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NYPost Investigates Immigrant Support Projects of NYCT and Brooklyn Community Foundation

Release Date:

02/21/2017

New York’s well-heeled philanthropic groups are doling out big bucks to resist President Trump’s immigration policies and defend targeted social welfare and environmental programs.

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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The New York Community Trust

Brooklyn Org

To Cut Food Waste, Expiration Labels Get an Update

Release Date:

02/17/2017

Contrary to popular belief, most food labels today don’t say anything about the safety of the food in the package.

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Food Systems

Village Capital And Metlife Foundation Announce Partnership

Release Date:

03/17/2017

... support organization in each location to showcase a group of local startups at a day-long forum. Following the ...

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Community Development

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MetLife

Rockefeller Foundation Helps Speed Up Development of Minigrids in Africa

Release Date:

03/28/2017

Development partners such as the U.K.’s Department for International Development and Germany’s GIZ are committing hundreds of millions of dollars to explore the potential for minigrids and support their growth.

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Environment and Climate Change

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The Rockefeller Foundation

Alfred P. Sloan Study Finds Possible Solutions to Sleep Disorders and Depression

Release Date:

06/09/2017

... and Depression Alfred P. Sloan study identified a group of neurons that may have implications for treating ...

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Health

Science

To Sell Themselves to Donors, Nonprofits Are Turning to the Pros

Release Date:

09/13/2017

... did not do was provide a concise explanation of what the group ’s aims were and, perhaps more crucially, why people ...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

In Canada, Climate Change Could Open New Farmland To The Plow

Release Date:

09/25/2017

... of the Canadian Federation of Agriculture, a lobby group representing 200,000 farmers. . . In Canada, Climate ...

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Environment and Climate Change

12 Jul 2017

ComNetworkNY: Coffee Klatch With Your Philanthropic Peers

Wednesday, July 12, 2017 -

8:30am to 10:00am

... is intended for communications managers and directors working in philanthropic organizations. RSVPs are limited ... New York and ComNetworkNY, the local organizing group of The Communications Network. Get to...

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Angel Melendez

Angel Melendez joined Philanthropy New York in November of 2015. As the Guest Service Assistant, he works under the direction of the Officer Manager to ensure that Philanthropy New York’s members, guests, and employees receive exceptional, courteous...

Rockefeller Foundation Announces Winners of 2013 Jane Jacobs Medal

Release Date:

10/14/2013

The Medal is awarded annually to individuals whose work creates new ways of seeing and understanding New York City.

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Member News

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Community Development

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The Rockefeller Foundation

Cultivating Nonprofit Leadership: A (Missed?) Philanthropic Opportunity

Publication date:

03/2015

The National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy has released the second report in their "Smashing Silos in Philanthropy" series.

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Report

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Leadership Development

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy

Ford Foundation Launches 'Art of Change' Fellowship Program

Release Date:

04/10/2015

The initiative is designed to explore the roles art and culture play in illuminating and addressing urgent issues of equity, opportunity, and justice.

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Arts

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Schott's Villanueva Comments on Native Leadership in Institutional Philanthropy

Release Date:

05/27/2016

... was planning to retire. As one of the few Native Americans working at a foundation, I celebrated her many ... influencers in philanthropy. Why are there so few of us working in philanthropy? Who's...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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The Schott Foundation for Public Education

Century Foundation President Comments on New Proposal Offering Debt Forgiveness

Release Date:

07/22/2016

... the purposes of the federal student loan program, 10 years working for the government or most nonprofits qualifies. A ...

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Economic Security

New Director of Anti-Human Trafficking Fund Announced at NEO Philanthropy

Release Date:

11/03/2016

... Philanthropy. It makes strategic grants to organizations working at the intersection of trafficking, migration, labor ...

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Gender Justice

Introducing the Open Society Foundations’ New Communities Against Hate Initiative

Release Date:

12/05/2016

The grants Open Society Foundations will make through this call for applications are part of a broader emergency response to the uptick in incidents of hate in the United States.

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RFPs Etc

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Social Justice

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Open Society Foundations

Employment Is Up in New York State, but Gains Are Uneven

Release Date:

09/05/2017

... state comptroller. More than 9.1 million New Yorkers were working in 2016—the most since 2008, according to the ... the 10 regions studied in the report, the number of people working also declined during that...

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Economic Security

Beyond a Portal, to Real Patient Engagement

Release Date:

04/10/2017

... you across a range of measures: quality, cost, experience, education , personality, approach to care. 4. Choosing ... be supported in actively engaging in their own care and working in partnership with their...