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Student-Adult Ratio Is Crucial to Getting H.S. Kids Caught Up

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12/16/2015

... years, both locally and nationally, more than a quarter of NYC students do not leave high school with a diploma, even ... the New York Community Trust, and introduced by Kim Sweet, Executive Director...

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Digital Badges: What They Are and Why Funders Should Pay Attention (Part 2)

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06/24/2014

... thoughts that came up at the briefing about the benefits of badges for youth, educators, and employers. By creating a map of kids’ interests and accomplishments, badges can help ... institutions including the...

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Don’t Say “When Did You Stop Caring About Children?” and Other Guidance for Child Advocates

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09/23/2010

... services and structures designed to improve the lives of disadvantaged children and youth. But even as they fight the good fight, recent research suggests that many of the messages they use and the litany...

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A Right to Know: School Environmental Health Hazards

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07/20/2015

... and Brian Byrd, Program Officer, New York State Health Foundation For any funder who wants to prove that a grant ... like a burden than a useful constraint. True measurement of impact takes time—often years,...

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Funders for Gender Equity

Funders for Gender Equity was a circle of funders at Philanthropy New York active for many years to increase awareness of , and investment in, the needs of women and girls in New ... how to get a...

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... a space to explore, share and highlight the work and ideas of our members with the philanthropic sector. Contribute to ... funding areas or be an reflective piece based on learnings of your organization. Your...

Melissa Bradley To Step Down As Tides CEO

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04/01/2013

... served Tides for more than seven years, first as a member of the board and most recently as the CEO, embodies the ... to racial and social justice and has opened new doors of opportunity as evident in new...

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Abby Youngblood Joins North Star Fund as Food and Environment Program Officer

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08/01/2012

... July 2006 electric power outage. Youngblood has ten years of experience working on food systems issues. Before joining ... Coordinator at Just Food, where she oversaw the expansion of a farm-to-food pantry...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Cassius Johnson, Education Policy Expert, Joins Carnegie Corporation of New York

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06/04/2012

... policy analyst, will join the Carnegie Corporation of New York as a Program Officer working on the foundation ’s New Designs for K-16 Pathways program. Johnson ... at Jobs for the Future has been marked by his...

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Risk, Resiliency and Super Storms: What’s Food Got To Do With It?

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07/15/2013

... Senior Program Associate, Sustainable Environments, Surdna Foundation As it turns out, quite a bit. In August 2011, farmers upstate lost billions of dollars as Hurricane Irene wiped out crops and farm .....

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Creating a Conversation About Hunger in America

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03/19/2013

By James K. Cummings, Board Chair, Nathan Cummings Foundation This past week, I undertook a “SNAP ... eating on approximately $5.27 a day — the equivalent of the daily Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (...

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Send Grad Students Our Way

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02/18/2015

... as the feature article for the February 2015 issue of the New York PhilanthroPost Policy Edition. ... in public policy, government, social work or related field of study for a two-year fellowship. The Public...

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A Forever 41’s Perspective on Social Media

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05/28/2015

... Vice President - Corporate Responsibility, New York Life Foundation I confess that I am a neophyte to the digital ... me. Hashtags set me atwitter, and do they count as part of my tweet characters? You get the...

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Why Cultural Policy is Critical for New York City

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06/12/2015

... an opportunity to reset New York City so culture is at the foundation of all we do.” New York now joins other cities that have recognized the value of cultural planning, like Philadelphia,...

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The New York Community Trust

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Six Nuclear Security Programs Win Major Grants from Carnegie Corporation of New York

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10/29/2015

... Programs Win Major Grants from Carnegie Corporation of New York NEW YORK—Carnegie Corporation of New York is awarding grants of up to $500,000 each to six ... nuclear instability worldwide...

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Pay Attention to Brownsville

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06/15/2016

... This piece was originally published as the feature article of the June 2016 issue of the New York PhilanthroPost Policy Edition. No ... Neighborhoods Fund is a project of New York State...

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Our Listening Imperative and the Urgency of Understanding

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08/03/2016

Our Listening Imperative and the Urgency of Understanding A message from PNY President Ronna Brown, ... Monthly August 2016 edition. Last Sunday, a group of 39 funders published an advertisement in The New York...

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NY Juvenile Justice Initiative Chair Penny Willgerodt Passes Baton to Julie Peterson and Kaberi Banerjee Murthy

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08/04/2016

... wrote Willgerodt in a letter to NYJJI members. "As some of you know, I’ve been getting busier and busier at The Prospect Hill Foundation . The youth justice movement in New York (& ... founding in...

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