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20 Sep 2017

New Definitions of Peace & Security Funding: How Your Grantmaking Fits - Brown Bag Lunch

Wednesday, September 20, 2017 -

12:00pm to 2:00pm

You don’t have to be a Peace and Security funder to fund “peace and security” work. In fact, increasingly foundations are understanding just how critical the existence of peaceful and stable societies is to the success of other areas of work,...

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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

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Economic Security

International/Foreign Affairs

12 Sep 2018

New York Grantmakers in the Arts - Fall Meeting

Wednesday, September 12, 2018 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

Arts and culture funders, come together to discuss what we see as the pressing issues in the ...

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Arts

20 Mar 2019

Collaborative Grantmaking for Early Childhood: The Raising Childcare Fund - A Webinar Hosted by the NY Funders Alliance

Wednesday, March 20, 2019 -

2:00pm to 3:00pm

... committed early childhood funders who have been learning together and improving our collective positive impact for ...

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Children, Youth and Families

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12 May 2022

Designing Effective Board Meetings: Purpose, Outcomes, Process, and People - A Webinar Hosted by NCFP

Thursday, May 12, 2022 -

12:00pm to 1:15pm

... for engaged family members and decision-makers to come together in service of a collective giving effort—to make ...

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Professional Development

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Webinar/Teleconference

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Family Foundation

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Governance

Bank of America Charitable Foundation Tackles Workforce Development in Baltimore

Release Date:

05/28/2015

... stable jobs has been a challenge in Baltimore. The city ’s unemployment rate was 8.1 percent as of March 2015, ... low-income individuals and families to job training resources at their point of need.... Bank...

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Bank of America Charitable Foundation

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Education

Workforce Development

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JPMorgan Chase Launches Annual AdvancingCities Challenge

Release Date:

06/02/2021

... business owners, and essential workers in critical sectors affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. However, ...

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07 Dec 2015

Campaign for Grade Level Reading: The Funder Action Series, Part 1 - Webinar

Monday, December 7, 2015 -

11:00am to 12:00pm

... leaders, government agencies, states and communities across the nation to ensure that more children in low-income ... including many in New York from Buffalo to New York City , are hard at work implementing...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Education

07 Nov 2017

From There to Here: Adapting Global Solutions to American Problems

Tuesday, November 7, 2017 -

9:00am to 11:00am

... development play out differently in locations and contexts across the globe, their root causes are often similar. Thus, ... inclusive public interaction in the heart of New York City . Explore Global learning...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Civic Engagement

Health

EMpower - The Emerging Markets Foundation Announces New Grants in Emerging Market Countries

Release Date:

01/13/2022

... to only worsen the situation. Our grantee partners are working hard to meet the needs of young people and their ...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Community Development

International/Foreign Affairs

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EMPower - The Emerging Markets Foundation

Andrew Cuomo, Stop a Coronavirus Disaster: Release People From Prison - Op-Ed Co-Written by Darren Walker, President, Ford Foundation

Release Date:

03/30/2020

... fast, we jeopardize the lives of many. Worse yet, we risk creating a uniquely deadly incubator for the virus. America ... within our state’s jails and prisons, and, by extension, across our state. This is not...

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Ford Foundation

The Rockefeller Foundation Commits to Divesting from Fossil Fuels

Release Date:

12/18/2020

... global recovery,” said Dr. Shah . “We are also working across the Foundation to bring market-driven solutions that reduce emissions while creating jobs and wealth-building opportunities for...

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Finance & Asset Management

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Environment and Climate Change

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The Rockefeller Foundation

David Rockefeller Creative Arts Center Recognized for Sustainable Design, Architectural Excellence, and Community Impact

Release Date:

07/31/2023

... is awarded to buildings with outstanding performance across various sustainability categories, including energy ... to advancing sustainability, fostering creativity, and creating a positive impact on our...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Arts

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Rockefeller Brothers Fund

07 Jan 2014

Essential Skills and Strategies for New Grantmakers

Tuesday, January 7, 2014 - 7:00am to Friday, January 10, 2014 - 6:00pm

Essential Skills and Strategies for New Grantmakers (ESS) provides an introduction to grantmaking and philanthropy for program officers with less than two years of experience in the philanthropic sector.

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Professional Development

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Program Staff

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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

Capacity Building Begins At Home

Release Date:

06/04/2009

... we should ask is “what is the best use of foundation resources ?” The whole independent sector would be better served if foundations invested resources more wisely in their own capacity to do a more .....

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Helmsley Charitable Trust Announces Two New Program Directors

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03/01/2013

... Group of the Opportunity Charter School in New York City , served on the Philanthropy New York Gulf Coast Recovery ... he also has had a private practice in clinical psychology, working with children,...

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Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors

The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust

Top 8 Ways Philanthropy Can Make Space at the Table for Immigrant Women Leaders

Release Date:

05/19/2016

... in the immigrant rights’ movement can help build bridges across political differences and create intersectional ... multiple levels: internally; within their organizations; across the whole movement; and from...

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Insights

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Gender Justice

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Unbound Philanthropy

23 Jun 2021

A New Frontier - Racial Equity in the Asset Management Industry Today

Wednesday, June 23, 2021 -

2:00pm to 4:00pm

... upswell of public discussion about racial injustice. All sectors of American economic, political, and social life have ... industry prevent Black asset managers from accessing equal opportunity, and what...

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Finance & Asset Management

Staff at Open Society Foundations Just Voted to Join a Union. Is That a Good Thing?

Release Date:

07/22/2016

... was to create a more professional foundation that is “ working with a meaningful budget” designed to advance “a ...

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