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Research to Prevent Blindness Foundation Honored with Distinguished Service Award by American Academy of Ophthalmology

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11/13/2015

The Distinguished Service Award honors an individual or organization for ongoing notable service and this year's recipient is Research to Prevent Blindness.

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NoVo and NY Women’s Foundation Match $10 Million NYC Commitment for Girls, Young Women of Color

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02/12/2016

New York Women’s Foundation and NoVo Foundation announced an initial commitment of $10 million in new philanthropic funding for programs targeting girls, young women and trans youth of color in New York City, matching the city's commitment.

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Children, Youth and Families

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USDA, Surdna and Other Foundations Join to Strengthen Local Food Supply Chains

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04/01/2016

U.S. Department of Agriculture officials joined 15 national and regional philanthropic partners to announce a new initiative to bolster the supply chain for local food systems around 10 key U.S. cities. The project, dubbed 'Food LINC', will connect...

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Food Systems

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NYSHealth Awards Grants $1.2M to Empower Health Care Consumers

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10/18/2016

A grant to MergerWatch will support an in-depth review of New York’s Certificate of Need process and identify opportunities for consumer engagement and protection in this era of health care consolidation.

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New York Health Foundation

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Brooklyn Community Foundation Announces Divestment from Industries that Harm People of Color

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11/03/2016

The Foundation adopted an institution-wide Racial Justice Lens in 2014 following a 6-month, 1,000-person boroughwide engagement project that resulted in a new community-led strategy focused on Youth, Neighborhoods, Nonprofits, and Racial Justice.

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05 Jan 2017

Resistance and Resilience Strategy of the Climate Movement - Webinar

Thursday, January 5, 2017 -

2:00pm to 3:00pm

The political landscape nationally and in many states appears increasingly hostile to action on climate change. All indications are that we will be faced with attempts to roll back progress on climate change and clean energy. Given that communities...

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NYSHealth Funding Opportunity: Sponsoring Conference Participation in Support of Healthy Communities

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01/10/2017

Reminder to apply for NYSHealth funding opportunity: sponsoring conference participation in support of healthy communities.

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New York Health Foundation

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Commonwealth Fund’s President, David Blumenthal, Named 2017 Recipient Of The Health Services Research Prize

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05/23/2017

David Blumenthal has been named the 2017 recipient of the William B. Graham Prize for Health Services Research.

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Commits Up to $15 Million to Fill the Budget Gap Left by Trump’s Revoking U.S. Support For U.N. Climate Treaty

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06/02/2017

... For U.N. Climate Treaty Michael R. Bloomberg, the United Nations Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for Cities and ... is crucial for the work of the Secretariat to assist nations in their efforts to implement...

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20 Jul 2017

Time of Opportunity: Best Practices in Summer Learning (Part 1)

Thursday, July 20, 2017 -

9:00am to 12:30pm

Research has demonstrated that summer learning loss is one of the most significant causes of the academic achievement gap between low-income students and their higher income peers, and one of the strongest contributors to the high school dropout...

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Twelve Emerging LGBT Leaders Selected for Arcus Leadership Fellowship

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06/28/2017

The Arcus Foundation announced the selection of 12 executive directors to participate in the Arcus Leadership Fellowship. Among this year’s fellows are a longtime grassroots activist organizing around issues of social, economic, and environmental...

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LGBTQ

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13 Sep 2017

New York City Workforce Funders Quarterly Meeting and Federal and State Workforce Policy Update

Wednesday, September 13, 2017 -

9:00am to 11:00am

Federal and state workforce funding of the workforce system has declined significantly over the past twenty years.

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Brian Byrd, Program Officer at the New York State Health Foundation Joins The 2020 Justice Launch Committee

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01/31/2018

Committee of criminal justice experts, reformers and community leaders will advise on reforms and innovative approaches to keep Brooklyn safe and strengthening community trust in the criminal justice system

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Social Justice

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Poses Family Foundation and Citi Behind New Public-Private Partnership to Pull People With Disabilities Out of Poverty

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02/08/2018

The new partnership centered on people with disabilities includes CCD, the de Blasio administration and the National Disability Institute. The Mayor’s Office of People with Disabilities, the Department of Consumer Affairs Office of Financial...

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