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News Stories about Philanthropy and Hurricane Sandy Recovery

... its buyback program to 129 homes in Staten Island' s Ocean Breeze section, which was battered by Sandy LaGuardia ... North Star Fund’ s Response to Hurricane Sandy City Says It Is Mostly...

Health Care Innovators Are Filmmakers and Farmers, Not Physicians, Insurers, Hospitals and Drug Companies

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12/12/2016

... Foundation. If you’re on a mission to improve people’ s health and to make our health care system better, change ... organizations to improve health over the next 10 years, it turned out that many of the most...

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31 Mar 2017

Advocacy: A Compass for Today’s Terrain

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8:30am to 4:30pm

... for a full-day conference to strengthen your foundation’ s voice and impact. Learn how to navigate the legal, ... the legitimate choice to remain silent on policy concerns, it is important for every person in...

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Watch this New Series Showing the Ordinary and Extraordinary Lives of Muslim New Yorkers

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02/23/2017

... were funded as part of The New York Community Trust’ s effort to counter Islamophobia in New York City. In 2016 ... and lectures to explain Islam to different communities. It did this throughout the summer and...

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Philanthropy New York Welcomes Two New Public Policy Fellows, Shamira Lukomwa and Kimberly Roberts

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06/26/2019

... native New Yorker, she has spent much time abroad as a U. S . Peace Corps volunteer working as a community education ... Kimberly also recently completed her second Master’ s degree in Public and Urban Policy...

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PNY News

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Sozosei Foundation Convenes Experts at Inaugural Summit to Decriminalize Mental Illness in the American Justice System

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01/08/2021

... on decriminalizing mental illness. During the three-day event in December 2020, Sozosei brought together more than ... toward the goal of decriminalizing mental illness in the U. S . criminal justice system: 1...

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Justice Reform

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COVID-19 Could Mean Extinction for Many Charities

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03/23/2020

... (CNN) Covid-19 is poised to become an extinction-level event for America' s nonprofits. Cultural institutions have been forced to close ... While the nonprofit sector is often taken for granted, ...

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NYC's Action on School Discipline Moves Closer to Just Education

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07/30/2015

... Even one suspension in the 9th grade doubles a student’ s chances of later dropping out of high school, research ... of transformative social change, in school discipline and beyond . Philanthropy can do more...

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Education

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United Hospital Fund Establishes Learning Collaborative with Altman Foundation and NY Community Trust

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03/08/2017

... expanded its focus to children in 2016 with our Children’ s Health Initiative ,” said UHF President James R. Tallon, ... builds on this work, and I am excited and proud to see how it is advancing our goal of...

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Making the Most of Interesting Times – and Achieving the Global Goals

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02/22/2018

... 15, 2018. As Robert Kennedy remarked in 1966, “Like it or not , we live in interesting times. They are times of ... the announcement from Amazon, Chase and Warren Buffet’ s company, Berkshire...

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Philanthropy and the Interfaith Imperative

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05/24/2018

... need could not be clearer. Philanthropy works best when it advances solutions to that which seems unsolvable, such as ... campaigns of Al Smith in 1928 and even John F. Kennedy’ s , just over...

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Humanizing Immigration: The Role of COVID-19

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06/17/2020

... Migration Policy Institute (MPI) and Director of MPI' s office at NYU School of Law Muzaffar Chishti was a ... in their home countries who rely on regular remittances. Beyond the economic hardship,...

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CUNY Receives $10 Million from Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to Expand Pandemic and Racial Justice Initiatives

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08/13/2020

... to CUNY in its 45-year history of supporting the nation’ s leading urban public university. The funds will advance ... and racial inequity demanded by ongoing national demands. It will also allow CUNY to...

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How COVID-19 Sent Women’s Workforce Progress Backward: Congress’ $64.5 Billion Mistake - Report from The Century Foundation

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10/29/2020

How COVID-19 Sent Women’ s Workforce Progress Backward: Congress’ $64.5 Billion ... who reported becoming unemployed during the pandemic said it was because of a lack of child care—twice the rate among ... would...

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Reframing Accountability as an Act of Humanity

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07/13/2022

... was usually a grunt, delivered hastily and begrudgingly. It felt unfulfilling —- a superficial performance given ... tense family moments: requesting a conversation that goes beyond the obligatory declaration...

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Robert Sterling Clark Foundation Welcomes Two New Board Members, Names New Chair

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06/14/2023

... marginalized citizens, I greatly admire the Foundation’ s commitment to those creating a more just and vibrant New ... public affairs, and public debate in the United States. Beyond his scholarly work, he has...

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Reimagining Reporting for Greater Impact

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02/16/2024

... on grants. While comparable data for foundation staff does not exist, we all know that grant reporting takes up a ... and grantseeker by putting grantees in the driver' s seat to define how they report...

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Thousands participate in Susan G. Komen Global Race for the Cure

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05/11/2013

Attendance at the charity’ s signature fundraising event did decline for the second ... but attendance at the charity’ s signature fundraising event was down for a second...

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State Education Chancellor Defends Teacher and School Evaluations

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11/22/2013

Our Education Funders Research Initiative event was also covered by WNYC, Capital New York, Gotham ... evaluations of teachers and schools, speaking at an event organized by Philanthropy New York on Nov. 21. The...

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