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42nd Annual Meeting Recap - Looking Back, Moving Forward

... 3rd, more than 200 Philanthropy New York members gathered for our 42nd Annual Meeting. It was an afternoon of ... What are we listening for ? We cannot focus on large-scale change without...

Six Winners to Receive Help Setting Up Social Impact Bond Projects

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06/12/2013

... and the Social Impact Bond Technical Assistance Lab at the Harvard Kennedy School have announced the six winners of a national ... to state and local governments looking to develop "pay- for...

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The Rockefeller Foundation

09 Oct 2012

College and Career Ready: Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals

Tuesday, October 9, 2012 -

2:45pm to 5:00pm

... of young New York City immigrants -- many of them high school students -- waited on line on August 15 to begin the process of applying for deportation deferrals under President Obama’s Deferred ... John...

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13 Nov 2013

Where is Opportunity in America? - New York Index Launch

Wednesday, November 13, 2013 -

3:00pm to 6:00pm

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld

Each year, Opportunity Nation releases new data for the Opportunity Index , the nation’s only composite measure of economic opportunity at the state and county level. In addition to traditional ... Index...

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Learning Forward Launches Free, Online Learning Guide to Enrich Principal Preparation Programs

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05/06/2014

... the knowledge and skills of aspiring and current K-12 school leaders. The online learning guide highlights excerpts ... and incorporates knowledge from 13 years of work with school districts and from research...

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The Wallace Foundation

Pinkerton Foundation Launches Literacy Initiative in Queens

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06/01/2014

... will collaborate on efforts to help children read at grade level by third grade and sustain that success beyond elementary school . In addition, the organizations will engage in community- and school...

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The Pinkerton Foundation

New York Life Foundation Awards $1 Million to American Museum of Natural History

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08/13/2014

... science education and personal development programs for promising middle and high school students from traditionally under-resourced ... in 2010, supported the development of the Museum’s After- School...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Among Backers of Education Post News Site

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09/01/2014

... Peter Cunningham, the former communications guru for U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan, is leading the ... and how best to hold teachers and schools accountable for educating students.... Bloomberg...

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Whatever Happened to Obama’s ‘Promise Neighborhoods’ in NYC?

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11/12/2014

... food programs to more traditional approaches like extended school days and teacher development, it must have been music to the ears of at least five city organizations that have been ploughing this terrain...

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Education & Youth

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Elmezzi Foundation

New Data Illuminates Long Island's Education Inequities

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01/30/2015

... Inequities Two new studies provide a remarkable look at education inequities on Long Island. They offer a view ... Rights Project at UCLA, these studies should be the basis for a regional...

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The Rauch Foundation

New JPB-Backed Collaborative Aims to Make Affordable Housing Healthier

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05/21/2015

... Make Affordable Housing Healthier Co-founded by The New School 's Parsons School of Design, Healthy Building Network, Green Science ... the adoption of new, less toxic materials. The HML sits at...

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Housing and Homelessness

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Freedom Together Foundation

Fourth Annual Verizon Innovative App Challenge Seeks Problem Solving Ideas From Students Nationwide

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08/17/2015

... no-coding-skills-needed contest that gives middle and high school students a chance to bring their problem-solving app ... to gather teams, dream up ideas, and create concepts for mobile apps that could solve...

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Technology & Innovation

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Prudential Seeks New York's Top Youth Volunteers of 2016

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09/09/2015

... November 3, students in grades 5-12 are invited to apply for Prudential Spirit of Community Awards if they have made ... within the past 12 months. The application is available at http://spirit.prudential.com...

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Education & Youth

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American Express Awards $2.5 Million to Five Innovative Principal Leadership Programs

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10/05/2015

... American Express and the National Association of Secondary School Principals today announced the five winners of the ... toward long-term sustainability. The grants are awarded at a time of heightened...

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The Century Foundation Report on For-Profit Colleges Cited in NY Times

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10/13/2015

The Century Foundation Report on For -Profit Colleges Cited in NY Times When the Obama ... to erase the federal loan debt of some former students at Corinthian Colleges, a for -profit ...

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Century Foundation Senior Fellow Comments On Colleges Still Giving Preference to Legacy Students

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05/02/2016

... students who have some sort of family connection to the school with an advantage in the college admissions process. ... these students ensure that each legacy application gets at least a second read-over — but...

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United Way of New York City Helps Distribute More Than 100 Backpacks to Brownsville Students

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10/04/2016

... Way of New York City (UWNYC) to make this first day of school possible. Together, they distributed more than 100 backpacks covered in beloved heroes and brimming with school supplies to students at...

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Edna McConnell Clark and Other Powerful Funders Stand Behind At-Risk Students

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11/23/2016

... McConnell Clark and Other Powerful Funders Stand Behind At -Risk Students When you hear about philanthropy's role in ... K-12 philanthropy, with nonprofits raising lots of money for efforts to boost...

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Blue Meridian Partners, Inc.

New York City’s Top Science And Math Teachers Honored With Prestigious Sloan Awards

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12/07/2016

... Teachers Honored With Prestigious Sloan Awards The Fund for the City of New York announced the seven recipients of ... throughout the five boroughs, will be honored tonight at a ceremony in the Great Hall...

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After Cuts in Funding from DoE, Learning Leaders Shuts Down Despite Support from Funders Like NYCT, Pinkerton

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02/17/2017

Learning Leaders, a nonprofit that trains volunteers to work in hundreds of low-income schools across the city, will shut down next month because of difficulty obtaining enough money from the city Department of Education, the organization announced...

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The New York Community Trust

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