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William T. Grant Foundation Opens Applications for Two Research Grants Programs: Improving the Use of Research Evidence and Reducing Inequality

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11/21/2019

... mission is to support research to improve the lives of young people ages 5-25 in the United States. The William T. Grant ... States and to move beyond the mounting research evidence about the...

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RFPs Etc

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William T. Grant Foundation

Why Philanthropy Should Help Strengthen Community Colleges

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04/17/2014

... low. Attention at all levels has turned to preparing young people to succeed in college. Some of the most promising work ... Shepherd Services; Lashawn Richburg-Hayes, Director of the Young...

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The New York Women’s Foundation Announces $3.25 Million in Grants to Address Needs of Women and Families in New York City

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06/04/2015

... (DeafWEI) and Deaf Women’s Opportunity and Resource Center (Deaf WORC) Literacy Partners English for ... Neighborhoods $20,000 Year Up New York Year Up New York Young Women’s Initiative $70,000 Anti-Violence...

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Community Development & Place Based Initiatives

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The New York Women's Foundation

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PhilTV: Partner Buy-In Is More Likely When a Funder’s Long-term Commitment is Clear

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12/21/2016

... mothers and LGBT youth in schools. Prioritizing these young people ’s experiences is central to addressing the ... the full session. It runs 1 hour 47 minutes. Additional resources from the...

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Education

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Philanthropic Assistants and Coordinators Network (PACNET)

... for the purpose of sharing questions, experience and resources among peers in a confidential setting. Recent ...

Helmsley Trust Supported Data Tool: From Foreclosure to Homelessness, Now You Can Map NYC’s Problems

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12/01/2015

... Can Map NYC’s Problems New York City is rich in data resources for understanding the unique assets and challenges ... to understand how a variety of issues interact to shape people ’s choices and opportunities...

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Community Development & Place Based Initiatives

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Housing and Homelessness

Philanthropy & Nonprofit Sector Support

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The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust

Nicky McIntyre Begins Tenure as CEO of Foundation for a Just Society

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07/03/2017

... that supports the rights of women, girls, and transgender people around the world and was a leader in philanthropic advocacy to ensure more and better resources for this field. Previously, Nicky served as the...

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Social Justice

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UJA-Federation To Launch Largest Anti-Poverty Push In Its History

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01/31/2018

... on Jewish Poverty and the Central Queens Y, two Community Resource Hubs that will offer a wide variety of social ... food pantries as “a different approach to lifting people out of poverty,” beyond “...

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UJA-Federation of New York

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Food Systems

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Bloomberg's Latest Move to Fight Big Tobacco Around the World

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03/14/2018

... year—and is on track to kill an estimated eight million people annually by the 2030s, mostly in developing ... No donor has come close to matching the energy or resources that the former New York City mayor...

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Tisch Fund Gives $10 Million to Initiative for Arts and Mental Health

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04/24/2018

... disease, fight stigma around mental illnesses and help people overcome trauma. The nonprofit Arts & Minds , for example, takes people with Alzheimer’s disease into museums for tours and ... The...

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Arts, Culture, & Media

Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund

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In Partnership With Ford and Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors, Agnes Gund’s Art for Justice Fund Awards Nearly $10 Million in Second Round of Grants

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07/02/2018

... to end cash-bail practices that discriminate against people from low-income communities, provide resources to groups advocating to close youth prisons, expand higher education programs for people...

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Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors

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Ford Foundation

Peterson Foundation President Has OpEd in Time Magazine on Millenials and National Debt

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04/29/2016

... more pain than the next generation. This election year, young people are playing an important role in choosing America’s ... fiscal uncertainty will affect economic security for these young...

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Peter G. Peterson Foundation

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Economic Security

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Commonwealth Fund Releases Report on Insuring Younger Adults Through the ACA’s Marketplaces

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12/20/2016

... uncertain. Yet whether or not the law is repealed, having young adults participate in the individual health insurance ... to retain reforms such as the ban on denying coverage to people with preexisting...

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JPMorgan Chase Releases New Report As Part Of Its Global Workforce Training Efforts

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10/16/2017

Globally, millions of young people are being left behind in a modern, changing workforce. ... and other organizations interested in doing more to equip young people with the...

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Corporate Social Responsibility

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JPMorgan Chase & Co.

Ordering Review of Statues Puts de Blasio in Tricky Spot

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08/31/2017

... to hunger for a brighter spotlight. He tried to shape the debate in the last presidential election, only to be spurned ... was murdered. Now he has seized hold of the national debate over the removal of...

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Community Development & Place Based Initiatives

15 Nov 2016

Rise Above the Noise: Using Internal Communications to Move Stakeholders Beyond Engagement Into Action

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9:00am to 11:00am

... and goals. Recent research shows nearly 80 percent of people prefer to work for a socially responsible company so ... communication tools, stakeholder engagement outreach and resources can help companies meet...

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Open Society Foundations, Foundation for a Just Society, Wellspring Philanthropic Fund and the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation Create Group Initiative to Support Women's Funds

Release Date:

11/20/2019

... human rights and opportunities of women, girls, and LGBTI people around the world. Women’s funds have a long track ... firm. Women’s funds have received significant new resources from the Dutch Ministry of...

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Wellspring Philanthropic Fund

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Foundation for a Just Society

The Open Society Economic Justice Program Invests in Race and Gender Equity

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10/22/2020

... implicit biases that work against businesses owned by people of color and women. “The Soros Economic Development ... the opportunity, and that by overlooking these groups of people , investors are significantly...

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Social Justice

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Open Society Foundations

How Philanthropy Can Turn the Tide on Violence

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08/14/2019

... done. That Sunday, The New York Times published an article about the death of Davion Powell, a teenager in Crown ... and the manifestation of deficits in investments in people , communities and neighborhoods...

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