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Giving Away $100 Million: A Peek Behind the Curtain At Macarthur Foundation

Release Date:

09/27/2017

... risk averse. Instead of an introspective process, by which we would decide on an issue or problem as the focus and then design the strategy, we decided to issue a public, open call: “Tell us what ... solved if...

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12 Sep 2012

Technology and the Promise of Blended Learning

Wednesday, September 12, 2012 - 11:00am to Thursday, September 13, 2012 - 4:00pm

The Roosevelt Hotel, 45 E. 45th Street at Madison Ave, NYC

... for a candid conversation in the Big Apple as we discuss lessons from experienced philanthropists and examine efforts to rethink how learning is delivered. We ’ll also discover what it takes to start a blended...

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18 May 2011

Successful Advocacy -- and Its Challenges: What's "Public" About Public Education?

Wednesday, May 18, 2011 -

2:45pm to 5:00pm

... to ensure that 1) the education budget gives districts the resources to provide students with the sound basic education ... mandates and 2) districts, including NYC, target those resources to classrooms and...

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Excellence is the Best Strategy

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12/10/2013

... of as much as $2 billion? One way to nonprofit success, we believe, is stronger innovative management by nonprofits ... the Bronx and meet the needs of the growing South Asian, West African and Caribbean...

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The New York Community Trust

Bloomberg Philanthropies: What C40's Report, Climate Action in Megacities 3.0, Means to Paris Climate Summit

Release Date:

11/25/2015

... a global agreement to limit carbon emissions. ( Download PDF of report. ) One of the most important things the ... Bloomberg Philanthropies will continue doing everything we can to encourage people to attend...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies

01 Oct 2024

October 2024 New York Age-Friendly Funders Network - Fall Meeting

Tuesday, October 1, 2024 -

10:00am to 12:00pm

... NYC Aging (formally called the Department for the Aging). We hope to have a robust discussion of the City’s ...

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Three Exceptional New York Nonprofits Win 2015 Nonprofit Excellence Awards (New York Community Trust)

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11/11/2015

... City while promoting dignity and self-sufficiency. “ We are thrilled to honor these three outstanding ... one of the region’s leading funders of nonprofits. “ We celebrate all of the 2015 Award applicants,...

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The Clark Foundation

Ford Foundation

Borealis Philanthropy's Racial Equity to Accelerate Change Fund Moves $2.2 Million to Racial Equity Practitioners

Release Date:

11/01/2022

... Racial Equity to Accelerate Change (REACH) Fund proudly resources racial equity healers, facilitators, and capacity ... selves, and whole stories),” shared Change Elemental. “ We are so very appreciative that...

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Borealis Philanthropy

The Rockefeller Foundation Commits Over USD 1 Billion To Advance Climate Solutions

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09/15/2023

... Foundation has made many big bets in its history, and we believe climate change’s threats and the climate ... within these systems. This includes providing additional resources , advocacy, and strategic support...

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The Rockefeller Foundation

Report Commissioned by NY Women's Foundation Provides In-Depth Exploration of Women in the Justice System

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03/08/2017

... the justice system continues to increase in New York City, we must develop a multifaceted gender-specific strategy that ... John Jay, said , “Our focus on women does not mean that we think that the criminal...

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The New York Women's Foundation

Philanthropy’s New Tool for Action and Impact: Operating Archetypes Launched by Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors

Release Date:

04/27/2022

... model, gives funders an analytical way to align the right resources and capabilities for enhanced impact.” “Every ... the capacity of philanthropies to effectively align their resources for the impact they...

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Co-Impact Launches Systems Response Fund to Strengthen Systems Around the World

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04/06/2020

... Co-Impact – as in every organization and community – we continue to reflect on the current situation around COVID-19. Here, we share our evolving approach and the launch of our Systems ... to their limits. It...

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Co-Impact Philanthropic Funds, Inc.

Philanthropy As “Invisible Aid”

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08/31/2009

... foundations and their work remain too “invisible.” If we don’t redress what makes philanthropy invisible, we cannot protect its unique role or legitimately participate ... words about the holy grail of...

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Rockefeller Foundation's Boltz: Take a Fluid Approach to Build Fresh Water Resilience

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08/26/2016

... continually tried — and failed — to control water. We succeed — for a time. Sometimes even for decades. But ... investments in water management and infrastructure. We have built up and often inhabit areas...

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Ford Foundation Is A Sponsor of New Exhibits at the Muhammad Ali Center

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06/22/2016

... “Muhammad’s passing has derailed us a little bit, but we are going to be on schedule.” The Ali Center will ... The center has hired California-based design studio West Office , Nashville-based design company...

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Ford Foundation

Respected Anthropologist Danilyn Rutherford Steps Into New Role as President of Wenner-Gren Foundation

Release Date:

08/09/2017

... culture and power. She is well known for her work in the West Papua province of Indonesia and for promoting research ... and curiosity. I’m looking forward to exploring ways we can find common ground by...

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Julie Sandorf, President of The Charles H. Revson Foundation on Supporting New York’s Libraries

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05/30/2018

... doors are wide open. Whether you live on Central Park West or in Frederick Douglass Houses, we all belong at the library—the only public, indoor space ...

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United Way of New York City Establishes the COVID-19 Community Fund

Release Date:

03/26/2020

... OUTBREAK.” —SHEENA WRIGHT, PRESIDENT & CEO, UWNYC We are monitoring developments of this global pandemic, and ... reach their families and provide critical and ongoing resources like learning, food...

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Community Development

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United Way of New York City

The Value of Rigorous Evaluation

Release Date:

06/02/2014

... by the Center for Effective Philanthropy suggests that we still have a long way to go. Seventy-one percent of the ... program assessment or evaluation. Unless we invest more resources in our...

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Blue Meridian Partners, Inc.

Hilton Foundation's Quest to Bring Safe Water to All

Release Date:

04/05/2018

... be scaled up and backed by funders like the World Bank. As we ’ve reported before, Hilton supports WASH groups working in water-stressed regions in Africa , India, and Mexico. It has staked out a prominent spot...

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Conrad N. Hilton Foundation (New York)

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