has extended an invitation to PNY members. Space is limited and will be granted on a first come, first served basis.* The Funders...

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Tools & Strategies

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Webinar/Teleconference

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All Funders

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Immigration

Brooklyn Community Foundation Announces the Addition of Four New Staff and Six New Board Members

Release Date:

01/28/2015

... the Foundation’s core program strategy. In addition, she works closely with the board, leadership, and staff to ... of people displaced by dams. For over a decade in New York City , she has been part of...

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Arts

Children, Youth and Families

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The Rockefeller Foundation Announces Grant to Expand Access to Covid-19 Testing and Tracing in Africa

Release Date:

01/28/2021

... continent will have access to more reliable epidemiologic data to advise governments, businesses, and the public on how ... the globe to mobilize technical, material, and financial resources to support its...

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International/Foreign Affairs

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The Rockefeller Foundation

Compensating for Your Philanthropic Blind Spots

Release Date:

01/09/2014

... Trust, in which Paul discussed the pros and cons of what he called “moneyball philanthropy” — a data -driven and results-oriented approach to grantmaking. At ... to additional services such as food assistance...

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Insights

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Evaluation

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Bessemer Trust

12 Jul 2017

ComNetworkNY: Coffee Klatch With Your Philanthropic Peers

Wednesday, July 12, 2017 -

8:30am to 10:00am

... your counterparts at philanthropic foundations in New York City during an informal coffee and breakfast hosted by the ...

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10 Feb 2015

The Conference Board's Business - Community Impact Symposium

Tuesday, February 10, 2015 - 8:00am to Wednesday, February 11, 2015 - 5:00pm

... Social Entrepreneurs: The New Frontier The Research – What is it telling us? Impact Moment - Financial Literacy ... Gail Gershon, Executive Director, Community Leadership, Gap Inc. Kevin Martinez, Vice...