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Morgan Stanley and Kresge Foundation Supported Fund Doubles Commitment to Disadvantaged Areas with $100M for Affordable Housing, Health Care

Release Date:

11/04/2015

... while also supporting more than 400 new apartments that are affordable to low-income families.. Even before the new ... creating jobs in blighted areas, and developing efficient ways to finance neighborhood...

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The Kresge Foundation

06 Jan 2016

Beyond Coverage: Getting Healthcare to Neighborhoods in Need

Wednesday, January 6, 2016 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

... need for adequate funding to ensure safety net providers are successful. With projects expected to begin in mid-2016 ... and New York City Economic Development Corporation (EDC), are working under an ambitious...

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Weinberg Foundation Announces New Trustee, as well as Leadership Changes in Hawaii Office

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07/27/2018

... organization dedicated to learning the most effective ways of improving programs and policies that affect the poor. ... welfare programs and systems. He and his wife Kathryn are both long-standing members of...

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The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation

Member Input on Official Statement on Tax Reform that Sustains and Grows Charitable Giving

... an especially efficient method of directing resources to communities , because for every $1 that the federal government ... New York supports efforts to revise the tax code in ways that will further incentivize...

Borealis Philanthropy's Racial Equity to Accelerate Change Fund Moves $2.2 Million to Racial Equity Practitioners

Release Date:

11/01/2022

... organizations and leadership; integrating healing justice into racial justice practices; and designing for internal and external ... and whole stories),” shared Change Elemental. “We are so...

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Phillip Brian Harper Named New Program Director for Higher Learning At The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation

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08/27/2020

... for the Foundation that is focused specifically on social justice and equity. In addition to leading program staff in ... doing so.” Having served as chair or director in four different departments and...

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Mellon Foundation

Joan Mitchell Foundation Names 2020 Artists in Residence

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01/29/2020

... identity, and the importance of the creative process in ways that feel timely and deeply meaningful,” said Toccarra ... share ideas and innovations, and to be inspired in new ways through dialogue with other...

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Joan Mitchell Foundation

20 Jun 2024

Responding to the Moment: Participatory Approaches in Philanthropy

Thursday, June 20, 2024 -

3:00pm to 4:30pm

... the inequitable system of philanthropy, some foundations are embracing the participation of people with lived ... Participatory Philanthropy Toolkit that supports the ways in which philanthropy can shift and...

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Racism, Inequality, and Health Care for African Americans - New Report by The Century Foundation

Release Date:

12/19/2019

... Over the span of several decades, namely since the Civil Rights Acts of 1964 and 1968, they have been able to make ... gains have been made as well, but African Americans are still paid less than white...

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The Century Foundation

Ford Foundation Appoints Achmat Dangor to Lead Its South Africa Office

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04/01/2013

... Zimbabwe. Dangor is a globally renowned leader for social justice who as a writer, poet and advocate for human dignity ... justice . Highly respected as a problem-solver and human rights...

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William T. Grant Foundation Appoints Kenji Hakuta and Mark Soler to Board of Trustees

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07/12/2017

... his colleagues worked in more than 40 states on juvenile justice , child welfare, health, mental health, and education ... successfully in 16 states on behalf of children whose rights had been violated in...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Bloggers Falsely Accuse JPMorgan Chase of Employee "LGBT Loyalty Test"

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07/07/2014

JPMorgan Chase appears to be the victim of right wing bloggers who have been making erroneous posts alleging the bank requires its employees to take an "LGBT loyalty" test.

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Novo Foundation and Goren Group Announce Winner of Women's Building International Design Competition

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07/14/2016

... in New York into a hub for the girls’ and women’s rights movement. “For decades, the girls’ and women’s rights community in New York has wanted a physical home where ... Shifman, executive director of the NoVo...

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Reflections from Foundations on the Hill

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03/24/2011

... to participate in Foundations on the Hill. This annual event , co-sponsored by the Council on Foundations and ... is very high. Many of those working on Capitol Hill are simply unaware of the many facets of the...

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Deutsche Bank Americas Foundation Supports Initiative to Eliminate Veteran Homelessness in the United States

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02/19/2015

... and chronic homelessness over the next two years in 71 US communities , representing 30 different states and the District of Columbia, run by ... Urban Development. In addition, 1.4 million other veterans...

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Veterans

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Deutsche Bank Americas Foundation

Can Redevelopment of the Bedford Union Armory Be Saved?

Release Date:

10/04/2017

... Bedford Union Armory in Crown Heights to create a mix of different types of housing and a state-of-the-art recreation ...

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The Rockefeller Foundation Announces $3 Million in New Funding for Data Science Platform Global.health To Strengthen Pathogen Surveillance and Response

Release Date:

11/01/2022

... to the next level. The scientists behind Global.health are advancing digital innovation and collaboration to ... by this grant will include: Evaluating the impact of different data sources to define which data...

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What Business Can Learn From Buddhism

Release Date:

10/02/2017

What Business Can Learn From Buddhism Millennials, we are told, have a different attitude to work than their elders. They want to ...

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Laura Landy, CEO and President of The Rippel Foundation Joins Grantmakers In Health Board of Directors

Release Date:

12/01/2017

... which seeks to uncover and advance new and fundamentally different and better ways to improve health and well-being; ensure quality care; ...