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Opinion: ‘Fair Share’ Reform – An Essential Step to Solving the City’s Homelessness Crisis

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08/29/2017

... like New York’s most insurmountable crises are always being dealt with by cutting corners and taking the path of ... process that factored in their potential effectiveness as well as the input of the community...

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Housing and Homelessness

The Promise of Skills-Based Volunteering

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09/07/2017

... such as corporate giving and volunteer programs, as well as new efforts such as impact investing and skills-based ... to their desks.3 The programs have the added benefit of being particularly popular with...

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Corporate Social Responsibility

Open Society, Ford Foundation, Unbound Philanthropy Support Delivering on the Dream Initiative

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09/27/2017

... as minors and often know no other place to call home. The well - being of these young people has long concerned a range of ...

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Immigration

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Unbound Philanthropy

Schott Foundation Releases New Report, “Keeping Students First: Building Community Labor Partnerships for Strong Schools.”

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04/10/2018

... both in their academic success and in their overall well - being , with the goal of identifying both allies in supporting ...

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The Schott Foundation for Public Education

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Education

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Tobias Rees Selected as a Rockefeller Foundation Resident to Study the Future of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Humanity

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09/30/2019

... The Rockefeller Foundation’s mission of promoting the well - being of humanity is both impressive and noble. My focus area ...

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The Rockefeller Foundation

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Technology

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Is Bail Reform Causing an Increase in Crime? - New Research & Policy Report from the Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation Releases

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01/20/2023

... on defendants, bail reforms might, in fact, “improve the well - being of communities most impacted by crime.” Is Bail ...

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Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation

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Social Justice

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To Get a Railroad Project Moving Long Islanders Had to Pull Together

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06/23/2020

... We built it around an indicators project, the Long Island Index , which published data showing the region’s strengths ... mayor now a consultant to the Foundation; Kevin Law, the well -connected leader of the...

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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

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Community Development

William T. Grant-Funded Study Explores Effect of Financial Distress on Academically Prepared Minority Students

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09/10/2015

... after enrolling in college without adequate financial resources . “Students were surveyed in the fall, winter ... 35 percent reported having difficulty paying their bills, being upset that they did not have...

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William T. Grant Foundation

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Economic Security

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08 Feb 2017

Philanthropic Assistants & Coordinators Network - Breakfast Mixer

Wednesday, February 8, 2017 -

8:30am to 10:00am

This program is being offered as part of the Philanthropic Assistants and ... for the purpose of sharing questions, experience and resources among peers in a confidential setting. Join us for ... forward to seeing...

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Roundtable Discussion

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Executive Support Staff

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Leadership Development

With Support From The Rockefeller Foundation, NRDC Releases Report: What, Where and How Much Food Is Wasted in Cities

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10/25/2017

... waste all the water, land, energy, money, labor, and other resources that go into growing, processing, distributing, and ... food, cities need basic information about how much food is being wasted and where...

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The Rockefeller Foundation

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Food Systems

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31 Jul 2023

Beyond the Border: How Receiving Cities are Welcoming Asylum Seekers - A Webinar Hosted by GCIR

Monday, July 31, 2023 -

2:00pm to 3:00pm

... across the country continue to welcome asylum seekers being bussed and flown in from Texas and Florida. Local ... migrants. It has become clear that - in addition to resources - communication, coordination,...

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

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Immigration

Donita Volkwijn

... practices. Donita began her career in philanthropy in 2012 at Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors (RPA), where ... She was born in South Africa and has lived there as well as in Germany, Belgium, and the United...

Chris Park to Retire from New York Life

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07/01/2013

... communities, and the annual Month of Service, which in 2012 resulted in more than 1,700 employees and agents ... of Directors of the national Council on Foundations as well as several years as Chair of their...

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Arcus Foundation Names Cynthia A. Hallenbeck New Vice President of Finance and Operations

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02/01/2012

... Operations. Hallenbeck joined the organization in January 2012 and reports to Arcus Foundation CEO Dr. Yvette C. ... of the Foundation's financial management strategy, as well as contributions to the...

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Finance & Asset Management

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17 Apr 2013

Keeping Risk Above Water Part 2: Investing in Adaptation, Disaster Response & Recovery

Wednesday, April 17, 2013 -

12:00pm to 1:00pm

Webinar

... not only the importance of mitigation, but adaptation as well ? Innovations in adaptation infrastructure (i.e. storm ... effectively to disasters such as those experienced in 2012 . Such impact investments not...

Jonathan E. Gold Elected to Board of Directors of FJC – A Foundation of Philanthropic Funds

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08/05/2016

... one of the nation’s largest Donor Advised Funds, as well as Fiscal Sponsorship Programs and a non-profit Agency ... Manager for the Federated Kaufmann Fund from 2004 until 2012 .. Prior to that Mr. Gold was a...

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Altman Foundation Welcomes New Trustee, Lisa Hinds

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05/19/2020

... (Church Publishing Incorporated, December 2019). From 2012 -2018 Ms. Hinds was a deacon, trustee, and member of the ... securities licensure includes NASD Series 7 and 63, as well as the SFA (United Kingdom)...

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Gish Jen Joins the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Board

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01/26/2022

... the conflicts inherent to the American experience as well as global cultural divides. Both her fiction and ... Sr. Lectures in American Studies at Harvard University in 2012 . In 2017, she received a legacy...

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