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10 Dec 2020

Uncovering Dyslexia, NYC’s Literacy Crisis and its Effects Across Systems

Thursday, December 10, 2020 -
9:00am to 10:30am
Education, particularly literacy, should unlock opportunities. Instead, most literacy programs used in American schools leave more than half the students struggling to read. It perpetuates the loss of human potential. The picture in New York City,...
29 Apr 2021

The OST Workforce: Moving Forward Beyond the Age of COVID

Thursday, April 29, 2021 -
2:00pm to 3:30pm
As funders consider re-entry for vulnerable youth workers, there is an opportunity to consider how to strengthen and fortify the OST workforce--including rebuilding a field that offers family sustaining wages and viable career pathways.
05 Oct 2021

Making Up For Lost Time: How Funders Can Support Tutoring Interventions That Accelerate Learning

Tuesday, October 5, 2021 -
1:00pm to 3:00pm
This session will help funders understand the available research on tutoring interventions and what kind of dosage and structure has been shown to lead to meaningful impact.

NYC COVID-19 Response & Impact Fund Launched To Support New York City Nonprofit Organizations

Release Date: 
03/20/2020
... member foundations, companies, and individuals are building on their prior experience in local disaster recovery ... and cultural organizations provide programs throughout our neighborhoods that contribute...

Bloomberg Philanthropies to Help Reduce Financial Barriers for Top Talent to Begin Careers in Public Service

Release Date: 
03/02/2021
... my mother Charlotte, so much – so it means a lot to our entire family to expand opportunities for some of the ... and Bloomberg LP. “When I served as mayor, our team and the entire city benefitted from the...

Reader's Digest Partners for Sight and Research to Prevent Blindness Launch Low Vision Research Initiative

Release Date: 
08/07/2015
... is expanding its capacity while remaining true to one of our core commitments – ensuring the gift of sight. This ... the prevalence of eye disorders that produce low vision. Our aim is to stay ahead of the...

Don’t Forget the Small Guys

Release Date: 
07/09/2010
... I remember getting bags of canned food and warm jackets at our church from kids not much older than myself; I remember ... one of the ironies of organized philanthropy that for all our talk about transforming...
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COVID-19 Long Island Philanthropic Response Fund Provides Half a Million Dollars in Grants to Long Island-Based Nonprofits

Release Date: 
04/21/2020
... vulnerable populations. As the needs are much greater than our current resources, we are requesting contributions to the ... as a unified front to direct emergency funding to our vulnerable and essential...

New York Life Foundation and the American Federation of Teachers Release New COVID-19 Survey on the Grief Support Crisis in Schools

Release Date: 
10/21/2020
... COVID-19 amplifies the increasing prevalence of grief in our nation’s schools, according to a national survey of ... is powerfully and poignantly illustrating the challenges our nation’s educators already...

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