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Smashing the Stigma: Deputy Mayor Richard Buery On ThriveNYC and Treating Mental Health

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09/08/2017

... is trying to tackle some of the stigma that keeps people from seeking help, or from offering help. It seeks to educate New Yorkers about what mental illness is and how to support those who are ...

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Health

Silent Killer: Sweltering Planet Braces For Deadly Heat Shocks

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09/19/2017

... to sodden homes and inundated factories, and claimed about 60 lives. Two weeks later, Hurricane Irma churned into Florida, killing at least 33 people there and causing billions more in damages - as well ...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Rezoning a Block in Harlem, Respecting an African Burial Ground

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09/27/2017

... Africans. When the church moved, the remains of the white people were moved to a cemetery in the Bronx. The graves of ... to yet another use, a million-square-foot development with about 730 apartments, half...

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Community Development

New York Is Betting $155 Million That It Can Cut Evictions

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10/03/2017

... where judges preside over landlord-tenant disputes, about 30 people stand in line, waiting to speak to a clerk. They’re ...

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Housing and Homelessness

New Video From Chasing The Dream, Supported By The JPB and Ford Foundations

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02/21/2018

... Foundations There’s a lot of work being done to help people who have served time in prison, to build a life when ... skills they already have and transform the way they think about their abilities so they can...

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Freedom Together Foundation

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Justice Reform

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Ford Foundation

01 Apr 2024

Assessing A Better Contract for New York: Two Year Check-In

Monday, April 1, 2024 -

3:00pm to 4:30pm

... from the City government to discuss progress made, ongoing challenges, and how to get back on track to finally ... and nonprofits. Hear directly from key decision-makers about the progress made since the 2022...

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Nonprofit Staff/Grantseekers

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

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Public Policy

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Public Policy

How the Art For Justice Fund Hopes to Reduce Mass Incarceration

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08/16/2018

... transform hearts and minds and transform the way we think about criminal justice in America." Extending this line of thinking a bit further, I asked Huang about the fund's plans to change the hearts...

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Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors

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Arts

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Ford Foundation

Surdna’s Garcia Interviewed in Philanthropy News Digest

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05/12/2016

... It's part frustration, part anger, but mostly anxiety about the economy and our economic future. Where have good ... will new good jobs — the kind that make it possible for young Americans to pay off...

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Surdna Foundation

17 Jun 2010

Inaugural Conference on Scaling Social Impact

Thursday, June 17, 2010 -

9:00am to 5:00pm

New York City

... health and youth Hear from pre-eminent though leaders about issues in scaling what works If we know that certain ... ‘work’ – how can we ensure they spread to the people that need them most? This conference is...

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Advocates for LGBT Equality Launch Freedom Fund to Support LGBT Russians

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11/26/2013

... expansion of discrimination and violence directed at LGBT people in Russia, following anti-propaganda and other ... in an individual capacity who are deeply knowledgeable about the human rights struggle in...

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LGBTQ

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Arcus Foundation

Open Society Foundations

OSF Founder Soros Instrumental in Advancing Drug Reform Policies in the United States

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10/03/2014

... of sentencing for drug charges. His foundation has donated about $200 million to drug reforms since 1994, double what most people had estimated until now. Worth an estimated $24 ... It’s now a philanthropic...

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Public Policy

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Open Society Foundations

Charities Seek to Attract More Boomers as They Mull Retirement Plans

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10/20/2014

... nonprofit organizations are seeking to get them thinking about how to channel their money and other assets into ... Charities are also benefiting from a giving surge by people in their 50s and 60s, especially...

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Bank of America Charitable Foundation

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Carnegie Corporation of New York Joins Others in Backing New High School Models

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11/11/2015

... teachers, entrepreneurs, philanthropists and students about how high schools could be remade to be more tech-savvy, ... school models "that reimagine the use of time, money, people , and technology, and...

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

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Education

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New Mortgage Program Big Boost for Detroit Buyers (Clinton, Ford Foundations)

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02/19/2016

... 1,000 mortgages in a city where banks have been skittish about lending because of deeply depressed property values, ... than appraised values, a gap that makes it difficult for people to get mortgages, no...

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Community Development

Bill, Hillary and Chelsea Clinton Foundation

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Ford Foundation

Open Society Foundations Fellow Makes Greece a More Welcoming Place for Refugees

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01/23/2017

... Greece a More Welcoming Place for Refugees A group of people walking through the fields caught Vasilis ... Another group passed by. Then a third group, who told him about a crossing that, one year later, would...

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Immigration

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Open Society Foundations

United Hospital Fund Report Examines Ramifications of Eligible Adults Refusing Prescribed Home Health Care

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08/24/2017

... includes a fear of losing control and privacy, concerns about finances, and the belief that family caregivers alone ... home care. According to the study, in most cases, people resist home care to their own...

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Aging

Health

Study: Giving Leads to Happiness

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09/18/2017

... The study showed that generosity changed the activity in people ’s brains in ways that increase feelings of ... men and women and asking them to complete questionnaires about their current mood. They then were...

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Nonprofits Help Shift Mayor De Blasio's Opinion On Closing Rikers, Commission Leaders Say

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10/05/2017

... Say New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio’s opinion about whether to shut down the Rikers Island jail complex has ... public clamor to close Rikers Island,” Lippman said about the jail complex, which houses...

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