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09 Oct 2012

Engaging Stakeholders for Impact: Involving Grantees and Others in Your Grantmaking

Tuesday, October 9, 2012 -

12:00pm to 3:00pm

... in this special event at the Grantmakers Forum of New York' s annual meeting. To solve complex community problems, .....

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Network Building

09 Nov 2012

Organizing Philanthropy's Response to Sandy -- Philanthropy New York’s Teleconference Series

Friday, November 9, 2012 -

1:00pm to 3:00pm

... efforts happening in the sector, please visit: http:// www .philanthropynewyork.org/sandy . Designed for All interested funders. Organizing Philanthropy' s Response to Sandy -- Philanthropy New York’...

14 Nov 2012

A Cultural Exploration of Russian Arts: Performance at BAM & Dinner

Wednesday, November 14, 2012 -

4:30pm to 9:30pm

... performance of Donka: A Letter to Chekhov , part of BAM’ s 30th Next Wave Festival. Featuring a spectacular melding ... physically stunning meditation on the legendary dramatist' s writings and life,...

26 Jan 2013

CEO Workshop: Transforming Your Role and Impact in the Foundation and Community

Saturday, January 26, 2013 -

7:30am to 5:00pm

... to be held in conjunction with the Council on Foundation' s 2013 Family Philanthropy Conference , is designed for the ... Drawing on the National Center for Family Philanthropy’ s 15 years of research,...

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Issue-Based

15 Apr 2010

Educational Neglect: Rethinking Intersections between the Education and Child Protective Systems

Thursday, April 15, 2010 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

... asked the Vera Institute of Justice to study the state’ s approach to educational neglect and to suggest strategies for improving the system’ s response. There is broad consensus that a child protective .....

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Issue-Based

07 Oct 2013

Conversations for Grantmakers: Making a Difference- How One Small Fund Created Big Impact!

Monday, October 7, 2013 -

12:00pm to 1:00pm

Webinar

... Muriel H. Marshall Fund for the Aging, and how one woman' s gift to The Community Foundation created profound and dramatic impact on Genesee County' s elderly residents, their caregivers, and aging...

09 Jan 2014

Generation Next - Young Donors Inspiring a New Generation of Philanthropists

Thursday, January 9, 2014 -

11:00am to 1:30pm

... and giving back to future generations of one’ s family. In some cases, this love of philanthropy translates ... include a discussion of how involvement in their family’ s philanthropy led them to choose this...

Vali Nasr Becomes Opinion Contributor for The New York Times

Release Date:

10/17/2013

The New York Times has announced the addition of Vali Nasr, a Rockefeller Brothers Fund trustee, to its roster of opinion contributors.

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Rockefeller Brothers Fund

08 May 2014

Community Food Funders Annual Gathering

Thursday, May 8, 2014 -

5:30pm to 7:30pm

... bites, wine and brews, networking and brief updates on CFF' s work, and special guests Leonard Lopate and Tracie ... American Way of Eating: Undercover at Walmart, Applebee’ s , Farm Fields and the Dinner...

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Food Systems

Arcus Foundation Launches Online Resource Exploring Human Relationships with Other Animals

Release Date:

04/22/2014

... among peoples and in nature, announced today the launch of www .PoliticsOfSpecies.com , an online resource that takes a ...

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Animal Welfare

Simons Foundation, Autism Speaks and Autism Science Foundation launch Autism BrainNet registration site

Release Date:

05/16/2014

... the Autism BrainNet registration site, It Takes Brains ( www .takesbrains.org ). Autism BrainNet is a consortium of ...

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The Simons Foundation

Citi Foundation Awards $2.1 Million for Student Mentoring Initiatives

Release Date:

06/02/2014

... early- to mid-career professionals. Through the foundation' s Pathways to Progress program, New York City-based .....

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Education

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Citi Foundation

30 Oct 2014

A New Food Economy: What Do We Mean?

Thursday, October 30, 2014 -

2:15pm to 4:30pm

As more and more people become interested in issues around food, a burgeoning food “movement” has emerged. But what is the movement towards? And how will we know when we get there?

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For the Success of Boys and Men of Color, A Call to Action

Release Date:

02/14/2014

by Kenneth H. Zimmerman , Director, U. S . Programs, Open Society Foundations In the State of the ... issue. We welcome and are heartened by the president’ s commitment and recognition that a key part of the effort...

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Insights

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Public Policy

Funding Area

Justice Reform

Social Justice

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Open Society Foundations

Women 4 Health Care: Helping Uninsured Women Get Covered

Release Date:

10/01/2013

by Lois Uttley, Director, Raising Women’ s Voices-NY Women use more health care than men do, in ... because of our need for reproductive health care. That’ s why it’ s so dismaying that one in...

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Ms. Foundation for Women

Impact Investing in New York and Beyond

Release Date:

07/12/2012

... and Samantha Beinhacker , Arabella Advisors New York’ s thriving network of philanthropists, investors and social enterprises are rapidly expanding the region’ s impact investing sector. Using return-seeking...

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All Funders

13 Apr 2015

Social, Environmental and Economic Resiliency - Follow-up to Puerto Rico Learning Tour

Monday, April 13, 2015 -

9:00am to 11:15am

... in Puerto Rico disproportionally affects the island' s most vulnerable populations. Investments that build ... may be applicable to other cities and regions in the U. S . Join us for this follow-up session...

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All Funders

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Environment and Climate Change

Rauschenberg Foundation Awards $400K in Artist as Activist Grants

Release Date:

03/12/2015

The two-year grants will support artists and artist collectives whose work is concerned with social issues.

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Member News

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Arts

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Robert Rauschenberg Foundation

16 Jun 2015

Creating and Seizing the Moment: School Discipline and School Safety Reform in New York City

Tuesday, June 16, 2015 -

2:30pm to 5:00pm

... Union Vincent Schiraldi , Senior Advisor, Mayor’ s Office of Criminal Justice Celeste Douglas-Wheeler , Principal, J.H. S . 57 in Brooklyn Tala Manassah, Deputy Executive Director, ...

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Panel

Roundtable Discussion

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All Funders

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Legal Issues

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Funding Area

Children, Youth and Families

Location

New York City

New York Life Backs Save the Children's Relief Efforts in Nepal

Release Date:

05/04/2015

New York Life Backs Save the Children' s Relief Efforts in Nepal New York Life announced today it ... children are believed to be affected by last Saturday’ s deadly earthquake in Nepal, which has claimed...