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New Member Spotlight: The Pilgrim Foundation

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05/29/2009

... to Philanthropy New York. Suzanne Daniel , Director of the foundation, shares details about Pilgrim and its latest projects in this Member Spotlight. What are your foundation’ s primary areas...

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Greenwall Study Says Decision Makers Hold Overly Optimistic Expectations for Critically Ill Patient Outcomes

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05/17/2016

... for Critically Ill Patient Outcomes More than half of the family and friends making decisions for critically ill ... have significantly different estimates for the patient’ s survival than...

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Health

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2016 Nobel Prize Winner Yoshinori Ohsumi’s Discoveries Could Change How We Treat Disease

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10/05/2016

2016 Nobel Prize Winner Yoshinori Ohsumi’ s Discoveries Could Change How We Treat Disease Japanese ... research on autophagy ― a metabolic recycling process in which cells eat parts of themselves...

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Health

How Judith Rodin Created A New Model For Philanthropic Funding At The Rockefeller Foundation

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12/07/2016

... for more resilience—the ability to survive and thrive in the face of increasingly unpredictable natural or manmade disasters, often spurred by climatic change or hiccups in the global economy...

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More Mayors in Rockefeller’s100 Resilient Cities Initiative Are Appointing Chief Resilience Officers

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07/28/2017

More Mayors in Rockefeller’s100 Resilient Cities Initiative Are ... Cities employed a "chief resilience officer." As of late July, there were officially 79 within the initiative’ s...

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Propel Democracy Launches Funding To Support Progressive Organizers’ Digital Pivot for 2020 Election

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04/23/2020

... at home orders. While doubts about the digital prowess of the Biden presidential campaign are circulating, the ... anything back. With the support of Propel Democracy ’ s latest round...

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Civic Engagement

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Propel Capital

21 Jun 2016

Diverse Boards: Moving Beyond Rhetoric

Tuesday, June 21, 2016 -

9:00am to 11:00am

... nonprofits and philanthropies embrace the values and goals of inclusiveness, but have had mixed success in diversifying their boards. Some have had challenges ... a nonprofit and foundation on how they...

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05 Jan 2017

Resistance and Resilience Strategy of the Climate Movement - Webinar

Thursday, January 5, 2017 -

2:00pm to 3:00pm

The political landscape nationally and in many states appears increasingly hostile to action on ... the local and national actions planned by the People’ s Climate Movement to mark the first 100 days of...

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15 Mar 2019

Funders Briefing Call on NYS Criminal Justice Reform

Friday, March 15, 2019 -

11:00am to 12:30pm

With the new leadership in the state government in 2019, advocates across New York have called on state leaders to push through long -stalled criminal justice reforms. A wide variety of...

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Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Announces Leadership Changes, New Teams Focused on Financial Inclusion and Environment, Rights, & Global Development

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04/07/2021

... interconnectedness and a global view for engaging in effective philanthropy,” stated Melissa Berman, CEO of ... Walter Sweet , formerly head of Rockefeller Philanthropy’ s...

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01 Nov 2023

Taking the Sting out of Funder-Grantee Conversations: Practicing Trust-Based Philanthropy - Hosted by Nonprofit New York

Wednesday, November 1, 2023 -

10:15am to 11:30am

... join Nonprofit New York and Philanthropy New York members in a workshop on grant reporting as part of the 2023 ... will come out of this session and report back at next year' s...

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Surdna Foundation Announces Grant to New Orleans based Ashé Cultural Arts Center

Release Date:

10/19/2023

... Center The grant commemorates Ashé Cultural Arts Center’ s 25-year commitment to supporting art, culture, imagination, and economic resilience in New Orleans The Surdna Foundation’ s Thriving...

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Arts

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12 Nov 2025

Defending DEI: Philanthropy's Pivotal Role in a Defining Moment

Wednesday, November 12, 2025 -

2:00pm to 4:00pm

... Date: November 12, 2025 (moved from October 7) ** Forces in America have launched attacks on the fundamental American ... undermine the institutions that Americans have long relied upon, both to advance on a...

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Ford Foundation Appoints Achmat Dangor to Lead Its South Africa Office

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04/01/2013

... as head of its office for Southern Africa, which is based in Johannesburg and serves South Africa, Mozambique and ... CEO of the Nelson Mandela Foundation, extending Mandela’ s...

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Teagle Foundation Announces Judith Shapiro as New President

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04/02/2013

... the Foundation to succeed Richard Morrill beginning July 2013 . The Teagle Foundation is a New York-based foundation ... is focused on improving undergraduate student learning in the arts and sciences. Dr...

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Edward W. Hazen Foundation President Lori Bezahler Writes Op-Ed on Activism Led by Young People of Color for The Nation

Release Date:

03/28/2018

... level, youth-led activism against gun violence is not, in fact, new. In Florida in 2013 , for example, members of Power U and Dream Defenders ... “stand...

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Commonwealth Fund Study Finds Organizations Can Reduce Their Carbon Footprint and Improve Health

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04/20/2018

... Reduce Their Carbon Footprint and Improve Health If the U. S . health care system were a separate country, its $3.3 trillion GDP would give it the fifth-largest economy in the world. It is also the world’...

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