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Jamie Merisotis Becomes Council on Foundations' Board Chair

Release Date:

05/14/2019

... of Chair of the Board of Directors. Merisotis was elected in November 2018, and began his term as Board Chair at the ... Chair for two years. “Philanthropy plays a vital role in communities around the country...

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Rockefeller Foundation Launches #Solvable

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06/12/2019

... of vulnerable people are solvable — and solvable in our lifetime. Without question, the key ingredient is ... the know-how to harness technology, science and innovation in ways that meaningfully improve lives...

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Announcing the 2019 Carnegie Medal of Philanthropy Recipients

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08/12/2019

... Recipients August 12, 2019 (Dunfermline, Scotland, United Kingdom) – The international family of Carnegie ... The announcement was made at Carnegie’s ancestral home in Dunfermline, Scotland. Carnegie remains...

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

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GoVoteNYC Fund Announces $1 Million in Grants for Voter Engagement

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04/26/2021

GoVoteNYC Fund Announces $1 Million in Grants for Voter Engagement (April 26, 2021) New York, NY – The GoVoteNYC Fund in The New York Community Trust has announced $1 million in ... events and...

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The New York Community Trust

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Civic Engagement

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22 Feb 2022

BBB Charity Effectiveness Symposium XVI – Beyond Recovery: Transforming to Drive Change

Tuesday, February 22, 2022 -

12:30pm to 2:30pm

... which calls upon us to approach the work of driving change in fresh ways. This next Symposium falls in the Centennial ... Event Supporters include: Adelphi University/Center for Nonprofit...

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Philanthropic Consultants/Advisors

02 Nov 2023

Acknowledging Inflation in our Grantmaking Practice - for CEOs, CFOs, and Trustees

Thursday, November 2, 2023 -

10:00am to 11:30am

... designed for CEOs, CFOs, and Trustees only. ** The spike in inflation in 2022 hit many nonprofit organizations hard as the cost of supplies, fuel, ... inflation, however low it may be...

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24 Oct 2011

Taking the Next Steps Toward a Greater Collective Impact

Monday, October 24, 2011 - 8:45am to Thursday, January 19, 2012 - 9:30am

... Kania on Collective Impact, a new approach first featured in the Winter 2011 Issue of the Stanford Social Innovation ... To utilize a Collective Impact approach: a group of cross- sector actors commit to a...

09 Nov 2012

Organizing Philanthropy's Response to Sandy -- Philanthropy New York’s Teleconference Series

Friday, November 9, 2012 -

1:00pm to 3:00pm

Please join us for the second call in this series convening Philanthropy New York members to ... communicate and collaborate around recovery funding, both in the short- and long-term. This series of...

Rockefeller Brothers Fund Joins Impact Investment Efforts

Release Date:

06/25/2014

... commitment was one of more than 20 new private sector pledges to drive more than $1.5 billion into impact ... will initially prioritize support for clean energy, in an effort to identify businesses positioned...

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International/Foreign Affairs

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Community Revitalization Works Better When A "Quarterback" Is In Charge

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07/22/2014

... Revitalization Works Better When A "Quarterback" Is In Charge The "community quarterback" model can be an ... Fund, and Brandee McHale, COO at the Citi Foundation, in a post on the SSIR...

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The Rockefeller Foundation and USAID Launch $100 Million Partnership

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08/04/2014

... to chronic stresses and increasing climate shocks in communities across Africa and Asia. Announced at the ... and development planning, connecting the private sector with civil society and government, and...

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Economic Security

The Rockefeller Foundation

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JPMorgan Chase & Co. Releases Report that Examines the Skills Gap in NYC

Release Date:

10/30/2014

... Chase & Co. Releases Report that Examines the Skills Gap in NYC JPMorgan Chase & Co. today released the first in a series of reports that lays out a specific roadmap for ... makers, community colleges...

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MasterCard Foundation Launches $50 Million Fund to Help Smallholder Farmers in Africa

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01/21/2015

... Launches $50 Million Fund to Help Smallholder Farmers in Africa The MasterCard Foundation today launched a $50 ... challenge fund to improve the lives of smallholder farmers in Africa by enabling businesses to...

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Food Systems

Deutsche Bank, MetLife, Prudential and Posner-Wallace Join Forces for Capital Consortium Fund

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03/17/2015

... part of its family of social impact funds first launched in 2005. With a list of investors including Church Pension ... the ECC will provide debt financing to social enterprises in the energy, health and Base...

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Wallace Foundation Launches 'Building New Audiences for Sustainability' Initiative

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04/16/2015

... Initiative One of the biggest questions today in the sector commonly and somewhat misleadingly known as ... Audiences for orchestras, opera, dance and theater are in a gradual declining trend...

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Arts

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The Wallace Foundation

Casey Family Programs Announces Winner of the 2015 Casey Excellence for Children Award

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05/21/2015

... event. The event brought together over 100 leaders in child welfare and wellbeing across a number of sectors. ... “The Center for Native American Youth has been a leader in advancing the well-being of some of...

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Foundations Vow to Invest in Clean-Energy Technology

Release Date:

06/17/2015

Foundations Vow to Invest in Clean-Energy Technology The Obama administration on Tuesday announced $4 billion in commitments from the private sector , including more than $1 billion from...

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Rockefeller Brothers Fund

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The Overbrook Foundation

NYCT Grant Will Build Capacity for Child Welfare

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07/02/2015

... quality of care and save costs for the child welfare sector by identifying and sharing proven practices. CCF was formed to respond to many changes in New York’s Medicaid system. Experts agree that children...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Health

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The New York Community Trust

Rockefeller Foundation Commits $64 Million to 100 Resilient Cities

Release Date:

07/29/2015

... November 24, and the winning cities will be announced in April 2016. Each city in the 100RC network receives financial and logistical ... for leading its resilience efforts; technical assistance in...

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Disaster Relief

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