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In Harlem, These Elders Devote Their Golden Years To Improving Local Schools

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09/18/2017

... Their Golden Years To Improving Local Schools In the eve of her 92nd birthday, Lottie Raukx wasn’t going to let the ... staff her neighborhood’s school with librarians — as it’s required to — she collected...

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Education

At James Blake Trial, Judge Invokes Law Shielding Police Records

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09/21/2017

... Invokes Law Shielding Police Records The administration of Mayor Bill de Blasio has steadily expanded the city ’s interpretation of a state law that bars public ... 50-a to shield a retired...

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Justice Reform

Rezoning a Block in Harlem, Respecting an African Burial Ground

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09/27/2017

... one for white parishioners, the other for descendants of Africans. When the church moved, the remains of the white ... Bronx. The graves of the blacks were left where they were as...

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Community Development

Can You Ask for Salary History in Your State?

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09/27/2017

Your lawyer might agree with Miss Manners that you shouldn’t ask people how much money they make, especially if they’re job candidates.

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Gender Justice

Yahoo Co-Founder Gives $25 Million to San Francisco’s Asian Art Museum

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09/27/2017

... to San Francisco’s Asian Art Museum In a rare example of high-level cultural philanthropy from Silicon Valley’s ... $25 million toward a $90-million transformation project of the Asian Art Museum here. It...

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Arts

Rockefeller Foundation Funds Denver Food Action Plan

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07/06/2018

... Funds Denver Food Action Plan Denver's Department of Public Health & Environment has launched its Food Action ... two-year pilot, in which Denver aims for a 57% reduction of residential food waste in...

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Environment and Climate Change

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The Rockefeller Foundation

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Grantmakers Should Seize the Moment to Support Racial-Justice Solutions

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10/10/2014

... Civic Engagement Fund This post originally appeared as a "Letter to the Editor" in the September 21 issue of the Chronicle of Philanthropy To the Editor: The ... and -racial...

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Proteus Fund (NYC Office)

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Social Justice

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Open Society, Tow and Other Foundations Release Blueprint for Youth Justice Reform

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01/12/2016

... Reform Amidst growing national concern over treatment of youth in our nation's justice system, the Youth Transition ... seminal Blueprint for Youth Justice Reform. Drawing upon new research, the Blueprint...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Justice Reform

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Patients with Macular Degeneration Show Improvement with High-dose Statin Treatment (Research to Prevent Blindness)

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02/08/2016

... Eye and Ear/Harvard Medical School and the University of Crete have conducted a phase I/II clinical trial ... Their findings were published in EBioMedicine--a new online journal led by editors of...

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Research to Prevent Blindness

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Health

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Why Aren’t There More Nonprofit Leaders of Color?

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04/28/2016

Why Aren’t There More Nonprofit Leaders of Color? by Frances Kunreuther, Co-Director Building ... , open to all nonprofit staff and board members. The goal of the survey is to gather information about race,...

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Celebrating Black Philanthropy Month and Our Collective History

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08/09/2016

... encouraging others within the Diaspora to do the same. As an African American child growing up in Texas, I was ... sometimes motivated, or made, to join) as my parents gave of their time,...

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Philanthropy & Nonprofit Sector Support

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Moore Philanthropy

20 Sep 2018

Taking Stock and Gearing Up: Immigration Policy and the Role of Philanthropy in Building Stronger Communities - A Webinar Hosted by GCIR

Thursday, September 20, 2018 -

4:00pm to 5:00pm

... Immigration Policy Call , during which we will take stock of key immigration-related developments and explore questions ... right now and in the year ahead. An extraordinary number of major immigration policy...

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Children, Youth and Families

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25 Apr 2019

Empathy in an Era of Social Division and Toxic Politics - A Food for Thought Conversation

Thursday, April 25, 2019 -

12:00pm to 2:00pm

... empathy, the ability to understand and share the feelings of another, help us sew our country back together? If so, how ... Poll examines empathy, or lack thereof, between parties New study: White people lack...

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The Westchester Community Foundation Awards $3.2 Million in Grants to 66 Nonprofits

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12/01/2021

... to 67 nonprofits in 2021 to help improve the quality of life for Westchester residents. Grants addressed a wide ... COVID-19 Response Fund to help support residents as the county recovers from the pandemic...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Arts

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Westchester Community Fund

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Housing and Homelessness

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Workforce Development

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HSBC grant already benefiting fields and farmers across the Midwest

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05/23/2022

... role in the global agricultural system – about a third of the world’s corn and soybeans are produced in the ... to encourage more farmers to add small grains and legumes as cover crops into corn and soybean...

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Environment and Climate Change

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HSBC Bank USA

Mexico’s Muxe Leaders Assert Rights and Strengthen “Social Armor” Through Visibility - Work Supported by The Arcus Foundation Grantee

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02/21/2023

... - Work Supported by The Arcus Foundation Grantee A group of leaders from within the muxe community of Mexico’s ... A majority of the 128 respondents to two surveys conducted as...

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International/Foreign Affairs

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Gender Justice

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Arcus Foundation

09 Oct 2025

Solidarity in Times of Crisis: Funding Mutual Aid - A Webinar Hosted by CDP

Thursday, October 9, 2025 -

1:00pm to 2:00pm

... and collective care. It is not simply the exchange of goods or services, but a practice rooted in ... His framing challenges funders to rethink their role, not as saviors or leaders, but as...

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Tools & Strategies

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Disaster Relief

Proactive Support Pays Off: The American Art Renewal Fund

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04/11/2012

... has supported projects and programs advancing the study of American art through exhibitions, catalogues, doctoral ... to afford the specialized personnel they needed to install new exhibitions. Because they...

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08 May 2014

Community Food Funders Annual Gathering

Thursday, May 8, 2014 -

5:30pm to 7:30pm

Please join us to celebrate another year of organizing funders to transform our regional food system! ... The Leonard Lopate Show, WNYC Tracie McMillan , Author of The American Way of...

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