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13 Dec 2016

School Discipline, Pushout and Gender Norms

Tuesday, December 13, 2016 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

As we look at how to improve high school graduation rates and outcomes, we’ve come to realize that instead of addressing a “drop-out” crisis, we have to address our public education system’s biases, policies, and practices that exclude and alienate...

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The New York Women’s Foundation and the YWCA of the City of New York Partner for Girls IGNITE! Grantmaking Fellowship

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11/22/2016

Unique grantmaking initiative allows young women to become funders.

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28 Feb 2017

Prison Is The Most Unaffordable Housing

Tuesday, February 28, 2017 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

There is a documented link between rising housing costs, the recent drastic growth of evictions, and the exploding prison population. Over 100 cities in the United States criminalize life-sustaining activities such as sleeping, eating, and food-...

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Altman Foundation Announces Two Promotions

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01/25/2017

The Altman Foundation is pleased to announce that Megan McAllister and Rachael N. Pine, J.D., have been appointed senior program officers of the Foundation. Ms. McAllister, who joined the Foundation in 2008 as a program officer, is now Senior...

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

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16 May 2017

Women and LGBTQ Leaders in the Immigration Debate: Louder, Prouder and More Effective Than Ever

Tuesday, May 16, 2017 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

The Trump Administration is advancing policies that would beat back advances made by immigrants to America with extraordinarily broad and wide-ranging executive orders that have been the object of massive public protests and precedent-setting...

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Brooklyn Community Foundation to Award $600,000 to Outstanding Local Organizations

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03/31/2017

Eligible organizations are invited to apply online at www.SparkPrize.org starting Monday, April 10 through Friday, May 12.

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07 Jun 2017

Trailblazers: The Bold States Leading the Charge on Climate Change

Wednesday, June 7, 2017 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

In the absence of federal legislation or a national will to put a price on carbon, the federal government is unlikely to make progress on climate action over the next four years. Recognizing that we can’t afford to wait that long, activists in some...

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NY Community Trust-Supported UHF Report Outlines Ways to Strengthen Consumer Access to Provider Networks In NY State

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05/23/2017

With health insurance premiums rising, delivery system reforms reshaping how services are provided, and the future of the ACA in doubt, a United Hospital Fund report highlights ways to help consumers choose and use provider networks, and access...

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The New York Community Trust

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Sloan Foundation Among Funders of New Report Outlining Research Agenda for Microbiomes, Indoor Environments, And Human Health

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08/16/2017

Even with a growing body of research on microorganisms and humans in indoor environments, many of their interconnections remain unknown, says a new report by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.

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Federal Judge Sides With TCF Against DeVos's Education Department

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02/20/2018

A federal judge granted The Century Foundation's request for a temporary restraining order against the Department of Education — what is thought to be the first order of its kind against Secretary Betsy DeVos.

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Surdna Foundation and Andrus Family Show Commitment to Next Generation of Progressive Philanthropists

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02/20/2018

This month, the Surdna Foundation and the Andrus Family Fund pledged $800,000 to 21 organizations representing “next-generation social justice philanthropy.”

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27 Apr 2018

2020 Census Funders: Who and Where Are New York’s “Hard-to-Count”?

Friday, April 27, 2018 -

9:00am to 11:00am

The 2020 Census Funders Group is an ad hoc group of regional philanthropic leaders working in partnership with national and local nonprofit, government and business leaders – as well as our upstate sister organization New York Funders Alliance and...

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Arcus Foundation's Support of Mighty Earth Has Major Impact on a Destructive Cacao Industry

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03/29/2018

In 2017, Arcus allocated $350,000 to support Mighty Earth’s work to stop deforestation connected to commercial agriculture, including cacao. This grant, while not huge, has already had outsized impact.

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17 May 2018

Family Separation Policies and Access to Justice in Detention Systems - A Webinar Hosted by GCIR

Thursday, May 17, 2018 -

4:00pm to 5:00pm

The administration has engaged in a wide range of policies that are causing immigrant and refugee families to be separated. The detention of community members and the recent raid in Tennessee demonstrate how mothers and fathers are being separated...

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19 Jun 2018

Learning to Work: What’s New and Innovative about NYC Summer Youth Employment

Tuesday, June 19, 2018 -

9:00am to 11:00am

Join the NYC Youth Funders for a session will focus on what's new and innovative in Summer Youth Employment and summertime Learning to Work initiatives for historically underserved students.

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Workforce Development

21 Jun 2018

Report in Focus: Revving up the Deportation Machinery: Enforcement and Pushback under Trump - A Webinar Hosted by GCIR

Thursday, June 21, 2018 -

4:00pm to 5:15pm

In the first eight months of the Trump administration, arrests and deportations of immigrants rose 40 percent versus the year before. The new administration’s decision to halt prioritization of certain immigrants for enforcement, and instead...

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10 Jul 2018

The Power of Pooled Funding to Increase College Graduation Rates

Tuesday, July 10, 2018 -

9:00am to 11:00am

Join the NYC youth funders for a session that will feature the development of and lessons learned from the College Completion Innovation Fund (CCIF), a unique collaborative model for college persistence and completion grantmaking managed by Graduate...

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Education

12 Jul 2018

Philanthropy’s Response to the Addition of a Citizenship Question to the 2020 Census - A Webinar Hosted by FCCP

Thursday, July 12, 2018 -

3:00pm to 4:00pm

On June 8, the Commerce Department (which oversees the Census Bureau) invited the public to comment on the paperwork associated with the 2020 census. The public has 60 days – until August 7 – to submit comments.

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