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06 Jun 2018

Stronger Together: New Frontiers in Funders Supporting Social Movements - June Webinar Hosted by HRFN

Wednesday, June 6, 2018 -

12:30pm to 1:30pm

... movements May 2 – Are we making smart investments in social movements for transformative change? June 6 – The role of social movements in influencing public policy Please join Human Rights Funders ... Network...

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Social Justice

Reducing Summer Learning Loss: Thoughts from Ron Fairchild

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03/09/2010

... support access to high-quality summer learning programs in New York City. We are pleased to have the program’s ... expand summer learning opportunities for low-income youth. In most major U.S. cities, it’s not...

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Cassius Johnson, Education Policy Expert, Joins Carnegie Corporation of New York

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06/04/2012

... that use people, time, money and technology differently in K-16 education. The Corporation’s New Designs program ... people," said Johnson. Johnson joined Jobs for the Future in 2005 and played a key role...

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

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Education

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Ford Foundation Appoints Kavita N. Ramdas as Representative in New Delhi

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06/04/2012

... the appointment of Kavita N. Ramdas as Representative in its New Delhi office, serving India, Nepal and Sri Lanka. ... named the President of Warren Wilson College. Founded in 1952, the New Delhi office has...

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Rockefeller Brothers Fund

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Ford Foundation

Our Common Purpose: The Struggle for True Democracy and Equal Rights

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10/03/2014

... The Clements Foundation The Supreme Court’s decisions in Citizens United, McCutcheon, Hobby Lobby , and related ... local self-determination and community; our food; our health ; voting rights; education, and...

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Collective Impact: From Concept to Reality

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11/13/2014

... been aligned across programs, too many organizations work in silos to achieve their missions. Collective Impact brings people together in a structured way to achieve social change (1) . This ... workforce...

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Elects Dr. Francine Berman to Board of Trustees

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01/22/2015

... Berman is the Edward P. Hamilton Distinguished Professor in Computer Science at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and a ... Directorate at the National Science Foundation. “ In addition to being a cutting edge...

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

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CEP Announces First Director of Advisory Services

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02/24/2015

... Leonard comes to CEP with more than 30 years of experience in the public, private, and nonprofit sectors. She will lead ... foundation leaders. Leonard’s hiring marks a new era in CEP’s 14-year history of...

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Center for Effective Philanthropy

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The State of Philanthropic Infrastructure

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08/05/2015

... from PNY President Ronna Brown, published originally in the New York PhilanthroPost Monthly August 2015 edition. After a week in Baltimore with colleagues from around the United States ... groups like...

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News Junkies Wanted for Editorial Board

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09/16/2015

... or monthly New York PhilanthroPost got a little bit longer in August. I am thrilled to report that, after surveying PNY members earlier in the year on the topics they would most like us to cover, ... ...

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18 Mar 2016

Learning from FEGS: Are Your Grantees at Risk?

Friday, March 18, 2016 -

9:00am to 11:00am

... seasoned nonprofit human services executives, experts in nonprofit financial management and oversight, ... academics and others with unique perspectives in an effort to understand the growing insecurity of the...

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Asked and Answered, With Implications for Philanthropy

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12/16/2015

... 2015 issue of the New York PhilanthroPost Policy Edition. In this column last June, I wondered “Is Overhead Having ... Since then, there have been important developments here in New York that tell us, yes,...

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Leadership Doesn’t Just Happen

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05/12/2016

... would be chair as members got to see what we’d be doing in our new space at 1500 Broadway. I do feel very fortunate to have been chair in this extraordinarily dynamic time for PNY as it has made ... Issue-...

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Robert Sterling Clark Foundation

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28 Sep 2016

Growing the Farm to Institution Movement: From Farm to Plate

Wednesday, September 28, 2016 -

12:30pm to 2:30pm

... economic outlets are being sought to keep these farms in business. For some, farmers’ markets and CSAs have ... and thus increase the amount of local food consumed in a region. New York is one of the nation’s...

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Philanthropy Should Support States and Cities to Keep Advancing the Climate Movement

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12/07/2016

... is appointing climate science deniers and those with ties in the oil and gas industry to top level positions. In response, attendees at the recent program, “ Climate ... and face the most real and persistent...

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Environment and Climate Change

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The New Parameters of Our Policy Work

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12/15/2016

... distinctions that all of our members should understand in this particular era. But first, I should give a little ... Policy Efforts” document was approved by the Board in 2011 before we really began to do...

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation President and CEO Paul Joskow to Retire at End of 2017

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12/16/2016

... service. Mr. Joskow joined the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation in 2008. Over the course of his leadership, he adopted leading edge practices in grantmaking, management, governance of the foundation, and ... who...

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The Search is On for PNY’s Next Public Policy Fellow

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02/01/2017

... there’s a need for more diversity, equity and inclusion in philanthropy. Many of our sector’s leaders are actively pursuing new strategies in hiring and grantmaking. And that’s why so many of our ... Education...

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Mission Investors Exchange names Nhadine Leung as Managing Director

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02/23/2017

... Exchange , the leading network of foundations engaged in impact investing, has hired Nhadine Leung as Managing ... and serves as a key external voice for the organization. In this role Ms. Leung will work with...

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