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Rockefeller Foundation Joins Effort to Curb Hotel Food Waste

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03/24/2017

... of any human activity, yet one-third of the world’ s available food either spoils or gets thrown away... ...

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NYSHealth's Patients as Partners Provides $230,708 Patient Empowerment Grant

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12/14/2018

NYSHealth 039 ; s Patients as Partners Provides $230,708 Patient Empowerment ... Building upon the findings of a previous NYSHealth-funded report , IPRO, in partnership with X4 Health, will test...

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Closing a Racial Divide, One Swim Lesson at a Time

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08/28/2017

... compared to 42 percent of white children, today that gap — while still significant — is shrinking, according ...

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Minorities and Americans Without College Degrees Showed Greatest Gains In Wealth Since 2013, New Data Shows

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09/28/2017

... But the improvements didn 039 ;t narrow the inequality gap : The share of U. S . income held by the top 1 percent of households reached 24 .....

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17 Foundations Join Forces to Divest Fossil-Fuel Stocks

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01/30/2014

The Educational Foundation of America and the Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation are among the ... of Philanthropy. Seventeen foundations with nearly $2- billion in assets have vowed to divest the fossil-fuel stocks ...

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The New York Community Trust Gives $6 Million for Legal Aid to Detained Immigrants, Climate Resilience, and More

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12/08/2017

... and More The New York Community Trust, the region 039 ; s community foundation, recently made 44 grants totaling $6 ... $110,000 to help young people in East Harlem earn high school...

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Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, Spencer Foundation, and William T. Grant Foundation Award Grants to Three Partnerships Addressing Social Issues

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04/12/2022

... agencies to use research in their practice. The program’ s nine previously funded partnerships are demonstrating ... in all three areas. In one project, research uncovered a gap in culturally-relevant...

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Children, Youth and Families

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5 Questions for…Melissa Bradley, Chief Executive Officer, Tides

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03/11/2013

Regina Mahone’ s interview with Tides CEO Melissa Bradley originally ... key players — those featured in national media — is funding this work, that person would be hard pressed to name ... that tacitly endorses...

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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

... and Suffolk counties combined annual economy of $120 billion but noted it would have been $24 billion stronger if ... or any other crisis leading to a loss of stable income. A report released...

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UJA-Federation Board of Directors Elects New CEO

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02/12/2014

... of UJA-Federation of New York announced on January 23 that Eric S . Goldstein has been elected CEO of UJA-Federation of New ... beneficiary agency; President of the Beth Din of America ; a...

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Citi Foundation Backs Second Annual Pro Bono Day

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10/06/2014

... pro bono community. Organized by Taproot Foundation and supported by the Citi Foundation, Pro Bono Day NYC: ... Passion with Purpose takes place on Thursday, October 23 , 2014 from 9:00 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. at...

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Meeting My Philanthropy Peers in This Incredibly Small, Incredibly Big World of Ours

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03/07/2017

... to attend the event as a representative of the Forum’ s network of regional and national philanthropy-serving ... than 40 countries in Africa, Asia Pacific, Europe, South America , the Middle East and North...

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JPMorgan Plans to Unveil a Program for Job Skills

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12/11/2013

JPMorgan Chase 039 ; s new $250 million initiative aims to close the "skills gap in in some of the largest United States and European job .....

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Mia Vukojevic Joins Rockefeller Brothers to Lead Western Balkans Program

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05/23/2018

... Pivotal Place: Western Balkans program. Ms. Vukojevic’ s career in public service spans nearly 25 years, including ... humanitarian emergency response programs. “Mia’ s expertise and deep relationships in...

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29 May 2025

Major Changes in Federal Disaster Relief and Recovery: What Funders Need to Know - Hosted by Unbound Philanthropy

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1:00pm to 2:15pm

... and recover from disasters. Yet the federal government’ s role and resources for disaster-related efforts are ... shift: disasters are becoming more predictable, while the funding and policy environment has...

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JPMorgan Chase Announces $75 Million Commitment to Help Close the Racial Wealth Divide in Greater Washington

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01/25/2022

... are drawn from critical lessons learned from the firm’ s business growth and community investments in the ... D.C. population was living in poverty. The racial wealth gap was eight times greater than the...

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30 Mar 2011

Trend or Tipping Point: Arts and Social Change Grantmaking

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8:30am to 11:00am

... building. Join us to discuss findings of the recent report Trend or Tipping Point: Arts & Social Change ... connections. The Trend or Tipping Point study is supported by the Nathan Cummings Foundation,...

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Three Practical Tips for Spreading and Scaling Youth Programs

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05/11/2017

... As any educator who works with teens will tell you, that’ s no easy feat. That left Negron with a new challenge: how to ... of those efforts: Stavros Niarchos Foundation , which supported NYSCI through the...

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Jonas Center Announces New Focus on Environmental Health

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05/20/2016

... cities, our health – and particularly our children’ s health – is at great risk,” said Donald Jonas, ... will focus on toxins. Citing a 1995 Institute of Medicine report , “ Nursing, Health and the Environment...

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