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06 Feb 2014

The Direct Care Workforce: Issues at the Intersection of Workforce, Aging, Disability, Health Care, Low Income & Disparity

Thursday, February 6, 2014 -

1:45pm to 5:00pm

Philanthropy New York

... — with policy implications. The facts are startling: One out of every seven low-wage workers in New York City is a ... Executive Director, Direct Care Alliance, Inc. A Philanthropy New York Members Briefing...

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Health

Workforce Development

Nathan Cummings Foundation Names Artealia Gilliard as its First Director of Communications

Release Date:

03/23/2017

... the truth in an era of ‘alternative facts’.” “ Philanthropy is a powerful catalyst for innovation and change in this country, and NCF stands out among their peers because they are bold and not afraid to ...

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Appointments & Transitions

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Environment and Climate Change

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Ford Foundation Provides Initial Funding for Black Feminist Fund

Release Date:

03/25/2021

... to approach Black women who are already leaders within philanthropy , and will aim to create a base of Black women donors with wealth. They also will reach out to those who don’ t have wealth...

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Gender Justice

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Ford Foundation

Trinity Church Wall Street Announces Nearly $21 Million in Grants for Nonprofits in New York City and Throughout the World

Release Date:

11/30/2021

... to support their mission of helping youth transition out of the shelter system into stable adult lives. “Far too ...

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Housing and Homelessness

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Wallace Foundation President Will Miller Tackles Education Reform in NYTimes Editorial

Release Date:

04/17/2015

... The problem is that great principals often don’ t end up in the schools that need them most — those with poor and minority ... to do much more to get outstanding principals into these schools...

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Education

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The Wallace Foundation

New National Standards for Principals Flow from Wallace Work

Release Date:

12/10/2015

Eight new standards for supervisors of school principals, covering topics such as instructional leadership and meeting the needs of diverse learners, aim to guide supervisors as they help those principals improve their effectiveness in an evolving...

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Education

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JPMorgan Chase Announces $20M for New Skills for Youth Initiative

Release Date:

01/11/2017

The Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) and JPMorgan Chase & Co. today announced $20 million in grants to 10 U.S. states to dramatically increase the number of students who graduate from high school prepared for careers.

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Corporate Social Responsibility

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JPMorgan Chase & Co.

Impact of Silicon Valley Community Foundation on Education around the Country Noted

Release Date:

06/07/2017

... around the Country Noted In San Francisco’s public schools , Marc Benioff, the chief executive of Salesforce, is ... determine which lessons students see. And in more than 100 schools nationwide, Mark...

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Silicon Valley Community Foundation

A Top State Education Policymaker Benefited From Integration. Now, He Wants To Bring It Back.

Release Date:

09/06/2017

... hometown of Kingston, New York began efforts to integrate schools . For Brown, then a preteen, that meant hopping on a ...

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Education

Student Absences Are About to Have Higher Stakes In Most States. Will Cheating Follow?

Release Date:

10/04/2017

... Have Higher Stakes In Most States. Will Cheating Follow? Schools across the country are about to be held accountable ... had much less significance and increasing the risk that schools will try to manipulate...

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The Prudential Spirit of Community Awards Recognizes Young Volunteers from Every State

Release Date:

10/17/2017

Prudential sponsors the United States' largest youth recognition program based solely on volunteer community service.

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Member News

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Civic Engagement

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Prudential Foundation

Rockefeller Foundation Grants $4.6M for Bay Area Resilience by Design Competition

Release Date:

01/23/2017

... Resilient by Design Challenge - a competition that will engage regional innovators, policy makers, designers, ... create realistic solutions to build the Bay Area for the next generation.” “Tackling our most...

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Community Development

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The Rockefeller Foundation

16 Mar 2015

Food Systems and Movements

Monday, March 16, 2015 -

2:45pm to 5:00pm

... up. But as many organizations have discovered, we can’ t rebuild the public sphere without addressing the issues ... 14. Members: To register yourself and/or a colleague at your organization, please log in and...

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The Rockefeller Foundation Commits to Making Healthy and Sustainable Foods More Accessible Around the World

Release Date:

03/24/2022

... to make them more resilient for the future.” Over the next three years, The Rockefeller Foundation’s Good Food ... Food Strategy will support large institutions, including schools and hospitals, to use their...

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Food Systems

Health

International/Foreign Affairs

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The New York Stem Cell Foundation Mourns the Loss of CEO Susan L. Solomon

Release Date:

09/09/2022

... her incredible and effective leadership of NYSCF for the next hundred years, I am nonetheless honored and ready to ...

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Foundations Work Together to Improve Broadband Service in Low-Income Communities

Release Date:

12/10/2014

... bring broadband to their citizens, whether that's figuring out how to build out Internet connections to historic buildings or passing ... idea that cities will the battlegrounds for the playing ...

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Technology

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Ford Foundation

Open Society Foundations

American Express-Supported NYFA Emerging Leaders Boot Camp Participants Named

Release Date:

02/18/2016

As the intensive professional-development program from the New York Foundation for the Arts turns three, a new cohort of arts administrators has been selected.