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The Century Foundation

Altman Foundation Announces Leadership Transition, New President and Chair

Release Date:

10/10/2018

... end of 2018. Karen began her tenure at the Foundation as Associate Director in 1986 and became Executive Director in ... Upon Karen's retirement, Deborah T. Velazquez, currently Associate Director at the...

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Altman Foundation

New York Community Trust Gives $5.1 million to 42 Nonprofits in the City, Nation

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12/11/2015

... grants in 2015 for the arts, environment, education, job training, and other areas. “Our donors have ...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Arts

The New York Community Trust

Workforce Development

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Revson Foundation Supports Steinem Program to Address Underrepresentation of Women In Media & Technology

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03/28/2016

... a confidant. “I was too nervous to take a journalism job ,” said Rozenfeld. “People were saying ‘Print is ... years and a few wrong turns later, she is working as an associate editor and giving another Rutgers...

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Charles H. Revson Foundation

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Education

Gender Justice

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To Get Beyond Two Percent, We Have to Go Beyond Giving

Release Date:

10/08/2013

... argument. Charitable giving has been stuck at 2 percent of U.S. GDP for 40 years, ever since we started ... three things: 1) work to increase the amount people give, 2 ) make the most of every penny we get, and...

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Arabella Advisors

Some Winning Ingredients in Movement Building Are the Spiciest of All

Release Date:

12/14/2015

... to identify and then cultivate unlikely allies. Then our job is to step back and let our grantees do the work. When ...

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Civic Engagement

LGBTQ

Proteus Fund (NYC Office)

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Fund for Public Housing Receives $3.2 Million from Helmsley Charitable Trust to Launch Green Space Connections for 14,000 NYCHA Residents in Brooklyn and the Bronx

Release Date:

11/02/2022

Fund for Public Housing Receives $3. 2 Million from Helmsley Charitable Trust to Launch Green ... a focus on NYCHA’s 100,000 youth and young adults (14- 24 years of age), as a centerpiece of the organization’s...

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The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust

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Community Development

Housing and Homelessness

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Regulating Donor Advised Funds

Publication date:

10/2015

A donor-advised fund is a giving vehicle designed to manage donations on behalf of individuals, families or organizations. DAFs provide a flexible way for donors to give to charities—an alternative to direct giving or creating a private foundation. Donors to DAFs enjoy administrative convenience, tax advantages and cost savings compared to operating a private foundation.

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To Be Brave and Radical in Arts Philanthropy

Release Date:

02/20/2019

Today’s cultural and political moment demands action from all of us, in whatever spheres of influence we may have. Our responsibility in this moment is to move from talking to action, to tackle the inequities we see in our professional world—arts...

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

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Arts

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Doris Duke Foundation

The Need for Civil Legal Aid

Release Date:

06/07/2016

... new programs such as the Court Navigator Program in NYS 2 are working on supporting and assisting unrepresented ... , accessed April, 2016. 2 ) NYC Housing Court - Resolution Assistance Program (RAP) ... and...

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Finance & Asset Management

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Economic Security

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The Elmezzi Foundation

08 Jun 2016

Legal Series: Fiscal Sponsorships - Best Practices and Common Pitfalls

Wednesday, June 8, 2016 -

9:00am to 11:00am

... : February 17 – Making Grants to Individuals March 24 – Best Practices in International Grantmaking April 13 ... Self-Dealing (Family Foundations & Family Offices) June 8 – Fiscal Sponsorships - Best...

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Citi Foundation Announces $50 Million Community Finance Innovation Fund to Support the Growth of Community Development Financial Institutions Across the U.S.

Release Date:

03/24/2022

... $500,000 in unrestricted funding primarily used to fund operations and loan loss reserves. An additional $10 million ... during the pandemic. The deadline to submit ideas is May 24 , 2022, at 4 p.m. EST ...

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RFPs Etc

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Citi Foundation

19 Nov 2024

The 2024 Election and the Path Ahead - A Webinar Hosted by GCIR

Tuesday, November 19, 2024 -

12:30pm to 2:00pm

Join GCIR, movement organizations, and funders for a post-election debrief and discussion about these new realities, what strategies are already being put into play, and how philanthropy can align its grantmaking to support those efforts while...

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

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Immigration

The Wallace Foundation Names Thomas P. Lenehan as Chief Investment Officer

Release Date:

11/02/2020

... P. Lenehan as Chief Investment Officer NEW YORK, Nov. 2 , 2020 – Thomas P. Lenehan, an award-winning investment ... at Commonfund Capital in Wilton, CT, initially as an Associate Director in 2005-2006 and as...

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The Wallace Foundation

16 Oct 2013

CEO Interview Series with Earl Lewis, The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation

Wednesday, October 16, 2013 -

3:45pm to 6:00pm

It’s a new era at the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. This year the venerable $5.3 billion New York-based foundation chose as only its sixth president an esteemed scholar of African American studies, Earl Lewis, to lead its efforts to advance higher...

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10 May 2012

Strengthening All Families: Spotlight on LGBT Families of Color

Thursday, May 10, 2012 -

2:00pm to 3:00pm

The intersection of inequitable laws, social stigma, and race-based discrimination collide in ways that create significant challenges for LGBT families of color. Children of color are more likely to be raised by de facto parents like grandparents,...

16 Oct 2012

The New Corporate Philanthropy Challenge: A Leadership Conversation

Tuesday, October 16, 2012 -

8:15am to 10:30am

Today, corporate philanthropy has the opportunity to redefine purpose and value for corporate foundations and giving programs. Visionary leaders have demonstrated that when corporate philanthropy is managed as an investment in society, it can become...

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17 Dec 2013

Molto Media: Digital Media Culture

Tuesday, December 17, 2013 -

1:45pm to 5:00pm

Studios of WQXR and WNYC

Join us for a discussion among arts funders about the role of digital media within the arts, and the growing funding connections between the arts and media. In addition to data on the field of digital media funding and the arts, we'll explore the...

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Communications

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Arts

01 Apr 2014

Advocacy and Policy Communications: Where Does Social Media Fit In?

Tuesday, April 1, 2014 -

2:45pm to 5:00pm

Effective advocacy communications today means successful navigation of social media. It isn’t just Twitter, Facebook and other new distribution channels; blogs, webcasts, digital services, and other innovative technologies offer immense potential...

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25 Feb 2014

Game On: New Tools for Learning and Advocacy

Tuesday, February 25, 2014 -

1:45pm to 5:30pm

Philanthropy New York

Mobile apps and computer games often spark images of teenagers in basements battling sci-fi creatures. But gaming now goes well beyond pure entertainment and is at the nexus of learning, advocacy and social change. Game makers are creating games for...

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