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Mertz Gilmore Foundation

On Agenda For New Ms. Foundation Head: Diversity and Safeguarding Reproductive Rights

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07/10/2014

... Younger has set for herself as the new chief executive of the Ms. Foundation for Women is to "diversify our grant making and what philanthropy looks like." She also tells the Chronicle Of...

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Gender Justice

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Donors Education Collaborative Awards $995,000 For Education Reform

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08/04/2014

... York City public schools, and whose contributors are all Philanthropy New York members, announced $995,000 in grants ...

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The Atlantic Philanthropies

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Education

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Catherine & Joseph Aresty Foundation

Booth Ferris Foundation

The Morton K. and Jane Blaustein Foundation

Robert Sterling Clark Foundation

Deutsche Bank Americas Foundation

The Charles Evans Hughes Memorial Foundation, Inc.

Fordham Street Foundation

The New York Community Trust

NoVo Foundation

The Schott Foundation for Public Education

Trinity Church Philanthropies

Arcus and Ford Named as Top Funders who Champion Marriage Equality

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10/07/2014

... Marriage Equality It's always hard to pinpoint the role of philanthropy in bringing about big changes in society and, to ... But, wow, if ever there was a great case study of focused and...

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LGBTQ

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Arcus Foundation

The Source Codes of Foundation Culture

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10/2015

... to and impedes efforts to lead productive change in philanthropy . One theme that has arisen time and again is the importance of creating and nurturing an organizational culture that ... is the personality, behaviors and underlying assumptions of an organization. While culture can be understood in ...

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Ford Foundation Head on ‘Time’ List of 100 Influence Leaders

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04/25/2016

Ford Foundation Head on ‘Time’ List of 100 Influence Leaders Darren Walker’s moves to steer the ... and inclusion won him a spot on Time magazine's 2016 list of the world’s most influential people. A brief...

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10 Jun 2016

Leadership Matters: A Breakfast Conversation with Philip Li

Friday, June 10, 2016 -

8:45am to 10:30am

... are all trying to bottle that secret sauce, the right mix of basic ingredients spiced up in individual formulas. ... economic, and political shifts abound, how does philanthropy prepare and support the next...

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Edna McConnell Clark and Other Powerful Funders Stand Behind At-Risk Students

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11/23/2016

... Stand Behind At-Risk Students When you hear about philanthropy 's role in K-12 education these days, so often ... on in K-12 philanthropy , with nonprofits raising lots of money for...

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Blue Meridian Partners, Inc.

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Education

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Bloomberg and Rockefeller Are Crowding the Field of Urban Innovation Funding — and Making it More Interesting

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02/13/2017

Bloomberg and Rockefeller Are Crowding the Field of Urban Innovation Funding — and Making it More ... the past few years, we've written quite a bit at Inside Philanthropy about philanthropic efforts to give...

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The Rockefeller Foundation

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Community Development

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Bloomberg Philanthropies

Foundation Presidents Defend Donor-Advised Funds—Is That the Best They Can Do?

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09/14/2017

... That the Best They Can Do? Earlier this month, a coalition of philanthropic trade associations—namely, the Council of Foundations, Independent Sector, The Philanthropy Roundtable, and the...

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New MIF/Hewlett Foundation Webinars Explore How Funders Can Fight Misinformation

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09/27/2017

... like wildfire across the western world, and American philanthropy is at the forefront of the battle to address it. From the recent prototype fund ... collaboration with Democracy Fund in support of...

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International/Foreign Affairs

01 Nov 2017

Navigating Uncertain Terrain and International Barriers to Giving

Wednesday, November 1, 2017 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

... laws and regulations in many areas that are unwelcoming to philanthropy and civil society. At the same time, however, ... International Center for Not-for-Profit Law , the Index of Philanthropic Freedom at the...

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Rockefeller Brothers Fund President Stephen Heintz to Receive Council on Foundations Distinguished Service Award

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11/08/2018

... announced that it will honor Stephen Heintz, President of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, with its 2018 Distinguished ... in 1984, the Distinguished Service Award is known as philanthropy 's highest honor,...

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Rockefeller Brothers Fund

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18 Jun 2018

No Place Like Home: Responding to the Unique Needs of Homeless Children and Their Families

Monday, June 18, 2018 -

9:00am to 11:00am

Almost 70% of homeless New Yorkers are children and their families. ... education, and could ultimately increase the likelihood of their being homeless as adults. For example, New York ... in shelters and hotels...

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NYSCF's Cutting-Edge Research Explored In New York Times Magazine Cover Story

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06/27/2014

... and pioneering efforts to prevent the transmission of mitochondrial diseases from mother to child is explored in ... involves transferring into a donor egg the nucleus of an egg cell from a woman affected by...

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The New York Stem Cell Foundation

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Health

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Young Men of Color Initiative Details Its Investments

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03/03/2015

Young Men of Color Initiative Details Its Investments Member institutions of the Executives' Alliance to Expand Opportunities for Boys ... "Though the philanthropic sector has a decades-long ...

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The Atlantic Philanthropies

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Community Development

Social Justice

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Open Society Foundations

Macquarie Group Foundation Event Is Speed Dating for Crowd-Sourced Nonprofit Funding

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03/12/2015

... funding events. This is the latest in an ongoing series of events staged throughout TFN's 12 year history during which it has matched donors with projects in ... services firm and an ongoing partner and...

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Macquarie Group Foundation

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Eighteen Cultural Institutions Receive Support from Carnegie Corporation of New York

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05/07/2015

... Institutions Receive Support from Carnegie Corporation of New York The recipients are well-established ... science centers. The organizations are: American Museum of Natural History ; Asia...

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

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Arts

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Aetna Foundation: Closing the Health Divide, One Community at a Time

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12/16/2015

... people who have lower life expectancies than populations of many third-world countries. You can find out your own life expectancy -- not through your family history or by visiting your doctor's office,...

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Health

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What Money Can Buy - Ford Foundation's Pursuit of Conquering Inequality

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01/05/2016

What Money Can Buy - Ford Foundation's Pursuit of Conquering Inequality The urge to change the world is normally thwarted by a near-insurmountable barricade of obstacles: failure of...

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