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Report Funded by The Clark Foundation Urges de Blasio to Prioritize Boosting Community College Graduation Rates in Second Term

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12/11/2017

... Community College Graduation Rates in Second Term A new report revealed that just 30.8 percent of Staten Island ... "Degrees of Difficulty: Boosting College Success in New York City,...

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Rosanna Aybar Promoted to Senior Vice President, Finance and Administration at The William T. Grant Foundation

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09/06/2022

... and Administration. In this role, Rosanna will continue to lead finance, human resources, and IT, and will also provide ... abilities, which will help take the Foundation to new heights in the future,” said...

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Michigan State University Awarded Grant From Andrew W. Mellon Foundation for Less Commonly Taught Languages

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07/23/2019

... to support further development in the research and teaching of less commonly taught languages, with an emphasis ... by the LCTL Partnership, led by the Center for Language Teaching Advancement at Michigan...

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Edward W. Hazen Foundation Fast Tracks $2.8 Million in Grants to Support Grantees Responding to COVID-19 Pandemic in Communities of Color

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04/30/2020

... of color fighting for educational equity and racial justice , announced grants of more than $2.8 million to 24 ... and demanding changes in conditions to protect the health of those still inside. With so much...

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Philanthropy Can Help Bridge the Gap Between the Idea of Disability Rights and the Reality

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11/05/2021

... million, or nearly 26 percent of all those 18 and older. What is aberrant is that this large and growing population ... that continues today and one in which philanthropy must lead the way. In my lifetime, our...

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Member Input on Official Statement on Opposition to Eliminating the Estate Tax

Philanthropy New York ’s Public Policy Committee has voted to recommend that ... directly effects creation of new foundations and the health of the philanthropic sector...

Edgar Villanueva Joins the Schott Foundation as Vice President of Programs and Advocacy

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05/22/2015

... at the Kate B. Reynolds Charitable Trust, a $600 million health equity-focused foundation in Winston-Salem, NC. Most ... Edgar also brings executive director experience to his new role, having served in that...

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Eleven-Country Survey, Conducted by The Commonwealth Fund, Finds Doctors in U.S. and Abroad Have Problems Coordinating Care with Social Service Providers

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12/10/2019

... struggle to coordinate care and communicate with other health and social service providers, according to results ... (Australia, Canada, France, Germany, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Sweden,...

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Ford Foundation’s Build Initiative is Hitting Its Stride

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08/14/2018

... set out on an experiment—give $1 billion to social justice nonprofits, with all funds going to a combination of ... going to use a chunk of money to give up to 300 nonprofits what the sector had been saying it...

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Morgan Stanley Announces $1.3 Million Grant to Columbia University Department of Psychiatry

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11/16/2020

... Grant to Columbia University Department of Psychiatry New York — Morgan Stanley today announced a grant of $1.3 ... of Physicians and Surgeons to advance children’s mental health research in...

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Engaging Teens Through "Hunger Games" and Skateboarding Culture

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06/25/2014

... Skateboarding Culture Grants totaling $663,000 from The New York Community Trust to boost digital media learning will ... Hive Digital Media Learning Fund; “The Hive has taken what teens do...

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PNY's President Gives Insight on Funder Collaboration

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09/08/2015

... mission. Ronna Brown, president of Philanthropy New York , an organization that connects people, institutions and ... about public education,” she said. “We were looking at what is successful...

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North Star's Hogan Calls for de Blasio to Give Acitivists a Bigger Role in Policymaking

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08/14/2015

... concerns of everyday people, and to signal they understand what moves voters to act. Here in New York City, Mayor Bill de Blasio has regularly spoken about ...

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Inside Pinkerton, a Low Profile Anti-Poverty Foundation

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12/21/2016

Inside Pinkerton, a Low Profile Anti-Poverty Foundation What 's in a name? Well, the Pinkerton Foundation in New York City draws its name from what was once the nation'...

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12 Jan 2023

COVID-19 Year Four: Implications for Philanthropy - A Webinar Hosted by CDP

Thursday, January 12, 2023 -

2:00pm to 3:00pm

... and mortality, including poverty, hunger and mental health . What will you learn? At the end of the webinar, grantmakers ...

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14 Nov 2018

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

Wednesday, November 14, 2018 -

3:00pm to 4:15pm

The Funders Census Initiative is pleased to present its fourth briefing on census messaging results in partnership with the Democracy Funders Collaborative Census Subgroup. This year, national field partners were funded to conduct get-out-the-count...

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State UBIT and Commuter Benefit - Legislative Fix in the Governor's Budget

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02/06/2019

... law that decouples the state and federal tax law so that New York State will NOT tax nonprofits on commuter benefits. This ... with a fiscal year start date that does not align with the calendar...

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Rockefeller’s ‘Resilient Cities’ Noted in Article on Climate and Cities

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08/17/2017

... $52.8 million LEED Gold housing redevelopment project , is also an example of the tradeoffs that can emerge ... but also socially and economically. From Miami to New York , Houston to Oakland,...

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