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Bloomberg Philanthropies Launches Asphalt Art Initiative, Providing Cities How-To Guidance to Transform Streets and Public Spaces with Artwork

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10/28/2019

... Launches Asphalt Art Initiative, Providing Cities How- To Guidance to Transform Streets and Public Spaces with Artwork ... safer, more vibrant streets for everyone. Now, we’re working...

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Arts

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Bloomberg Philanthropies

23 Feb 2021

Preview of the Knight Media Forum: Polarization in America - A Webinar Hosted by Media Impact Funders

Tuesday, February 23, 2021 -

12:30pm to 1:30pm

... Media Impact Funders, who has extended an invitation to PNY members. Space is limited and will be granted on a first ... Funders is offering funders a special preview of Knight Foundation ’s...

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The People’s (Climate) March: A Tipping Point Towards the Clean Revolution

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09/26/2014

... historic People’s Climate March was a testament to the growing power and visibility of a global people’s ... at the UN Climate Summit on 23rd September, and leading to COP21 in Paris in December 2015. With our...

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Health

Responding to Coronavirus with National Paid Sick Leave

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03/13/2020

Responding to Coronavirus with National Paid Sick Leave With confirmed ... DeLauro (D-CT), introduced the Paid Sick Days for Public Health Emergencies and Personal Family Care Act to address .....

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The Century Foundation

NYCT-Funded Unaccompanied Minor Initiative Lauded for Helping NYC Address Immigrant Issues

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02/11/2015

... Council, Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito took bold steps to protect and empower local immigrant communities. Key ... 3 million foreign-born residents of New York. Set to give her first State of the City speech...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Immigration

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The New York Community Trust

As Speaker Race Heats Up, Gender Disparity in The City Council Is On Display

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08/28/2017

... On Display There are at least eight candidates in the race to replace current New York City Council Speaker Melissa ... Three of the candidates – Council members Corey Johnson , Ritchie Torres and Jimmy Van...

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Gender Justice

For Funders Focusing on Developing Countries, Impact Bonds Present Fresh Opportunities

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08/04/2016

... is provided as subordinate investment, this mitigates risk to senior investors. Foundations have provided subordinate ... capital in 21 SIBs and in both of the DIBs—UBS Optimus Foundation in the case of the...

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The Brookings Institution

Mark Gilbert Named Planning Director, JCNC at the UJA-Federation of New York

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10/01/2012

... Union. Gilbert has more than 30 years of experience working for and with not-for-profit organizations to effectively and sustainably advance social missions. He has worked as a grantmaker for the Jerusalem...

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Unbound Philanthropy Welcomes Elyse Lightman Samuels

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04/18/2014

... Jewish World Service. She has also spent extensive time working in Cambodia as a founding member and Trustee of the Harpswell Foundation , whose mission is to empower a new generation of women...

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Unbound Philanthropy

Rebuild By Design Joins Rockefeller's 100 Resilient Cities Initiative

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10/01/2015

... experts with community members and stakeholders when working to address the resilience challenges of cities. This new structure also combines two powerful Rockefeller Foundation funded...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Disaster Relief

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The Rockefeller Foundation

Supported by Rockefeller, Study Finds Gig Economy Media Reporting Disconnected from Worker Reality

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12/20/2016

... and even loneliness. On behalf of The Rockefeller Foundation , Cision conducted a one-year news media and social media analysis of conversation relating to independent workers, including those working...

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Sparks For Change: Open Society Fellows Have Tested New Ideas For Baltimore For 20 Years

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08/09/2017

... Carpenter’s small bakery, where he teaches them how to make buttery pastry dough and flaky pie crusts. He hopes these small tasks will be a foundation for a future career. Carpenter is one in an army ... newly...

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The North Star Fund Welcomes Kellie Terry as the new Philanthropy Programs Director

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05/02/2022

... Programs Director The North Star Fund is thrilled to welcome Kellie Terry as North Star Fund's new Philanthropy Programs Director. Kellie’s working with the grantmaking team and Community Funding ... and...

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North Star Fund

PhilTV: Women, Own and Embrace Your Power

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04/11/2016

... wonder how they can effectively move their organizations to more deeply question their daily operations through the ... Client Advisor at Morgan Stanley asserted that female foundation leaders really have no...

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

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Leadership Development

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Gender Justice

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Brooklyn Org

Recording: Reimagining Access: Philanthropic Leadership in the Post-Affirmative Action Era

... Over a year has passed since the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Affirmative Action reversed decades of progress ... Speakers Genisha Metcalf , Partnerships Lead, NBA Foundation Saúl Valdez , Senior...

13 Nov 2018

Ask the Author with David Williams, Opportunity Insights - A Webinar Hosted by AFN

Tuesday, November 13, 2018 -

12:00pm to 12:30pm

... Funders Network (AFN), who has extended an invitation to PNY members.* In 2018, a landmark study by researchers at ... team of researchers and policy analysts work together to analyze new...

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Community Development

08 Dec 2020

Lessons from COVID Relief: Spoiler Alert - One Time Cash Disbursements are NOT enough - A Webinar Hosted by Asset Funders Network

Tuesday, December 8, 2020 - 1:00pm

... Funders Network (AFN), who has extended an invitation to PNY members. By now we are all too familiar with the sobering ... impacts of COVID 19 ravaged the economy, individuals working in the...

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Finance & Asset Management

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Economic Security

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17 Sep 2015

How U.S. Funders Can Respond to the Current Global Refugee Crisis - Webinar

Thursday, September 17, 2015 -

4:00pm to 5:30pm

... borne of their desperation—from toddlers washed ashore to trucks full of corpses—have focused the world’s ... global crisis of unprecedented scale. Join this webinar to learn how philanthropy can respond—in...

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International/Foreign Affairs

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Immigration

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Children, Youth and Families

Boutiques for the People

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09/27/2016

... for the People by Judith R. Shapiro, president, Teagle Foundation The term “boutique” has come to be used as a derogatory label for labor-intensive – or ... courses, taught by faculty and community leaders as...

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