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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

Across New York City, grassroots activists are giving voice to those our system has failed or exploited. These activists are helping people to organize, and to stand -up as leaders able to envision and create social change. Their work is incredibly...

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Issue-Based

28 Feb 2019

Capacity Building Across Borders: A Three-Part Strategy for Funders - A Webinar

Thursday, February 28, 2019 -

12:00pm to 1:00pm

... Co-Sponsors: Please email register@philanthropynewyork. org with your name, title, organizational affiliation, ... Funders: Please email register@philanthropynewyork. org ($150 fee). Please note: To ensure...

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Tools & Strategies

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Webinar/Teleconference

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All Funders

Topic(s)

Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Funding Area

International/Foreign Affairs

Philanthropy, You in Danger, Girl! Five Things Philanthropies Need to Do Now in the Trump Age

Release Date:

02/13/2017

Edgar Villanueva of the Schott Foundation for Public Education, says foundations could be targeted as a source of revenue and their ability to support work that goes against Trump’s agenda could be detrimentally affected.

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Insights

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Related Organizations

The Schott Foundation for Public Education

Wil Priester joins Arabella Advisors as CFO; Shelley Whelpton to Lead Arabella Advisors' Mid-Atlantic Practice

Release Date:

10/15/2013

Arabella Advisors has announced the appointments of Wil Priester as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and Shelley Whelpton as a Managing Director. Both are based in Washington, DC.

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Appointments & Transitions

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Arabella Advisors

A Commitment to Playwrights: The Tow Foundation’s 2014 Residency Program

Release Date:

12/09/2014

Associate Director Andrea Sholler discusses the Tow Foundation's playwright residency program.

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Insights

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Arts

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The Tow Foundation

If We Want to Strengthen Democracy, Let's Start in Our Back Yard

Release Date:

04/14/2021

As New York City heads into its most consequential local elections in a generation, we face a decades-long decline in democratic participation.

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Insights

Funding Area

Civic Engagement

Related Organizations

Charles H. Revson Foundation

The New York Community Trust

Ford Foundation

Mediacracy — A Dialogue With Experts on the Troubled Intersection of Media and Democracy

Release Date:

11/26/2013

... piece for The Chronicle of Philanthropy . https:// www .youtube.com/watch?v=9aQ_yKIUGyc “As long as shadowy ...

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Media Impact Funders

The William C. Bullitt Foundation

Ten New York Health Leaders Recognized With NYSHealth 10th-Anniversary Awards

Release Date:

10/20/2016

Five individuals have received Luminary Awards in recognition of their extraordinary contributions to improve the health of New Yorkers over the last 10 years, and five nonprofit organizations have been recognized as Emerging Innovators poised to...

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Member News

Funding Area

Health

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New York Health Foundation

Open Society Foundations Announce 2020 Soros Justice Fellows

Release Date:

12/18/2020

Open Society Foundations Announce 2020 Soros Justice Fellows NEW YORK—Fighting to reduce lengthy sentences for youth. Building a network of Black HIV movement lawyers. Tackling structural racism through the power of dance...

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Member News

Funding Area

Arts

Children, Youth and Families

Education

Environment and Climate Change

Workforce Development

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Open Society Foundations

20 Nov 2013

Power of Giving Arts Forum: Arts and the Millennial Generation

Wednesday, November 20, 2013 -

7:30am to 10:30am

Con Edison Headquarters

Widespread cuts to arts education over the past decade now mean we have an entire generation of young people with little exposure to the arts. Fewer members of the millennial generation go to the theater, concerts, dance performances, or operas. How...

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Issue-Based

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Arts

20 May 2015

Youth Participation: Creating a Rich Civic Ecosystem for Young People in NYC

Wednesday, May 20, 2015 -

8:30am to 11:30am

... of Organizers: Please email register@philanthropynewyork. org with your name, title, organizational affiliation, ... Funders: Please email register@philanthropynewyork. org ($150 fee) In Collaboration with New...

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Issue-Based

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Panel

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All Funders

Topic(s)

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Funding Area

Public Policy

Children, Youth and Families

Location

New York City

PNY Officially Endorses Principles for Good Governance and Ethical Practice

The Principles for Good Governance and Ethical Practice outlines 33 principles of sound practice for charitable organizations and foundations related to legal compliance and public disclosure, effective governance, financial oversight, and...

12 Jan 2012

Family Philanthropy: Finding Common Ground, Valuing Different Views

Thursday, January 12, 2012 -

11:00am to 1:30pm

Families and foundation boards across the country wrestle with diverging values, various religions and different political persuasions. While always a concern, divergent opinions come into sharper focus as the nation heads into the 2012 election...

12 Mar 2012

Conversations for Grantmakers: Hydrofracking Plus and Minus

Monday, March 12, 2012 -

12:00pm to 1:00pm

Join us for a discussion about the effects natural gas drilling has on community infrastructure. Amy Panek from the Park Foundation and Marilyn Bok from the Community Foundation for the Twin Tiers will also talk about their work to educate the...

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Issue-Based

14 May 2012

Conversations for Grantmakers: Our Returning Veterans

Monday, May 14, 2012 -

12:00pm to 1:00pm

Teleconference

Find out how the Veterans Outreach Center in Rochester, NY, is using a collaborative approach to treatment; a national model, that cares for the whole person. Veterans receive the breadth of services needed to regain their mental, physical and...

06 Feb 2013

Family Foundations Briefing

Wednesday, February 6, 2013 -

11:00am to 1:00pm

Teleconference

GFNY members will start the conversation reporting on participation at the Council on Foundations Family Philanthropy Conference, in San Jose. Hear what they learned, and contribute your views if attending. Explore What’s the buzz? What are the...

Robin Hood Issues Call for Applications for New Grant-Ready Insights and Training Project (GRIT)

Release Date:

08/10/2016

... funders. GRIT applications, which can be found at www .robinhood. org /grit , are due on August 11. The program will run from ...

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RFPs Etc

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Jonas Family Fund Strives to Eliminate Children’s Blindness

Release Date:

01/10/2017

The project will, among other things, help establish a state-of-the-art pediatric ophthalmic diagnostic and imaging center at New York-Presbyterian/Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital.

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Member News

Funding Area

Health

Related Organizations

Jonas Center / Barbara & Donald Jonas Family Fund

ComNetworkNY: Leadership and the Art of Communications

Release Date:

03/08/2018

Watch panelists from The Aspen New Voices Fellowship, Red Dot Foundation (Safecity), and ReFrame Mentorship share thoughts on the importance of communications training as an essential element of developing leaders and network.