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Stavros Niarchos Supports Georgia O'Keefe and Feminist Art Exhibitions at Brooklyn Museum

Release Date:

01/03/2017

Georgia O’Keeffe: Living Modern is part of A Year of Yes: Reimagining Feminism at the Brooklyn Museum, a yearlong series of ten exhibitions celebrating the 10th anniversary of the Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art.

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Arts

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Stavros Niarchos Foundation

UJA-Federation of New York Screens Holocaust Film Premiere in Long Island

Release Date:

01/03/2017

More than 300 people recently gathered at the Gold Coast Cinema at LIU-Post for UJA-Federation of New York’s Long Island screening of Debbie Goodstein’s Holocaust sequel film, "Echoes from the Attic."

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Arts

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UJA-Federation of New York

Request for Letters of Inquiry – Liberty Fund at The New York Community Trust

Release Date:

01/03/2017

The Trust and the New York Foundation created this special funding opportunity to help City nonprofits address immediate issues affecting vulnerable New Yorkers in this moment of change.

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RFPs Etc

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The New York Community Trust

Words Matter: Changing from Funders of Women and Girls to Funders for Gender Equity

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01/04/2017

Jennifer Agmi, Director of Programs at the New York Women's Foundation, writes, "When you invest in women and girls, you are investing in families, communities and whole countries."

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Insights

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Gender Justice

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The New York Women's Foundation

Bessemer Trust's Paul Connolly Wants Better Advice for Wealthy Donors

Release Date:

01/04/2017

With the 2016 election just weeks behind us, it is still uncertain what the Trump administration’s influence on philanthropy will be.

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Bessemer Trust

Rockefeller Study Finds Media Coverage Misses Gig Worker Concerns

Release Date:

01/04/2017

Whether you call it gig working, the 1099 economy, or another label, the phenomenon of people driving passengers, doing odd jobs, delivering food from restaurants, walking dogs, or providing many other services has been hot in the media.

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Workforce Development

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The Rockefeller Foundation

Commonwealth Fund, John A. Hartford and Peterson Center on Healthcare Contribute to Health Care ‘Playbook’ of Best Practices

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01/04/2017

A new nationwide survey of patients with complex medical needs shows that the health care system is failing them, with these individuals having far more unmet behavioral health and social service challenges than other adults.

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The John A. Hartford Foundation

Brooklyn Community Foundation’s Resident-Led Investment Program Targets Challenges In Brooklyn

Release Date:

01/04/2017

Neighborhood Strength is a resident-led investment program that brings community members together at the neighborhood-level to identify, and direct funding to, solutions that target significant local challenges.

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Community Development

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Brooklyn Org

02 Feb 2017

New York Foster Youth Funders Group – Winter Meeting

Thursday, February 2, 2017 -

12:00pm to 2:00pm

Join us for an opportunity to share important updates, network with colleagues, and catch up on topics impacting foster youth today.

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Issue-Based

Network Building

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Roundtable Discussion

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All Funders

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Children, Youth and Families

01 Mar 2017

New York City Workforce Funders Quarterly Meeting and Adult Education and Workforce Development: WIOA Opportunities to Work Together

Wednesday, March 1, 2017 -

9:00am to 11:00am

The federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) was signed into law by President Obama on July 22, 2014.

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Workforce Development

Andrea Ritchie, Soros Justice Fellow and Co-author Talks About “Say Her Name”

Release Date:

05/10/2016

Andrea Ritchie coordinates the policing subgroup of the LGBT federal criminal justice working group. She gave a PHIL Talk that not only "said their names" and told their stories, but presented startling statistics on police brutality show gender and...

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Rockefeller's Insight Dialogues Features Hamilton Star and Creator Lin-Manuel Miranda

Release Date:

06/29/2016

The Broadway sensation Hamilton has been hailed not only for its outstanding performances, diverse cast and ingenious composition but also for attracting new audiences to the stage and changing how we think about American history. On June 23rd, the...

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Brian Byrd, Program Officer, New York State Health Foundation, Chats About the Intersection of Health & Justice

Release Date:

09/19/2016

Brian Byrd, program officer at the NY State Health Foundation, explains how he chose the panel for the PNY Program, "Intersections of Health and Justice: A Conversation on LEAD and New York’s Opioid Epidemic."

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Health

Justice Reform

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New York Health Foundation

Rockefeller Foundation Picks Rajiv J. Shah, a Trustee, as President

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01/05/2017

On Thursday, the Rockefeller Foundation, one of the country’s largest and most influential philanthropies, will name Mr. Shah to succeed Judith Rodin, who has been president for 12 years.

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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The Rockefeller Foundation

Dove's #MyBeautyMySay Campaign Rises to Top of the Viral Video Chart

Release Date:

06/28/2016

Dove's latest video arguing against opressive beauty norms is No. 1 on this week's Viral Video Chart by Visible Measures.

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Supported by Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation, Story Explores Trump's Immigration Policies on Turkish Communities

Release Date:

01/05/2017

Osman Altay, 56, a Turkish-American who has been living in Paterson, N.J., for 40 years, voted for Trump. He said that he thought the immigration policies of Trump during the election were just words.

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Immigration

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Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation

Atlantic Philanthropies' Charles Feeney Gives Away the Last of His Fortune

Release Date:

01/06/2017

Last month, Mr. Feeney and Atlantic completed the sprint and made a final grant, $7 million to Cornell University, to support students doing community service work.

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Civic Engagement

International/Foreign Affairs

Social Justice

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The Atlantic Philanthropies

Bloomberg's Kelly Henning on Working Together Around The World To Kick The Big Tobacco Habit

Release Date:

01/06/2017

Kelly Henning, who leads Bloomberg Philanthropies Public Health efforts, writes in Health Affairs about the foundation's progress and challenges with supporting tobacco control measures globally.

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Health

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Bloomberg Philanthropies

Commonwealth Fund Study Finds that Repealing Obamacare Could Cost 3 Million Jobs

Release Date:

01/06/2017

Congress has another reason not to roll back Obamacare too quickly: New research suggests that repealing two major provisions of Obamacare without replacing them right away could cost the nation 3 million jobs and trigger negative economic impacts...