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Impact Investing: Not Just For Billionaires

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06/04/2014

... Investing: Not Just For Billionaires Foundations just make grants , correct? Not necessarily. Grants are becoming one option in a more complex menu of ... impact bonds, impact investments, and crowdfunding –...

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Bank of America Awards $1 Million to Nonprofits Tackling Poverty in Detroit

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12/08/2015

Bank of America Awards $1 Million to Nonprofits Tackling Poverty in Detroit The Bank of ... to 13 organizations and delivered nearly $500,000 in grants in total to nonprofit...

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Ford Foundation's $190M Revamp Receives Landmarks Approval

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04/21/2016

... planned revamp of its iconic Midtown building, after the city 's Landmarks Preservation Commission unanimously approved ... The $190 million undertaking will bring the building up to city...

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De Blasio Derided by Sergeants Union for Deportation Stance

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02/28/2017

... criticized Mayor Bill de Blasio for not requiring the city ’s police force to act as immigration enforcers as the Trump administration ... said the city ’s top brass have a “moral obligation”...

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Carmen Fariña Promises to Improve Classroom Diversity By Rezoning Schools

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08/31/2017

Carmen Fariña Promises to Improve Classroom Diversity By Rezoning Schools City Schools Chancellor Carmen Fariña vowed to tackle classroom segregation with school rezonings across ...

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Inside The NYC Schools Critics Call ‘Failure Factories’

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09/05/2017

... are the schools Mayor de Blasio doesn’t mention. At 32 city elementary and middle schools, the average English-math ... hour a day of instruction. Four did so poorly that the city Department of Education...

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Can Redevelopment of the Bedford Union Armory Be Saved?

Release Date:

10/04/2017

... of the Bedford Union Armory Be Saved? A land use proposal to redevelop the 138,000-square-foot, publicly-owned Bedford Union Armory in Crown Heights to create a mix of different types of housing and a .....

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Community Development

23 Oct 2018

The Art of Knowledge-in-Action: Building Your Reflective Practice as a Funder

Tuesday, October 23, 2018 -

9:00am to 11:00am

... often say that grantmaking is both an art and a science. To be effective, philanthropy practitioners must continually ... what is happening during challenging situations, make new sense of what you see, and...

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01 Apr 2020

Towards Health Equity: Measuring Health Outcomes in Community-Based Programs - A Webinar Hosted by Asset Funders Network

Wednesday, April 1, 2020 -

12:00pm to 12:45pm

... Funders Network (AFN), who has extended an invitation to PNY members.** In today’s crisis, community health workers are the new frontline against COVID-19, while community-based programs continue to...

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09 Dec 2021

Racial Inequities in Medical Debt: Causes and Potential Solutions - A Webinar Hosted by Grantmakers in Health

Thursday, December 9, 2021 -

3:00pm to 4:00pm

... higher and more concentrated in communities of color, due to inequitable policies and practices that reinforce the ... Network, Economic Opportunity Funders, or Philanthropy New York , or...

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Sixteen Scientists Named 2014 Simons Investigators

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07/25/2014

... selected 16 scientists as the Simons Investigators in 2014 to support their studies in mathematics, theoretical physics, ... base of support for outstanding scientists, enabling them ...

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4 Organizations Team On Mapping Tool For U.N. Sustainable Development Goals

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09/20/2017

... Foundation Center have developed and launched a resource to support organizations in aligning and tracking charitable giving to the United Nations (U.N.) Sustainable Development Goals ...

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Johnson & Johnson Partners with Other Global Leaders to Expand HIV Treatment

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07/26/2018

Johnson & Johnson Partners with Other Global Leaders to Expand HIV Treatment Johnson & Johnson, the Elton John ... Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), Unitaid, the Global Fund to Fight AIDS,...

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Why Bring People Together In Person?

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08/13/2013

... communication technologies available, it would be easy to assume that Skype, videoconferencing, webinars, Google ... social and environmental benefits from investments; a new global alliance for life-saving...

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Toyota Named Among of World’s Best Companies on Addressing Water Concerns

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10/22/2015

... corporations achieving an A rating for their efforts to improve water security. This is according to the first ... planet over the next decade in terms of impact, CDP’s new global water...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Century Foundation Fellow Co-Authors Report on Admission Preferences of Low-Income Students

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01/11/2016

... 3 percent of enrollment at the elite schools, according to a landmark report issued today by the Jack Kent Cooke ... colleges and universities. Perhaps the most significant new finding of the report is that...

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