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Westchester Community Foundation Announces Institute for Strong Nonprofits

Release Date:

09/26/2017

... one of the largest funders of nonprofits in Westchester, New York, has announced the formation of the Institute for ... nonprofit leaders in their work,” says Laura Rossi, executive director of the Foundation...

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RFPs Etc

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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The Westchester Community Foundation

Investment in Light Rail Program Helps Create Jobs, Stimulate Economy

Release Date:

06/17/2014

... Rail Program Helps Create Jobs, Stimulate Economy A new light rail line--called the "Green Line"-- that connects ... a post on the foundation’s website, Amy Kenyon, program officer for the Connecting...

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Community Development

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Ford Foundation

Cecilia Stancell Promoted to Director of Programs at Dyson Foundation

Release Date:

08/17/2015

... of Wassaic to serve as the philanthropic foundation’s new Director of Programs. “Cecilia has worked for the ... said Foundation President Andrea Reynolds. In her new role, Ms. Stancell will work with the...

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Children, Youth and Families

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The Dyson Foundation

Staying True to Donors’ Wishes Beyond the Grave

Release Date:

09/21/2015

... True to Donors’ Wishes Beyond the Grave Years after New York lawyer Sherman Day established a charitable fund to ... Would Mr. Day want to expand the mission to cover this new wave of senior lovebirds? Alas,...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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The New York Community Trust

NY State Health Foundation Sees Need to Educate Consumers on State Obamacare Offerings

Release Date:

11/02/2015

... So last year, when she shopped for health insurance on the New York State exchange, she found the $150 monthly premium ... a big burden on the state to get the word out about this new program,” said Amy...

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New York Health Foundation

NYS Health Foundation Supporting Model Justice Reform Program

Release Date:

04/04/2016

... Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion (LEAD) program, making New York’s capital city the first jurisdiction on the East ... and businesses came together to back the project: the New York State Health Foundation...

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Justice Reform

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New York Health Foundation

City Comptroller Scott Stringer Wants Companies to Offer Retirement Plans

Release Date:

10/07/2016

... Scott Stringer Wants Companies to Offer Retirement Plans New York City Comptroller Scott Stringer wants to force ... the nation’s largest city, according to research by the New School’s Schwartz Center for...

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Economic Security

Carnegie and Ford Plan to Foot Entire Bill for Cuomo's Public-Private Legal Defense Fund For Immigrants

Release Date:

03/30/2017

... “provide services to meet the urgent legal needs” of New York immigrants. In fact, the program is budgeted at $1 ... from two private foundations, the Carnegie Corporation of New York and the Ford Foundation...

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Immigration

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

Ford Foundation

Edna McConnell Clark Foundation’s Nurse Family Partnership Endorsed as Positively Impacting Children

Release Date:

07/25/2017

... Partnership (NFP) program, which provides services to new mothers from pregnancy through the child’s second ... affects male and female children differently, according to new analysis of a decades-old study on...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Blue Meridian Partners, Inc.

The Rauschenberg Foundation Is Launching Emergency Medical Grants for Artists Who Need Help Paying for Healthcare

Release Date:

03/11/2020

... in time for the proliferation of the COVID-19 virus, a new grant for artists has been announced to provide some ... Robert Rauschenberg Foundation, in partnership with the New York Foundation for the Arts, has...

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30 May 2024

Resistance at The Border and Beyond: Frontline Efforts to Oppose Anti-Immigrant Legislation - A Webinar Hosted by GCIR

Thursday, May 30, 2024 -

12:00pm to 1:30pm

... Legal Resource Center (ILRC) Erica Johnson , Founding Executive Director, Iowa Migrant Movement for Justice (Iowa MMJ) Dauday Sesay , Founder & Executive Director, Louisiana Organization for Refugees and...

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Issue-Based

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All Funders

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Immigration

Five Nonprofits Win Brooklyn Community Foundation’s Spark Prize for Outstanding Commitment to Racial Justice

Release Date:

01/12/2022

... 2022 Spark Prize winners are: Arab American Association of New York Black Women's Blueprint Brooklyn Movement Center ... at the 2022 Spark Breakfast,” said Seth Goodall, Executive Director of Corporate...

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Community Development

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Brooklyn Org

22 Sep 2014

Interested in Philanthropic Advising?

Monday, September 22, 2014 -

3:30pm to 5:00pm

Philanthropy New York hosts group informational interviews to explore ... of two philanthropic advisors. Join Caroline Woodruff , Philanthropy Advisor at Bessemer Trust, and Chris Cardona , .....

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Professional Development

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Panel

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All Funders

24 Feb 2015

Explore the Intersections of Education & Workforce Issues with Dalila Wilson-Scott & Will Miller

Tuesday, February 24, 2015 -

3:00pm to 5:30pm

Part of the Philanthropy New York CEO Interview Series For the first time, Philanthropy New York's CEO Interview Series will feature two .....

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Census 2020 Working Group

The Philanthropy New York 2020 Census Funders Group is an ad hoc group of ... leaders – as well as our upstate sister organization New York Funders Alliance and its members. There are about .....

Leadership Doesn’t Just Happen

Release Date:

05/12/2016

... . This was the first year of my two-year term as chair of Philanthropy New York’s board of directors. And wow, what a year it ... that I believe leadership is one of the major reasons Philanthropy...

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Insights

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Robert Sterling Clark Foundation

08 Aug 2013

Families and Community Foundations Working Together

Thursday, August 8, 2013 -

12:00pm to 1:30pm

Webinar

... communities in which they live, and families engaged in philanthropy often have lasting relationships with their ... partnerships with family foundations and other family philanthropy vehicles to create...

The Rockefeller Foundation Invests $4.6 Million To Scale Food Is Medicine Initiatives in U.S.

Release Date:

11/30/2022

... treat diet-related illnesses among food-insecure Americans NEW YORK | November 30, 2022 ―The Rockefeller Foundation ... on food and nutrition,” said Diana Johnson, Program Officer , Food Initiative at The...

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Food Systems

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The Rockefeller Foundation

United Hospital Fund Fellows Tackle Disparities on the Frontlines of Pediatric Care

Release Date:

06/28/2023

... improvement projects represent five counties across New York state...and have touched at least 5,000 children and ... from fellowship mentors Elizabeth A. Isakson, MD, FAAP, executive director of Docs for Tots...

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United Hospital Fund

17 Jun 2020

Support, Sustainability, and Succession - A Conversation on Supporting Leadership Transitions

Wednesday, June 17, 2020 -

10:00am to 11:30am

... work at TSNEMission Works and is the current Interim Executive Director at the Laughing Gull Foundation, and Holly Bartling, Senior Program Officer at General Services Foundation. Hez and Holly will ... , Co-...