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Is ‘Housing Not Warehousing’ Next?

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10/02/2017

... chaplain and community organizer was chronically homeless for several years as a result of family issues and poor ... efforts to count the city’s vacant buildings and lots. For over a decade, Dickerson has...

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Housing and Homelessness

New Census Figures Offer Hope in Buffalo's Fight Against Child Poverty

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10/02/2017

... census figures show significant drops in the poverty rates for children, African-Americans and Latino residents. The ... the lowest rate since at least 2010. The poverty rate for minority groups remains higher...

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David Geffen Criticizes ‘Shameful’ Lack of Support for Concert Hall

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10/05/2017

David Geffen Criticizes ‘Shameful’ Lack of Support for Concert Hall The media mogul David Geffen, one of the ... philanthropists, attacked wealthy New Yorkers on Wednesday for what he called a “shameful” record of...

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Report Funded by The Clark Foundation Urges de Blasio to Prioritize Boosting Community College Graduation Rates in Second Term

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12/11/2017

... second term agenda. Published earlier this week by Center for an Urban Future -- a leading New York City-based think ...

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North Star Fund Announces 9 Catalyst Grants

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01/16/2018

... organizations built by New Yorkers who are organizing for new solutions to challenges created in our city by ... We offer these organizations streamlined renewals for up to six years. If they can demonstrate...

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The Donors' Education Collaborative in The New York Community Trust Gives $740,000

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01/16/2018

... Trust Gives $740,000 With federal and state funding for schools under siege, a leading group of education funders ... dollars to help students, teachers, and parents advocate for their needs from City Hall to...

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Rita Allen Foundation Supported Research Details Consequences of Kansas’ Lifetime Property Tax Exemptions on Local School Districts

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03/02/2018

... station KCPT’s digital magazine) and the Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting shed light on the consequences of ... how those exemptions left local school districts starving for revenue. By the end of...

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The JPB Foundation Supports Creation of ParkServe Database

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05/01/2018

... Supports Creation of ParkServe Database Today, The Trust for Public Land launched www.ParkServe.TPL.org , providing ... on parks ever assembled. The site includes information for 14,000 cities...

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The Artistic Gains of an Ethnically Diverse Society are Irrefutable

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05/19/2020

... are Irrefutable By: Leah Krauss, Senior Program Officer for Dance & Special Projects, Mertz Gilmore Foundation The ... first and second generation artists have raised the bar for innovative choreography...

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Arts

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Racial Justice and Eviction Prevention Dominant Themes in $15 million in Grants Awarded by Trinity Church Wall Street

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06/17/2021

... are going to organizations that are focused on fighting for racial justice through breaking the cycles of mass ... Yorkers last year take to the streets united on the call for racial justice, it was also a...

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18 Jan 2017

Essential Skills and Strategies for New Grantmakers

Wednesday, January 18, 2017 (All day) to Friday, February 3, 2017 (All day)

... We offer ESS annually each January. * Tools and Techniques for Effective Practice Philanthropy New York's Essential Skills and Strategies for New Grantmakers (with a new curriculum for...

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25 Jan 2018

Essential Skills and Strategies for New Grantmakers

Thursday, January 25, 2018 (All day) to Friday, February 9, 2018 (All day)

Tools and Techniques for Effective Practice Philanthropy New York's Essential Skills and Strategies for New Grantmakers orients new program officers and ... course helps philanthropy newcomers build a...

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A Message from Ronna Brown and Update on CEO Search

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12/15/2020

... busy months before the pandemic exploded in March in NYC. For Philanthropy New York, the weeks before the pandemic ... values – the values that we have used to guide our work for the remainder of the year. We...

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Modern Dance Groups to Get Hurricane Sandy Aid

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12/25/2012

... to Hurricane Sandy. Among the huge outpouring of relief for damages from Hurricane Sandy nearly two months after it hit, a modest effort is on the horizon for the shoestring but vibrant world of modern dance...

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$15 Million Gift and New Name for Community College

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04/29/2013

... New Community College, one of the largest donations ever for a public two-year college. The foundation is giving an ... community colleges of the City University of New York. For prestigious private colleges,...

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Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Awards $1.3 Million in Support of Jazz, Contemporary Dance, Theatre Fields

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10/09/2013

... arts organizations were awarded through DDCF's Fund for National Projects and are designed to strengthen the ... jazz, presenting and theatre fields and improve conditions for performing artists across...

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Stavros Niarchos Foundation Commits $136 Million to Create Youth Job Opportunities in Greece

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10/07/2013

... a call to action to help create new opportunities for Greece’s younger generations, which are severely ... €100 million towards this effort. The unemployment rate for young people in Greece is more than 60%,...

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Carnegie Corporation Awards $10 Million to Four School Districts

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10/02/2013

Part of the foundation's multiyear, $28 million Opportunity by Design initiative, the grants will help the school districts (including the New York City Department of Education) design and open new high schools that support students in meeting the...

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