$1.6M in Grants from NY Women’s Foundation Focus on Economic Security and Justice
Release Date:
01/19/2017
... potential to accelerate a shift towards gender and racial equity Deepen support of emerging grassroots organizations ...
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Reimagining Food in Prisons: Opportunities for Funders and Advocates - Webinar Hosted by Community Food Funders
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... Examine the intersection of food justice, racial equity , and human rights within the criminal justice system. ...
Keeping Covered: The Affordable Care Act’s First Reenrollment Period for Marketplace Plans
Release Date:
10/24/2014
The Commonwealth Fund answers commonly asked questions about the ACA's upcoming reenrollment period.
Sloan Foundation Awards Honor 7 NYC Teachers for their Creativity in Science, Math Instruction
Release Date:
12/02/2015
A select group of city teachers are being honored Wednesday with the annual Sloan Awards for Teaching Science and Mathematics.
Simons Foundation Gives $1.5M to Explore New Approaches to Data Mining
Release Date:
08/01/2016
Simons Foundation Gives $1.5M to Explore New Approaches to Data Mining It takes a well-trained eye to spot an irregular heartbeat in the peaks and valleys of an electrocardiogram. The same goes for identifying an extinct ape from a...
With Support from NY State Health Foundation, Plattsburgh Retrofits Old Tennis Courts
Release Date:
08/18/2016
A grant received by the Foundation of CVPH from the New York State Health Foundation allowed the city to retrofit old tennis courts to establish 13 permanent Pickle Ball Courts in Clinton County.
Supported by Simons Foundation, Scientists Discover Clues To Altered Brain Wiring In Autism
Release Date:
11/15/2016
Scientists from the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have discovered that mutations in PTEN affect the assembly of connections between two brain areas important for the processing of social cues.
Simons Foundation Launches Flatiron Institute to Explore Galaxy Formation, Genomics, Neuroscience and Other Fields
Release Date:
11/23/2016
Each year thousands of genomes are sequenced, millions of neuronal activity traces are recorded, and light from hundreds of millions of galaxies is captured by our newest telescopes, all creating datasets of staggering size.
Thousands of Homeless New Yorkers Could Be Treated as Legal Tenants
Release Date:
08/28/2017
Thousands of homeless New Yorkers who get free shelter in apartment complexes throughout the city could be treated as legal tenants — protected by rent regulations and lower rent caps — under a potentially precedent-setting case brought by the Legal...
President's Message: Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation Announces More Than $5.4 Million in Grants
Release Date:
04/13/2022
... to invest in narrative change efforts that advance equity -focused policy change and the lived experiences of ... grant of $200,000 to the Newark Movement for Economic Equity announced in June 2021 . $100,000...
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Networking, in its simplest form, is learning from your peers and listening to their experienced voices. Through working groups, networks, committees, one-on-one connections, and sector initiatives, Philanthropy New York provides the time and space...
The Today Show Discusses Long-Term Care with United Hospital Fund's Carol Levine
Release Date:
12/11/2014
Levine offers tips for long-term care planning and the various healthcare options.
Mellon Foundation Partners with NFF to Build Financial Health of Arts Organizations
Release Date:
03/12/2015
Nonprofit Finance Fund has received a $485,000 planning grant for the first year of the project, focused on the development of a multi-phased, comprehensive initiative to help small-to-midsize arts organizations navigate, adapt and thrive amid ever-...
NYSHealth Funding Opportunity Now Open: Empowering Health Care Consumers in New York State
Release Date:
04/18/2016
NYSHealth Funding Opportunity Now Open: Empowering Health Care Consumers in New York State The New York State Health Foundation is pleased to launch a Request for Proposals (RFP) for our newest priority area: Empowering Health...
Elmezzi Foundation Supports Population Health Management Program at Mount Sinai Queens
Release Date:
05/17/2016
Mount Sinai Queens strives to increase vital preventative and supportive services extending beyond the hospital and clinic walls to patients who are at risk for medical, behavioral or social health stressors.
Doris Duke Launches Land Trust Climate Initiative
Release Date:
01/24/2017
These days, to be a conservation funder is to be a climate change funder. At least that ought to be the case. Because how do you conserve a wetland that’s drying up? How do you protect a dwindling species when it’s fled from its changing habitat?
Giving Parents a Prominent Voice in Schools
Release Date:
03/08/2017
Trise Moore, who is in charge of family engagement in Washington state’s Federal Way school district, helps parents navigate the system and ensures their voices are heard in major decisions.
To Shrink Jail Population, a Bail Program Is Expanding
Release Date:
08/30/2017
Judges citywide set bail in roughly 45,000 cases each year, and only 12 percent of defendants can pay in time to be released from court. Another 46 percent end up going to jail for up to a week because they cannot pay in the narrow window of time...
Top White House Official to Discuss Climate Change at U.N.
Release Date:
09/13/2017
... trends. It also comes as the Trump administration is navigating an uncertain position in the international climate ...
For the Disabled, New York’s Sidewalks Are an Obstacle Course
Release Date:
10/10/2017
A federal court-ordered report has highlighted numerous shortcomings in the city’s efforts to install and maintain curb ramps to make every corner accessible to people with disabilities.