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Kaberi Banerjee Murthy of Brooklyn Community Foundation: On Immigration and Justice Reform Advocacy

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04/18/2017

After the PNY program, " Advocacy Day , " we sat with Kaberi Banerjee Murthy to discuss BCF’s initiatives, including the Immigrant Rights Fund and advocating for the closing of Rikers Island, both of which will affect many...

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After the Q&A

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Immigration

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Brooklyn Org

Changing the Debate on Education Policy

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06/07/2012

... of Education, today anyone vying for public office in New York —or indeed across the country—must have a position on ... effective grantmakers. Philanthropy New York ’s Annual...

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Surdna Foundation Celebrates Centennial Year with $4.5 Million Commitment to Equitable Community Development

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12/06/2017

... Community Development The Surdna Foundation announced a new , $ 4 .5 million investment in equitable community ... The Fund, an initiative of the Neighborhood Funders Group (NFG), is focused on...

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Community Development

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Carnegie Corporation and Ford Foundation Honored at Sesame Street's 50th Anniversary

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06/10/2019

... Foundation Honored at Sesame Street's 50th Anniversary NEW YORK - At Sesame Workshop's 17th annual benefit dinner on ... here.] Held at Cipriani Wall Street in New York...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Education

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

Ford Foundation

Is Universal Voting an Idea Whose Time is Coming?

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11/17/2022

... An Initiative for Universal Voting On May 24, Philanthropy New York , along with Carnegie Corporation and the Rockefeller ... voting in the United States. The occasion for the event was the...

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Public Policy

John A. Hartford Foundation and Commonwealth Fund Support Journalism Fellowships That Recognize Top 'Age Beat' Reporters

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10/20/2015

... The Gerontological Society of America (GSA) and New America Media (NAM) have selected 18 distinguished ... is the founder and national coordinator of the Journalists Network on Generations, which includes more...

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The John A. Hartford Foundation

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Communications/Media

Health

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The Commonwealth Fund

Resilience Begins at Home

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07/30/2013

... made recommendations on rebuilding better, and just last week announced that the Rockefeller Foundation will be the ... did the same. Superstorm Sandy tested the resilience of New York and...

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What It Takes to Serve 500,000 Meals to Front Line Workers in NYC’s Public Hospitals – A Look into the Bloomberg Philanthropies and World Central Kitchen Partnership

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05/12/2020

... In response to the COVID-19 pandemic that has engulfed New York City, on April 15, Bloomberg Philanthropies and World ... by the crisis would have fresh, healthy meals seven days a week . Less...

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Risk, Resiliency and Super Storms: What’s Food Got To Do With It?

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07/15/2013

by Amara Foster Community Food Funders Steering Committee Senior Program Associate, ... Rockaways with limited access to food. Community Food Funders (CFF) is a philanthropic organizing project that ... that is...

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09 Jun 2022

The Youngest are Most At-Risk: Early Childhood Development in Complex Crises - A Webinar Hosted by CDP

Thursday, June 9, 2022 -

2:00pm to 3:00pm

... from UNICEF paint a startling picture of the impact of environmental disasters and complex humanitarian emergencies ... Philanthropy is hosting a webinar to highlight how funders can support child development...

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Disaster Relief

20 Sep 2012

The Evolution of Institution-Based Community Organizing: Can Congregations Be Change Agents for Social Justice Again?

Thursday, September 20, 2012 -

8:30am to 11:00am

... institution-based community organizing (IBCO), Interfaith Funders , in collaboration with researchers from Duke University and The University of New Mexico, conducted research to document and better .....

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Moving to An Earned Knowledge Model of Philanthropy

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03/24/2020

... cell phones pinged with the latest alerts from CNN and the New Yorker. Yet time and again during our week -long trip to the South, we were reminded that the most ... earn their trust. We must leave the comfort...

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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Rockefeller Brothers Fund

WES Mariam Assefa Fund Announces COVID-19 Response Grants to Support Immigrant and Refugee Workers in the U.S.

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05/11/2020

... education service providers, to advocates, and to other funders . Most recently, we heard from leaders in immigrant ... to recover The WES Mariam Assefa Fund is proud to announce new grants to several leaders...

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Germany Provides One Example for Ending the Cycle of Homelessness to Prison

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04/18/2017

... the homelessness to incarceration cycle. At Philanthropy New York ’s Prison is the Most Unaffordable Housing program, ... to section 361 of the German Criminal Code , in the event that a...

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The David Rockefeller Fund

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Housing and Homelessness

Justice Reform

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Four Foundations, Including Ford Foundation and Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Buy Historic Archives of 'Ebony' Magazine

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07/25/2019

... which came together to buy the archive in just a week to keep it from disappearing into private hands, plan to ... them readily available to the public.” According to the New York Times , the...

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Arts

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Mellon Foundation

06 Jan 2010

Nourishing Strong Communities: Access to Healthy Food as an Essential Ingredient of Community Building

Wednesday, January 6, 2010 -

7:30am to 11:00am

A Philanthropy New York MEMBERS BRIEFING , sponsored by the Elmezzi Foundation , ... and Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund , WHO SHOULD ATTEND: Funders interested in community building, health,...

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Ford Foundation Appoints Michele Moore As Vice President of Global Communications

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12/06/2019

... Michele Moore As Vice President of Global Communications NEW YORK — The Ford Foundation today announced the appointment ... stewardship, which led to her recognition on PR Week magazine’s...

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05 Oct 2012

Public Policy Communicators NYC: Twitter Today

Friday, October 5, 2012 -

12:00pm to 2:00pm

... and foundation communications executives that has been meeting roughly bimonthly over the past four years to explore ... contact with experts for full conversations that generate new ideas. This session will...

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