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JPMorgan Chase Gives $350M to Workforce Training, Community Colleges

Release Date:

03/19/2019

Eyes are on community colleges to provide the training panacea for the current skills gap as well as affordable ways for people to refresh or add to their skill sets throughout their lives.

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Economic Security

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JPMorgan Chase & Co.

Leaving Rikers: What the New York Women's Foundation Is Doing for Women in New York City's Worst Jail

Release Date:

04/09/2019

... in New York City. The Justice Fund’s first round of grants in 2019 focuses on the closure of Rikers Island, which ...

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Support From Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Continues College Access and Success Program of American Indian College Fund

Release Date:

05/02/2019

Native American and Alaska Native students are in a college-going and completion crisis.

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Children, Youth and Families

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Mellon Foundation

The John A. Hartford Foundation Announces Staff Promotions and Hiring of Nancy Wexler as Program Officer

Release Date:

06/12/2019

... communications staff. He will also continue to oversee a grants portfolio focused on improving care of older adults in ...

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Elon University Joins Multi-campus Collaborative Initiative Funded by Andrew W. Mellon Foundation

Release Date:

06/20/2019

Elon University has been selected to participate in a collaborative, community-based humanities and civic engagement initiative launched by the Bringing Theory to Practice project.

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Civic Engagement

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Mellon Foundation

Bloomberg Philanthropies Launches New Digital Innovation Project for European Cities

Release Date:

06/25/2019

... public data to solve problems. Through project support, grants , and professional development programming for Chief ...

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Community Development

Technology

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Bloomberg Philanthropies

Arabella Advisors Named Among the Best Entrepreneurial Companies in America

Release Date:

10/01/2019

The announcement comes as a result of the magazine's annual "Entrepreneur 360," a premier study delivering what Entrepreneur Media calls "the most comprehensive analysis of private companies" in the United States. Based on the study, Arabella is...

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Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation Partners to Supply Three Paterson, New Jersey Schools With Musical Instruments

Release Date:

10/15/2019

... last winter. “We are thrilled to deliver three more grants ,” said Chiho Feindler, senior director of programs ...

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Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation

New York City Funders Join Forces to Launch The NYC COVID-19 Response & Impact Fund

Release Date:

03/20/2020

... and economic effects of the coronavirus. It will give grants and loans to NYC-based nonprofits that are trying to ...

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

Doris Duke Foundation

The Estée Lauder Companies

Ford Foundation

Freedom Together Foundation

Mellon Foundation

The New York Community Trust

Charles H. Revson Foundation

Rockefeller Brothers Fund

Jennifer and Jonathan Allan Soros Foundation

Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund

UJA-Federation of New York

Johnson & Johnson Supporting Frontline Healthcare Workers and Our Communities

Release Date:

05/20/2020

... Johnson Center for Health Worker Innovation . Whether cash grants , employee actions or J&J product donations, we will ...

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Evelyn Blanck Selected as New Board President of The Stella and Charles Guttman Foundation

Release Date:

07/07/2021

... through Federal, State, City and Philanthropically funded grants . She serves on numerous boards and committees ...

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Stella and Charles Guttman Foundation

Mary Grecco Named Vice President of Finance and Administration at the Foundation for Child Development

Release Date:

05/04/2023

... the Foundation’s finances, operations, compliance, and grants management as a strategic partner to its new ...

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18 Apr 2012

Improving Teaching: What’s Evaluation Got to Do with It?

Wednesday, April 18, 2012 -

1:45pm to 5:00pm

A debate* over the methods and purpose of teaching evaluation has been roiling in the national and many local media for months. In New York as elsewhere, the media have largely focused on the points of dispute and the contentious use of value-added...

18 Mar 2013

Measuring What Matters: Indicators of College and Career Readiness

Monday, March 18, 2013 -

2:45pm to 5:00pm

Philanthropy New York, 79 Fifth Ave., 4th floor, NYC

Over the last several years, policymakers, educators, and philanthropy have increasingly highlighted the challenge of maintaining a college educated work force in the US: both the economy and American society increasingly require more than a high...

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Winning Was Just Part of the Reward

Release Date:

09/17/2013

Brooklyn Community Foundation President and CEO Cecilia Clarke talks about her firsthand experience with The New York Community Trust-New York Magazine Nonprofit Excellence Awards.

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All Funders

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Brooklyn Org

New Report From Arabella Advisors says More Than $6 Trillion Pledged to Fossil Fuel Divestment

Release Date:

09/12/2018

The movement to divest from fossil fuels and invest in renewable energy alternative continues to accelerate, with commitments from nearly a thousand institutional investors, a report from DivestInvest and Arabella Advisors finds.

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Environment and Climate Change

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Simons Foundation Announces Launch of the Center for Computational Mathematics

Release Date:

10/02/2018

The center, led by mathematician Leslie Greengard, will develop new mathematical approaches, algorithms and software to push the boundaries of scientific computing across many disciplines.

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24 May 2022

100% Democracy: The Case for Universal Voting and Philanthropy's Role

Tuesday, May 24, 2022 -

12:00pm to 2:00pm

What if we held an election and everyone voted? Making voting a required civic duty for every citizen would make dramatic improvements in American democracy. What's philanthropy's role?