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Sheila Burke and Simon Stevens to Join Commonwealth Fund Board of Directors

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08/22/2013

... member and former executive dean at Harvard University’ s John F. Kennedy School of Government, and Simon Stevens, ... especially critical to informing The Commonwealth Fund’ s work as the major provisions of...

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Health

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United Hospital Fund

Teagle Foundation Announces Appointment of Two New Directors to Its Board

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02/12/2014

... to working with them in pursuit of the Foundation’ s mission.” Elizabeth Boylan directs the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation’ s programs on STEM (science, technology, engineering and ... Breast Cancer Task Force,...

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Grantmakers Should Seize the Moment to Support Racial-Justice Solutions

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10/10/2014

by Shireen Zaman, Director, Proteus Fund' s Security & Rights Collborative and Laila Mehta, Former ... Chronicle of Philanthropy To the Editor: The Chronicle’ s article " After Ferguson, Grant Makers...

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Social Justice

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Proteus Fund (NYC Office)

The Place for Growing Cross-Sector Collaboration

Release Date:

09/08/2016

... in the New York PhilanthroPost September 2016 president' s edition. When is a freezing hotel ballroom in Chicago ... the place to be? Well, never, but still, this year’ s Joint Policy Institute of the...

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PNY News

Fake News as a Real Opportunity

Release Date:

01/23/2017

... of high-level grantees and influencers, including a U. S . congressman, to write commentary pieces about nuclear ... the essays into a featured section on the Corporation’ s Medium channel. The series was...

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Communications/Media

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

Leading By Example

Release Date:

08/02/2017

... of Regional Associations of Grantmakers. In the Forum’ s own words: “The Forum is in the beginning stages of ... a new vision to be the place where philanthropy’ s infrastructure comes together. We are...

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PNY News

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Philanthropy New York

Forum of Regional Association of Grantmakers

J.M. Kaplan Fund Announces Open Call for Applications to 2019 Innovation Prize

Release Date:

02/06/2019

... mission-driven for-profit organizations tackling America’ s most pressing challenges through social innovation – ... may deem too risky or too early-stage.” The Prize’ s unrestricted funding offers flexibility...

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The J.M. Kaplan Fund

Putting Buzzwords to Practice: How to Build a Sustainable Collaborative

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05/08/2019

... and individuals have continuously supported each other’ s learning and creativity, and from that we regularly develop ... need, technical expertise. We are open to each other’ s ideas, questions and projects...

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Philanthropy New York

Gun Violence in the United States Is a Crisis of Public Health and Public Safety – and Philanthropy Is Stepping Up

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01/14/2020

We have all become far too familiar with the sobering statistics. Each year, more than 100,000 Americans are killed or injured by firearms. Mass shootings may make the headlines, but the sad reality of everyday gun violence often gets relegated to...

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Arnold Ventures

16 Nov 2021

Funder Briefing: What the Incoming NYC Administration Means for Criminal Legal and Policing Reform + How Philanthropy Can Respond

Tuesday, November 16, 2021 -

10:00am to 11:00am

As a new elected leadership – mayoral team and City Council – is sworn into City Hall, we are offered a unique opportunity to reflect on how philanthropy leverages its collective power to inform critical issues that will shape the future of NYC. In...

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06 Apr 2022

Showing Up to Share Power: A Conversation with Building Movement Project - Hosted by the Leadership Transitions Funders Group

Wednesday, April 6, 2022 -

3:00pm to 4:30pm

... Ascending to an executive position does not end a leader’ s struggles with racism, and sometimes increases those ... to offer leadership transitions as a lens to philanthropy' s shift towards sharing and/...

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All Funders

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

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Technical Assistance & Capacity Building

19 Mar 2025

Building People Power & People's Budgets in NYC: A Briefing With The People’s Plan

Wednesday, March 19, 2025 -

2:00pm to 4:00pm

... Foundation, Scherman Foundation, and the New York Women' s Foundation, we are excited to invite you to a funder briefing for The People' s Plan NYC (TPP) , a gathering to showcase how their work is...

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27 Nov 2012

Essential Skills and Strategies for New Grantmakers

Tuesday, November 27, 2012 - 5:00pm to Friday, November 30, 2012 - 6:00pm

Essential Skills and Strategies for New Grantmakers (ESS) provides an introduction to grantmaking and philanthropy for program officers with less than two years of experience in the philanthropic sector. The three and a half day course will help...

Creating a Conversation About Hunger in America

Release Date:

03/19/2013

By James K. Cummings, Board Chair, Nathan Cummings Foundation This past week, I undertook a “SNAP Challenge” in which I spent the week eating on approximately $5.27 a day — the equivalent of the daily Supplemental Nutrition...

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Inside the Joan Mitchell Foundation: How a Visual Arts Funder Is Evolving

Release Date:

11/08/2018

... set an auction record for $16.625 million at Christie’ s New York, while her work at Art Basel collectively sold for ... had an opportunity to connect with the foundation’ s CEO, Christa Blatchford, about the...

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Joan Mitchell Foundation

24 Jan 2017

Defending ACA and Making Progress at the Same Time. Is Philanthropy Ready?

Tuesday, January 24, 2017 -

9:00am to 11:00am

... perspective by moderator Sherry Glied , Dean of NYU’ s Wagner Graduate School of Public Service, will lead a ... disruptions: Good or bad for which providers? What’ s next for public health approaches? Can...

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New York Life Foundation and Afterschool Alliance Launch Aim High Grant Competition

Release Date:

01/18/2017

... across the country. Afterschool Alliance is the nation’ s leading advocate for afterschool programs, working to raise ... 2017. To learn more, please join Afterschool Alliance’ s webinar on January 25 at 2 p.m...

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Education

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New York Life Foundation

After A Decade, George E. Thibault, MD to Step Down as President of the Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation

Release Date:

07/12/2017

... generations of health professionals to meet society’ s health needs.” Under Dr. Thibault’ s leadership, the Macy Foundation—the only national ... major feature of this alignment has been the Foundation’...

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Appointments & Transitions

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Health

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Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation

03 Dec 2018

Second Annual PNY Policy Forum: In Conversation with Katrina vanden Heuvel

Monday, December 3, 2018 -

5:00pm to 6:30pm

... Philanthropy New York Policy Forum is sponsored by PNY’ s Board Alumni group. The PNY Policy Forum presents ... Age of Obama. She is a recipient of Planned Parenthood' s Maggie Award for her journalism,...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Public Policy

23 Jul 2019

Harassment and Anti-Discrimination Training - July 23

Tuesday, July 23, 2019 -

9:00am to 12:00pm

... anti-harassment culture; and A review of your foundation’ s complaint process. The final hour of the three-hour ... All attendees must bring a copy of their own organization' s sexual harassment policy to...