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Change Captial Fund Launches Initiative to Support Community Development

Release Date:

06/02/2014

New York City Change Capital Fund Launches New Initiative to Support Community Development Groups ... Foundation; Goldman Sachs; Mizuho Bank USA; M & T Bank; New York Community Trust;...

David Geffen Criticizes ‘Shameful’ Lack of Support for Concert Hall

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10/05/2017

... world’s leading philanthropists, attacked wealthy New Yorkers on Wednesday for what he called a “shameful” ... that it was scaling back a $500 million renovation of the New York Philharmonic’s home, David...

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Ford’s Walker Says ‘Unusual Coalition’ Won’t Be Last of its Kind

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02/20/2015

... powerfully makes the case in her authoritative book, The New Jim Crow . As she demonstrates, America’s unequal ... organizations have been a huge factor in creating this new moment. Across the political and...

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Ford Foundation

Social Justice Funders: For National Movements to Win, Invest in Texas

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08/08/2017

... at The University of Texas at Austin. In a recent New Yorker essay , Lawrence Wright details how Texas politics ... for Responsive Philanthropy (NCRP) . In contrast, New York got $144.3 million, or $7.31 per...

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Edward W. Hazen Foundation (Closed)

12 Dec 2019

Philanthropy & the 2020 Census: What a Fair and Accurate Count Means for Ending Homelessness - A Webinar Hosted by Funders Together to End Homelessness

Thursday, December 12, 2019 -

12:00pm to 1:00pm

... to PNY members. Space is limited and will be granted on a first come, first served basis.* Census 2020 operations are underway as ... Officer, Polk Bros Foundation Jocelyn Bissonnette, Director...

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Howard Gilman, Laurie M. Tisch, Doris Duke and Mellon Fund Brooklyn Youth Chorus’ Latest Project

Release Date:

10/18/2016

... that matters. Brooklyn Youth Chorus’ Founding Artistic Director , Dianne Berkun Menaker, conceived of the project and is co-curating it with director Kristin Marting... Howard Gilman, Laurie M. ...

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Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund

Doris Duke Foundation

Mellon Foundation

Lessons Learned from a Journey to Impact Investing

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03/13/2017

... a few program related investments (PRIs) the previous year , but in 2014 we began asking whether we could ... work more broadly. Surdna is celebrating its centennial year in 2017. Reaching this milestone has...

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A Letter from Surdna President Don Chen on Solidarity and Support to Grantees

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05/13/2020

... to rewrite the rules, change narratives, and demand a new , just deal. All of us at Surdna are committed to joining ...

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Surdna Foundation

Borealis Philanthropy's Racial Equity to Accelerate Change Fund Moves $2.2 Million to Racial Equity Practitioners

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11/01/2022

... healers, facilitators, and capacity builders to dream up a new world. This year , the Fund awarded $2.2 million to 19 groups working to ... supremacy, REACH grantee partners have spent the past year...

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Borealis Philanthropy

Atlantic Philanthropies Writes About Philanthropy’s Role in Promoting Positive Approaches to School Discipline

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01/07/2016

... Positive Approaches to School Discipline Last year , at the beginning of ninth grade, my son's friend ... in the schoolyard, and with the satirical wit of a 14- year -old, named it "Softie" and...

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Pershing Square Awards $5.4 Million to Oxford MBA Scholarship Program

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02/16/2016

... the foundation, the program initially supported five one- year scholarships annually for promising social change ... program, which enables students to pair an MBA earned in a year with one of Oxford's...

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How America Gives Special Report: Breaking the Charity Habit

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10/03/2017

... Gives Special Report: Breaking the Charity Habit Each year , the charity world waits eagerly for the announcement of how much individual Americans gave to charity. And each year , that annual total doggedly...

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Cuomo Says Special Session Might Be Necessary to Allocate Public Hospital Funding

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10/04/2017

... include money that was expected to be distributed last year and those allocated for the current fiscal year . The governor said that if Congress doesn't the restore the funding by the end of the ...

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Opinion: The Community Health Center Fund: What’s At Risk?

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10/10/2017

... Tucked into the Affordable Care Act (ACA) was a special 5- year funding authorization to expand the reach of the ... for the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) that year , Congress also extended the...

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Jewish Foundation for Education of Women Supports College and University Basic Needs Insecurity: A National #RealCollege Survey Report

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05/16/2019

... at community college and six in ten students at four- year colleges experienced food insecurity, housing ... insecurity, and/or homelessness during the previous year , a report from the Hope Center for College...

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Jewish Foundation for Education of Women

Harry and Jeannette Weinberg Foundation Award 16 Jewish Camps With Grants to Increase Accessibility

Release Date:

04/01/2019

... staff training, research and evaluation. Each of the first 16 camps that received grants was required to ... as well as a program grant totaling $2.5 million for the first round of the initiative. The camps...

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The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation

01 Jul 2019

Census Funder Debrief: Supreme Court Citizenship Question Case - A Webinar Hosted by FCCP

Monday, July 1, 2019 -

4:00pm to 5:00pm

... to PNY members. Space is limited and will be granted on a first come, first served basis.** In June 2019, the US Supreme Court ...

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Bloomberg Gives Sept. 11 Museum a $15 Million Loan

Release Date:

05/02/2013

... museum $15 million to help cover expenses until it opens a year from now. He is charging the lowest possible interest ... expenses until the institution opens at ground zero a year from now. Bloomberg Gives...