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New York City Takes Steps to Increase the Safety of Employees at Homeless Shelters

Release Date:

07/07/2015

... The huge, turreted castle that looms over Bedford Avenue in Brooklyn is the first stopover for many of New York ... call it Castle Grayskull after the forbidding fortress in the Masters of the Universe stories...

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Housing and Homelessness

Children, Youth and Families

The Burke Foundation Announces Three New Staff Members

Release Date:

11/18/2020

The Burke Foundation Announces Three New Staff Members The Burke ... P55 Fellow. The Burke Foundation is committed to funding programs and initiatives that support the healthy...

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Brooklyn Community Foundation Announces Divestment from Industries that Harm People of Color

Release Date:

11/03/2016

Brooklyn Community Foundation Announces Divestment from Industries that Harm ... private prisons, gun manufacturers, and predatory lenders in alignment with its commitment to advancing racial equity ... spark...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Brooklyn Org

Mellon's Bengochea: Latino Student Enrollment Outpacing Faculty Growth

Release Date:

09/23/2016

Mellon 's Bengochea: Latino Student Enrollment Outpacing Faculty Growth As more Latinos enroll in college, the number of Latinos going into the ... is not keeping pace, according to a recent Excelencia...

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Education

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Mellon Foundation

28 Mar 2012

Philanthropy New York Leadership Network for Increasing Diversity: Introductory Meeting

Wednesday, March 28, 2012 -

12:00pm to 1:30pm

... develop ideas, share experiences, and support one another in strengthening diversity within their own foundation . This group, called the Leadership Network for ... work. Vic De Luca, President of the Jessie...

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Network Building

Soros' Support of Marijuana Legalization Leads Philanthropies to Increase Support for Opposition

Release Date:

10/14/2014

... has poured nearly $80 million into research and advocacy in support of marijuana legalization and other rollbacks of ... ending criminal sentences for non-violent drug crimes. In a recent article in...

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Health

Public Policy

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Open Society Foundations

The Achelis and Bodman Foundations

07 Feb 2013

-- Postponed-- Keeping Risk Above Water: Investing in Adaptation Infrastructure and Emergency Response

Thursday, February 7, 2013 -

11:00am to 1:00pm

Webinar

... Sandy are estimated as high as $60 billion: $20 billion in property damages and $10 billion to $30 billion more in lost business, with an overall impact on the economy for ... etc.) present emerging challenges...

17 Apr 2013

Keeping Risk Above Water Part 2: Investing in Adaptation, Disaster Response & Recovery

Wednesday, April 17, 2013 -

12:00pm to 1:00pm

Webinar

Please join us to learn about market-rate investment opportunities in disaster response and recovery. As New York City and ... Walker (Moderator), Co-Founder & Director, International Programs...

Immigrant Rights Fund: 6 Lessons We’ve Learned So Far

Release Date:

05/09/2017

... Patankar, Senior Program Officer, Brooklyn Community Foundation . This Insights piece originally appeared on ... Community Foundation launched our Immigrant Rights Fund in late 2016 to defend...

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Insights

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Immigration

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Brooklyn Org

09 Nov 2023

Indigenous Land Management: Decreasing Disasters and Increasing Resilience - A Webinar Hosted by CDP

Thursday, November 9, 2023 -

2:00pm to 3:00pm

... hazards. One study found that Native Americans living in tribal communities now face exposure to increased heat, ... access to traditional land after the wildfire disaster in Lahaina this year. And they will...

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All Funders

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Funding Area

Disaster Relief

Ford Foundation Launches Effort To Diversify Art Museum Leadership

Release Date:

11/29/2017

... of the country. According to a national study by the Andrew W . Mellon Foundation , only 16 percent of art museum leadership ...

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Arts

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The Rockefeller Brothers Fund is Building an Anti-racist, Anti-sexist Institution

Release Date:

02/09/2021

... and inclusion (DEI) efforts with a staff working group in 2008, the year America elected its first Black president. ... when white men first brought enslaved Africans to America in 1619. During the intervening...

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Simons Foundation Provides Annual Grants to Scientists in Ukraine

Release Date:

01/25/2023

Simons Foundation Provides Annual Grants to Scientists in Ukraine Larissa S. Brizhik didn’t have to stay. Like ... from the Simons Foundation , called the grants “an investment...

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Disaster Relief

International/Foreign Affairs

Science

Technology

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08 Jan 2020

Investing in the Future of Our Community: A Case Study on Funders’ Motivations for Supporting CSAs - A Webinar Hosted by Asset Funders Network

Wednesday, January 8, 2020 -

1:00pm to 2:00pm

... of our communities. Philanthropy plays an essential role in the growth and success of CSAs across the country. Yet, we ... and others traditionally left out of postsecondary education . They link families to...

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Children, Youth and Families

Economic Security

The J.M Kaplan Fund Announces the 2023 J.M.K Innovation Prize

Release Date:

02/09/2023

... who are spearheading transformative early-stage projects in the fields of the environment, heritage conservation, and ... in the gaps between and beyond the reach of traditional funding...

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Environment and Climate Change

Social Justice

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The J.M. Kaplan Fund

06 Jan 2021

How can philanthropy invest in a more equitable technology sector? - A Webinar Hosted by Media Impact Funders

Wednesday, January 6, 2021 -

1:00pm to 2:00pm

... problems. We invite you to join us for the second program in our three-part series, which will focus on what it will ... all people of diverse backgrounds. There are many leaders in the field who have been...

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Panel

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Information Technology

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Zuckerberg May Sell Up to $12.8 Billion in Facebook Stock to Fund Work in Education, Science, and Advocacy

Release Date:

09/25/2017

Zuckerberg May Sell Up to $12.8 Billion in Facebook Stock to Fund Work in Education , Science, and Advocacy Mark Zuckerberg said ...

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Sector News

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Commonwealth Fund President Karen Davis to Step Down at End of 2012

Release Date:

01/02/2012

Karen Davis, who since 1995 has led The Commonwealth Fund in its drive to improve the performance of the nation’s ... debate and to the implementation of those reforms. The foundation is extremely fortunate to...