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Easy to Say and Hard to Do Well

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05/02/2018

... foundation effectiveness. Stressing the importance of a mission-focused strategy, his remarks focused on how to ... effectiveness – when do you know your foundation’ s work is making ...

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President's Message

17 Nov 2016

Expand Your Comfort Zone: Taking Risks in Family Philanthropy - Webinar

Thursday, November 17, 2016 -

12:00pm to 1:30pm

... only.* Philanthropy is often described as society’ s “risk capital.” Private generosity can support causes ... government agencies cannot or will not. However, the idea of risk in philanthropy quickly muddies...

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UJA-Federation Announces $50 Million Day School Challenge Fund

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06/09/2014

... $50 Million Day School Challenge Fund UJA-Federation of New York has announced the establishment of its $50 ... fund will match endowment dollars that schools raise on a one-to-three ratio,...

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Wallace Foundation Invests $30 Million to Strengthen Supervisors Of School Principals

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06/24/2014

... Foundation is investing $30 million in a significant five- year effort to help 14 urban school districts improve the ... on bureaucratic compliance,” added Jody Spiro, Wallace’ s director...

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Claire Tow, Co-Founder, The Tow Foundation, Dies At 83

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07/08/2014

... Leonard, in 1988, died Monday at age 83, following a 14- year struggle with Lou Gehrig' s Disease (ALS). She and her husband also founded the ... treatment and care, the cultural arts,...

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Ten NYC Nonprofits Selected As 2014 Nonprofit Excellence Awards Semifinalists

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08/04/2014

... As 2014 Nonprofit Excellence Awards Semifinalists A group of 10 diverse nonprofit organizations from the NYC ... pool of 77 applicants – a 25 percent jump over the prior...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Addresses Road Safety Issues in Mumbai

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02/23/2015

... in India earlier this week, has vowed to give away most of his wealth — his net worth is $35.7 billion — to ... he is doing that, focuses on public health, environment, education , the arts and government...

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Aetna Foundation Initiative Promotes Healthy Eating in Inner-City Neighborhoods

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04/07/2015

... Roots program will support the creation and expansion of community gardens, urban farms, and farmers’ markets in ... where help is most needed. Programs that provide nutrition education along with fresh...

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Community Development

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Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Backs Initiative to Increase Arts Integration in Research Cirricula

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08/06/2015

... Universities (a2ru) and the University of Michigan' s ArtsEngine program have received an $800,000 grant from the ... Practice in Arts, Research and Curricula, a three- year...

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Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center Director Examines Link Between Art and Economic Development

Release Date:

08/18/2015

... Center (SNFCC). Funded by the late shipping magnate’ s international foundation, the cultural institution will ... National Library and National Opera. Once completed next year , the SNFCC will then be turned...

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Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Awards $7.3 Million to Dance Organizations

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08/21/2015

... to organizations that have demonstrated excellence in and a sustained commitment to the field of dance. Eighteen ... the Mark Morris Dance Group in recognition of the company' s...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Funds Metropolitan Museum's Launch of Kid-Targeted Web Initiative

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09/11/2015

Bloomberg Philanthropies Funds Metropolitan Museum' s Launch of Kid-Targeted Web Initiative Thomas P. ... Museum of Art, announced today the launch of #MetKids, a...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Hospitals Foster Interprofessional Practice to Improve Outcomes - Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation

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11/20/2015

... from different disciplines together for the benefit of patients, and others are embarking on the journey. ... Jill Wegener, MSN, RN, CCRN, CNO at Blythedale Children’ s Hospital, Valhalla, N.Y. Blythedale...

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation-Backed Poll Finds Racial Divide in Financial Readiness for Retirement

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05/19/2017

... to say they've saved enough for retirement, a new poll found. The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public ... and other minority groups extends beyond pensions, 401(k) s or other retirement accounts. The...

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With Wallace Foundation Support, New Study Finds Principal Development Pipelines Both Beneficial and Affordable

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07/10/2017

... Development Pipelines Both Beneficial and Affordable It' s no secret to readers of IP that the Wallace Foundation ... Wallace places school leadership front and center of its ...

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Opinion: New York’s Bad Teachers, Back on the Job

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09/11/2017

Opinion: New York’ s Bad Teachers, Back on the Job On Thursday, a million New York City children will return to school. ... quietly announced a policy reversal: In the coming year...

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Harrowing Journeys: Children and Youth on The Move Across The Mediterranean Sea, At Risk of Trafficking and Exploitation

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09/12/2017

... – and face staggering risks in the process. For 17- year old Mohammad, who traveled through Libya to seek asylum ... risked our lives to come here,” he says, “we crossed a sea. We knew it is not safe, so we...

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Skoll, Ford and Others Work with Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors on How to Listen More to Nonprofits & Speak Less

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09/26/2017

... to Listen More to Nonprofits & Speak Less Over the past year , the Skoll, Draper Richards Kaplan, Ford, and Porticus ... apply their resources toward large societal problems like education , racism, poverty...

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Ms. Foundation Seeks to Increase Traction for Childcare Amongst Funders

Release Date:

10/03/2017

... to fill the gap. In 2015, the Economic Policy Institute, a progressive-leaning think tank, found that in 33 states and ... for funders that care either about early childhood education or the struggles ...

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Open Society Foundations, Ford and the Rockefeller Foundation Pledge Initial $5M For Battered Puerto Rico

Release Date:

11/16/2017

... Pledge Initial $5M For Battered Puerto Rico Three major U. S .-based foundations on Wednesday pledged an initial $5 ... experts as members who will submit a report by early next year on where...

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