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Want to Create a Movement? Create a Community.

Release Date:

06/10/2015

... movement is more than just the message or simply making a grant – it is also who is sharing your message that counts. ... awareness of these life-saving lessons long after a grant has been made or a program or...

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Insights

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Children, Youth and Families

Community Development

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The ZAC Foundation

19 Nov 2015

Education Reform in Newark: Lessons for Philanthropy

Thursday, November 19, 2015 -

8:45am to 11:00am

... Working Groups invites you to a targeted discussion of the grant and its impact. Our focus – what lessons can be drawn ...

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Children, Youth and Families

PNY Adds Legal Series to Core Curriculum

Release Date:

01/06/2016

Listening to our members, we’ve developed a legal series on grants to individuals, international grantmaking, and family foundations that PNY will be presenting in 2016 and will be added to the set of PNY Core programs in future years.

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President's Message

PNY News

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

The Other 95 Percent: How Foundations Can Give All They’ve Got

Release Date:

05/09/2016

Melissa Beck at the Educational Foundation of America says there are three reasons to divest: economics, ethics and alignment with grantmaking.

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Insights

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Impact Investing

Funding Area

Environment and Climate Change

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The Educational Foundation of America

08 Oct 2015

Making Space for Tinkering, Design-Thinking and Technology in Education

Thursday, October 8, 2015 -

8:45am to 10:30am

Over the past five years, the “maker movement” has generated significant buzz, and “makerspaces” are popping up in libraries, museums and schools.

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Panel

Roundtable Discussion

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All Funders

Funding Area

Education

Children, Youth and Families

Location

New York City

15 Dec 2014

Why We Can’t Wait: Lessons from Listening to Girls of Color

Monday, December 15, 2014 -

1:45pm to 5:00pm

If we listened to girls and young women of color, what would they tell us? To find out, African American Policy Forum (AAPF), in partnership with local organizations, is hosting town hall hearings in cities throughout the country allowing community...

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All Funders

Topic(s)

Evaluation

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Funding Area

Children, Youth and Families

Location

New York State

11 Sep 2013

What’s Looming Overhead? The Current Debate Around Funding Indirect Costs of Nonprofits

Wednesday, September 11, 2013 -

8:45am to 11:00am

Funding overhead costs using grant funds has been a much debated topic in philanthropy — ... foundations, often limit or exclude overhead costs in grant funding, arguing that such expenses do not contribute to the...

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Issue-Based

Ford Foundation Suggests that It’s Time to Reboot Grantmaking

Release Date:

06/29/2017

... Yet, in the early 2000s, CIS found out the hard way that grant -fueled growth does not ensure operational efficiency or ... staff training, went begging while CIS pressed ahead with grant -fueled program growth...

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Member News

Funding Area

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Ford Foundation

15 Mar 2023

The State of Philanthropy Tech and Implications for Our Workplace

Wednesday, March 15, 2023 -

2:00pm to 3:30pm

... topics relevant to HR and operations administration. How common is it for foundation staff to be back in the office? ... for foundation administration, including human resources and operations. What to expect...

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Professional Development

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All Funders

Finance Staff

Grants Managers

HR & Operations Staff

Topic(s)

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

HR & Operations

Information Technology

Long Island Community Foundation Appoints New Advisory Board Members

Release Date:

04/02/2012

The Long Island Community Foundation recently named three new members to its Board of Advisors: Phyllis Hill Slater, John Murcott, and Edward C. Palleschi.

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Appointments & Transitions

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Long Island Community Foundation

Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Names Leisle Lin and William B. Petersen as New Senior Vice Presidents

Release Date:

02/01/2012

The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation is pleased to announce the promotion of Leisle Lin to the position of Senior Vice President for Finance and Operations and William B. Petersen to the position of Senior Vice President and Chief Investment Officer.

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Appointments & Transitions

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Bessemer Trust

The Nathan Cummings Foundation

The Wenner-Gren Foundation

12 Nov 2015

Families Funding Change: How Social Justice Giving Honors Our Roots and Strengthens Communities - Webinar

Thursday, November 12, 2015 -

12:00pm to 1:30pm

Join us in person or by webinar to explore strategies family foundations and donor advised funds can take to engage more deeply in grantmaking that builds toward long-term social change.

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03 Nov 2016

Summer of Savings: Integrating Financial Empowerment into Summer Youth Employment Programs

Thursday, November 3, 2016 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

Summer Youth Employment Programs (SYEPs) are a staple of youth development programming in cities across the country. SYEP is often one of the first formal employment opportunity for young adults. Participants learn job skills, work with other young...

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Panel

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All Funders

Funding Area

Community Development

Workforce Development

Children, Youth and Families

03 Oct 2019

Intergenerational Programming in Senior Housing: From Promise to Practice - A Webinar Hosted by Grantmakers in Aging

Thursday, October 3, 2019 -

2:00pm to 3:00pm

... in Senior Housing Toolkit and implement by pilot sites Efforts by national housing providors to deepen and ...

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Issue-Based

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Webinar/Teleconference

Funding Area

Aging

15 Apr 2010

Educational Neglect: Rethinking Intersections between the Education and Child Protective Systems

Thursday, April 15, 2010 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

... April 13th). NON-MEMBERS: Please fill out this online form . A Philanthropy New York MEMBERS BRIEFING sponsored by ...

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Issue-Based

08 Jun 2015

Philanthropy New York's 36th Annual Meeting, with Eliasson, Gbowee and Kristof

Monday, June 8, 2015 -

1:30pm to 6:00pm

Global Perspectives, Universal Connections A half-day conference focusing on inspirational stories and practical learning that all grantmakers can apply to their work.