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Brooklyn Community Foundation Encourages Donors to Give Where They Live with $100,000 Match

Release Date:

11/20/2017

... Community Foundation Encourages Donors to Give Where They Live with $100,000 Match Brooklyn is setting out to prove ... To encourage Brooklyn residents to give where they live and learn about often overlooked...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Sheena Wright of the United Way of NYC Talks About Removing Silos and Saving Lives

Release Date:

11/22/2016

Sheena Wright is the first woman to lead the United Way of NYC, one of the oldest and largest United Ways in the country.

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Gender Justice

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United Way of New York City

Con Edison, Mertz Gilmore, Rockefeller Brothers Fund Support Radical Comedian's Latest Work at New York Live Arts

Release Date:

03/21/2017

... Fund Support Radical Comedian's Latest Work at New York Live Arts Truscott mines her own past and current work - as a ... Fund Support Radical Comedian's Latest Work at New York Live Arts .....

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Arts

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Mertz Gilmore Foundation

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Study Reveals The Hidden Lives of America’s Poor and Middle Class (Citi and Ford Foundations)

Release Date:

01/06/2016

The new barriers to economic stability and upward mobility are not trivial. Recent data show that wages are stagnant for a wide swath of earners, annual income volatility has risen markedly since the 1970s, economic mobility varies widely, wealth...

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Economic Security

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Ford Foundation

Using Data to Save Lives: The Rockefeller Foundation and Partners Launch $100 Million Precision Public Health Initiative

Release Date:

09/25/2019

Initiative Aims to Prevent 6 Million Deaths by 2030. Brings Data Science and Machine Learning to Community Health Systems and Frontline Workers.

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Health

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The Rockefeller Foundation and Mastercard Announce Grants to Streamline Access to Benefits for 5 Million People Living in Poverty

Release Date:

10/21/2019

... million. "More than 38 million people in the United States live in poverty and struggle to meet their most basic needs. .....

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Community Development

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Arcus, NoVo Foundation Announce Groundbreaking Philanthropy Initiative to Improve the Lives of Transgender People

Release Date:

12/08/2015

... a global foundation dedicated to the idea that people can live in harmony with one another and the natural world, and ... as work intended to ensure that all transgender people live in a world where they are...

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LGBTQ

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Arcus Foundation

NoVo Foundation

New Book from Atlantic Philanthropies Explores ‘Giving While Living’ Approach to Philanthropy

Release Date:

09/18/2017

Bill Gates, Warren Buffett are cited among the billionaires inspired by Atlantic Founder Chuck Feeney who donated his fortune during his lifetime.

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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The Atlantic Philanthropies

Research to Prevent Blindness-Backed Study Finds Ebola Virus Lives in Eye Long After Blood Clears

Release Date:

05/08/2015

A few months after being declared Ebola-free, Ian Crozier, MD, developed uveitis in his left eye, and the caused by a reservoir of Ebola virus in that eye.

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Health

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Research to Prevent Blindness

City Busing Over 5,000 Students Living In Homeless Shelters To Public Schools This Year

Release Date:

09/11/2017

The city will bus a record number of homeless students from shelters to public schools this year in an effort to get more kids to class.

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Education

Housing and Homelessness

Where You Live, How You Give: What a Fidelity Study Says About U.S. Donors

Release Date:

10/06/2017

Where You Live , How You Give: What a Fidelity Study Says About U.S. ... in America, it's worth paying attention. ... Where You Live , How You Give: What a Fidelity Study Says About U.S. .....

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New York Community Trust Joins Redlich Horwitz Foundation and Tiger Foundation to Improve the Lives of Foster Children

Release Date:

05/29/2018

They will fund five agencies to work with ACS’ Home Away from Home initiative, designed to increase placement of children in foster care with family members and friends (known as kinship caregivers) and improve foster parent recruitment, training,...

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Children, Youth and Families

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The New York Community Trust

Redlich Horwitz Foundation

Tiger Foundation

Mayor de Blasio Can Make Lasting Change with Nonprofit Living Wages and Career Opportunities

Release Date:

12/16/2014

Jennifer Jones-Austin and James Parrott explore how the City of New York can address low social service sector wages.

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Insights

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HR & Operations

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Workforce Development

24 Sep 2019

100 Million Healthier Lives: Transforming Health and Wellbeing for Aging Adults - A Webinar Hosted by Grantmakers in Aging

Tuesday, September 24, 2019 -

2:00pm to 3:00pm

The rising tide of chronic disease, an aging population, structural inequity in health outcomes, and new technology all demand a fundamentally different approach to fostering health.

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Tools & Strategies

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Webinar/Teleconference

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Funding Area

Aging

07 Mar 2023

Beyond Surviving to Thriving: Building a Gender Equitable Economy Based on Womens’ Lived Experience - A Webinar Hosted by AFN

Tuesday, March 7, 2023 -

1:00pm to 2:00pm

In honor of International Women’s Day, please join the Asset Funders Network, Economic Opportunity Funders and EITC Funders Network, to learn about how we can build a gender-equitable economy in which women and their families can strive, thrive, and...

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Issue-Based

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Webinar/Teleconference

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All Funders

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Funding Area

Economic Security

Gender Justice

Disaster Philanthropy Playbook Launched, Living Online Resource Funded by J&J and Rita Allen Foundation

Release Date:

01/14/2016

The Disaster Philanthropy Playbook, a comprehensive resource of best practices and innovative approaches to guide the philanthropic community in responding to future disasters, is now available online.