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The Rockefeller Foundation Appoints Dr. Fred Boltz as a Managing Director

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07/01/2013

... global work related to ecosystems. Dr. Boltz will be based in New York. Dr. Boltz, a natural resource economist by training, has more than 20 years of experience in sustainable development, environmental...

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Open Society Foundations Names Kenneth H. Zimmerman as New Director of U.S. Programs

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06/04/2012

... A lawyer with more than two decades of leadership in the public, private and nonprofit sectors, Zimmerman has ... offers a remarkable vehicle to combine vision and resources to further our country’s core...

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Human Services

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Open Society Foundations

13 Aug 2015

Passing the "Mirror Test": Ethics and Family Philanthropy - Webinar

Thursday, August 13, 2015 -

12:00pm to 1:30pm

... interests, and your desire to foster charitable impulses in your children and future generations – are the ... And ensuring that your grants and gifts are effective in achieving your goals is also an ethical...

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Family Foundation

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Helmsley Charitable Trust Announces New CEO

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11/06/2015

... and then as an executive vice president with Integrated Resources . She joined JPMorgan Chase in 1994, where she spent many years in high yield investment ... NYC Commission on Women's...

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The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust

01 Dec 2016

Grantee-Centered Capacity Building Is What You Think It Is – And More

Thursday, December 1, 2016 -

9:00am to 11:30am

... supportive to grantees. Join us for this kick-off program in a series of Philanthropy New York programs on capacity ... the conversation. Registration 8:45 - 9:00 AM Check- in 9:00 - 11:30 AM Program...

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Technical Assistance & Capacity Building

The Limits Are Your Freedom

Release Date:

02/15/2017

... view and voice – however humble or bold – on the way resources should be used to make the world better. Private ... have considerable legal rights to exercise their voice in public policy discussions, but...

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PNY News

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

The Rockefeller Foundation, Open Society Foundations, and The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Create New Multilateral Development Banks Challenge Fund To Increase Investment in Developing Countries

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10/12/2022

... Development Banks Challenge Fund To Increase Investment in Developing Countries New fund will help to expand capacity ... operating models, and uses of banks’ financial resources to enable evolution of these...

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Economic Security

International/Foreign Affairs

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Open Society Foundations

New Partnership To Support Pain And Palliative Care For Veterans

Release Date:

06/09/2014

... To Support Pain And Palliative Care For Veterans In Partnership With The Mayday Fund And The Milbank ... faculty and veterans' pressing, often life-altering, health issues. Currently supporting nearly 600...

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Health

Veterans

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Jonas Center / Barbara & Donald Jonas Family Fund

The Mayday Fund

No Stories Without Numbers; No Numbers Without Stories

Release Date:

08/04/2014

... wealth management firm that supervises over $96 billion in assets for 2200 client families, over $4 billion of which ... that they can give "smartly" or more "strategically." In some...

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Bessemer Trust

Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Names Four Renowned Leaders in Global Service, Academia, and Management to its Board of Directors

Release Date:

01/15/2014

... honored to welcome back a founding board member, an expert in human needs investments, a pioneering sustainability expert and an authority in environmental issues with an entrepreneurial emphasis,” ... and the...

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Rockefeller Brothers Fund

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Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors

Teagle Foundation Announces Appointment of Two New Directors to Its Board

Release Date:

02/12/2014

... the Teagle Foundation board. Their extensive experience in academe and commitment to the value of liberal education ... further enrich our efforts to support student learning in the arts and sciences. I look...

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20 Apr 2016

Strategy, Struggle and Participation: Three Questions to Improve Your Social-Change Stories

Wednesday, April 20, 2016 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

... So how do you tell and solicit better stories? In this workshop, a panel of experts in social-justice storytelling will help two nonprofits think ... Brett Davidson, Director, Media and Narratives, Public...

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Investing in Advocacy Work Is Good — for Everyone

Release Date:

04/03/2014

... policy change efforts that will improve their lives. In the case of DCA, the national advocacy voice of direct care workers in long term care settings, our advocacy activities involve ... and many of them are...

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The Direct Care Alliance

New Chair and Vice-Chair for Noyes Foundation Board

Release Date:

02/11/2015

... is a Trustee and Partner with Loring, Wolcott & Coolidge in Boston, with a particular emphasis on socially responsible investing in the firm’s Sustainability Group. Her career began in...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Gender Justice

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Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation

17 Sep 2015

How U.S. Funders Can Respond to the Current Global Refugee Crisis - Webinar

Thursday, September 17, 2015 -

4:00pm to 5:30pm

... the webinar? View recording here . Wars and violence in Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan, Central America, and elsewhere ... unaccompanied children fled Central America for safety in the U.S. This summer, hundreds of...

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Immigration

International/Foreign Affairs

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Children, Youth and Families

The Century Foundation Welcomes New Trustees Sonal Shah and Damon Silvers

Release Date:

09/25/2015

... trustees. Together they bring decades of rich experience in public service, social innovation, and economics to TCF. ... House Office of Social Innovation and Civic Participation in the Obama administration...

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Community Development

Economic Security

Education

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The Century Foundation

30 Mar 2016

Shedding Light on Long Island: Learning Tour for Grantmakers

Wednesday, March 30, 2016 - 9:00am to Thursday, March 31, 2016 - 5:00pm

... to explore the interdependence of different regions in New York State Hear from dynamic organizations and ... contact: staff@nysgrantmakers.org or 315-440-9234 In partnership with Shedding Light on Long...

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Site Visit

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Community Development

21 Mar 2018

Advancing Economic Opportunity for Immigrants and Refuge - A Webinar Hosted by AFN & GCIR

Wednesday, March 21, 2018 -

1:00pm to 2:00pm

... from recent research The unique role funders can play in advancing economic opportunity for immigrants and refugees ... email register@philanthropynewyork.org with any questions. In partnership with Advancing...

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Issue-Based

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Finance & Asset Management

Public Policy

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

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Immigration

15 Oct 2019

On Nonprofit Leadership Transitions - A Roundtable Discussion

Tuesday, October 15, 2019 -

8:30am to 10:30am

... a breakfast conversation about leadership transitions in nonprofit organizations. Earlier this year, Philanthropy ... a number of executive level transitions taking place in nonprofit social justice groups and...