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08 Feb 2017

Philanthropic Assistants & Coordinators Network - Breakfast Mixer

Wednesday, February 8, 2017 -

8:30am to 10:00am

Join us for our first meeting of 2017! Philanthropy New York is hosting a casual breakfast for members to network and prepare for PACNet’s exciting year ahead. Looking forward to seeing you there!

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Network Building

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Roundtable Discussion

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All Funders

Executive Support Staff

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Leadership Development

14 Feb 2017

Social and Emotional Intelligence: Insights on Creating Effective Learning Communities for Staff Who Work with Young People

Tuesday, February 14, 2017 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

Join the NYC Youth Funders in a discussion focused on how those who work with youth assess the social emotional learning objectives of their programs. The session will also explore staff efforts for continual improvement of their practices while...

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Supported by Doris Duke, The New England Foundation for the Arts Announces Program Design Changes

Release Date:

01/09/2017

The New England Foundation for the Arts announced a series of program design changes to the National Dance Project. These design changes are supported in part by a two-year renewed grant of $3,629,400 from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation.

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The New York Community Trust

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Arts

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Doris Duke Foundation

Towards an Equitable NYC Cultural Policy in 2017: What We Can Learn from Seattle and Nashville

Release Date:

01/09/2017

Michele Kumi Baer at The New York Community Trust asks, "How do we get the City to more deeply embrace the values of cultural equity, and enshrine those values in the plan?"

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Arts

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Supports GallopNYC Acquisition of Horse Stables in Queens

Release Date:

01/09/2017

GallopNYC had acquired the horse stables near Forest Park, Queens, operated for many years as Lynne's Riding School, in Forest Hills, N.Y. The stable will be known as GallopNYC (Forest Hills).

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Finance & Asset Management

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Bloomberg Philanthropies

19 Apr 2017

Legal Series - Self-Dealing and Conflicts of Interest (Family Foundations & Family Offices)

Wednesday, April 19, 2017 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

The self-dealing, conflict of interest and related party transaction rules for private foundations are among the most complex and important considerations in foundation operations and governance.

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Professional Development

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HR & Operations Staff

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Native Americans in Philanthropy #GenIndigenous Response Fund Announces Call for Proposals

Release Date:

01/10/2017

Native-led youth organizations responding to current movements through organizing and activism may be eligible to receive grants up to $5,000 from the #GenIndigenous Response Fund.

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RFPs Etc

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Children, Youth and Families

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Native Americans in Philanthropy

NYSHealth Funding Opportunity: Sponsoring Conference Participation in Support of Healthy Communities

Release Date:

01/10/2017

Reminder to apply for NYSHealth funding opportunity: sponsoring conference participation in support of healthy communities.

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RFPs Etc

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New York Health Foundation

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NY Women’s Foundation, NoVo and 15 Other PNY Members Support Leadership of Young Women of Color with $2.1M

Release Date:

01/10/2017

NYC non-profits advancing the well-being and leadership of young women of color as change agents received awards.

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The New York Women's Foundation

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Gender Justice

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NoVo Foundation

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The Cricket Island Foundation

Ford Foundation

Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation

Surdna Foundation

The Schott Foundation for Public Education

The Pinkerton Foundation

Ms. Foundation for Women

The Scherman Foundation

Andrus Family Fund

COO Sharon Ullman Named Acting Executive Director of Rauschenberg Foundation

Release Date:

01/10/2017

Sharon Ullman has been named Acting Executive Director of the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation following the announcement last week that Christy MacLear, who has led the Foundation staff since 2010, will be taking a position at Sotheby's.

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Robert Rauschenberg Foundation

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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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Jonas Center / Barbara & Donald Jonas Family Fund

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Atlantic Philanthropies Final Grant Supports Cornell Tradition

Release Date:

01/10/2017

The Atlantic Philanthropies, the foundation established by entrepreneur Charles F. Feeney '56, has made a $7 million grant to The Cornell Tradition, a fellowship program offering distinctive service, work and scholarship opportunities to some of the...

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The Atlantic Philanthropies

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Education

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Brooklyn Community Foundation Announces Five Organizations Selected to Receive First Spark Prize

Release Date:

01/10/2017

Brooklyn Community Foundation announces the five organizations selected to receive its first annual Spark Prize, the only honor of its kind celebrating excellence and impact in Brooklyn’s thriving nonprofit sector.

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Brooklyn Org

Novo Foundation Executives Publish Op-Ed Declaring Trump Era a Time to Double Down to End Injustice

Release Date:

01/10/2017

Foundations need to support nonprofits that fight regressive policies aimed at people of color and other minorities.

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Gender Justice

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NoVo Foundation

Can Virtual Reality Make You More Empathetic?

Release Date:

01/10/2017

Media coverage of tragedy — terrorist attacks, homelessness, the refugee crisis — can be so overwhelming it's numbing. Charities say it can also make it harder to get support. Some are hoping a new form of media will be more persuasive — virtual...

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Free To Fail? Foundations Face Few External Performance Pressures

Release Date:

01/11/2017

Kevin Jennings, executive director of the Arcus Foundation, writes, "Unlike our colleagues in government, business, and civil society, foundation executives face relatively little outside pressure to achieve impact. We are free to fail, with no...

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Century Foundation Releases Report on Strengthening Protection of Patient Medical Data

Release Date:

01/11/2017

When Americans seek medical care, they expect privacy surrounding their medical records. But the world of information is transforming, and there hasn’t been any change in U.S. health privacy laws since 1996.

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JPMorgan Chase Announces $20M for New Skills for Youth Initiative

Release Date:

01/11/2017

The Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) and JPMorgan Chase & Co. today announced $20 million in grants to 10 U.S. states to dramatically increase the number of students who graduate from high school prepared for careers.

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Corporate Social Responsibility

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Commonwealth Fund Study Shows Covered California Consumers Saving and Paying Much Less Than Expected for Quality Coverage

Release Date:

01/11/2017

This analysis of health plan premium growth in California’s insurance marketplaces, focusing on the policies that consumers actually purchased, finds that the average price paid for plans selected in 2014 was 11.6 percent less than the average price...

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