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2021 J.M.K. Innovation Prizes Awarded to 10 Initiatives With Standout Potential, Shared Community Focus

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11/16/2021

Record Number of Submissions Demonstrates Surge in SocialImpact Projects and Innovation Through Collective Empowerment

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09 Jun 2020

Secure Vote By Mail for Democracy's Sake

Tuesday, June 9, 2020 -

10:00am to 11:30am

Whether you care about the environment, the economy, health care, racial justice, criminal justice, or foreign policy, the 2020 election is considered the most critical in our nation’s history and will take place under unprecedented circumstances...

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Leaders in Nonprofit Innovation Show How Power Dynamics in Philanthropy Are Shifting

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02/19/2020

If you want to know where philanthropy is headed, look to the social innovators taking on tough issues in unexpected ways and get to know what makes them tick.

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16 Jan 2020

A Balancing Act: Navigating Power in Our Capacity Building Efforts

Thursday, January 16, 2020 -

9:00am to 11:30am

As funders, we are committed to funding programs as well as strengthening the organizations that deliver these programs. Strategies to strengthening organizations can include general operating support and multi-year commitments as well as additional...

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04 Jun 2019

Stonewall 50: Lessons in Unerasing Underrepresented Histories

Tuesday, June 4, 2019 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

This June marks the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall uprising, a key turning point in the LGBTQ civil rights movement. Despite the enormous advances of the movement, most people know almost nothing about LGBTQ history. Like those of other...

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28 May 2019

Technology, Inequality and the Future of Work(ers)

Tuesday, May 28, 2019 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

Technology has arrived and is rapidly changing the workplace at a magnitude that we have yet to fully grasp. From a projected 36 million American jobs facing "high exposure" to automation, to new jobs being created, to the changing relationship...

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J.M. Kaplan Fund Announces Open Call for Applications to 2019 Innovation Prize

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02/06/2019

New York City – On January 29, The J.M. Kaplan Fund announced an open call for ideas and first-round applications to the J.M.K. Innovation Prize, which will award up to ten prizes of $175,000 each to catalytic social change organizations across the...

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The J.M. Kaplan Fund Announces 2017 J.M.K. Innovation Prize Winners

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11/17/2017

Early this year, The J.M. Kaplan Fund put out a call to anyone in the United States with a promising solution to a social problem. The J.M. Kaplan Fund sought to identify and celebrate innovation in the fields of heritage conservation, social...

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Ford, J.M.Kaplan, Teagle and David Rockefeller Fund All Working to Bring College Into Prison

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10/30/2017

A small but steadily growing prison education program continues to expand with the help of some big foundations. The Prison to College Pipeline Program (P2CP), one of several programs offered by the Prisoner Reentry Institute at John Jay College of...

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The Teagle Foundation

P2CP Program Is Expanding with Support from The David Rockefeller Fund, Ford Foundation, JM Kaplan Fund, Teagle Foundation and Pinkerton Foundation

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10/20/2017

At Otisville, the Prison-To College Pipeline is expanding educational opportunity for students both inside and out.

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The David Rockefeller Fund

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Two Weeks Left to Apply to The J.M.K. Innovation Prize

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04/14/2017

The Prize is an exciting initiative of The J.M. Kaplan Fund, a New York-based family foundation. In 2017, up to ten Prizes will be awarded to those tackling our country's most pressing needs through social innovation.

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Pinkerton, Kaplan and NY Community Trust Staff to Be Honored by City & State

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02/05/2016

The media company, City & State Reports, and New York Law School announced this year's Corporate, Foundation and Family Philanthropy honorees.

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The New York Community Trust

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In Memoriam: J.M. Kaplan Fund Trustee Richard D. Kaplan

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01/25/2016

Richard D. Kaplan, of New York and Palm Beach, died on Thursday, Jan. 21. He was an architect and senior trustee of the J.M. Kaplan Fund, a private New York-based foundation.

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In Chronicle OpEd, JM Kaplan’s Leaders Discuss Innovation Prize

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11/12/2015

As a family foundation, the J.M. Kaplan Fund has supported early-stage innovation for 70 years. This year, they offered prizes for social innovation. The results were amazing.

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J.M. Kaplan Fund Names Innovation Prize Finalists

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09/29/2015

Up to 10 of the finalists will be awarded the J.M.K. Innovation Prize. Winners will be announced in November 2015.

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Community Development

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10 Nov 2015

Justice Reform: The End of Mass Incarceration

Tuesday, November 10, 2015 -

8:30am to 12:00pm

With 2.3 million people currently behind bars in the United States - and an annual cost of $85 billion to run our prisons- politicians on both sides of the aisle are talking about what needs to happen to reform the criminal justice system.

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Children, Youth and Families

Justice Reform