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19 Apr 2016

New York City Human Services Career Ladder Project

Tuesday, April 19, 2016 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

... spearheaded by these three groups secured $5 million in the City’s FY 2016 budget to support the initial ... of a sector-wide education and workforce training system , to discuss how to solicit input from the...

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Gender Justice

Workforce Development

Stonewall Community Foundation: Working Towards a Better Future Since 1990

Release Date:

06/18/2014

... person to try and support them all. Yet that is exactly what Stonewall Community Foundation is trying to help people do . As the only public foundation focused on the needs of ...

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Commonwealth Fund Advice: It’s Important to Read the Fine Print of Healthcare Coverage

Release Date:

12/16/2015

... not aware of this benefit. Preventive services are free in all health plans, including plans acquired through the ACA ... employers, or the individual market. These services do not count toward the deductible...

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The Commonwealth Fund

Carnegie President Says Humanitarians Can Have Impact on Refugee Crisis

Release Date:

04/26/2016

... far fewer said they had actually donated time or money in the past year to help refugees and many questioned their ... did so after hearing a personal story about refugees. " What is encouraging is that...

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

How The Rockefeller Foundation Is Bringing Electricity To Hundreds Of Villages Across India

Release Date:

09/18/2017

... India As of 2017, 1.3 billion people around the world do not have access to electricity. Of those, 290 million men, women, and children are in India, unable to power their homes, livelihoods, and their ... As...

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Rita Allen Foundation Supported Report Finds That Civic Tech Struggles with Sustainable Funding Despite Gains

Release Date:

10/31/2017

... first major report on civic tech since a detailed study in 2013 took a broad look at the investment landscape. The newer work is a closer examination of “why startups in the field are struggling to grow and...

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Rockefeller Releases Findings from Intergenerational Conference

Release Date:

12/20/2017

... Releases Findings from Intergenerational Conference In the summer of 2017, The Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio ... engaged in a unique intergenerational discussion about what motivates and...

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Children, Youth and Families

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NYT Interviews Schott Foundation VP Edgar Villanueva

Release Date:

11/28/2018

... philanthropic and social sector were developed early in the 20th century, the design resembled elements of ... was angry. But there’s plenty of books that criticize. What would I do...

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The Schott Foundation for Public Education

Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Foundation Working to Gather 20,000 Teen Opinions Across Western New York & Southeast Michigan

Release Date:

11/29/2018

... Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Foundation is asking teens and adults in Western New York and Southeast Michigan to finish this ... I live or work, one thing teens want when they are not in school is ...". Teen...

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SeaChange Capital Partners to Help Facilitate Merger of Chicago Non-Profits

Release Date:

12/18/2017

... and growth. Particularly, those outside the sector looking in see them as a solution to the perceived problem that there ... WomenOnCall , having recently announced plans to merge in January, are trying to get...

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Rockefeller Brothers Fund and F.B. Heron Foundation Place More Emphasis on Impact Investing

Release Date:

03/19/2015

... abandoning the oil business. But that is exactly what some of his heirs did last fall. The Rockefeller ... Brothers Fund, a family foundation with $860 million in assets and a long history of supporting...

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New York Botanical Garden Partners with MetLife Foundation for Healthy Families Program

Release Date:

09/21/2015

... walking tours, and free weekly cell phone recordings with " What 's in Season" at the Greenmarket. On select Wednesdays of each ... offered by staff from local hospitals. Participation in...

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Food Systems

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MetLife

Carnegie Corporation of New York Joins Others in Backing New High School Models

Release Date:

11/11/2015

Carnegie Corporation of New York Joins Others in Backing New High School Models The White House ... to back innovative school models "that reimagine the use of time, money, people, and technology, and through...

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

Hilton, Tow, Surdna and Edna McConnell Clark Noted as Important Funders for Foster Youth

Release Date:

01/08/2016

... unemployment, this is a population of individuals who can use all the help they can get. Many foundations recognize the role that philanthropy can play in creating better outcomes for these vulnerable youth,...

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UJA-Federation Noted in 'Why Metrics Matter In Jewish Philanthropy'

Release Date:

02/18/2016

UJA-Federation Noted in 'Why Metrics Matter In Jewish Philanthropy' My grandfather, may his memory be ... he was a retired butcher and not a wealthy man, he knew what it was like to...

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UJA-Federation of New York

Backed by Henry Luce and Andrew W. Mellon Foundations, Report Shows Need for U.S. to Invest in Language Learning to Remain Competitive

Release Date:

02/28/2017

... Mellon Foundations, Report Shows Need for U.S. to Invest in Language Learning to Remain Competitive The American ... the current state of U.S. language education, to project what the nation's education...

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Mellon Foundation

Commonwealth Fund: Why and How to Avoid High-Risk Pools for Americans with Preexisting Conditions

Release Date:

06/05/2017

... for people with preexisting conditions who have lapses in their coverage. In previous posts, I have talked about the ... pools that operated before the ACA and the fact that their use did not...

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The Commonwealth Fund

Opinion: How Parks Lose Their Playfulness

Release Date:

09/25/2017

... most of the construction and operational costs; he brought in Heatherwick Studio (a London specialist in such projects) to design it. Though planned as a public ... and Foundations and Conservancies, it’s...

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Lots of Men Are Gender-Equality Allies in Private. Why Not in Public?

Release Date:

10/13/2017

Lots of Men Are Gender-Equality Allies in Private. Why Not in Public? Real male allies tend to have three things in ... line). Finally, they demonstrate an honest commitment to what...

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02 Feb 2017

Invisible No More: Native Realities in a Post-Election Era

Thursday, February 2, 2017 -

9:00am to 11:00am

... the eyes and ears of New Yorkers, this effort is rooted in historical and contentious struggles not only about land ... loom large, while Standing Rock only begins to embody what is at stake. Join us for this...