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FORE Announces $4.8 Million in Grants That Support Innovative Solutions to Ending the Opioid Crisis

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02/01/2022

... to Ending the Opioid Crisis Today, FORE announced 11 new grants totaling $4.8 million to organizations tackling ... offering training to professionals in the fields of health care , criminal justice, law, and...

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Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Announces Nine Winners of the Physician Scientist Fellowship

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10/10/2019

... Nine Winners of the Physician Scientist Fellowship New York , October, 10, 2019 – The Doris Duke Charitable ... to award these nine Physician Scientist Fellows with the resources they need to...

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Groundswell Fund Shares An Open Letter to Philanthropy, from People of Color-led, Movement-Accountable Public Foundations

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06/10/2021

... By contrast, the cornerstone of racial equity is sharing resources and decision-making power in a way that ... and organizations (for example, the Movement for Black Lives ) and certain public foundations that...

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28 Mar 2025

AI and Its Impact on Workforce Development: The Need for Urgency and Action

Friday, March 28, 2025 -

8:30am to 12:30pm

Civic Hall; 124 E 14th St New York, NY 10003

The New York City Workforce Funders Collaborative & Civic Hall are ... pm. Breakfast and light lunch will be provided. The New York City Workforce Funders Collaborative...

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North Star's Hogan Calls for de Blasio to Give Acitivists a Bigger Role in Policymaking

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08/14/2015

... people, and to signal they understand what moves voters to act . Here in New York City, Mayor Bill de Blasio has regularly spoken about ...

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Community Development

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Nonprofit Linked To NYCHA Creates Crowdfunding Portal For Sustainability Projects

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09/25/2017

... a nonprofit established last year to supplement the New York City Housing Authority’ s finances and services, launched an online platform this ...

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Policy Brief: NYC’s Looming Task of Property Tax Reform

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10/04/2017

... states’ gun laws. Almost no one, however, denies that New York City’ s property tax system is profoundly flawed. That ... dead by early 2016. Since then, however, the pressure to act...

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Commonwealth Fund Report: The United States Health System Falls Short

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07/17/2017

... Falls Short The United States spends far more on health care than other high-income countries, with spending levels ... rose continuously over the past three decades. Yet the U. S . population has poorer health...

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Disparities in Health of NYC Latino Populations

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09/28/2017

... Populations Latinos, who make up nearly a third of the New York City population, tend to have better health outcomes ... that despite having fewer economic, social and health- care...

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08 Feb 2017

Philanthropic Assistants & Coordinators Network - Breakfast Mixer

Wednesday, February 8, 2017 -

8:30am to 10:00am

... for the purpose of sharing questions, experience and resources among peers in a confidential setting. Join us for our first meeting of 2017! Philanthropy New York is hosting a casual...

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Open Society Foundations Announce 2019 Soros Arts Fellows

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04/25/2019

Open Society Foundations Announce 2019 Soros Arts Fellows NEW YORK —The Open Society Foundations today announced the 2019 ... States; a series of healing workshops, mental health resources , and...

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Arts

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12 Nov 2019

Disability 101: Let’s Talk about the I in D.E.I.

Tuesday, November 12, 2019 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

... community, comprised of more than 1 million people, is New York City’ s largest and most diverse minority group. Despite efforts to ...

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MasterCard Foundation Launches $50 Million Fund to Help Smallholder Farmers in Africa

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01/21/2015

... today launched a $50 million challenge fund to improve the lives of smallholder farmers in Africa by enabling businesses ... Roy, President and CEO of The MasterCard Foundation. "This new Fund will...

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City Comptroller Scott Stringer Wants Companies to Offer Retirement Plans

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10/07/2016

... Scott Stringer Wants Companies to Offer Retirement Plans New York City Comptroller Scott Stringer wants to force employers ... companies that don't provide traditional pensions, 401(k) s...

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Altman Foundation Promotes Deborah T. Velazquez to Associate Director

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07/14/2016

... area—which includes economic self-sufficiency, affordable housing, and parks and open space—and a number ... Workforce Development Fund; the Change Capital Fund; the New York Merger,...

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PhilTV: Women, Own and Embrace Your Power

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04/11/2016

... Jade Doherty, Learning Services Associate at Philanthropy New York New York City — A great many foundations are led by ... surmountable issues addressed at Philanthropy...

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13 Mar 2012

Imagine: How Creativity Works (2012 GEO Conference)

Tuesday, March 13, 2012 -

11:30am to 1:00pm

Philanthropy New York, 79 Fifth Ave., 4th floor, NYC

... How We Decide comes a sparkling and revelatory look at the new science of creativity. Shattering the myth of muses, ... is not a single "gift" possessed by the lucky few. It' s a variety of...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Intensifies Efforts to Protect the World’s Ocean

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09/21/2022

... Intensifies Efforts to Protect the World’ s Ocean New York , NY — Today, Bloomberg Philanthropies announced it ... health of the ocean is critically important to people’ s...

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Robert Wood Johnson joins JP Morgan Chase and Others as Partners in the Opportunity Finance Network's Finance Justice Fund

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05/25/2022

... and Others as Partners in the Opportunity Finance Network' s Finance Justice Fund OFN is pleased to announce two longtime OFN partners have joined as new investors in the Finance Justice Fund — the Robert...

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