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To Avoid Being a Supporter of the Status Quo, Ask “So What?”

Release Date:

01/27/2016

... never been more focused on results, but I wonder whether we are letting our focus with data distract us from the big ... that the paths to opportunity and upward mobility still exist . Whether they focus on...

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Citi Foundation

Helmsley-backed DATA2GO.NYC's Veterans Data Highlighted by Social Science Research Council

Release Date:

11/11/2016

SSRC’s measure of America program expands always-accessible online data tool, but finds NYC Vets sometime lag behind the national average.

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Veterans

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The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust

David Rockefeller Creative Arts Center Recognized for Sustainable Design, Architectural Excellence, and Community Impact

Release Date:

07/31/2023

“The Rockefeller Brothers Fund takes great pride in the David Rockefeller Creative Arts Center’s achievements,” said Geraldine Watson.

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Arts

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Rockefeller Brothers Fund

12 Mar 2013

Getting Your Foundation’s Spending Policy & Asset Allocation Right

Tuesday, March 12, 2013 -

8:45am to 11:00am

Today’s volatile market environment changes how foundations are thinking about spending policy and asset allocation. Come hear leading colleague, both foundation staff and trustee, in the field about their forecast of the market for the next few...

17 Apr 2013

Keeping Risk Above Water Part 2: Investing in Adaptation, Disaster Response & Recovery

Wednesday, April 17, 2013 -

12:00pm to 1:00pm

Webinar

Please join us to learn about market-rate investment opportunities in disaster response and recovery. As New York City and the surrounding region struggle to recover from personal and public loss in the wake of Hurricane Sandy, how can foundations...

18 Jun 2013

Social Impact Exchange: 2013 Annual Conference on Scaling

Tuesday, June 18, 2013 - 9:00am to Thursday, June 20, 2013 - 3:30pm

Museum of Jewish Heritage - Battery Park 36 Battery Place, NYC

The conference includes presentations from foundation CEOs and nonprofit leaders, as well as knowledge sessions and peer networking opportunities. Hear how cross-sector collaboration is taking social impact to new levels. Attend sessions about...

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Issue-Based

12 Jun 2014

Navigating Leadership Transitions in Family Philanthropy - Webinar

Thursday, June 12, 2014 -

2:30pm to 4:00pm

Every family philanthropy experiences the joy, the sadness, the complexity, and the energy of transitions. Moving toward new leadership in the family can be difficult, emotional, and sometimes frustrating. However, when it is done deliberately and...

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10 Jul 2014

Community Driven Capacity Building: Creative Approaches From the Field - Webinar

Thursday, July 10, 2014 -

12:00pm to 1:30pm

Increasingly, foundations are investing in deep community listening before they design strategies and approaches for capacity building with nonprofit grantees. Join us and hear the stories of family and regional foundations who came up with creative...

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Family Foundation

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Wallace Foundation: New Report Sheds Light on How Effective Nonprofits Expand Their Reach Through Partnerships

Release Date:

09/19/2017

... pathways, which are similar to businesses opening branch sites as extensions of the central office. The choice ...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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The Wallace Foundation

Revson Foundation Releases New Report by Tony Proscio, Out of Print – The Case for Philanthropic Support for Local Journalism in a Time of Market Upheaval

Release Date:

02/02/2018

... in English, and at least two fully staffed online news sites . Denmark, with only slightly more people (5.6 million), ...

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Communications/Media

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Charles H. Revson Foundation

Warhol Foundation Comes Through Again for Texas Arts Orgs

Release Date:

07/11/2018

The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts has announced that it will award $3.6 million to forty-two cultural organizations as part of its spring 2018 grant cycle, reports Artforum. Among the grantees are three Texas arts organizations.

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Arts

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The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts

With Support from Citi Foundation, City Accelerator Expands to Five More U.S. Cities

Release Date:

08/02/2018

Citi Foundation and Living Cities today announced the expansion of the City Accelerator program to five additional U.S. cities – Atlanta, El Paso, Long Beach, Newark, and Rochester. The five cities will work together over the next year to pursue a...

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Community Development

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Citi Foundation

Inside Philanthropy on the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation's Impact on Climate-Conscious Conservation in the South

Release Date:

09/20/2018

The Southern Cumberland Plateau is a rugged landscape of ancient rock and hardwood forest in the Appalachian Mountains that’s home to an extraordinary number of plant and animal species. It’s also considered a resilient landscape, meaning even as...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Doris Duke Foundation

NYPL Mid-Manhattan Branch to Reopen in May as Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library

Release Date:

01/16/2020

The New York Public Library announced on its website the reopening of its largest circulating branch after undergoing a full-scale renovation. The new, modern library, located on Fifth Avenue and 40th Street at site of the former Mid-Manhattan...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Education

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Stavros Niarchos Foundation

Westchester Community Foundation Welcomes Millie Hernandez Becker, Dr. Jennifer Cruz to Advisory Board

Release Date:

05/02/2023

... improving access to mental health care within primary care sites in New York City. As Psychology Systems Manager at New ...

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Appointments & Transitions

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The Westchester Community Foundation

FORE Announces $4.8 Million in Grants That Support Innovative Solutions to Ending the Opioid Crisis

Release Date:

02/01/2022

The projects, all part of FORE’s new Innovation Program, were selected based on a national request for proposals that yielded 479 submissions from around the country.

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Health

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Foundation for Opioid Response Efforts (FORE)

Women in Leadership: Why It Matters

Publication date:

05/2016

It’s no secret that women have historically faced greater barriers than men when it comes to fully participating in the economy. Across geographies and income levels, disparities between men and women persist in the form of pay gaps, uneven opportunities for advancement, and unbalanced representation in important decision-making.

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Report

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Gender Justice

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The Rockefeller Foundation

Your Foundation in Crisis: Will You Be Ready?

Release Date:

06/18/2013

... — can travel around the globe at the speed of electrons. We know that foundations and nonprofits need to be proactive ... balance — both for the foundation and its grantees. We also know that taking the right...

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Insights

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All Funders

Mellon Foundation Announces Imagining Freedom, An Arts & Humanities Initiative Supporting Creatives and Thinkers Reenvisioning the Criminal Legal System

Release Date:

02/15/2023

... of the Mellon Foundation. “Through Imagining Freedom, we are supporting artistic, cultural, and humanistic work ... and envisioning and enacting just responses to harm. We cannot understand who we...