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Violence Against Women Is Not Only a Local Issue

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03/22/2017

... The family code secured more rights and greater access to education for these women. However, domestic violence is ... tried to find out, but it understandably does not have a working website. Organizations...

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Gender Justice

Jonas Center Announces New Focus on Environmental Health

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05/20/2016

... nation's leading philanthropic funder of graduate nursing education . “We have a moral imperative to address this ... focused on the elimination of toxins in the environment or education and awareness...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Health

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Open Society Foundations Announce 2022 Soros Equality Fellows

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11/09/2022

... the 2022 cohort of Soros Equality Fellows. The diverse group of fellows include documentary filmmakers, professors, ... organizers, policy advocates, journalists, and authors. Working across the United States...

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Excellence is the Best Strategy

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12/10/2013

... Trust Many of New York’s nonprofit groups are excited about receptive ears in a de Blasio administration that ... and vegetables. In response, the staff trained elderly and youth volunteers to manage a farmers...

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The New York Community Trust

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The Charles H. Revson Foundation Awards $3.3 Million in Grants to Ten Recipients

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11/30/2022

... Grants were distributed within the Program Areas of “ Education ,” “Jewish Life,” and “Urban Affairs” ... program, a fellowship to prepare the next generation of NYC public service leaders, at the Colin Powell...

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Charles H. Revson Foundation

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24 Mar 2022

How Philanthropy is Advancing Criminal Legal Reform in a Changing Political Landscape

Thursday, March 24, 2022 -

1:00pm to 2:00pm

... from over. With a changing political landscape locally in NYC , at the state level, and nationally, it is critical that ... and systems change. Who should attend? All interested funders , regardless of role...

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Justice Reform

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Pennsylvania College Consortium Created With $800,000 From Mellon Foundation

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07/03/2014

... Ursinus, and Washington & Jefferson Colleges. The group is being supported by a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon ... to contribute in important ways to national discussions about improving access to higher...

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Schott Foundation Releases New Report, “Keeping Students First: Building Community Labor Partnerships for Strong Schools.”

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04/10/2018

... for the schools students deserve, and identify plans for working together to create these environments for students. ...

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The Schott Foundation for Public Education

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Far Rockaway Leaders Look Ahead

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02/12/2013

New York Foundation Executive Director Maria Mottola talks about a recent funder trip to meet nonprofit leaders in Far Rockaway and what she and others learned about the challenges that community faces. Far...

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The Space Between Intention and Impact

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10/24/2022

... for this vision. Baltimore’s $12 million Children and Youth Fund built a model that radically changed who held ... volunteers and may lack data and metrics, a key way that funders often judge “effectiveness.”...

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Ford Foundation Joins Bipartisan Coalition to Change Criminal Justice System

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02/20/2015

... and the center, a Washington-based liberal issues group , are coming together to back a new organization called ... Besides Koch Industries and Laura and John Arnold, initial funders of the coalition are the...

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Justice Reform

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#FOTH2016, From a First-Timer’s Perspective

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04/20/2016

... for voicing the concerns of nonprofits and foundations working for change in their congressional districts. Those ... I had a chance to delve deeper into the issues they care about and where our members had...

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20 Feb 2019

Activating Philanthropy’s Power for Change: The Role of Self-Assessment and Honest Feedback

Wednesday, February 20, 2019 -

2:30pm to 5:00pm

... planning, action and reflection. In the process, how can funders receive and make the most of honest feedback to ... sector. We will also have time to break out into small group discussions. Explore How Power...

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Revson and Niarchos Foundations Open Nominations for Library Awards

Release Date:

11/19/2015

... for top honors and the shot at a $20,000 prize. The NYC Neighborhood Library Awards recognize and reward public ... pool will be narrowed down to ten finalists. From there, a group of eminent judges will pick...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Charles H. Revson Foundation

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Stavros Niarchos Foundation

Elizabeth Leiman Kraiem Joins Guttman Foundation Board of Directors

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01/22/2015

... is the Executive Director of the Jewish Foundation for Education of Women, a New York City-based, nonsectarian ... served as co-chair of the Steering Committee for PNY’s Funders of Women and Girls and is on...

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Jewish Foundation for Education of Women

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Stella and Charles Guttman Foundation

What the Brooklyn Community Foundation is Looking for in Grantees

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04/23/2015

... anticipated program funding areas would likely involve youth development, nonprofit leadership, the Crown Heights ... racial justice, high school graduation rates, youth arrests and school suspensions,...

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