Food Systems

Hunger-Relief Programs Receive Morgan Stanley Support To Feed More Children

Release Date:

07/09/2014

The Morgan Stanley Foundation is awarding more than $1 million in grants to local food banks and their hunger-relief programs that deliver nutritious meals to children and families in 27 cities and 17 states.

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Children, Youth and Families

Food Systems

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Morgan Stanley

NYC Green Carts Expanding Access to Fresh Produce in Low-Income Neighborhoods

Release Date:

06/11/2014

[Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund] New York City's Green Cart initiative has increased access to healthy food in otherwise underserved high-density and low-income neighborhoods, influenced customers' consumption of fruits and vegetables, and...

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Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund

New York Community Trust Grants $7.3 Million to 69 Nonprofits in All Five Boroughs and Nationwide

Release Date:

06/09/2014

Nonprofits throughout NYC working to help victims of human trafficking, stop gang violence and build young leaders are among the 69 groups sharing in $7.3 million in grants from The New York Community Trust

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Aging

Arts

Children, Youth and Families

Communications/Media

Community Development

Education

Environment and Climate Change

Workforce Development

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The New York Community Trust

Morgan Stanley Launches Healthy Cities

Release Date:

06/04/2014

Morgan Stanley is launching Healthy Cities, a philanthropy program designed to fuel innovation in coordinating the wellness, nutrition and play resources that can underpin a child’s healthy start in life.

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Children, Youth and Families

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Health

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Morgan Stanley

New Trees and Community Gardens Sprout from ConEd Blackout Settlement

Release Date:

05/22/2014

[North Star Fund] Years after a blackout wiped out power in swaths of western Queens, money from a settlement with Con Edison has been used to turn over a new, green leaf in the neighborhoods affected by it — including 962 trees and 40 new school...

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North Star Fund

Can Philanthropy Support the Transformation of Society?

Release Date:

03/06/2014

NoVo Foundation Co-Chairs Jennifer and Peter Buffett ask this all-important question while examining the fight for equitable treatment of agricultural workers in Florida — an example of where philanthropy can play a crucial role in social change.

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Insights

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All Funders

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Food Systems

Social Justice

Workforce Development

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NoVo Foundation

October 2013 Working Group Updates

Release Date:

10/23/2013

Read the latest updates on these Issue-Based Working Groups: Community Food Funders, the Education Working Group, Funders of Women and Girls and the Health Policy Working Group.

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Doris Duke Foundation

Ford Foundation

Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation

Philanthropy New York

Robert Sterling Clark Foundation

Surdna Foundation

A Free Lunch Coalition Tries to Make School Meals a Mayoral Issue

Release Date:

10/17/2013

On the steps of City Hall this morning, an education advocacy group held a rally that had nothing to do with universal pre-kindergarten or charter schools.

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Education

Food Systems

Groups seek changes in NY policy as hunger grows

Release Date:

10/14/2013

Advocacy groups are pushing for changes in New York policy to attack what they say is a rising tide of hunger among the working poor, children and the elderly while combating obesity and boosting farming.

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Food Systems

September 2013 Working Group Updates

Release Date:

09/25/2013

Read the latest updates on these Issue-Based Working Groups: Community Food Funders, the Education Working Group, the Health Policy Working Group, the New York City Human Services Data Project and the Service for Impact Working Group.