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Westchester Community Foundation Awards 22 Grants

Release Date:

07/11/2023

... are high-profile, particularly hate-crimes, many Muslim New Yorkers endure less visible discrimination and injustice ... — for a scholarship program in honor of the life and legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr...

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Arts

Children, Youth and Families

Environment and Climate Change

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The Westchester Community Foundation

Mike Bloomberg Sends Statement to the United Nations Following Unprecedented Outpouring of Support for Paris Agreement

Release Date:

06/06/2017

... the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Executive Secretary Patricia Espinosa, Bloomberg presented ... under the Paris Agreement.” Patricia Espinosa, the Executive Secretary of the U.N...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies

14 Apr 2010

Accountability: Judging Students, Judging Teachers

Wednesday, April 14, 2010 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

... Public Education Grantmakers Network (PEGNET), with The New York Community Trust and the Ford Foundation . WHO SHOULD ... student achievement and reward excellent teaching? New York uses standardized tests to...

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13 Oct 2016

Indispensable: How Philanthropy Fuels American Success

Thursday, October 13, 2016 -

9:00am to 10:30am

... Almanac of American Philanthropy —a monumental new resource just published by The Philanthropy Roundtable as ... Philanthropy Roundtable Geri Mannion (Moderator), Program Director , US Democracy & Special...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

30 May 2018

Equity and Asset Management – Why It’s About Dollars and Sense

Wednesday, May 30, 2018 -

9:00am to 12:00pm

... board Presenters Stephanie Bell-Rose , Senior Managing Director and Head, TIAA Institute ; Trustee, Knight ... Treasurer, Knight Foundation Roy Swan (Opening Remarks), Director , Mission Investments, Ford...

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Finance & Asset Management

15 Oct 2018

Census Funders: Coordinating with NY Counts 2020

Monday, October 15, 2018 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

... leaders, as well as our upstate sister organization New York Funders Alliance, and Engage New York, the statewide group of funders focused on advocacy. ... will give funders an opportunity to hear from Jeff...

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03 Dec 2020

Fund for Public Schools Briefing

Thursday, December 3, 2020 -

11:00am to 11:30am

As the non-profit partner to the New York City Department of Education (NYC DOE) since 1982, ... schools and 1.1 million students. As The Fund’s Chief Executive Officer, Julie L. Shapiro is responsible for...

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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

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Children, Youth and Families

Education

Foundation Lawyers Network

The Foundation Lawyers Network is a Philanthropy New York professional peer network designed to support ... topics and share policies. Two CLE-accredited meetings a year focused on broad topics submitted by the...

Ann Raffel Joins John A. Hartford Foundation as Information Technology Officer

Release Date:

06/04/2012

... joined the staff of the John A. Hartford Foundation as its new Information Technology Officer. Prior to arriving at the ...

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The Wallace Foundation to Support Study of Whether and How Community Institutions Can Work Together on Education Reform

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03/18/2014

... institutions can work together on education reform. New York (March 18, 2014) – The Wallace Foundation is ... The team will select the other two cities for the study by year ’s end, drawing from a growing...

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Education

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More Details Emerging About Greer's Ouster from Nathan Cummings Foundation

Release Date:

06/10/2014

... a radical overhaul that will focus grant making on two new priorities—reducing income inequality and fighting ... funding. The foundation had been giving about $6-million a year to Jewish causes before the...

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NYC Preparing To Expand Restorative Justice Programs in Schools

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International/Foreign Affairs

Workforce Development

Rockefeller Brothers Fund and F.B. Heron Foundation Place More Emphasis on Impact Investing

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03/19/2015

... Invest the assets and then distribute a portion every year . But in today’s world, this structure faces some ... prompting many in the foundation world to operate in new ways — and with approaches that could...