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Gotham Gains: Family Incomes Up, Poverty Down

Release Date:

09/20/2017

Gotham Gains: Family Incomes Up, Poverty Down New data for 2016, released by the U.S. Census Bureau last ... drops in poverty, especially childhood poverty, in New York City. The new figures...

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2014 Klingenstein-Simons Fellowship Awards in the Neurosciences Announced

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06/10/2014

... Foundation and the Esther A. and Joseph Klingenstein Fund have announced the 12 recipients of the 2014 ... Awards in the Neurosciences. Previously known as the Klingenstein Fellowship Awards in the...

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The Simons Foundation

Ford and MetLife Work to Measure Impact of Community Investing

Release Date:

06/09/2015

... Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN), which will serve as a liaison to the growing world of impact-motivated ...

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Ford Foundation Head in India Moves On, Hints at Discord with Government

Release Date:

09/08/2015

... say the move aims to muzzle criticism of initiatives such as industrial projects affecting the poor and the ...

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Rita Allen Supported Prize Goes In Part To Vanderbilt Project Intended To Combat Fake News

Release Date:

06/28/2017

... a share of a $1 million prize through the Knight Prototype Fund . After a call for entries in March, the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, along with the Democracy Fund and the Rita Allen Foundation,...

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Could This Major Grant by Paul Allen Signal Deeper Climate Giving to Come?

Release Date:

10/02/2017

The tech donor’s latest major grant is right in the sweet spot between the two fields, a $4 million commitment that will back the deep ocean probes monitoring how ocean temperatures are changing.

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Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Grants Duke University $3M to Grow Liberal Arts Colleges and HBCU Visiting Faculty

Release Date:

05/07/2018

... black colleges and universities. The grant will fund a five-year initiative called Humanities Unbounded, ... funded by a grant from the Mellon Foundation – known as Humanities Writ Large. While HWL involved 1-...

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Arcus Opens Call for Social Justice Grant Applications

Release Date:

12/04/2018

Arcus today publishes a Request for Concepts, the initial step in a streamlined process for organizations to apply for Arcus funding to support LGBTQ social justice work. The deadline for responses to this open call is January 22, 2019. Subsequent...

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NYCT Gives $7.6 Million in Largest Round of 2014 Grants

Release Date:

10/07/2014

... Gives $7.6 Million in Largest Round of 2014 Grants The New York Community Trust is giving grants to nonprofits to ... arts to help schools meet Common Core standards; protect New Yorkers from mortgage fraud;...

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Century Foundation Fellow Gives NYC Schools B-Minus in Efforts to Increase Diversity

Release Date:

11/02/2016

... Gives NYC Schools B-Minus in Efforts to Increase Diversity New York City’s schools are among the most segregated in ... “implement and oversee efforts to reduce segregation in New York City’s public schools.”...

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Sheena Wright, United Way NYC President & CEO, named in City & State NY Power of Diversity: Black 100 List of 2021

Release Date:

10/18/2021

... State NY Power of Diversity: Black 100 List of 2021 Black New Yorkers started serving in elected office at least a ... In 1944, the legendary Adam Clayton Powell Jr. took office as New York’s...

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Building Community Capacity for Participation in Evaluation: Why It Matters and What Works

Publication date:

01/2013

... residents in evaluation and learning not only strengthens programs by enabling grantmakers to make more informed ...

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Philanthropic Grantmaking for Disasters: Lessons learned at the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation

Publication date:

03/2012

... more than $21 million to support relief and recovery programs across the United States and around the world. Their ...

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10/31/2014 - Documentaries That Pull Back the Curtain on Big Oil - Live stream Recording & Materials

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10/2014

View the materials and livestream recording of the program, "Documentaries That Pull Back the Curtain on Big Oil."

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11/13/2014 - Infographics - Breakout Group Images

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11/2014

View the infographics created during the program "Infographics: Make Sure Your Picture Doesn’t Actually Say a Thousand Words."

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Rita Allen Foundation Backs Innovative Biomedical Research

Release Date:

01/27/2015

... since 1976, but I bet you’ve never heard of it. Some programs are like that—kind of under the radar, even though ...

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3/16/2015 - Food Systems and Movements - PowerPoint & Live stream recording

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03/2015

View materials and the live stream recording of the program, "Food Systems and Movements."

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Century Foundation Fellow Comments on the Fate of Student Debt Forgiveness

Release Date:

04/05/2017

... the Fate of Student Debt Forgiveness Under a program known as Public Service Loan Forgiveness, some student loan ...

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13 Jul 2017

YLBC Alumni Coffee Conversation

Thursday, July 13, 2017 -

8:00am to 9:30am

*This program is exclusively for alumni of the Young Leaders Breakfast Club.* Join fellow YLBC alumni for an opportuntiy to grab a cup of coffee and connect! No agenda - just a chance to meet other YLBC alumni. RSVP so we know how...