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How Foundations Can Grapple With the Reality That Their Wealth Was Accumulated Unjustly

Release Date:

12/05/2019

... and have made the decision to increase spending to move resources into the hands of communities. For Hazen, that ... this question: Who has the power to make decisions about resources ? If we are serious about...

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Edward W. Hazen Foundation (Closed)

Rediscovering the Enterprise Investment Approach

Release Date:

09/17/2014

... The danger for us in thinking about Heron’s financial resources as “assets” is that we stay stuck in the old ...

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Impact Investing

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F.B. Heron Foundation

The Commonwealth Fund Finds that Middle-income Americans are Paying More for Health Insurance

Release Date:

12/10/2018

... Americans are Paying More for Health Insurance Cost and price variations between areas aren't anything new. ... the second consecutive year of slower healthcare spending growth . The slower cost...

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Health

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The Commonwealth Fund

05 May 2016

School Integration in NYC (Part 1 of 2): New Research, Changing Perspectives

Thursday, May 5, 2016 -

9:30am to 11:30am

A study released in 2014 by the Civil Rights Project at UCLA found that New York State’s schools are the most segregated schools in the country, more segregated than they were a decade ago. Between 1989 and 2010, the percentage of schools in the New...

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Children, Youth and Families

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

Release Date:

06/20/2023

... of dollars in new development finance with little to no cost to shareholders and while safeguarding their financial ... finance research to promote ways in which MDB’s unique resources can be maximized. With...

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International/Foreign Affairs

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The Rockefeller Foundation

Open Society Foundations

2023 Operational Reports

Publication date:

05/2023

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Board & Trustees

Urban Farms and Gardens are Critical for a Healthy and Sustainable Food System

Release Date:

03/31/2015

... and identified 181 vacant lots. Twenty of those potential sites contain community gardens where residents raise ... the value of parks and community gardens as public resources and not merely as vacant land...

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Food Systems

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Eternal Recurrence: Philanthropy's Infrastructure Organizations

Release Date:

07/16/2015

... by which to learn how to be good at it. There are resources like Essential Skills & Strategies for New ... Our field is not set up to afford most grantmakers the resources to do that within their own...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

We Can Build a Better, More Inclusive Tech Workforce

Release Date:

02/06/2015

Hive Digital Media Program Associate, Leigh Ross, explores the shortage of qualified, tech employees in NYC.

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Technology

Workforce Development

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The New York Community Trust

PNY Member Journeys - Equitable Grantmaking Practices to Support Movement Building at the New York Foundation

Release Date:

01/18/2024

Zabrina Collazo navigated a unique start, joining the New York Foundation as a program officer during the pandemic. Now, three years into their role at the New York Foundation, Zabrina funds community organizing and grassroots advocacy led by and...

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New York Foundation

17 Jun 2019

Using Data to Build a More Reflective Democracy - A Webinar Hosted by FCCP

Monday, June 17, 2019 -

1:00pm to 2:00pm

A crucial measure of democracy is the extent to which elected leaders reflect the populations they serve. The more that elected bodies resemble the demographics of their districts, the more likely it is that lawmakers will share and champion...

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All Funders

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Civic Engagement

Nathan Cummings Foundation Fellow Bridgit Antoinette Evans to Lead Pop Culture Collaborative

Release Date:

03/15/2017

... that reach mass audiences and support field building resources that strengthen our collective commitment to social ...

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Arts

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The Nathan Cummings Foundation

19 Oct 2016

School Integration in NYC (Part 2): Strategies for Change

Wednesday, October 19, 2016 -

10:00am to 12:30pm

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Children, Youth and Families

In Partnership with the Ford Foundation, Coalition of 18 Financial Institutions Commits to Measurable Plan to Improve Economic and Racial Equity

Release Date:

05/18/2021

... professionals with the skills needed to launch a high- growth career in financial services. Support career ...

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Economic Security

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Ford Foundation

19 May 2015

The Value Philanthropy Consultants Bring to Foundations: The Data is Here!

Tuesday, May 19, 2015 -

2:45pm to 4:30pm

To what extent do foundations use consultants to support their work? While we have known for years that foundations use consultants to support various aspects of their work, until now we’ve never had a quantitative picture of how many, how often,...

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Philanthropic Consultants/Advisors

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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

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Good Grantmaking Where Our Work is Not Always Welcome

Release Date:

04/27/2015

Jim O'Sullivan, Israel Program Advisor at the Helmsley Charitable Trust, offers takeaways from the PNY program, "Philanthropy in Nations with Weak Civic Infrastructure."

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Insights

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Community Development

International/Foreign Affairs

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The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust

Doris Duke’s Andrew Bowman to Lead The Land Trust Alliance

Release Date:

11/30/2015

... at Berkeley, a Master of Laws in environmental and natural resources at the Northwestern School of Law of Lewis & Clark ...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Doris Duke Foundation

United Way of New York City Board of Directors Elects Donald F. Donahue and Michael J. Schmidtberger as New Co-Chairs

Release Date:

06/21/2016

Donahue and Schmidtberger assume the position from Robert J. Kueppers, who served as Board Chair since February 2012.

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United Way of New York City

The Joys and Frustrations of Managing Young People

Release Date:

09/29/2016

Stephanie Chrispin, Public Policy Fellow at Philanthropy New York, reflects on the difficulties and rewards of managing the organization's first high school intern.