Food Systems

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

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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Food Systems
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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.

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.

Marion Nestle Challenges Funders to Be More Strategic and Political

Release Date: 
08/08/2013
The Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation’s Jenny Rempel shares the details of Community Food Funders’ second annual gathering, where the evening’s keynote speaker, New York University professor Marion Nestle, encouraged attendees to work together to build...
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Food Systems
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