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08 Dec 2017

Philanthropy 101: The Great Debates

Friday, December 8, 2017 -

8:30am to 11:00am

Join Philanthropy New York as we pit seasoned philanthropists, one-on-one, in robust debates around the philanthropic topics of the century. From impact investing vs. divest/activism, to perpetuity vs. spend-down, be ready to take a side!

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09 Mar 2018

Philanthropy 101: So You're Working for a Foundation... Power and Your New Community

Friday, March 9, 2018 -

9:00am to 11:00am

So you are working for a foundation. While Parts 1 through 4 of this series provided an overview of the history of philanthropy, a foundation's leadership and governance, a high-level overview of grantmaking at foundations, and the philanthropic...

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08 Nov 2017

Legal Series: International Grantmaking

Wednesday, November 8, 2017 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

Do you understand all of the options that are available to you when making grants to organizations, groups, and individuals around the world, including in post-conflict regions and countries with governments that are in transition? Do you know what...

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Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Art Seeks Proposals for Arts and Cultural Programming That Increases Empathy and Reduces Bias in Locations Across the United States

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07/13/2017

The Building Bridges 2017-2018 Grants Program of the Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Art (DDFIA) launched today and is now accepting proposals for arts and cultural projects that advance relationships, increase understanding, and reduce bias...

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Arts

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Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Awards $750,000 Grant to Bard College for "Cultures of Conservation" Curriculum

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07/13/2017

The second phase of “Cultures of Conservation” will continue its mission to model the best ways of integrating the approaches and insights of objects conservation and materials science with those of academics in the human sciences (anthropology,...

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Open Society Foundations-Backed Report Finds Mass Incarceration Sustatined by Prisoners of Time

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07/13/2017

A new report from the Urban Institute tells much of the reason why the nation’s prison and jail population has dropped only slightly in recent years: Prisoners sentenced to long terms under laws passed in previous decades still are locked up, and...

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Justice Reform

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NYS Health Foundation Releases Snapshot of Veterans and Health in New York State

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07/13/2017

Who are New York State's veterans? Where do they live? When did they serve? And where do they turn to for their health care needs? These are the questions the New York State Health Foundation (NYSHealth) seeks to answer in a new snapshot of the...

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Brooklyn’s Crown Heights Residents Direct $100,000 for Inclusive Public Spaces via Brooklyn Community Foundation

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07/13/2017

The grants are made through the Foundation’s Neighborhood Strength initiative, a unique resident-led grantmaking model started in Crown Heights.

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Community Development

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09 Aug 2017

Strengthening Your CSR Impact Story with a Program Outcomes Framework - A Webinar Hosted by TCC Group

Wednesday, August 9, 2017 -

12:30pm to 1:30pm

Companies are tackling numerous issues through their corporate citizenship programs, and they often struggle to tell a coherent CSR Impact story about their achievements. In many cases, that story is even more difficult to communicate due to unclear...

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Commonwealth Fund Report: The United States Health System Falls Short

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07/17/2017

The United States spends far more on health care than other high-income countries, with spending levels that rose continuously over the past three decades, according to analysis by the Commonwealth Fund. Yet, the U.S. population has poorer health...

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2017 NoVo Social Emotional Learning Innovation Fund Award Winners Announced

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07/17/2017

Today Education First, NoVo Foundation and Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors announced the winners of the Social Emotional Learning Innovation Awards. Nearly 500 teachers and over 300 districts across the country applied for an award, and 67...

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Unbound Philanthropy is Laser-Focused on Immigration. Have You Heard of It?

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07/17/2017

How can philanthropy support immigrants in a country that elected a blatantly anti-immigrant president? That’s a question lots of funders have been asking themselves since last November. Interestingly, though, there are very few funders around that...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Apply Now for WT Grant Foundation's Youth Service Improvement Grant

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07/17/2017

The William T. Grant Foundation's Youth Service Improvement Grants support nonprofit organizations in the five boroughs of New York City. These awards of $25,000 help improve programs and services for youth ages 5 to 25.

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Novo Foundation Receives Some of the Billions and Billions That Warren Buffett Is Giving Away

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07/17/2017

Investor Warren Buffett’s annual gifts to five foundations controlled by his three children, announced this week, were worth a record-breaking $3.17 billion.

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International/Foreign Affairs

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NoVo Foundation

Open Society Foundations: Central Asia at History’s Crossroads

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07/17/2017

Central Asia’s long history of domestic repression and foreign subjugation is well known. Less appreciated, but just as important, is the on-the-ground work activists throughout the region are doing to support the people of Central Asia’s right to...

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Pinkerton Supports Internships for Young Adults in Foster Care

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07/18/2017

The Pinkerton Foundation will make grants of nearly $1 million to help eight of the city’s leading foster care agencies sponsor in-house mentored internships for the young adults they serve.

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Q&A: Rockefeller's Ashvin Dayal On Inclusive Growth

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07/18/2017

The Asian Development Bank and the Rockefeller Foundation launched the Urban Climate Change Resilience Trust Fund in 2013. Since then, the $160 million fund has helped mitigate the effects of climate change in cities across Asia.

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Environment and Climate Change

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Correspondence Archives in the Age of Email: Technology, Privacy, and Policy Challenges

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07/18/2017

Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Senior Program Associate Kristen C. Ratanatharathorn on the US-UK task force currently developing a framework to address the challenges of preserving email correspondence.

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