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14 Dec 2015

Unpacking Youth Development: The Evolution of a 25 Year Journey

Monday, December 14, 2015 -

2:45pm to 5:00pm

Over the years, the field of youth services has adopted youth development principles as a philosophy, approach, knowledge base and set of practices and outcomes to create a framework for working effectively with young people.

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All Funders

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Human Services

Children, Youth and Families

Three Exceptional New York Nonprofits Win 2015 Nonprofit Excellence Awards (New York Community Trust)

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11/11/2015

America Needs You, BRC and New York Common Pantry win 2015 Nonprofit Excellence Awards for exemplary management practices.

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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The New York Community Trust

The Clark Foundation

Ford Foundation

To Bolster Support for the Arts, Move Hearts and Minds

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11/10/2015

Salem Tsegaye, Program Associate for the New York City Cultural Agenda Fund at The New York Community Trust, says that we should have a strong, consistent narrative to tell the story of crises not as momentary threats to an individual organization’s...

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Arts

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The New York Community Trust

The Opportunity Agenda

New York Community Trusts and Partners Fund Grants Bringing Digital Media Learning to More Youth

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11/04/2015

New grants will help NYC young people to use digital media and technology to compose and record original music, research civic and political issues, and reduce pollution in their communities.

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Children, Youth and Families

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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The New York Community Trust

The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation

Altman Foundation

Stavros Niarchos Foundation

28 Jan 2016

Artful Aging: How the Arts Are Transforming Aging

Thursday, January 28, 2016 -

9:00am to 11:00am

The emerging field of creative aging focuses on the positive and powerful role of the arts in enhancing the quality of life for older Americans.

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New York Community Trust to Receive $650K from AG’s Settlement with Fraudulent Clothing-Bin Operator

Release Date:

10/30/2015

Three local organizations are in hot water after the state attorney general found they engaged in a "fraudulent charitable solicitation scheme" related to used clothing collection boxes that drove more than $10 million into the coffers of a Yonkers...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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The New York Community Trust

New York Community Trust Says Workers Need Better Platforms for Choosing Benefits

Release Date:

10/28/2015

“As our workforce in this country becomes more diverse, it’s just good practice to think about what form information should come in for it to be most effective,” said Irfan Hasan, senior program officer of health and people with special needs at the...

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Health

Workforce Development

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The New York Community Trust

New York Community Trust Adds Funds to the QueensWay Plan

Release Date:

10/16/2015

The QueensWay gets greener even as the leaves on the trees growing along the abandoned Rockaway Beach Rail Line turn orange and red.

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Member News

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Community Development

Environment and Climate Change

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The New York Community Trust

NYCT Announces Finalists for 2015 Nonprofit Excellence Awards

Release Date:

10/13/2015

Now in its ninth year, the Awards program recognizes outstanding management practices and educates nonprofit managers and board leaders throughout New York's nonprofit community about excellent management practices.

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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The New York Community Trust

The Clark Foundation

Ford Foundation

NYCT Supports Affordable Housing Proposal for Artists in Jamaica, Queens

Release Date:

10/09/2015

The Greater Jamaica Development Corporation, a local nonprofit, is considering developing a mixed-use complex with 100 affordable housing units, including 50 units set aside for artists, according to the New York Community Trust, which awarded the...

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Housing and Homelessness

Arts

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The New York Community Trust

New York Community Trust Gives $8.7 Million to Nonprofits Across the City

Release Date:

10/05/2015

In all, 84 grants totaling $8.7 million were approved at the October board meeting.

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15 Oct 2015

Lunch 4 Learning: Making Universal Free Lunch a Public Health Issue

Thursday, October 15, 2015 -

9:00am to 11:30am

An astonishing 75% of NYC’s 1.1 million public school students – 780,000 children – are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. However, only 250,000 (1 in 3) eligible students participate in school lunch programs.

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Children, Youth and Families

Advancing Racial Equity in Arts and Culture, Part 2

Release Date:

09/21/2015

New York Community Trust's Salem Tsegaye explores the NYC Cultural Agenda Fund's work with Race Forward.

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Insights

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Arts

Community Development

Social Justice

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The New York Community Trust

Staying True to Donors’ Wishes Beyond the Grave

Release Date:

09/21/2015

Trusts, such as the New York Community Trust, have to ensure money is spent as intended, but things can get fuzzy as times change.

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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The New York Community Trust

New York Community Trust to Collaborate with NCRP's Philamplify to Assess Community Foundations

Release Date:

09/09/2015

After nine comprehensive assessments of private, independent grantmakers from across the country, Philamplify will deliver honest feedback to community foundations.

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Member News

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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The New York Community Trust

Advancing Racial Equity in Arts and Culture, Part 1

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08/28/2015

Salem Tsegaye explores how New York City Cultural Agenda Fund is advancing equity in the cultural sector.

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Arts

Social Justice

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The New York Community Trust

Ten New York Nonprofits Selected as Semifinalists of 2015 New York Community Trust Nonprofit Excellence Awards

Release Date:

08/04/2015

The Awards program has attracted more than 685 applicants from across the city and its suburbs over its first nine years.

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PNY News

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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The New York Community Trust

07 Jan 2016

Powerful Resource or Unhealthy Distraction? The Ongoing Debate about Young People and Technology

Thursday, January 7, 2016 -

8:45am to 10:30am

Technology is omnipresent in the lives of American youth. Studies show that by the time they turn two, more than a third of kids have used a mobile device; and nearly a quarter of teens are online “almost constantly.”

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Children, Youth and Families

Communications/Media

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New York City

NYCT Grant Will Build Capacity for Child Welfare

Release Date:

07/02/2015

The $100,000 grant will help roll out the Collaborative for Children and Families' Home Health model.

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Children, Youth and Families

Health

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The New York Community Trust

04 Nov 2015

Sectoral Employment Strategies for Young Adults: Lessons for the New Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Programs

Wednesday, November 4, 2015 -

2:45pm to 5:00pm

The long-term changes in the labor market have disproportionately impacted low-income young adults who do not graduate from high school or pursue post-secondary education. The quality of the second chance system has been questioned by many funders...