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Rockefeller Foundation Releases New Report On Women in Leadership & Why It Matters

Release Date:

05/16/2016

... they had no women in leadership positions at their current employer and only 34% thought that their employers were ...

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Gender Justice

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U.S. Lost 33,000 Jobs in September as Hurricanes Roared Through

Release Date:

10/06/2017

The Labor Department released its official hiring and unemployment figures for September on Friday morning, providing the latest snapshot of the American economy.

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Workforce Development

Trump Administration Rolls Back Birth Control Mandate

Release Date:

10/10/2017

The Trump administration on Friday moved to expand the rights of employers to deny women insurance coverage for contraception and issued sweeping guidance on religious freedom that critics said could also erode civil rights protections for lesbian,...

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Health

29 Nov 2011

Time as a Tool: Strategies for Transforming Schools through Time

Tuesday, November 29, 2011 -

1:45pm to 5:00pm

In the last half of the 20th century, a consensus emerged that time could be a valuable tool to improve schools. Early in the 21st century, NCLB proposed “supplementing” regular school hours with additional ones used in more targeted ways to improve...

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Children, Youth and Families

30 Apr 2014

CEO Interview Series: Will Miller, The Wallace Foundation, with Phil Henderson

Wednesday, April 30, 2014 -

3:15pm to 5:30pm

In October of 2012, Philanthropy New York launched its CEO Interview Series, a set of intimate, engaging, and, thought-provoking conversations with relatively newly appointed CEOs on the future of philanthropy. Appointed in 2011, Will Miller...

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Tools & Strategies

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Education

24 Apr 2014

The Future of Education for New Yorkers Without High School Diplomas

Thursday, April 24, 2014 -

8:45am to 11:00am

An estimated 1.8 million New Yorkers do not have high school diplomas. Until December 31, 2013, the only way for these individuals to get vocational training, entry-level jobs, or enroll in college was to pass the General Education Development (GED...

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Education

08 Oct 2014

Executive Assistants Network - Important vs. Urgent: Managing Your Workload

Wednesday, October 8, 2014 -

8:15am to 10:30am

... a fast-paced work environment can lead us to prioritize by default : whatever seems most urgent catches our attention, ...

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Network Building

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Executive Support Staff

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HR & Operations

15 Jan 2015

Getting Better at Getting Better: Using Data to Improve Student Social-Emotional Learning

Thursday, January 15, 2015 -

8:00am to 11:00am

The session will focus on the use of data and measurement tools to help young people set goals for themselves and build social-emotional competencies (SEL) essential for academic and life success.

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Leadership Development

Children, Youth and Families

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Human Services

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United States

15 Sep 2017

Funders Guide to Climate Week NYC - On Topics Like The Rise of Subnationals and Beyond

Friday, September 15, 2017 -

10:00am to 12:00pm

This September 18-24 marks the 9th Annual Climate Week NYC, a time when leaders from around the globe gather in support of the Paris Climate Agreement and the UN Sustainable Development Goals. This summit coincides wth the UN General Assembly, and...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Disaster Relief

Science

As Consumers Seek Insurance Coverage During Pandemic, United Hospital Fund Study Outlines Need to Upgrade NY’s “Off-Exchange” Market

Release Date:

04/23/2020

... enrolling in off-exchange coverage now, despite the high cost of unsubsidized coverage.” He added, “New York moved ...

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United Hospital Fund

31 Mar 2017

Advocacy: A Compass for Today’s Terrain

Friday, March 31, 2017 -

8:30am to 4:30pm

... be able to: Recognize the specific skills, knowledge, and resources needed for effective advocacy Practice effective ...

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Social Justice

28 Feb 2019

On Nonprofit Leadership Transitions - A Roundtable Discussion

Thursday, February 28, 2019 -

9:00am to 10:30am

... for small and midsize groups that may not have the resources for extensive support. During our time together, we ...

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Tools & Strategies

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Roundtable Discussion

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

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Governance

Leadership Development

Carnegie Corporation of New York

Carnegie Corporation of New York Celebrates 2019 Great Immigrants Honorees

Release Date:

06/27/2019

... enterprise with 40,000 employees Wilmot Collins , a Liberian refugee who served for two decades in ...

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Immigration

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06 Apr 2016

Know What They Owe – Ensuring that New York’s Students Graduate College with Manageable Debt

Wednesday, April 6, 2016 -

9:00am to 11:00am

Much of the conversation within the college success field around addressing college affordability has focused on the FAFSA form. Yet, this form is just one step in the long process of preparing students to graduate college successfully with...

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Community Development

National Progressive Advocate Heather McGhee Receives Brooklyn Community Foundation’s Inaugural Fair and Just Fellowship

Release Date:

05/16/2018

Brooklyn Community Foundation announces the appointment of Heather McGhee, the outgoing president of the public policy organization Demos, as the inaugural recipient of its Fair and Just Fellowship

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Brooklyn Org

24 Jul 2019

A Post-Victory Breakfast Briefing on Congestion Pricing & the Road Ahead

Wednesday, July 24, 2019 -

9:00am to 10:30am

Thanks in large part to the generous support of the New York funding community, a highly organized and powerful coalition of over 150 business, labor, good government, environmental and justice organizations, secured passage of a robust congestion...

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Panel

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Environment and Climate Change

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01 Apr 2021

Financial Series: Getting the Financial Information You Need Without Overburdening Grantees

Thursday, April 1, 2021 -

10:00am to 12:00pm

... challenges faced by nonprofit grantees (audit readiness, cost allocation, accounting system limitations) Discuss why ...

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Professional Development

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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

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HR & Operations

Nonprofit Financials

Ending Whack-a-Mole Philanthropy

Release Date:

10/08/2020

Too often in philanthropy we achieve progress or a reform, but don’t think to look around the corner. We thereby create - or exacerbate - another problem. It’s whack-a-mole philanthropy.

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Insights

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Trinity Church Philanthropies

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Disaster Relief

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13 Sep 2012

--POSTPONED-- Innovative Action: Promising New Initiatives to Stop HIV Transmission

Thursday, September 13, 2012 -

2:45pm to 5:00pm

Despite effective treatments and increased testing, HIV is still a threat in New York City — but there are promising initiatives to increase the number of individuals who know their status and receive timely medical care and related support. The NYC...

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