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Classic and Cutting Edge

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12/05/2014

... Leiman Kraiem, Executive Director, Jewish Foundation for Education of Women As old as formal education, ... and technology, and many funders are working out how to do this in a cost effective way. Making...

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Jewish Foundation for Education of Women

The New York Women’s Foundation Celebrates Six Outstanding Women Leaders of Queens

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09/27/2016

... Simon, Nataly Rubio-Torio and Andrea Ormeño Honored for their Community Spirit and Efforts to Make Change New ... Nataly Rubio-Torio and Andrea Ormeño were recognized for their outstanding contributions to...

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The New York Women's Foundation

From the Desk of Irfan Hasan: The New York Community Trust and Vaccinating our City

Release Date:

05/13/2021

... to a critical-care nurse in Queens last December. It seemed like we had finally turned a corner. The ... of this year. Vaccinating New Yorkers must be a priority for months to come. But history shows us some...

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Rockefeller Foundation Releases Report: The Road Ahead for Smart Covid-19 Testing and Tracing in India

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05/20/2021

Rockefeller Foundation Releases Report: The Road Ahead for Smart Covid-19 Testing and Tracing in India In view of ... to inoculate against it . We’ve also learned what we can do when we act...

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Funding the Future of Activism

Release Date:

02/04/2013

... state and nation are in great need of effective organizing for equality and justice, North Star Fund is launching a $7 ... Statistics show that New York City is not working for a large percentage of the...

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29 Apr 2015

Measuring Impact: Joys, Monsters and Opportunities in Peacebuilding Monitoring and Evaluation - Webinar

Wednesday, April 29, 2015 -

11:00am to 12:00pm

... field continues to wrestle with questions of impact -how do we know that peacebuilding programs work? How do we ... Melanie Greenberg, President and CEO of the Alliance for Peacebuilding (and...

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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

Rats Replay Memories Forward and Backwards to Make Decisions, Understanding the Memory Process Will Lead to Treatments for Diseases Where Memory is Impaired, Research Funded by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Release Date:

12/10/2019

... Understanding the Memory Process Will Lead to Treatments for Diseases Where Memory is Impaired, Research Funded by the ... They also found a way to predict what the animals would do next. During sleep, the...

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Open Society Foundations Announce 2020 Soros Arts Fellows

Release Date:

07/15/2020

... the 2020 cohort of the Soros Arts Fellowship, including 10 artists, curators, cultural organizers, and researchers ... in our societies that marginalized communities have faced for generations. That’s why the...

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Understanding NY City & State's Legislative Landscape: An Overview for Funders with the Advocacy Institute

A Special Training Series Designed for Philanthropy New York members by the Advocacy Institute ... Understanding state and city power and navigating it successfully, is a key component to enacting progress on .....

Atlantic on Spending Down: "We’re Actually Gearing Up”

Release Date:

08/06/2014

By Tony Proscio, Associate Director for Research, Center for Strategic Philanthropy and Civil ... known in philanthropy as “spending down.” Could it be, these friends wondered, that such a...

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The Atlantic Philanthropies

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

Release Date:

11/25/2015

... ) One of the most important things the world can do to support Paris is to be there during the UN summit, and ... where others have failed – nations have set higher goals for reducing carbon, and they’re...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies

As Schools Adopt Social-Emotional Programs, A New Guide Funded by the Wallace Foundation Offers Help

Release Date:

05/17/2017

... coping skills through “social and emotional learning.” For starters, the audience wanted the answer to a question ... emotional learning and why should schools get involved in it ? The term is bedeviled by...

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Education & Youth

Education

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The Wallace Foundation

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

Release Date:

05/30/2018

... the New York Public Library’s Bloomingdale branch, to do some work. From the moment I walked in, I was inspired. ... in Bloomingdale Library was doing something positive for themselves. This is what happens...

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Heather Nesle Joins New York Life as President of the New York Life Foundation

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12/11/2013

... and Chief Administrative Officer. Ms. Nesle is responsible for managing the company’s philanthropic and volunteer ... activities. The New York Life Foundation, nationally known for its charitable giving, and...

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Salesforce, Johnson & Johnson, and New York Women’s Foundation Harnessing Talent To Remake Workplace Giving

Release Date:

04/02/2018

... utilize corporate assets and line up nicely with the quest for profit . Peeking under the hood, some of these projects ... giving in the U.S., totaling $18.5 billion in 2016. It 's even more modest...

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Salesforce

Johnson & Johnson

Joan Mitchell Is Having A Moment

Release Date:

06/11/2018

... art fair, opening next week in the Swiss city. “ It ’s her moment to shine,” said Alberto Mugrabi, a ... Hedge fund titan Ken Griffin paid $500 million in 2015 for two paintings by de Kooning and Pollock...

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How the Art For Justice Fund Hopes to Reduce Mass Incarceration

Release Date:

08/16/2018

How the Art For Justice Fund Hopes to Reduce Mass Incarceration Last ... philanthropist Agnes Gund launched the $100 million Art for Justice Fund to safely reduce U.S. prison populations. ... which range from $25,...

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Ford Foundation

Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors

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

Release Date:

09/20/2018

... to an extraordinary number of plant and animal species. It ’s also considered a resilient landscape , meaning even ... the climate changes, the plateau can provide sturdy refuge for a wide range of plants and...

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Alison White Joins Arcus’ Great Apes & Gibbons Program as Research, Learning and Evaluation Program Officer

Release Date:

07/23/2020

... Arcus Foundation, a global foundation promoting respect for diversity among peoples and in nature, is pleased to ... development and environmental education. While working for the Kuru Family of Organizations...

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20 Apr 2022

Navigating Uncertain Terrain – Trends and Strategies in the Expanding World of Global Grantmaking

Wednesday, April 20, 2022 -

3:30pm to 5:00pm

... Speakers Lily Liu , Legal Advisor, International Center for Not- for -Profit Law Una Osili , Efroymson Chair in Philanthropy, Associate Dean for Research and International Programs, Lilly...