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Tree-Killing Beetles Spread into Northern U.S. Forests as Temperatures Rise

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08/29/2017

... Scotia by 2020 and cover more than 270,000 square miles of forest from the upper Midwest to Maine and into Canada by 2080. Winter cold snaps that once killed the beetles in their larval stage are becoming less...

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Environment and Climate Change

The Return Of Hookworm And The Limits Of Public Health Philanthropy

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09/27/2017

The Return Of Hookworm And The Limits Of Public Health Philanthropy There’s been no shortage of ... our deepest beliefs about the United States and its place in the world. But a...

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Three Practical Tips for Spreading and Scaling Youth Programs

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05/11/2017

... Program Associate, The New York Community Trust Like a lot of people, Anthony Negron is concerned about the lack of women in tech. So, three years ago, he and his colleagues at the ...

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Children, Youth and Families

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The New York Community Trust

25 Jun 2020

Beyond Defunding the Police: Reimagining Safety for Communities of Color in the Time of COVID

Thursday, June 25, 2020 -

1:00pm to 2:30pm

... health crisis since the 1918 Influenza pandemic, resulting in national stay at-home orders and mass closures meant to ... care. Justice-involved populations contain thousands of people who may be particularly...

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14 Mar 2025

Seeding Power: Food Justice Leadership & Movement Building - An Event Hosted by Community Food Funders

Friday, March 14, 2025 -

12:00pm to 2:00pm

... Food Funders is gearing up to launch the next cohort of our Seeding Power Fellowship ! Following a comprehensive ... connection are at the root of rebuilding systems rooted in justice and...

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Food Systems

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12 Sep 2018

New York City Workforce Funders Quarterly Meeting and Presentation of the Analysis and Recommendations from the Workforce Agenda Report

Wednesday, September 12, 2018 -

9:00am to 11:00am

In November 2014 Mayor De Blasio released the Career Pathways ... adopting a Career Pathways framework, committing $100 million for training and $60 million in bridge programs...

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International/Foreign Affairs

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Workforce Development

From India to Africa: A Quest to Learn about Reducing Food Loss

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01/15/2015

... agriculture development has never been more apparent. One of the biggest, most stubborn hurdles is food loss: the Food ... (FAO) estimates that up to a third of food grown in developing...

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Food Systems

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The Rockefeller Foundation

NoVo Foundation Announces $90M Investment in Girls & Young Women of Color Across the U.S.

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03/23/2016

NoVo Foundation Announces $90M Investment in Girls &Young Women of Color Across the U.S. The NoVo Foundation , created in ... and Peter Buffett, today announced a seven-year, $90 ...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Gender Justice

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Ford's Darren Walker Writes, "Let America Be America Again"

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01/06/2017

Let America Be America Again by Darren Walker, President of the Ford Foundation. Let America be America again. Let ... Let America Be America Again , 1936 Dear Friends, In moments of uncertainty...

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Social Justice

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Novo Foundation's Peter Buffett On The Power—And Limits—Of Art And Money

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02/13/2017

Novo Foundation's Peter Buffett On The Power—And Limits— Of Art And Money AS THE SON OF THE WORLD’S ONCE-RICHEST ... to his father’s predilection for living modestly in Omaha, Nebraska, it...

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Gender Justice

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NoVo Foundation

The 2017 National Center for Responsive Philanthropy Impact Awards Winners Announced

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09/05/2017

... been announced. This year’s awards are special because of the challenging environment our communities are facing. ... for bold peer organizing This community foundation based in Baton Rouge is being honored...

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Novo Foundation Launches New Website and Film Series,The Life Story: Moments of Change

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02/01/2018

... New Website and Film Series ,The Life Story: Moments of Change The Life Story: Moments of Change can be found at thelifestory.org . "This project is grounded in our longstanding work to...

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ALA Unveils Shortlist for 2015 Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence

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04/06/2015

... for the esteemed Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction, awarded for the previous year's ... nonfiction books written for adult readers and published in the U.S. As part ...

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

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05 May 2016

School Integration in NYC (Part 1 of 2): New Research, Changing Perspectives

Thursday, May 5, 2016 -

9:30am to 11:30am

This program is the first part of a two-part session, the second of which focuses on promising practices and approaches to school integration (Fall 2016). A study released in 2014 by the Civil...

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06 May 2021

Could a Flourishing Small Business Ecosystem Be the Key to a More Equitable and Just Recovery?

Thursday, May 6, 2021 -

9:00am to 10:30am

... businesses, specifically small businesses owned by people of color who have been disproportionately impacted by the pandemic, are at a critical moment in our City’s history. Despite the critical role small...

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Community Development

F.B. Heron Foundation Earmarks Entire Endowment for Social Impact Investments

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10/21/2014

... on the rise. So she took a rare, if almost unheard of , step in the foundation world—where typically only 5% of ... to charity every year.Heron would move its entire $300 million...

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F.B. Heron Foundation

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 ... which make grants of a combined total of nearly 300 million dollars each year. Hear from two leaders who have...

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09 Mar 2016

Workforce Funders Quarterly Meeting: NYSED Commissioner & Innovative Workforce Strategies for Youth and Young Adults at the National Level

Wednesday, March 9, 2016 -

9:00am to 11:00am

Since its formation in 2000, New York City Workforce Funders continues to hold ... Since 2001, the Workforce Funders have pooled over $10.2 million for demonstration, capacity building and policy ... by MaryEllen...

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