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

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05/09/2016

... Give All They’ve Got By Melissa Beck, Executive Director of The Educational Foundation of America As private foundations, we usually focus on the 5 ... Stephen Heinz, and Nathan Cummings Foundation Director...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Impact Investing

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The Educational Foundation of America

Introducing Our Muslim Neighbors, One Story at a Time

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08/18/2016

... a study recently found that more than 80 percent of media coverage of Muslims is negative, and media coverage of Muslims is more negative now than it was after 9/11. The ...

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The New York Community Trust

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Communications/Media

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An Open Letter to the Hundreds of Millions of Americans Who Have Worked for, Volunteered for, Donated to, or Benefited from the Work of a Charitable Nonprofit: i.e., every living person in the USA.

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11/30/2017

An Open Letter to the Hundreds of Millions of Americans Who Have Worked for, Volunteered for, Donated to, or Benefited from the Work of a Charitable Nonprofit: i.e., every living person in the ...

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The Nonprofit Quarterly

11 Jul 2018

Service for Impact - Exploring Successful Skills-Based Volunteering Models

Wednesday, July 11, 2018 -

8:45am to 11:00am

... Service for Impact Working Group, rooted in the principles of Reimagining Service , provides an opportunity for both ... business objectives through volunteerism. The value of skills-based volunteering (SBV)...

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Professional Development

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10 Jul 2018

The Power of Pooled Funding to Increase College Graduation Rates

Tuesday, July 10, 2018 -

9:00am to 11:00am

... funders for a session that will feature the development of and lessons learned from the College Completion Innovation ... national and local funders for a collective investment of nearly $2 million. New York...

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Issue-Based

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Panel

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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

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07 Apr 2022

Legal Series - Making Grants to Individuals

Thursday, April 7, 2022 -

10:00am to 11:30am

The Program The PNY Core: Legal Series provides an overview of the legal and regulatory boundaries in a number of key legal topics. The series launches with this high-level overview of the legal...

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New York Life Foundation Awards $1 Million Grant to the YMCA of Greater New York

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10/21/2014

... York Life Foundation Awards $1 Million Grant to the YMCA of Greater New York The YMCA of Greater New York announced ... Program. The Y Scholars Program is currently offered at 19 sites...

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Children, Youth and Families

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New York Life Foundation

Ford Funds Analysis, Toolkit for Improving Legal Aid Websites

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08/08/2017

... Evaluation Project. The project assessed the quality of centralized legal information websites in every state, the ... about civil legal matters with important tools and resources . They provide basic...

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Justice Reform

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Ford Foundation

What does it mean for the Luce Foundation to support public knowledge?

Release Date:

10/21/2021

... in order to do so, it must be in the world, in the hands of those who can make use of it. But we have also been ... important, but they are not the only knowledge makers and sites of...

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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

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The Henry Luce Foundation

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09 Jul 2014

Foundation Administrators Network Meeting: Managing Urgency in a 24/7 Work Environment

Wednesday, July 9, 2014 -

3:15pm to 5:00pm

... HR and operations professionals to share knowledge and resources , to test complex ideas with peers about ... felt compelled to answer a non-urgent email in the middle of the night? Does work-life balance...

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Network Building

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Executive Leadership

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07 Nov 2024

Building A Coaching Practice With Your Teams: Purpose, Strategies, and Insights

Thursday, November 7, 2024 -

10:00am to 12:00pm

... * The Foundation Administrators Network (FAN) is a Philanthropy New York professional peer network of HR and operations professionals at member grantmaking ... for foundation administration, including human...

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After a Gay Rights Victory, a New Challenge for Grantmakers

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07/10/2013

... Emerging Markets Foundation , and past President, Philanthropy New York Two days before the 44th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots that occurred on the streets of my own neighborhood,...

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08 Jun 2022

New York City Workforce Funders Collaborative Quarterly Convening

Wednesday, June 8, 2022 -

10:00am to 11:30am

The next virtual quarterly convening of the NYC Workforce Funders network will feature NYC’s ... Development, Maria Torres-Springer, and Executive Director of the Mayor’s Office of Talent and...

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Public Policy

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Workforce Development

William T. Grant Foundation Announces Scholars Finalists

Release Date:

11/09/2014

... can be named from any one major division (e.g., College of Arts and Sciences, medical school, etc.). Nominating ... support the applicant’s research goals with sufficient resources during the grant period, so...

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Rockefeller Foundation and New York City Join Forces to Fund Internships at Cultural Organizations

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09/09/2016

... at Cultural Organizations The New York City Department of Cultural Affairs is beginning an initiative to improve ... by the Rockefeller Foundation, will place City University of New York students as interns at...

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Arts

The Rockefeller Foundation

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Why the Ford Foundation Launched a Program for Formerly Incarcerated People—and How They Did It

Release Date:

05/19/2017

... Walker approached the foundation’s Talent and Human Resources team and asked us to create a professional development program for graduates of the Bard Prison Initiative (BPI). At the foundation, ... conviction...

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Justice Reform

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Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Grants $3.5M to South Arts to Launch "Jazz Road"

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12/10/2018

... designed to expand jazz artists’ touring to a wide range of communities. This landmark re-granting program, once ... jazz touring support system. Through Jazz Road, all six of the country’s Regional Arts...

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Arts

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The Value of Rigorous Evaluation

Release Date:

06/02/2014

The Value of Rigorous Evaluation A lthough evidence-based funding and policymaking are gaining momentum in philanthropy and government, a study by the Center for ... program assessment or evaluation. Unless we...

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