NYCT Makes Over $800K in Grants to Respond to Federal Policy Changes
Release Date:
02/07/2017
Grants will help 49 groups innovate and advocate for better health care, a healthy environment, effective legal services, and more.
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Release Date:
02/06/2017
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New York Community Trust Supports Program to Educate Parents and Families About LGBTQ Issues
Release Date:
02/01/2017
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New York Community Trust Supports Fellowship to Build Diversity in Arts Management
Release Date:
01/31/2017
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Three PNY Members Join GCIR Board
Release Date:
01/30/2017
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Release Date:
01/09/2017
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Request for Letters of Inquiry – Liberty Fund at The New York Community Trust
Release Date:
01/03/2017
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Feb
2017
BBB Charity Effectiveness Symposium XI: Driving Mission Through Changing Times
Tuesday, February 28, 2017 -
8:00am to 12:00pm
Join the Education and Research Foundation of the Better Business Bureau of Metropolitan New York as they present the "BBB Charity Effectiveness Symposium XI: Driving Mission Through Changing Times - Nonprofit Leadership Voices, Purposes and...
New York Community Trust Announces Gold, Silver and Bronze Winners of Nonprofit Excellence Awards
Release Date:
12/06/2016
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As Funders of Equity and Education, Connect Research to Action for School Integration
Release Date:
11/21/2016
Gisela Alvarez, Esq., Coordinator, Donors’ Education Collaborative in The New York Community Trust, says funders who believe in equity and the power of education must support the choir that is preaching about school integration.
Arts Are A Strategy To Build Racial Equity
Release Date:
11/15/2016
Randy Engstrom, director the Seattle Office of Arts & Culture at the NY Community Trust, writes about arts as a strategy to address racial equity in housing, criminal justice, education, jobs, the environment and more.
31
Jan
2017
Built to Scale: How and When to Help Grantees Replicate Their Work
Tuesday, January 31, 2017 -
3:00pm to 5:00pm
Join us to learn how two different youth-focused funders—The Wallace Foundation and the Hive Digital Media Learning Fund in The New York Community Trust—have helped out-of-school-time providers replicate their programming.
NPCC Announces Winners of 2016 New York Community Trust Nonprofit Excellence Awards
Release Date:
11/08/2016
The three winners are Jewish Board for Family and Children's Services, Neighbors Link and Per Scholas.
18
Nov
2016
Community Building With NYC Public Libraries
Friday, November 18, 2016 -
9:00am to 11:00am
Did you know that New York City’s public libraries serve more people than all of the city’s professional sports teams and major cultural institutions combined? With over 200 branches in nearly every community across the five boroughs, the libraries...
NYC Cultural Agenda Fund Places Marker on Racial Justice Initiative Ahead of City’s Cultural Plan Release
Release Date:
10/12/2016
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2016 New York Community Trust Nonprofit Excellence Awards Finalists Announced
Release Date:
10/07/2016
Three of these finalists will be selected as winners of the 2016 New York Community Trust Nonprofit Excellence Awards and will be honored at a special Best Practices Workshop and Awards Presentation on December 2 at the New York Hall of Medicine.
NY Community Trust's Shawn Morehead Featured in Podcast on Countering Stereotypes and College Prep
Release Date:
10/06/2016
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Mertz Gilmore, NY Community Trust and Howard Gilman Support Dancer's Residency at CUNY
Release Date:
10/06/2016
The residency and performance of Jeremy McQueen and the Black Iris Project at City College Center for the Arts is part of the CUNY Dance Initiative.
NY Community Trust Gives More than $800,000 to Bring Technology-Driven Learning to NYC Youth
Release Date:
09/12/2016
Several foundations are pooling resources to make 13 grants, totaling $835,600, to help young people use digital media to compose and record original music, advocate for immigrants' rights and school discipline reform, and produce documentary films.
Introducing Our Muslim Neighbors, One Story at a Time
Release Date:
08/18/2016
Clare Church, Graduate Communications Fellow for the New York Community Trust, writes about three nonprofits in New York City that are countering Islamaphobia through the arts.