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Invest in Youth: Strengthening Brooklyn’s Future

Release Date:

07/02/2015

by Tynesha McHarris, Director of Community Leadership, Brooklyn Community Foundation You ... people (and those most marginalized) are mapping out a new future: one with more opportunity, fairness, and ... ...

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Insights

Funding Area

Children, Youth and Families

Community Development

Workforce Development

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Brooklyn Org

25 Oct 2012

Funder Briefing and Discussion: Five Borough Farm

Thursday, October 25, 2012 -

9:00am to 12:00pm

... on Thursday, October 25th. This event will focus on a new report: Five Borough Farm: Seeding the Future of Urban Agriculture in New York City . Explore Conversations and...

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Issue-Based

Tisch Illumination Fund Supports City Limits' Coverage of NYC Food Policy Issues

Release Date:

03/03/2016

Tisch Illumination Fund Supports City Limits' Coverage of NYC Food Policy Issues City Limits, a non-profit ... CityPlate, a special section and series on food policy in New York City, with...

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Member News

Funding Area

Communications/Media

Food Systems

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Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund

Bloomberg Philanthropies Selects Top 35 Innovative Urban Ideas as Finalists in 2018 Mayors Challenge

Release Date:

02/21/2018

... cities face. These 35 urban innovations rose to the top of a competitive pool of more than 320 applications. The ... ideas with grant funding of up to $100,000 per city, a new...

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Member News

Funding Area

Community Development

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Bloomberg Philanthropies

NYS Health Foundation Comments on Proposed Changes to Limit SNAP Eligibility

Release Date:

03/29/2019

... Comments on Proposed Changes to Limit SNAP Eligibility The New York State Health Foundation (NYSHealth) appreciates the ... to respond to the proposed rule to limit the amount of time an able...

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New York Health Foundation

Stavros Niarchos Foundation Awards Grants Totaling $80 Million

Release Date:

04/19/2019

... announced grants totaling more than $80 million in support of journalism, civic engagement, and inclusion and access ... of journalism; Chatham House in London, in support of a new...

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Member News

Funding Area

Civic Engagement

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Stavros Niarchos Foundation

Gerstner Philanthropies Awards $7.9 million to Emergency Assistance Providers through the Helping Hands Program

Release Date:

03/01/2023

... Assistance Providers through the Helping Hands Program As of March 1, 2023, Gerstner Philanthropies has awarded $7.9 ... the country, with an additional $0.6 million supporting new...

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Member News

Funding Area

Education

Human Services

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Gerstner Philanthropies

05 Mar 2015

Looking at the 990 Part I (March 5) and Part II (March 12)

Thursday, March 5, 2015 - 7:45am to Thursday, March 12, 2015 - 11:30am

... two-part series. The IRS Form 990 is used by funders as a tool to track and scrutinize the finances, governance and accomplishments of grant applicants and recipients. What information can be ... experienced...

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Professional Development

Format

Webinar/Teleconference

Workshop

Audience

All Funders

New Staff

Rockefeller Foundation and EPIC-Africa Launch the First African Civil Society Organization (CSO) Excellence Awards

Release Date:

10/16/2018

... EPIC-Africa ( www.EPIC-Africa.org ), with the support of The Rockefeller Foundation has today launched the call ... Ability and Adaptability, Leadership and Governance, Financial Health and Management, Human...

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Member News

Funding Area

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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The Rockefeller Foundation

Wendy Liscow to Leave The Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation After 17 Years

Release Date:

11/13/2020

... leaving the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation after 17 years of service to pursue other opportunities. During her tenure, ... impact and has most recently helped Dodge launch new equity-focused training series...

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Appointments & Transitions

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Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation

ASPCA Grants $1.5 Million To Boost Spay/Neuter Training

Release Date:

07/28/2014

... The ASPCA is providing $1.5 million to co-fund a new PetSmart Charities® Humane Alliance Spay/Neuter Training ... professionals annually and greatly expand the number of surgeries performed at clinics across...

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Member News

Funding Area

Animal Welfare

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ASPCA

Century Foundation Announces Janice Nittoli "Forward Thinking" Award

Release Date:

11/03/2014

... Award The Century Foundation announced the creation of the Janice Nittoli “Forward Thinking” Award. Each ... that is central to TCF’s agenda. Ms. Nittoli served as The Century Foundation’s president...

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Member News

Topic(s)

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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The Century Foundation

Century Foundation Fellow Proposes Post-Obama Syrian-U.S. Relations Strategy

Release Date:

08/22/2016

... his hardest to keep his distance from the Syrian war. Even as he has made the case that the conflict can be contained, the meltdown of the Syrian state has sent wave after wave of chaos into...

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Member News

Funding Area

International/Foreign Affairs

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The Century Foundation

Trump Plans to Phase Out DACA, Administration Officials Say

Release Date:

09/05/2017

... announced later today: The administration won't consider new applications for legal status dated after Sept. 5. If you are not already protected by the program, you are out of luck, although applications...

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Sector News

Funding Area

Immigration

U.S. Quietly Announces Plan To Monitor Immigrants’ Social Media Accounts, Search Histories

Release Date:

09/28/2017

... Social Media Accounts, Search Histories The Department of Homeland Security intends to monitor the social media ... accounts and internet search history of legal immigrants as part of...

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Sector News

Funding Area

Immigration

Nations Urged to Reject Phillip Morris Funds for Antismoking Efforts

Release Date:

10/03/2017

... International announced it would fund and help set up a new body called the Foundation for a Smoke-Free World. The ... year for 12 years to this new organization with a mission of reducing...

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Sector News

Funding Area

Health

International/Foreign Affairs

Working with the Business Sector: Pursuing Public Good with Private Partners

Publication date:

06/2004

... the push and pull between sectors from the vantage point of those working in independent and corporate foundations, ...

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Report

Topic(s)

Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Nonprofit Community Health Clinics Receive $1.9 Million in Grants From Hartford Foundation

Release Date:

05/27/2013

The grants were awarded using funds from the Corporation for National and Community Service's Social ... Innovation Fund. To improve care for depression - one of the most common and disabling but under-...

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Member News

Funding Area

Health

19 May 2025

100 Days In: Where We Are and Where We're Going - A Webinar Hosted by GCIR

Monday, May 19, 2025 -

1:00pm to 2:00pm

... 100 days into the second Trump administration, the scale of attacks on immigrants, refugees, BIPOC, LGBTQ, and other ... combined with the rhetorical power of the office of the ...

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Issue-Based

Format

Presentation

Webinar/Teleconference

Audience

All Funders

Topic(s)

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Legal Issues

Public Policy

Funding Area

Immigration

Building on #MeToo, Foundations Look to Change Workplaces in the U.S. and Around the World

Release Date:

03/19/2019

... work in the U.S. and around the world is the initial focus of a new philanthropic collaborative that brings together 11 ... with more than $20 million in initial commitments. As research has...