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Commonwealth Fund Names Joseph R. Betancourt, M.D., as Its Next President

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12/12/2022

... Previously, Betancourt led the Mass General Brigham (MGB) system ’s COVID Equity and Community Health response, served ... “His breadth of experience, as a physician, health system leader, and pioneer in...

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Seeking Member Comments: Public Policy Position on a True Cost of Living Standard and Wage Equity

Philanthropy New York invites members to comment on the proposed public policy statement.

Investing in Advocacy Work Is Good — for Everyone

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04/03/2014

Carla Washington, Executive Director of Direct Care Alliance discusses the advocacy efforts that would bring policy changes to improve the financial security and stability for direct care workers and their families.

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How To Grow and Activate Your Audience On YouTube

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03/12/2014

Brett Davidson, the Director of the Health Media Initiative at the Open Society Foundations, discusses how online video can be used as a powerful tool for promoting causes and connecting a wide array of audiences to nonprofits.

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Gender and Transformative Giving

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05/23/2013

by Riki Wilchins, Executive Director, TrueChild As an action tank focused on promoting gender analysis, we were recently approached by another organization with a sizable grant who wanted help identifying major U.S. funders with a...

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A Unique Nonprofit Lender

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08/19/2009

“Neither a borrower nor a lender be” is a well-known early seventeenth century sound bite (from Shakespeare’s Hamlet; Polonius’ advice to his son, Laertes). Yet sound bites or one-sentence quotes found in cute management books are no way to manage a...

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NY Women’s Foundation Projects Precarious Situation for Young Girls Dependent on Struggling Caregivers

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12/01/2016

Report finds that tens of thousands of low-income girls in NYC lack strong, consistent nurturance from well-supported and well-prepared adults.

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The New York Women's Foundation

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Gender Justice

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Finding—and Using—the Right Tool for the Job: A Landscape Scan of Assessment Tools

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08/02/2018

Prithi Trivedi, Program Fellow, and Jennifer Wei, Organizational Effectiveness Officer of The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation write "Nonprofits come in many shapes and sizes. They focus on different issues, and work in different geographies...

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The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation

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Aging and HIV/AIDS: A New Era of Convergence

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10/17/2019

When the HIV/AIDS epidemic began in the early 1980s, an HIV diagnosis was a virtual death sentence. Aging was not on the agenda and the medical, community, and philanthropic support structures for aging and HIV/AIDS were worlds apart.

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Aging

Health

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Grantmakers in Aging

Salesforce Announces Work.com For Schools and $20 Million to Help Schools Reopen Safely and Support Student Learning Anywhere

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08/11/2020

Technology helps schools make smart decisions on when it’s safe to return to campus, monitor the health of students and teachers, and better support those who are learning remotely

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Disaster Relief

Education

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Reimagining Learning (From This Moment and With Each Other)

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10/21/2020

We are in the midst of deep adaptation. At Philanthropy New York, while we accept a host of unknowns, we also seek new discoveries for the way we can work and respond to our new realities.

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The Burke Foundation and the New Jersey Adverse Childhood Experiences Collaborative Announces New Statewide Campaign

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06/23/2021

The effort aims to educate and train teachers and law enforcement on how to identify and reduce the impact of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs)

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Children, Youth and Families

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Health

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Take It From the Nonprofits: Even in a Crisis, Funders Are Falling Short on Equity

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07/29/2021

By: Satonya Fair, President & CEO, PEAK Grantmaking

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2021 J.M.K. Innovation Prizes Awarded to 10 Initiatives With Standout Potential, Shared Community Focus

Release Date:

11/16/2021

Record Number of Submissions Demonstrates Surge in SocialImpact Projects and Innovation Through Collective Empowerment

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Environment and Climate Change

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Social Justice

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The J.M. Kaplan Fund

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

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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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Foundation for Opioid Response Efforts (FORE)

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Health

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Bloomberg Philanthropies ‘Summer Boost NYC’ Summer 2022 Learning Program Launched at New York City Public Charter Schools

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04/18/2022

Summer Boost NYC will reach approximately 25,000 New York City K-8 students whose learning loss has been exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic

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