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From the Ground Up

Release Date:

09/08/2017

... frequently, fail to reflect the real, micro-level needs of communities . What’s more, people rarely get to choose the ... and programs that land in their backyards; too often, they are subjected to development...

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De Blasio Fails To Give Public School Teachers Maternity Leave

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09/13/2017

... New York City schoolteachers. “Public school teachers are our everyday heroes,” said Tong. “Paid maternity ... for unionized city teachers is essential for women and our communities . As a mother who recognizes...

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Gender Justice

State Officials: N.Y. Will Help Enroll People in Insurance through Obamacare

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09/29/2017

... to ensuring that consumers have enrollment assistance in communities throughout the state.” NY State of Health is ...

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Towards a Fine-Free Future: JPB Foundation Tackles a Barrier to Public Library Engagement

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10/27/2017

... seems like a strange question. After all, public libraries are free, right? Not so fast, says the New York City-based ...

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Children, Youth and Families

Carolina Espinal Elected Schott Foundation Board Chair

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07/13/2020

... & inclusion. Carolina began her career as a civil rights advocate working on behalf of communities of color at Unidos US and later leading the ...

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The Schott Foundation for Public Education

22 May 2018

Education and Homelessness - Working Together for Students Experiencing Homelessness (Part 1 of 2) - A Webinar

Tuesday, May 22, 2018 -

2:00pm to 3:00pm

Across the country, student homelessness is rising. Despite increasing numbers, these students – as well as the school liaisons and state coordinators who support them – report that student homelessness remains an invisible and extremely disruptive...

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Education

Housing and Homelessness

Children, Youth and Families

What Foundations Can Do to Help Primary Care Succeed

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03/13/2012

... Affairs, Primary Care Development Corporation There are enormous expectations that primary care—the health ... Do we have enough primary care, especially in underserved communities ? and (2) Do we have the...

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23 Mar 2010

Change Philanthropy: Stories of Successful Policy Work and Collaboration

Tuesday, March 23, 2010 -

8:30am to 11:00am

... of the nation’s most successful campaigns for economic justice . Staff of a large foundation press for a program to ... Stories of Foundations Maximizing Results through Social Justice , will begin by...

Invest in Your Brand Endowment for Exponential Returns

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11/22/2016

... place to start, but if it is the only place you look, you are missing a big opportunity. That’s because there is ... year 2025. Currently only 21 of the Fortune 500 companies are headed by women and we believe...

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The Rockefeller Foundation

Stonewall Community Foundation

United Hospital Fund Elects Five New Board Members with Medical, Consulting, and Public Health Expertise

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07/16/2020

... current programs and develop new initiatives. “We are excited to welcome these accomplished individuals to UHF ... Interfaith Neighbors, and the Center for Constitutional Rights . He specializes in...

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United Hospital Fund

Philanthropy New York Members Among 15 Major Funders Committing More Than $100M to the Tribal Nations Conservation Pledge

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03/21/2023

... of thinking about conservation that centers the people who are most impacted by climate and biodiversity crises but also hold the ... waterways, our agricultural systems, and our planet. We are...

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Doris Duke Foundation

The J.M. Kaplan Fund

Salesforce Gives $19M to Support Five School Districts Across the US and Education Nonprofits

Release Date:

09/20/2021

... and get students back on track. “Back to school looks different this year, and there are new demands on teachers, parents, and students,” said ... course, our computer science students is game-changing. We...

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Salesforce

New York Women’s Foundation Joins Collaborative to Advance Equity through Research

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12/18/2015

... of young girls and women of color, their families and communities using an intersectional approach and analysis. ... shift toward gender and racial equity in NYC. “We are proud to work with this coalition to...

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Gender Justice

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The New York Women's Foundation

The Rockefeller Foundation Releases New Action Plan for Gathering and Sharing Information on SARS-CoV-2 Genomic Variants and Other Pathogens

Release Date:

03/08/2021

... Most existing global genomic surveillance efforts are ad hoc, siloed, and inadequate to meet the demands of a ... variants and their impact on the pandemic, there are clear challenges to the way this is done...

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The University of Washington Commits to Recruiting and Retaining Low-Income Students Through Bloomberg Philanthropies-Funded American Talent Initiative

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01/09/2018

... right now who come from low-income and working class communities who are very smart, but are ignored because they’re students of ... and retaining students from historically underserved...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies

Citi Joins the Economic Opportunity Coalition as Founding Member to Accelerate Financial Inclusion for All

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07/28/2022

... and accelerate economic opportunity in underserved communities in the U.S. The newly created program consists of ... committed to aligning major investments in underserved communities with investments made by...

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Economic Security

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Citi Foundation

John Ruskay, Ph.D., to Step Down in June 2014 as Executive Vice President and CEO of UJA-Federation of New York

Release Date:

05/01/2013

John Ruskay, Ph.D., has announced that he will step down from his position as Executive Vice President and CEO of UJA-Federation of New York on June 30, 2014, concurrent with the close of the 2014 Annual Campaign.

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UJA-Federation of New York

Soros' Support of Marijuana Legalization Leads Philanthropies to Increase Support for Opposition

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10/14/2014

Because of OSF founder George Soros' successful push to legalize marijuana, other foundations are ramping up support for anti drug policies and research.

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Health

Public Policy

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Open Society Foundations

The Achelis and Bodman Foundations

Bloomberg Fact Checks NYTimes on Climate Change

Release Date:

03/20/2017

... vehicles) and the rapidly advancing clean energy industry, are positioning the United States to achieve our Paris pledge ...

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Environment and Climate Change

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The Michael R. Bloomberg Family Foundation

Bloomberg Commits $64 Million to Beyond Coal Campaign

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10/12/2017

Bloomberg Commits $64 Million to Beyond Coal Campaign A day after the Trump administration formally announced its plans to rescind the Clean Power Plan, Bloomberg Philanthropies has announced a $64 million commitment to the Sierra...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Bloomberg Philanthropies

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