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09 May 2013

Over the River and Through the Woods: Geographic Dispersion in Family Philanthropy

Thursday, May 9, 2013 -

12:00pm to 1:00pm

Webinar

... are families balancing the commitment to the foundation' s "hometown" and their growing concern for their own region? .....

17 Jun 2010

Inaugural Conference on Scaling Social Impact

Thursday, June 17, 2010 -

9:00am to 5:00pm

New York City

A Philanthropy New York COLLABORATIVE EVENT, presented with Growth Philanthropy Network . WHO SHOULD ATTEND: Funders and investors with an interest in education, youth development, poverty alleviation, and health;...

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18 May 2011

Successful Advocacy -- and Its Challenges: What's "Public" About Public Education?

Wednesday, May 18, 2011 -

2:45pm to 5:00pm

... the event. A program presented by Philanthropy New York’ s policy committee Philanthropy Connects , in its new series ... across the City are wondering whether their children’ s favorite programs – or maybe...

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Issue-Based

19 Sep 2013

Family Philanthropy Online Guided Tour

Thursday, September 19, 2013 -

12:00pm to 12:30pm

Webinar

... Make plans to join this special guided tour of the world’ s largest online knowledge center for family philanthropy - ... in family philanthropy Part of Philanthropy New York' s Family Philanthropy Series...

2012 NGen Fellows Project: Hacking the NGen Experience

Release Date:

09/29/2013

During their nine-month fellowship, the 2012 Independent Sector American Express NGen Fellows examined the "leadership void" that will be created by the impending retirement of baby-boomer nonprofit executives. The Fellows also sought to identify...

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American Express

Advocates for LGBT Equality Launch Freedom Fund to Support LGBT Russians

Release Date:

11/26/2013

The Arcus Foundation, the Council for Global Equality and the Open Society Foundations have announced the establishment of the Russia Freedom Fund to provide financial support directly to groups working to end discrimination and violence in Russia...

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LGBTQ

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Arcus Foundation

Open Society Foundations

The Value of Rigorous Evaluation

Release Date:

06/02/2014

... that they are making a real difference in people’ s lives? And how can we expect to improve programs’ ...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Blue Meridian Partners, Inc.

Americans' Wait Time To See Doctors Is Longer Than in Many Other Countries

Release Date:

07/05/2014

... for treatment in 11 countries. In contrast, the U. S . fares much better when it comes to wait times for ... hospitals and doctors, such as knee-replacements, M.R.I. s or Botox injections. Experts say that wait...

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Health

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The Commonwealth Fund

Report Shows Link Between Children's Outcomes and Mothers' Educational Attainment

Release Date:

07/10/2014

Report Shows Link Between Children' s Outcomes and Mothers' Educational Attainment Children ... from the Foundation for Child Development. Mother’ s Education and Children’ s Outcomes:...

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Children, Youth and Families

Economic Security

Education

Gender Justice

Workforce Development

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Foundation for Child Development

New York Community Trust Ranked Number Three In Total Assets

Release Date:

07/15/2014

A new report that ranks community foundations by asset size finds that The New York Community Trust is number three in the nation with $2.4 billion.

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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The New York Community Trust

Schools Urged To Implement Alternatives to Zero-Tolerance Discipline Policies

Release Date:

07/24/2014

Forward-thinking school districts across the nation are demonstrating how alternatives to zero-tolerance discipline polices can improve educational outcomes, writes Kavitha Mediratta, the head of racial-equity program at The Atlantic Philanthropies...

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Education

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The Atlantic Philanthropies

ASPCA Awards Nearly $7.4 Million In First Half of 2014

Release Date:

08/08/2014

... across the country. To learn more about the ASPCA’ s Grants Program, interested animal welfare professionals can visit www.aspcapro. org /Grants . About the ASPCA® Founded in 1866, the ... organization in North...

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Animal Welfare

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ASPCA

MasterCard Foundation to Help Address Water Sanitation in East Africa with Micro-Credit Program

Release Date:

10/27/2014

... sanitation challenges facing low income groups,” Water. org CEO Gary White told participants in the forum. The U. S . based charity has partnered with MasterCard Foundation to ... a five-year program to...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Funding Area

Environment and Climate Change

Ripple Effects: How Can We Continue DACA’s Positive Impact?

Release Date:

01/23/2014

... barriers is the natural next step to continuing DACA’ s positive impact. Already, such work has received ... excellent window into gaps in immigrant services. DACA’ s reach is “horizontal,” across every...

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The New York Immigration Coalition

Simons Foundation Helps Scientists Share and Review Findings

Release Date:

01/06/2015

... and Review Findings The popular preprint server arXiv. org , where physicists, mathematicians and computer scientists ... each month—more than 250 a day, on average. The site’ s administrators make the raw, non...

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TED: Exceptional Media and Ideas for Change

Release Date:

05/28/2013

... out the Storify .) We were fortunate to be joined by TED’ s Curator, Chris Anderson; the Executive Producer of TED ... off a flurry of new initiatives, vastly broadening TED’ s reach. Third, people want to be...

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Insights

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All Funders

MetLife Foundation Increases Access to Online Capital for Small Businesses

Release Date:

02/27/2015

... to Online Capital for Small Businesses The Accion U. S . Network, the largest nonprofit micro- and small business ... business health and growth. The platform – us.accion. org – helps entrepreneurs start and...

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Member News

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Workforce Development

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MetLife

24 Mar 2015

Administrative Relief and Philanthropy Webinar Series - Making the Case for Immigrant-Related Grantmaking: A Funder Conversation on Messaging and Communication Strategies that Work

Tuesday, March 24, 2015 -

2:00pm to 3:30pm

... five million undocumented immigrants, mostly parents of U. S . citizens and lawful permanent residents, to apply for ... permits and reprieve from deportation. The President’ s Immigration Accountability...

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Webinar/Teleconference

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All Funders

Topic(s)

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Funding Area

Immigration

Workforce Development

Location

United States

Verizon Foundation-Funded Research Cited as Basis for Beyond the Bruises Campaign

Release Date:

05/27/2015

The Society for Women' s Health Research (SWHR (R)), a national non-profit and ... of their abuse, as well as the website BeyondtheBruises. org , a resource center that houses information on the often .....

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Member News

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Gender Justice

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Verizon

Bloomberg and CDC Foundation Explore Tobacco Use Covering 60 Percent of World's Population

Release Date:

06/01/2015

... Explore Tobacco Use Covering 60 Percent of World' s Population Tobacco use represents the leading cause of ... policy formulation, the CDC Foundation along with the U. S . Centers for Disease Control and...

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Member News

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Health

International/Foreign Affairs

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Bloomberg Philanthropies

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