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Nathan Cummings Foundation Fellowship Shows Successes

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10/16/2015

$100,000 fellowship has seeded groundbreaking innovation in private/non-profit partnerships, municipal financing, faith-based organizing and a new class of Fellows was announced.

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The Nathan Cummings Foundation

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Pinkerton, NYCT-Supported JobsFirstNYC Announces 4 Workforce Partnerships to Help Youth Gain Employment Training & Jobs

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02/19/2016

Out-of-school and out-of-work young adults in NYC will be helped to connect with stable jobs and careeer opportunities, thorough JobsFirstNYC's local initiative - the Young Adult Sectoral Employment Project (YASEP).

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Children, Youth and Families

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The New York Community Trust

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PHI Founder Steven Dawson Joins Pinkerton as a Visiting Fellow

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02/23/2016

Steven Dawson, the founder and longtime CEO of the Paraprofessional Healthcare Institute (PHI), has joined The Pinkerton Foundation as a Visiting Fellow.

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USDA, Surdna and Other Foundations Join to Strengthen Local Food Supply Chains

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04/01/2016

U.S. Department of Agriculture officials joined 15 national and regional philanthropic partners to announce a new initiative to bolster the supply chain for local food systems around 10 key U.S. cities. The project, dubbed 'Food LINC', will connect...

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Food Systems

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Surdna Foundation

13 Oct 2016

Why is Wage Theft on the Rise as the Minimum Wage Increases to $15?

Thursday, October 13, 2016 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

... from workers' wages, affecting workers of all types of industries , including low-wage immigrants, office workers, .....

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14 Sep 2016

Workforce Funders Quarterly Meeting: Career Pathways Report Implementation Update

Wednesday, September 14, 2016 -

9:00am to 11:00am

In November 2014, the de Blasio administration released the "Career Pathways: One City Working Together" report, which adopted the Career Pathways framework and called for a movement away from rapid attachment approach to one that utilized industry...

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Oscar Raposo Jr. Joins United Way of New York City

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08/18/2016

Raposo brings to UWNYC decades of experience in global finance and operations across industrial, consumer and financial services—in both the public and private sectors.

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United Way of New York City

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27 Sep 2016

Healing from and Preventing Conflict: The Unique Power of the Arts

Tuesday, September 27, 2016 -

9:00am to 11:00am

For some nations, war - current or past - defines them. For others, conflict occurs in pockets, affecting people and groups unequally. The effects of conflict on social cohesion create divides that threaten the health of families, communities, and...

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14 Dec 2016

New York City Workforce Funders Quarterly Meeting and School and Career Pathways: The Role of Employers as Partners

Wednesday, December 14, 2016 -

9:00am to 11:00am

... communities, to prepare young people for jobs in industries that are growing – and are growing quality, ...

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Altman Foundation, NY Community Trust, PNY Among Nonprofit Leaders Named to Value-Based Payment Commission

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02/01/2017

The Human Services Council of New York (HSC) today announced the formation of a Value-Based Payment Commission to support New York State's shift to a value-based payment (VBP) model for health and human services in the area of Medicaid.

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Altman Foundation

William T. Grant Foundation Names Rosanna Aybar as Vice President, Finance And Administration

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03/13/2017

Ms. Aybar will oversee the external managers of the Foundation’s endowment. She will also have responsibility for the Foundation’s budget, accounting, audit, human resources, and information technology systems, as well as management of the...

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We Need Ideas from the Right (and Left, and All Around)

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05/02/2017

... members were very appreciative that Mark Holden of Koch Industries was one of the panelists who spoke about his ...

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Carnegie Among Funders of STEM Learning Ecosystems, 17 Regional Partnerships Focused on STEM Education Pathways Added

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05/25/2017

The STEM Learning Ecosystems Initiative, launched by the STEM Funders Network, has grown to encompass 54 regional Ecosystems that are making a significant impact on STEM education and workforce development. Seventeen Ecosystems joined the group...

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Children, Youth and Families

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13 Sep 2017

New York City Workforce Funders Quarterly Meeting and Federal and State Workforce Policy Update

Wednesday, September 13, 2017 -

9:00am to 11:00am

Federal and state workforce funding of the workforce system has declined significantly over the past twenty years.

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2017 New York Community Trust Nonprofit Excellence Awards Semifinalists Announced

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08/02/2017

Ten nonprofit groups from across the city have been chosen as semifinalists for The New York Community Trust Nonprofit Excellence Awards Program, making them eligible for $60,000 in cash prizes and scholarships to Columbia Business School programs.

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ASPCA Weighs In On The Surprising Argument for Extending Food Stamps to Pets

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01/23/2018

Advocates say a food-stamp program that includes pet food would address a little-discussed gap in the social safety net: Currently, there is no federal program that helps low-income people care for their pets.

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Reader's Digest Partners for Sight Foundation

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How to Win the Lottery

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02/27/2018

Susan Olivo, Executive Director, Reader's Digest Partners for Sight Foundation writes "Adding a disability lens to our grantmaking enriches and expands the good work we already do. It respects the diversity that disability brings as an everyday part...

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Teresa C. Younger, President and CEO of Ms. Foundation for Women on Creating a Culture of Equity

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03/14/2018

... years. As a result, this has pressured businesses in other industries to follow suit and increased the demand for pay ...

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Supported By The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, The National Alliance for Audition Support Looks to Increase Diversity in Orchestras

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04/18/2018

The new initiative — created by the Sphinx Organization, the New World Symphony and the League of American Orchestras — will train musicians for auditions, pair them with mentors, showcase their work in concerts and give them stipends to travel to...

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