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Brooklyn Community Foundation has rolled out a new vision, mission and strategy over the past year. The organization launched a focus on three core areas -- youth, neighborhoods, and nonprofits.

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The 2017 Rita Allen Foundation Scholars Announced

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06/05/2017

Early-career biomedical scientists who explore mechanisms of memory, injury and immunity in the nervous system and beyond, are recognized as young leaders in science.

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Unusual Times Lead to Unusual Grants from the Rockefeller Foundation

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06/28/2017

Political hot buttons aren't the Rockefeller Foundation’s usual fare; however, when its core values—diversity, pluralism and respect for all—are threatened it will respond.

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Report Funded by the Silicon Valley Community Foundation Finds That California Traffic Fines Prey on Poor

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01/08/2018

A recent report by the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights of the San Francisco Bay Area, funded by the Silicon Valley Community Foundation, found that Bay Area sheriffs were four to 16 times more likely to book African Americans and Latinos into...

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Brooklyn Community Foundation Announces 5 Winners of Annual Spark Prize

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01/11/2018

The Brooklyn Community Foundation announced the five Brooklyn nonprofit organizations selected to receive its annual Spark Prize, the only honor of its kind celebrating excellence and impact in the borough's thriving nonprofit sector.

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Salesforce.org Join Other Techies to Help Aid Groups Tackle the Global Refugee Crisis

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03/16/2018

As the global refugee crisis persists, it’s become clear that old humanitarian aid models no longer hold up, forcing nonprofits and NGOs to look to tech to expand and overhaul the way they operate.

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Commonwealth Funded Study Shows Impacts State-based Individual Mandates Would Have in 2019

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07/25/2018

The findings are based on the assumption that the state mandates similar to the penalty structure under the ACA before the passage of The Tax Cut and Jobs Act of 2017.

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Former VP for Grants at the New York Community Trust and Beloved PNY Member, Joyce Bove, Has Passed Away

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08/16/2018

Joyce Marie Joyce Marie Bove, age 67, of New York City, formerly of Stoneham, MA passed away on August 15, 2018 at the Sloan Kettering Memorial Cancer Center in New York City after a long and courageous battle with cancer.

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The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Awards Prairie View A&M University $500,000 to Support African-American Studies Initiative

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09/14/2018

The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has awarded Prairie View A&M University (PVAMU) a grant of $500,000 to support its effort to establish an African-American Studies Initiative which will be housed in its Marvin D. and June Samuel Brailsford...

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William T. Grant Foundation Names Ten William T. Grant Scholars Finalists

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12/12/2018

Ten early-career researchers were selected from a pool of 52 applicants after a rigorous review by our staff and Selection Committee.

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Top 5 Brooklyn Nonprofits Named Winners of Brooklyn Community Foundation’s Annual $100,000 Spark Prize

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01/15/2019

Top 5 Brooklyn Nonprofits Named Winners of Brooklyn Community Foundation’s Annual $100,000 Spark Prize Brooklyn Community Foundation has selected the top five social justice nonprofit organizations of 2019 to receive its annual $100,000 Spark Prize...

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Staten Island, Conrad N. Hilton Foundations, New York Community Trust, and More Launch Campaign to Make NYC First in Nation to Offer Long-Term Support for Foster Youth

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02/28/2019

Dozens of human services agencies and foundations in New York City are asking Mayor Bill de Blasio for a $50 million boost to the budget for foster care next year. The funding would go toward full-time life coaches and tutors for current and former...

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19 Mar 2019

Census 2020 Messaging Testing Results – A Webinar Series Hosted by FCCP

Tuesday, March 19, 2019 -

4:00pm to 5:00pm

*This program is hosted by our partner, Funders' Committee for Civic Participation (FCCP), who has extended an invitation to PNY members. Space is limited and will be granted on a first come, first served basis.* The Funders...

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Immigration

NPCC Now Accepting Applications for the 2019 Nonprofit Excellence Awards

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04/02/2019

The Nonprofit Coordinating Committee of New York (NPCC) is now accepting applications for the 2019 Nonprofit Excellence Awards, the only nonprofit excellence Awards program of its kind in New York State.

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Elizabeth J. Fowler to Join the Commonwealth Fund as Executive Vice President for Programs and Melinda Abrams Promoted to Senior Vice President

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07/16/2019

Liz Fowler joins the Commonwealth Fund as Executive Vice President for Programs on July 23rd and Melinda Abrams has been promoted to Senior Vice President.

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Schott Foundation Announces Diana Tate Vermeire as SVP of Strategy

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05/10/2021

The Schott Foundation for Public Education announces that Diana Tate Vermeire is joining Schott as Senior Vice President of Strategy.

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28 Jul 2021

Digital Transformation Series Kickoff — Lessons Learned from 2020 + Where Things (Might) Be Going - A Webinar Hosted by FCCP

Wednesday, July 28, 2021 -

2:00pm to 3:00pm

Join us for the first conversation in our Digital Transformation series to explore how the civic engagement ecosystem has expanded its digital infrastructure and knowledge throughout the past few years.