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Report Highlights 20 Urban Resilience Strategies In The Rockefeller Foundation-Supported Resilient Cities Network

Release Date:

01/25/2017

... While cities committed to building resilience are actively working to boost their capacity to survive, adapt to, and ... are needed to bridge the gap in capacity, a report from the 100 Resilient Cities network...

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Community Development & Place Based Initiatives

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15 Mar 2018

Federal Immigration Policy Comes to Main Street: How Local Governments Are Responding to a New Era - A Webinar Hosted by GCIR

Thursday, March 15, 2018 -

4:00pm to 5:00pm

... executive order on January 25 to withhold federal funding from cities that adopt such policies. What are sanctuary ... up to speed on recent policy developments and learn how funders can respond. Explore: The...

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Immigration & Immigrant Communities

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Why We Support Media

Release Date:

07/05/2018

... a residential incubator in lower Manhattan where emerging education -related nonprofit organizations stay for between ... and veteran reporters, editors, producers and podcasters working on education...

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Edwin Gould Foundation | EGF Accelerator

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Communications/Media

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Rockefeller Foundation Helping Cities with Novel Financing for Climate Issues

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08/16/2017

... one that transfers some of the risk of innovative projects from cities to investors. The foundation, established with ... environmental impact bonds, pioneered by The Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and Washington, D...

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Environment & Sustainability

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Mexican-Born Artist To Build Wall In New York Park

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09/06/2017

... To Build Wall In New York Park At 7am on 7 September, a group of Mexican friends led by the artist Bosco Sodi will ... by the New York park authorities. “I even heard someone from the mayor’s office is coming...

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Sector News

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Arts, Culture, & Media

Testing New Kind Of Emergency Care

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07/08/2014

... a free-standing emergency center opening across the street from the former St. Vincent's Hospital in NYC , as as a test case for a new kind of care. The new .....

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New York Health Foundation

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Health & Human Services

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Cricket Island Foundation Welcomes New Deputy Director Seema Shah

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07/27/2016

... 5 as our inaugural Deputy Director. Seema comes to us from the Foundation Center where she has worked for the past ... design and lead research studies related to international education . Previously she was...

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Philanthropy & Nonprofit Sector Support

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Ford’s Walker Says ‘Unusual Coalition’ Won’t Be Last of its Kind

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02/20/2015

... this emerging consensus. The Ford Foundation has been working on this and related issues for years, supporting ... expect would never partner together—and supported by funders whose work is very often at cross...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Justice Reform

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Ford Foundation

Robert Rauschenberg Foundation Announces Inaugural Creative Director For Its Captiva Artists Residency

Release Date:

05/01/2012

... Rauschenberg’s 26-acre estate on Captiva Island, Florida into a creative center that welcomes leaders in the visual ... writing and a variety of scholarship and disciplines from around the world to live, work...

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Robert Rauschenberg Foundation

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Arts, Culture, & Media

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The Sister Fund Welcomes Tina Cherena as Its New Executive Director

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10/01/2012

... and give voice to the marginalized, especially women working for healing in the world from a faith-based perspective. Cherena brings fifteen years ... her undergraduate and graduate studies in Community...

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HLH Family Foundation Inc

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Women & Girls

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16 Jun 2016

Will Philanthropy Join In The Fight To Vote?

Thursday, June 16, 2016 -

8:30am to 11:00am

... at the center of American politics since the beginning, from the Founders’ debates to today’s hot topics: ... to support a fair voting process Barriers for funders not already supporting voting rights and how...

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

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Panel

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All Funders

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Civic & Social Engagement

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Foundations as First Responders?

Release Date:

04/18/2013

... (a quite remarkable time in New York City extending from the 1970s to the late 1990s) and some disaster befell us ... and communities most affected by this type of unexpected event . Our office was located in a...

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How Arts And Culture Make New York A Place For All Of Us

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06/27/2017

... and you will get an earful about the rich cultural life. From world-famous productions on proscenium stages to ... Greater Jamaica Development Corporation (GJDC) has been working with the City Department of...

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The New York Community Trust

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Arts, Culture, & Media

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Chronicle of Social Change Profiles Hilton Foundation and Its Massive Growth

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01/22/2016

... Massive Growth As I discussed in my post last week on funders helping foster youth age out successfully, the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation ... foundation seeks out and supports new ways to help foster ...

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Conrad N. Hilton Foundation (New York)

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Education & Youth

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Three Essential Insights on International Impact Investing

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09/08/2014

... in partnership with the African Grantmakers’ Affinity Group , highlighted the unique conditions and challenges of ... is a strong market demand for services such as housing, education , and financial services as...

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Impact Investing

19 Oct 2010

The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) at 20: Looking Back/Looking Ahead to Building a More Inclusive Community

Tuesday, October 19, 2010 -

8:30am to 11:00am

... New York Collaborative Program, presented by Disability Funders Network with the Kessler Foundation , Mitsubishi ... Disability Funders Network is a grantmakers’ affinity group whose mission...

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The Rockefeller Foundation, Moore Foundation Join Fund for Shared Insight

Release Date:

11/10/2015

... Fund for Shared Insight is a collaborative effort among funders that pools financial and other resources to make ... grants to improve philanthropy. Shared Insight emerged from a belief that foundations will...

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Philanthropy & Nonprofit Sector Support

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Gates Foundation Names Robert Hughes as New K-12 Strategy Director

Release Date:

02/18/2016

... students of color. Bob is a respected problem-solver in education who understands the needs of students and teachers. ... K-12 team believe passionately that a strong public education is the best bridge to...

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Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

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Education

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Ariane Cruz Represented Philanthropy New York with City Council Testimony on City Contracting

Release Date:

03/22/2024

... the New York City Council to strongly support streamlining NYC 's nonprofit contracting process. Ariane underscored the ... Sandy Nurse, Althea V. Stevens and Inna Vernikov) FROM : Ariane Cruz, Philanthropy...

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PNY News

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