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Individual Giving, Forgotten No More

Release Date:

11/07/2016

... No More by Rimsha Khan, Grants Assistant, The Commonwealth Fund In 2014, individuals accounted for 72 percent of more ... – especially since our tax code favors charitable giving to boot. Attending the first...

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The Commonwealth Fund

Century Foundation Reports Examines ESSA Learner Accountability Provisions

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12/13/2018

... are concerned, given that ESSA made significant changes to how schools are held accountable for these students’ ... that ESSA’s shift of EL accountability from the district to the school level could make these...

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William T. Grant Foundation

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The Century Foundation

William T. Grant Foundation Opens Applications for Two Research Grants Programs: Improving the Use of Research Evidence and Reducing Inequality

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11/21/2019

... and Reducing Inequality The Foundation’s mission is to support research to improve the lives of young people ages 5-25 in the United ... For example, studies find that when research is relevant to...

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Philanthropy New York Members Join A Call to Action: Philanthropy's Commitment During COVID-19

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03/25/2020

Philanthropy New York Members Join A Call to Action: Philanthropy's Commitment During COVID-19 ... and led by the communities most affected that we may not fund currently. Reduce what we ask of our nonprofit...

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03 Apr 2020

COVID-19 Weekly PNY Member Webinars - Centering Equity in Funder Responses

Friday, April 3, 2020 -

2:30pm to 3:30pm

Philanthropy New York is hosting weekly member webinars to share philanthropic responses and organizing efforts around responding to COVID-19 (coronavirus). Each week, we invite leaders in ... COVID-19 Member...

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12 May 2021

State of Health Town Hall

Wednesday, May 12, 2021 -

10:00am to 11:30am

... and education. From medical debt and the eviction crisis to child poverty and learning loss, the results will have ... in which the New York healthcare system was successful in its COVID-19 response as well as...

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05 Oct 2021

Making Up For Lost Time: How Funders Can Support Tutoring Interventions That Accelerate Learning

Tuesday, October 5, 2021 -

1:00pm to 3:00pm

... gaps in core skills and knowledge. One much-discussed way to help students learn more, faster has been high-dosage ... evidence base behind it, but can be very challenging to implement in practice, especially...

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The Heckscher Foundation for Children Issues $3 Million Heckscher Foundation Challenge to New York Colleges, Community-Based Organizations, and Employer Partners to Meet Education and Workforce Needs

Release Date:

01/18/2023

... Children Issues $3 Million Heckscher Foundation Challenge to New York Colleges, Community-Based Organizations, and ... Foundation for Children uses venture philanthropy to fund innovative,...

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Arcus Foundation Releases Social Justice Program Strategy Evaluation Report: 2021

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01/23/2023

... updates on implementing strategies for grantmaking to movements and organizations working toward LGBTQ rights in ... reports; and media sources. In addition, Arcus analyzes its own grantmaking data to...

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Heckscher Foundation for Children Announces Request for Proposals from New York Charter Schools to Use EarlyBird to Detect Dyslexia Early

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09/06/2023

... Request for Proposals from New York Charter Schools to Use EarlyBird to Detect Dyslexia Early NEW YORK (September ... Foundation for Children uses venture philanthropy to fund...

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20 Feb 2024

New York’s Redraw and Fair Representation for Communities of Color - A Webinar Hosted by Fair Representation in Redistricting

Tuesday, February 20, 2024 -

1:00pm to 2:00pm

... in Redistricting, who has extended an invitation to PNY members. New York State is in the process of redrawing its congressional map, as ordered by the state appeals court ... The New York Community Trust...

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Patients with Macular Degeneration Show Improvement with High-dose Statin Treatment (Research to Prevent Blindness)

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02/08/2016

... Show Improvement with High-dose Statin Treatment (Research to Prevent Blindness) Researchers at Massachusetts Eye and ... that not only arrests the disease but also reverses its damage and improves the visual...

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30 Mar 2017

Is Immigration Detention the New Incarceration Boom?

Thursday, March 30, 2017 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

... are innocent, or can isolate their criminal record to “broken windows policing,” and are housed in prisons simply due to a justice system driven by perceived flight risk. In fact, ... achievements of...

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Andrew Cuomo, Stop a Coronavirus Disaster: Release People From Prison - Op-Ed Co-Written by Darren Walker, President, Ford Foundation

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03/30/2020

... an exemplar of leadership in this time of crisis, someone to whom other state and local officials are looking for ... vulnerable to the virus, and largely unable to prevent its...

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Long Island Holocaust Survivors and Seniors Received COVID-19 Vaccines at UJA-Federation of New York and the Marion & Aaron Gural JCC Pop-Up Vaccine Site

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03/10/2021

... JCC Pop-Up Vaccine Site Pop-Up Vaccine 1.jpg In an effort to reach some of the most vulnerable residents on Long ... 28 at The Marion & Aaron Gural JCC’s Harrison-Kerr Family Campus, located at 140 Central...

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08 Jun 2021

At Long Last: Redressing and Repairing Racial Segregation

Tuesday, June 8, 2021 -

2:00pm to 3:30pm

... came about through an intentional process. If we want to be intentional about advancing a more racially equitable ... first step in the process of redressing and repairing is to make these historically...

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Social Justice

Open Society Foundations Announce 2020 Soros Justice Fellows

Release Date:

12/18/2020

... Announce 2020 Soros Justice Fellows NEW YORK—Fighting to reduce lengthy sentences for youth. Building a network of ... with the criminal justice system. Providing a toolkit to help those affected by the...

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Funders for Gender Equity

... of funders at Philanthropy New York active for many years to increase awareness of, and investment in, the needs of ... and girls in New York City and beyond. The group sought to build a community within...

31 May 2012

Saving Energy: New York City’s Leading Innovations

Thursday, May 31, 2012 -

8:45am to 10:30am

New York City modified its 100-year old zoning law this month in order to promote energy efficiency and the installation of solar ... Doris Duke Charitable Foundation and Rockefeller Brothers Fund...

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