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Rockefeller Foundation Research Finds College Degree Can Be A Blunt and Inaccurate Way For Evaluating Real Talent

Release Date:

03/22/2017

... There's a harrowing disconnect in the hiring world: While job seekers say entry-level jobs are hard to come by, .....

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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The Century Foundation Releases Report: How Robots Are Beginning to Affect Workers and Their Wages

Release Date:

10/17/2019

... from 2009 to 2017—a period of significant, steady job growth and economic recovery, as well as one in which the ... (yet) that robotic growth is leading to widespread job displacement, as some have predicted...

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New York Community Trust Funds Leading Racial Justice Nonprofit Race Forward in Racial Equity in the Arts Innovation Lab

Release Date:

04/05/2017

Seeking sixty local arts groups to participate in a yearlong training program to improve racial equity in the arts and culture sector.

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Arts

Blended Finance "Plus”: Enhancing Support With Blended Knowledge

Release Date:

09/04/2018

Joy Marini, Global Director, Johnson & Johnson Global Community Impact writes " While the pursuit for new, more effective blended finance models continues, we must also recognize that funding is but one piece of a big puzzle."

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26 Apr 2013

Philanthropy New York's 34th Annual Meeting, with Shaun Donovan

Friday, April 26, 2013 -

12:30pm to 6:30pm

We are currently oversubscribed for the program and running a waiting list. If you would like to be added to our waitlist, please click on the registration link above. You will be notified if a space has opened up and you can attend. Thank you for...

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New Member Spotlight: ASPCA

Release Date:

07/10/2009

We recently welcomed the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals to Philanthropy New York. We asked Michael Barrett, Senior Director of Grants Management at ASPCA, to share details about the organization and its latest initiatives...

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Deana Haggag Joins The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation as Program Officer for Arts & Culture

Release Date:

03/12/2021

... Officer for Arts & Culture (NEW YORK, NY – March 12, 2021 ) The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation today announced the ... in its Arts and Culture program area, effective May 17, 2021 . As part of her role, Haggag...

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Jean and Louis Dreyfus Foundation Announces Leadership Transition

Release Date:

04/28/2021

... Executive Director, of the Foundation effective April 1st, 2021 . Jessica’s appointment follows the death of Edmée ... Executive Director of thirty years, who died in March 2021 after a long battle with cancer...

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Issue Guide: Simplifying the Excise Tax on Private Foundations

Publication date:

08/2012

Philanthropy New York's public policy issue guide on simplifying the excise tax on private foundations.

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11/20/2014 - Today’s Libraries - Live Stream Recording and Presentations

Publication date:

11/2014

View the materials and livestream recording of the program, "Today’s Libraries: Community Anchors for Innovative Digital Media Learning, Makerspaces, and After-school Programming."

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Children, Youth and Families

Communications/Media

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Education

2/11/2016 - "National Leadership as Diverse as the U.S. - Philanthropy Can Make It Happen" Live Stream Recording & PPT Presentation

View materials and recording of the program "National Leadership as Diverse as the U.S. - Philanthropy Can Make It Happen."

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Gates Foundation, Open Society Foundations, and The Rockefeller Foundation Announce New Recipients of Multilateral Development Banks Challenge Fund

Release Date:

06/20/2023

CDB, FDS Africa, IDB Invest, Risk Control, University Freiburg & University of Leeds selected to help increase efficiency and innovation in the world’s development finance system

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Economic Security

International/Foreign Affairs

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Open Society Foundations

A New Funder Embrace for Workforce Development

Release Date:

04/18/2013

After the staggering job losses that followed the economic downturn, many funders ...

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Workforce Development

Lessons from the Field: Becoming Strategic: The Evolution of the Flinn Foundation

Publication date:

03/2009

In 2002, Arizona’s Flinn Foundation began implementing a strategy that focused on boosting its state’s bioscience economy and relied heavily on building collaborative partnerships. Since that time, Arizona has had dramatic increases in jobs, research funding, businesses, and wages within the bioscience sector. This case study illustrates the benefits of taking a strategic approach to maximize a foundation’s impact. It describes how Flinn’s leaders narrowed the Foundation’s focus and assessed its performance.

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Report

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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

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Economic Security

Workforce Development

Guide to Collaborative Philanthropy

Publication date:

10/2016

... and goals. The “Toolkit” includes things like a chair job decision, application for a new collaborative group, ...

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Report

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Pinkerton Foundation Publishes New Paper for Workforce Practitioners and Funders

Release Date:

02/23/2017

... published Steven Dawson’s fourth Pinkerton Paper in his Job Quality Series, this one on Social Enterprise: Proceed, ...

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Workforce Development

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The Pinkerton Foundation

Markle Foundation President and CEO Zoë Baird Writes About Where Amazon Should Build Their New Headquarters

Release Date:

12/05/2017

As it eyes a home for HQ2, Amazon should focus less on tax incentives and instead choose a location where policymakers are committed to building a skills-based labor market that prepares workers for the digital economy.

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Workforce Development

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John & Mary R. Markle Foundation

Study Funded by Russell Sage Foundation Shows Pay, Flexibility, Advancement All Matter for Workers' Health and Safety

Release Date:

09/26/2019

... your pay, hours, schedule flexibility and job security—influence your overall health as well as your risk of being injured on the job , according to new research from the University of ... ongoing, full-time...