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29 Jan 2025

Using Philanthropic Assets beyond Grantmaking: Shareholder Engagement as a Tool to Drive Change

Wednesday, January 29, 2025 - 5:30pm

... and social issues philanthropy seeks to address. As asset owners and investors, foundations have a powerful ... work of grantee partners Speakers Stacey Fayella , Director of Paralegal Services, Woodcock...

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27 Apr 2021

Strategies for Housing Equity in Greater New York - A Webinar Hosted by Asset Funders Network

Tuesday, April 27, 2021 -

1:00pm to 2:30pm

... New York, housing can even require financial juggling as financially vulnerable families struggle to afford rent ... COVID-19 has only exacerbated housing insecurity as many face a looming evictions crisis and...

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The Philanthropic Community Can Help 250,000 New Yorkers Access $10 Billion in Loan Forgiveness: A Conversation on Public Service Loan Forgiveness

Release Date:

08/11/2022

... off those loans for 20 years before they got forgiven, as was the same with those around me. My sister is 15 years ... numerous times that we have had to make decisions for our family based on the amount of...

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New York Life Foundation Awards a $325K to Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors

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05/20/2014

Helping Grieving Military Families: New York Life Foundation Awards a $325,000 Grant to the Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors

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Veterans

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New York Life Foundation

United Way To Receive $52 Million Over Four Years To Help Turn New York City Schools Into Services Hubs

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06/16/2014

... into community hubs that link families to services such as health clinics, dental screenings, job training and ...

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United Way of New York City

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Education

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Hunger-Relief Programs Receive Morgan Stanley Support To Feed More Children

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07/09/2014

The Morgan Stanley Foundation is awarding more than $1 million in grants to local food banks and their hunger-relief programs that deliver nutritious meals to children and families in 27 cities and 17 states.

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Food Systems

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Rauch Foundation Study Shows Lack of Housing Options in Long Island

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01/09/2015

... Island Long Island is world-renowned for its single- family suburban lifestyle, yet it needs a broader mix of ... resisted changing the fundamental recipe of single- family homes on which the region rose to...

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The Haitian Earthquake: Response, Relief & Recovery

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01/14/2010

Philanthropy New York is currently working to coordinate and list our members’ support efforts and we will continue to track relief and recovery in the wake of the tragedy in Haiti.

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New York Life Backs Save the Children's Relief Efforts in Nepal

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05/04/2015

... their families and the relief workers in our thoughts as they begin to recover and rebuild from this natural ...

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Disaster Relief

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New York Life Foundation

Ms. Foundation President Urges TLC to Educate About Child Abuse in Light of Recent Revelations

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05/28/2015

... able to abuse five girls, some even after members of his family and church community were aware of allegations against ...

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New York Women's Foundation-Backed Report Sees Aging Immigrant Women as the 'Invisible Population'

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07/08/2015

... Foundation-Backed Report Sees Aging Immigrant Women as the 'Invisible Population' For many women in their 60s ... women are enjoying a well-deserved rest after years of family raising...

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Heckscher Foundation for Children Works to Demystify NYC High School Admissions Process

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07/13/2015

... to the notoriously difficult admissions process. As a result, a number of resources have been developed, from ... through the city's high school admissions process. " As a result, underserved youth...

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Wallace Foundation Study Looks at Effects of Voluntary Summer Learning Programs on Low-Income Urban Youth

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09/30/2016

Voluntary summer-learning programs can help narrow academic achievement gaps between children from low-income families and those from high-income families, a report from the Wallace Foundation and the RAND Corporation finds.

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Education

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Ms. Foundation Noted in Article on Fighting for Women of Color

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06/21/2017

... women of color would bear a particularly heavy burden as conservatives fortify the structural racism and sexism ... and who have long been the engine of progressive politics. As I demonstrate in “Justice Doesn...

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Bad Landlords Poised To Profit On De Blasio Plan To Turn Rent-Stabilized Buildings Into Long-Term Homeless Shelters

Release Date:

08/30/2017

... site program into homeless shelters, and maintain six more as cluster sites for at least the next three years. These ... housing and provide residents with tenant protections, as Mayor Bill de Blasio pledged...

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Housing and Homelessness

New Research Links Increased Minimum Wage to Reduced Child Maltreatment

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09/13/2017

A new study contends that a rise in wages could reduce child maltreatment.

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City Council Examines Effectiveness of Domestic Violence Courts

Release Date:

09/19/2017

... single court, with a single judge handling a couple’s or family ’s multiple cases, including criminal, custody, and ... of the legal system on victims of domestic violence, as well as their...

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Health-Care Titan Centene Will Try to Duck Contraceptive Coverage With Pickup Of Church-Linked Provider, Manhattan Pol Warns

Release Date:

09/21/2017

... at least a year of not providing contraceptive and other family planning service coverage. St. Louis-based Centene ... sale — the departments of financial services and health as well as...

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Harlem Women Honored for Leadership by New York Women’s Foundation

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09/22/2017

... and Melba Wilson were recognized for their accomplishments as community leaders. Each, in her own way, has been ...

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