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17 Jan 2013

A Holistic Approach to Education Reform in Brooklyn’s Community School District 16

Thursday, January 17, 2013 -

7:30am to 10:30am

The Community School District 16 (CSD16) initiative is a project that seeks to improve educational outcomes and achievement levels for the children of Community School District 16 (Central Brooklyn), inform reform efforts in other low-performing and...

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18 Mar 2013

Measuring What Matters: Indicators of College and Career Readiness

Monday, March 18, 2013 -

2:45pm to 5:00pm

Philanthropy New York, 79 Fifth Ave., 4th floor, NYC

Over the last several years, policymakers, educators, and philanthropy have increasingly highlighted the challenge of maintaining a college educated work force in the US: both the economy and American society increasingly require more than a high...

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18 Sep 2013

NYC Paves the Way: Developing Tomorrow’s Workforce for the Tech Sector

Wednesday, September 18, 2013 -

2:45pm to 5:00pm

Nonprofits and the education system are filling the pipeline for the fastest growing tech ...

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21 May 2014

Building Assets Through the Tax Code: Proposals for Reform

Wednesday, May 21, 2014 -

2:00pm to 3:00pm

The primary purpose of the U.S. tax system is to generate public revenue, but it also serves as a ...

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Webinar/Teleconference

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Public Policy

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Public Policy

18 Nov 2014

Food Chains - Documentary Film Series

Tuesday, November 18, 2014 -

4:30pm to 8:45pm

... globally and have tremendous power over the agricultural system . Over the past 3 decades they have drained revenue ...

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Workforce Development

Creating a Conversation About Hunger in America

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03/19/2013

... with a renewed sense of urgency to fix this broken system . There is no excuse for this. We must do better. ...

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How Philanthropists Can Play Politics

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09/24/2012

... the most of your gifts and the ways you can navigate a system that is in need of reform to ensure that you do not ...

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Ask Your Question to Duncan, King and Walcott!

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05/14/2012

UPDATE: We have reached our deadline for accepting questions. We thank everyone for their suggestions, and we will work with our moderator to incorporate them into our panel discussion with Secretary Duncan, Commissioner King and Chancellor Walcott...

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What Foundations Can Do to Help Primary Care Succeed

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03/13/2012

... organizations, care coordination initiatives, and health system restructuring. Despite the opportunities, we don’t yet have the strong primary care system that we need to meet these challenges, and building...

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Wm. T. Grant Foundation Report: Scarcity of Funding for Research on Youth Inequality

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11/09/2015

William T. Grant Foundation examined the funding landscape for research on inequality among young people in the United States and released a new report. The data also shows that, despite increased attention to inequality from foundation funders and...

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William T. Grant Foundation

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Revson and Niarchos Foundations Open Nominations for Library Awards

Release Date:

11/19/2015

... at www.nyclibraryawards.org , through each library system ’s website, or in person at any neighborhood library, ...

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Charles H. Revson Foundation

Education

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Stavros Niarchos Foundation

Urban Institute and JP Morgan Release Issue Brief on Workforce Programs

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12/16/2015

Although making employers a part of public workforce programs is not a new idea, there is mounting evidence that employer engagement leads to better outcomes for jobseekers.

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Grant Foundation Receives Award for Excellence in Youth Research & Programming

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01/29/2016

The William T. Grant Foundation has been selected as the 2016 Society for Research on Adolescence (SRA) Presidential Citation: Organizational Impact Award for Excellence in Research and Programming for Youth.

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William T. Grant Foundation

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Edna McConnell Clark and Others Launch $1B Initiative Providing Long-Term, Unrestricted Funding

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02/02/2016

The Edna McConnell Clark Foundation and nine other donors announced a new investment inititative to put at least $1 billion to work in high-performance nonprofits that are poised to have truly national impact for economically disadvantaged children...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Blue Meridian Partners, Inc.

19 Apr 2016

New York City Human Services Career Ladder Project

Tuesday, April 19, 2016 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

... of a sector-wide education and workforce training system , to discuss how to solicit input from the workforce, ...

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Gender Justice

Workforce Development

Bloomberg Philanthropies Releases Report on Importance of Local Climate Actions in U.S.

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03/08/2016

A new report outlines city-led innovations in combating and addressing climate change, through collaboration.

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