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Open Society Foundations Announce 2020 Soros Arts Fellows

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07/15/2020

... the realities of migration, diaspora, and indigeneity from a range of perspectives,” said Rashida Bumbray, director of ... records are shared within Jamaica’s Cockpit Country, a site of historic resistance and...

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United Hospital Fund Elects Five New Board Members with Medical, Consulting, and Public Health Expertise

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07/16/2020

... of Boston Consulting Group ; Robert C. Osborne, Jr., a principal of The Osborne Group, Inc.; and Anthony E. ... University. UHF also announced that Dave Chokshi, MD, a primary care internist at NYC Health +...

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How Can Philanthropy Elevate Entrepreneurialism Through Crisis?

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07/22/2020

... collaboration, and even take calculated risks. On a zoom call in mid-March, when local officials in Connecticut ... health care heroes and first responders were facing a dire shortage of personal protective...

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CUNY Receives $10 Million from Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to Expand Pandemic and Racial Justice Initiatives

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08/13/2020

... 13, 2020 — The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has awarded a $10 million gift to the City University of New York to drive change across 25 campuses and develop and expand a range of initiatives related to the...

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28 May 2020

Humanizing Immigration: A Conversation in Three Parts

Thursday, May 28, 2020 -

2:00pm to 3:30pm

... York is excited to announce Humanizing Immigration , a special three-part series, examining the U.S. immigration system. While immigration remains a contentious and much discussed policy issue in the United...

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Solon E. Summerfield Foundation, Inc. Announces Two New Board Members

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10/14/2020

... 24. Randy and Cynthia’s professional accomplishments and diversity of experience will bring new perspectives to the ... Foundation and is the architect of the EGF Accelerator, a residential incubator for...

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JPMorgan Chase Commits $30 Billion to Advance Racial Equity

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10/08/2020

... the COVID-19 pandemic. The existing racial wealth gap puts a strain on families’ economic mobility and restricts the ... down barriers of systemic racism. “Systemic racism is a tragic part of America’s history...

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McNulty Prize Catalyst Fund Awarded to Emerging Organizations Challenging Entrenched Inequities

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10/14/2020

... anti-racist and equitable vision in the US, to incubating a social entrepreneurship ecosystem in Ghana, to creating ... for farmworker communities in California, to galvanizing a performing arts movement to...

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Open Society Foundations Announce 2020 Soros Justice Fellows

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12/18/2020

... to reduce lengthy sentences for youth. Building a network of Black HIV movement lawyers. Tackling structural ... have engaged with the criminal justice system. Providing a toolkit to help those affected by the...

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Open Society Foundations Announce 2020 Puerto Rico Youth Fellows

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01/13/2021

... central San Juan to the island of Vieques—working on a wide range of issues. Among the fellows’ projects: ... elevating the leadership of Black youth, and using art as a medium to spark political engagement by...

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New Opportunities to Connect with Philanthropic Colleagues

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07/16/2014

... of ways you can connect through PNY, and you can see a very long list of them in our full Member Engagement ... for you. Now is the time to express your interest. 1. Join a committee . Philanthropy New York...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies to Help Reduce Financial Barriers for Top Talent to Begin Careers in Public Service

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03/02/2021

... complex cities in the world, as its classroom, providing a greater understanding of New York’s many municipal ... grandmother, my mother Charlotte, so much – so it means a lot to our entire family to expand...

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If We Want to Strengthen Democracy, Let's Start in Our Back Yard

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04/14/2021

... City heads into its most consequential local elections in a generation, we face a decades-long decline in democratic participation. One in ... head-on, 11 NYC-based donors established GoVoteNYC, a...

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How Rapid Assessments Can Help the Shift from Response to Recovery

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05/13/2021

... 2021. As funders, our immediate response to the onset of a global pandemic early in 2020 was humanitarian: to increase ... and pronounced, philanthropy needs to shift to taking a longer view. This raises...

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Long Island Community Foundation Grants $400,000 to Long Island Nonprofits to Address Racial Wealth Inequities

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06/17/2021

... by wealth, housing, health, and educational attainment. A 2017 Policy Link research study identified Nassau and ... to have liquid assets to cover sudden costs such as a job loss, medical emergency, or any...

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New Humanities in Place Program at The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Awards More Than $15 Million to Organizations Doing Place-Based Work

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09/30/2021

... and exchange. Organizations engaging in this work play a pivotal role in determining how and where the stories of ... million, the Humanities in Place program aims to support a diverse collection of bold,...

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For philanthropy, racial equity isn't enough: Why we've moved to redistribution to address the racial wealth gap

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10/14/2021

... Digest on October 7, 2021. The past few years have seen a radical shift in philanthropy, a shift that was further fueled by George Floyd's murder, the ... Black Lives Matter movement, the ongoing pandemic...

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The Long Island Community Foundation Awards $610,000 in Grants to 30 Nonprofits

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10/14/2021

... ARTS & CULTURE CINEMA ARTS CENTRE – $10,000 for a film series that encourages residents to purchase food ... TEATRO EXPERIMENTAL YERBABRUJA – $20,000 to establish a traveling artistic program in culturally...

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Partnership Between The Doris Duke Charitable Foundation and The New York Community Trust Awards $3 Million to Performing Artists in Need

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10/12/2021

... to Performing Artists in Need NEW YORK, Oct. 12, 2021 — A $3 million national grantmaking effort to provide ... the pain faced by performers who are now 18 months into a pandemic that continues to disrupt...

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