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Funder Recommendations Meet City Leader Action

Release Date:

06/02/2014

This Wednesday's funder conversation with Alicia Glen will provide an excellent opportunity to better understand the direction the City is headed and whether or not philanthropic resources can be brought to bear on mutually agreed upon goals.

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PNY News

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Workforce Development

Digital Storytelling for Social Impact

Release Date:

06/02/2014

The Rockefeller Foundation teamed up with Hattaway Communications to explore the role that digital technology can play in elevating the practice of storytelling to improve the well-being of the poor and vulnerable around the world.

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Communications

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The Rockefeller Foundation

New York is building one of the nation’s largest computer databases of medical records

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06/01/2014

New York is quietly building one of the nation’s largest computer databases of medical records, a system that when finished will allow patients and doctors alike to see complete health histories in one place and promises to save millions in costs by...

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Health & Human Services

Pinkerton Foundation Launches Literacy Initiative in Queens

Release Date:

06/01/2014

The Pinkerton Foundation has announced the launch of a neighborhood literacy initiative in South Jamaica, Queens, and awarded nearly $1.2 million in grants in support of the community-based program.

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Education

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The Pinkerton Foundation

CDC: Measles cases in USA hit 20-year high

Release Date:

05/30/2014

The USA has the most measles cases in 20 years and the most since homegrown outbreaks were eliminated in 2000, the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Thursday.

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Health & Human Services

11 Leading Philanthropies Respond to White House Report on Young Men of Color

Release Date:

05/30/2014

[Open Society Foundations, Atlantic Philanthropies, Bloomberg Philanthropies, Ford Foundation, Nathan Cummings Foundation] The White House’s My Brother’s Keeper Task Force today released a report on policies, regulations, and programs that have the...

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Ford Foundation

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The Nathan Cummings Foundation

Bloomberg Philanthropies

The Atlantic Philanthropies

Jonas Center for Nursing and Veterans Healthcare, Sigma Theta Tau International Partner on New Global Health Initiatives

Release Date:

05/29/2014

The Jonas Center for Nursing and Veterans Healthcare (Jonas Center) today announced a partnership with the preeminent nursing honor society, Sigma Theta Tau International (STTI), to co-fund doctoral nursing students and establish new educational...

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Member News

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Health & Human Services

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Jonas Center / Barbara & Donald Jonas Family Fund

Toya Williford Joins the Mayor's Fund to Advance New York City as Director of Programs and Policy

Release Date:

05/29/2014

The Brooklyn Community Foundation announced that the Foundation’s Program Director Toya Williford will be joining the Mayor’s Fund to Advance New York City as the Director of Programs and Policy, starting June 9.

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Brooklyn Org

Mayor's Fund to Advance New York City

Brooklyn Community Foundation names Tynesha McHarris Director of Community Leadership

Release Date:

05/29/2014

Tynesha McHarris will be joining the Brooklyn Community Foundation next week in a new position as Director of Community Leadership. Tynesha has been working with the Foundation since January on Brooklyn Insights, overseeing Neighborhood Dialogues...

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Brooklyn Org

Russell Sage Foundation Calls for Articles on Women and the Economy

Release Date:

05/29/2014

The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences invites paper submissions for its upcoming special issue on the changing roles and status of women and the effects on society and the economy. The special issue will consider both the...