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JPMorgan Chase Focuses on Asset Building in Communities of Color

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05/26/2017

... mix of funders worried about America's vast racial gaps in wealth and opportunity is increasingly diverse and ... population can't move faster to build earning power and wealth . A new partnership...

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26 Mar 2012

Changing the System: Effective Strategies for Grassroots Activism to Make NYC More Fair, Just, and Compassionate

Monday, March 26, 2012 -

2:45pm to 5:00pm

... Fund and co-hosted by Demos , Resource Generation , Veris Wealth Partners , Walden Asset Management , and Women Donors ... , Director, Domestic Workers United Daniel Gross , Executive Director, Brandworkers...

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Paul Di Donato Announced as New President and CEO of Proteus Fund

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01/18/2017

... Proteus Fund has appointed activist, advocate, nonprofit executive , and philanthropic leader Paul Di Donato as its new President and CEO. Paul brings a wealth of experience from his 30 years of fighting for ...

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Nathan Cummings, Ford, Heron & Others Are Leaders in the U.S. Impact Investing Alliance

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07/27/2017

... at the core of investment decisions,” said Fran Seegull, Executive Director of the Alliance and formerly the Managing ... & CEO, Kresge Foundation Andy Sieg, Head, Merrill Lynch Wealth Management Ian...

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29 Jan 2020

A Trip Down Memory Lane: Activism, the Culture and the Individual Artist

Wednesday, January 29, 2020 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

... the NYTimes and artnet News further expose the racial and wealth inequalities among artists, citing that those more ... doing this work Presenters Suzy Delvalle , President and Executive Director, Creative...

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Arts

09 Nov 2021

Social Impact Exchange 2021: The Systems Summit 2021

Tuesday, November 9, 2021 - 11:30am to Wednesday, November 10, 2021 - 4:00pm

... Foundation for Public Education John Kania , Founder, Executive Director, Board Chair, Collective Change Lab John ... officers, philanthropists, corporate executives, trustees, wealth managers and philanthropy...

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Citi Foundation Announces Recipients of Community Progress Makers Initiative in the United States

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12/13/2021

... to address the root causes and impacts of income and wealth inequality. Through the Community Progress Makers ... billion in strategic initiatives to help close the racial wealth gap in the United States...

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Six Months Later

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05/08/2013

By Lauren Linville, Communications Associate, Health and Environmental Funders Network It seems much longer than six months ago that Hurricane Sandy turned into Superstorm Sandy and devastated parts of New York and New Jersey. In...

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Engagement Snapshot: A Strategic Approach

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11/28/2011

By Beeta Jahedi, Assistant Manager, Professional Education, Philanthropy New York and Robert Hyfler, EngAGEment Initiative Program Consultant, Philanthropy New York (This post originally appeared on the Forum’s Forum , the blog of...

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“The City Where America Is Going to Find Herself Again”: A Funders Conversation with Mayor Mitch Landrieu

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01/12/2011

By James O’Sullivan Director, Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors On November 16th, 55 Philanthropy New York members participated in a members briefing featuring a keynote address by the Honorable Mitch Landrieu, Mayor of New...

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Bridging the Knowledge Gap About Grantmaking for People with Disabilities

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11/05/2010

By Laura Cronin Director, Toshiba America Foundation (This post originally appeared on PhilanTopic , the Philanthropy News Digest blog, on October 27, 2010 and is reprinted with permission.) Every funder can, and should, be a...

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Nourishing Strong Communities: Thoughts on Food Policy from Karen Karp

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05/03/2010

On April 20th, Philanthropy New York held a members briefing —sponsored by the Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation , the Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund , and The Elmezzi Fund —which focused on FoodWorks New York and other ways that the public, private...

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The Rockefeller Drug Laws: New Opportunities for Investment with a National Impact

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04/02/2010

On January 26th, Philanthropy New York hosted a members briefing sponsored by the Daphne Foundation , the New York Foundation , and the Open Society Institute , with our Increasing Diversity in Philanthropy and Philanthropy Connects special...

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The Spend-Out/Perpetuity Distraction…and the Merger Option

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02/08/2010

By Charles H. Hamilton Senior Fellow, Philanthropy New York There is renewed interest in the issue of lifespan for foundations (spend-out versus perpetuity). Nonetheless, these discussions seem like a distraction to me, for two...

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A Nobel Prize For The Voluntary Sector

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11/15/2009

A few words about a recent Nobel Prize and its relevance to philanthropy. No, this isn’t about the Peace Prize to President Obama, which I think was a timely reminder of the value of hope. The United States’ international image is changing and that...

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Philanthropy As “Invisible Aid”

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08/31/2009

Philanthropy was once described as “invisible aid.”

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Can We Still Improve Philanthropy?

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07/17/2009

Being away from the day-to-day administration of a foundation has allowed me some time to think about how philanthropy can be improved.

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Internet to Newspapers: Drop Dead—A Program Recap with Nicholas Lemann and Victor Pickard

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06/12/2009

For a group of newspaper people, newspapers must be saved; for a group of Web people, newspapers must go; and there are a lot of compass points in between.

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Capacity Building Begins At Home

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06/04/2009

Spending time and money on capacity building and technical assistance for grantees should be an important part of what foundations do. In fact, many nonprofits are handling the economic downturn precisely because they and their funders previously...