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Beyond the Glass Cliff: Redefining Leadership in the Non-Profit Sector

Release Date:

06/28/2024

... Special projects and initiatives have sprung up throughout NYC and across the country, including several I have founded ... is a critical step in actively reimagining a collective future that is truly...

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26 Oct 2011

Raising the Bar for Students and Schools: Chancellor Walcott’s Strategic Priorities

Wednesday, October 26, 2011 -

8:30am to 10:00am

Bank of America Tower, One Bryant Park (6th Avenue and 42nd Street)

... as he presents his strategic priorities and plans for the NYC Department of Education, followed by a Q&A session with ... critical effort. Presenters Dennis Walcott , Chancellor, NYC Department of...

Science Studies Get a Big Boost

Release Date:

03/10/2014

... About 37,000 new math and science educators will be ready to teach America’s students by the year 2016, thanks ...

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust

The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation

Instead of Retiring, Many Seek 'Encore' Jobs

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07/07/2014

... the Great Recession and are either not financially able or ready to retire…. Instead of Retiring, Many Seek 'Encore' .....

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MetLife

Helmsley Trust Grant Gives Educators A Voice In Common Core Discussions

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07/21/2014

A recent grant from the Helmsley Charitable Trust to America Achieves Inc. is meant to give educators on the front lines more of a voice on how states roll out the Common Core standards.

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Deutsche Bank Supports Transgender Economic Empowerment Forum

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12/10/2015

Transgender and gender non-conforming New Yorkers need access to jobs and job readiness programs and it's up to the city and the private sector to make that happen, activists and bankers said at a forum Tuesday night.

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Century Foundation Report Looks for Better Results for Remedial Students

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06/02/2016

... courses. The authors state that to produce more college- ready students colleges should accelerate remedial courses, ...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Funds Brooklyn Museum App

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06/29/2016

... around a cluster of computers near the museum entrance, ready to answer questions from visitors as soon as they comes ...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies

2016 New York Community Trust Nonprofit Excellence Awards Finalists Announced

Release Date:

10/07/2016

Three of these finalists will be selected as winners of the 2016 New York Community Trust Nonprofit Excellence Awards and will be honored at a special Best Practices Workshop and Awards Presentation on December 2 at the New York Hall of Medicine.

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The New York Community Trust

Tesla, Farmingdale State Announce Student Job Training Plan

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08/30/2017

... a head start learning about this tech and be ramped and ready to start working as soon as they graduate,” said Will ...

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De Blasio’s ‘Homeless Hotels’ Plan Is Way Behind Schedule

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09/28/2017

... to deal with the homelessness crisis, just 48 units are ready and occupied, The Post has learned. Top city officials ...

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Community Development Lenders Go Where Amazon Goes When It Needs Cash

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10/06/2017

... in bond markets around the world. Corporations have ready access to those dollars. For example, when Amazon ...

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Ford Foundation to Support 'Student-Centered' Learning Systems

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10/26/2017

The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative and the Ford Foundation are teaming up with three national organizations that promote whole-child initiatives for a new program that will award up to $150,000 each to 10 communities that propose new ideas for meeting...

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Toshiba America Foundation Awards High School Students Grant to Support Yeast Experiment

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02/16/2018

... experiment by Stamford High School students is getting ready to launch into space. Traveling on a SpaceX Dragon ...

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Hurricane Sandy Recovery Funds

... extensive clean-up. New York Disaster Interfaith Services: NYC Sandy Unmet Needs Roundtable & NYC Unmet Needs Fund. Since 2002, NYDIS has administered the Unmet Needs Roundtable in NYC ...

2019 PNY Public Policy Slate

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Cricket Island Foundation: A Case Study of a Small Foundation’s Impact Assessment

Cricket Island Foundation: A Case Study of a Small Foundation’s Impact Assessment Read about how a small foundation, with limited resources for assessment and impact evaluation, approached the challenge of evaluating their overall impact.

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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The Cricket Island Foundation

Citi Foundation Backs Second Annual Pro Bono Day

Release Date:

10/06/2014

... Day After a successful inaugural year, Pro Bono Day NYC is back with an expanded program including free panels, ... and supported by the Citi Foundation, Pro Bono Day NYC : Connecting Passion with Purpose takes...

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Citi Foundation

Citi Backs Program to Create 5,000 Women Entrepreneurs from Low-Income Neighborhoods

Release Date:

03/16/2015

... Glen announced the new initiative, Women Entrepreneurs NYC , dubbed WE NYC , on Thursday. It will offer free training and business ... residents interested in launching their own businesses. WE NYC...