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September 2013 Working Group Updates

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09/25/2013

... Update: On Saturday, October 12, from 8:30 a.m. to 3:00 p .m. , North Star Fund Executive Director Hugh Hogan and ... The tour will depart from and return to North Star Fund' s office on 8th Avenue between...

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Capacity Building Across Borders: Philanthropy New York’s International Grantmakers Network

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02/07/2012

... , led the discussion, drawing on key findings from AGAG’ s recent study, Making the Right Fit: Supporting NGOs in ... strong governance and advocacy ability as key to an NGO’ s overall effectiveness. Common to...

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Program Recap—American Journalism: Views on Reconstructing the Falling Industry

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03/19/2010

By Vincent Stehle Consultant, John S . and James L. Knight Foundation On February 23rd, ... and Professor of Communication at Columbia University’ s Graduate School of Journalism, and Calvin Sims , Program ... of...

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Economic Recovery Through Racial Equity: Thoughts from Maya Wiley

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01/07/2010

... College in 1986. She has litigated, lobbied the U. S . Congress, and developed programs to transform structural racism in the U. S . and in South Africa. Prior to founding the Center for ... a senior advisor on...

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Salary & Benefits Survey

... data on compensation and benefits costs across community, private , and public foundations, and includes the median, ...

Open Society Foundations Names Kenneth H. Zimmerman as New Director of U.S. Programs

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06/04/2012

... named Kenneth H. Zimmerman as the new Director of its U. S . Programs. A lawyer with more than two decades of leadership in the public, private and nonprofit sectors, Zimmerman has devoted his ... transition...

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RE.invest Initiative to Partner With Eight Cities to Develop Resilient Stormwater Systems

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05/29/2013

... resources more efficiently and attract new sources of private investment, RE.invest will reduce the burden placed ...

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Wallace Foundation Awards $4.5 Million to Say Yes to Education

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10/29/2013

The grant will support Say Yes to Education’ s efforts to boost high school and college graduation rates ... urban school districts, announced today that 11 additional private colleges and universities have joined...

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Sandy support from institutions underwhelms

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10/25/2013

Philanthropy New York' s Michael Remaley and the North Star Fund' s Hugh Hogan were quoted in a Crain' s New York Business ... for Superstorm Sandy. Institutional donors including...

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$2.5 Million Fund to Bolster NYC Human Service Providers

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12/11/2013

... their services. Launched with support from a variety of private and corporate funders, including the Citi, F.B. ...

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Bloomberg Lured Donors for New York Programs

Release Date:

11/29/2013

... for tapping his own fortune to fill in gaps in the city’ s resources, whether spending millions of dollars to renovate ... efforts and other initiatives undertaken by the city with private help.... Bloomberg...

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Turning Brooklyn Cachet Into Cash

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03/10/2014

... grow in influence and size when it transitioned from the private Independence Community Foundation into a full-fledged ...

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Investing: Can You Apply Your Values to Create Value?

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05/06/2014

... different sectors – much of my career was spent in the private sector, but I’ve also had roles in the public ... a lot of money and talent directed towards solutions. It’ s clear we desperately need new ways...

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The Rockefeller Foundation

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De Blasio unveils 30-member task force charged with overhauling NYC’s job-training and workforce-placement programs

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05/20/2014

... force that will be charged with overhauling the city’ s job-training and workforce-placement programs. Speaking ... Army Terminal in Sunset Park, the mayor said the city’ s training and placement programs have...

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11 Leading Philanthropies Respond to White House Report on Young Men of Color

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05/30/2014

... Foundation, Nathan Cummings Foundation] The White House’ s My Brother’ s Keeper Task Force today released a report on policies, ... leading foundations working together on a complementary private...

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New Supporting Organization to Oversee "Grand Bargain" Funds

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07/06/2014

... be part of a new nonprofit, the Foundation for Detroit' s future, which will administer the $366 million in private money pledged as part of a "Grand Bargain" to save the Detroit Institute of...

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Simons Foundation Joins Obama Administration's Brain Initiative

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10/01/2014

Simons Foundation Joins Obama Administration' s Brain Initiative The Obama administration plans to ... House Office of Science and Technology Policy, said that private institutions were joining by “aligning...

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Health

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“Grads of Life” Builds Capacity for Demand-Driven Solutions to the U.S. Youth Employment Challenge

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10/02/2014

... catalytic realization: that full employment for our nation' s youth can only occur at the intersection of our labor ... skill development community but also among employers and private sector actors. In...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Ford Foundation Heads Group of Philanthropic Leaders to Save Detroit

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11/10/2014

... afternoon last November, leaders of some of the nation’ s top foundations were invited into a private meeting in a courthouse conference room here as Judge ... Gerald E. Rosen, the appointed mediator in this...

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