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Six Nuclear Security Programs Win Major Grants from Carnegie Corporation of New York

Release Date:

10/29/2015

... university research centers and think tanks in the United States and Europe submitted proposals, and a jury of experts ... and the Future of Strategic Stability between the United States and Russia Georgetown...

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Technology

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

07 Nov 2017

Protecting Our Precious Waters: New York City’s Impacts on the Long Island Sound and the Hudson River Estuary

Tuesday, November 7, 2017 -

3:00pm to 4:30pm

... is lack of progress on meeting infrastructure challenges affecting green infrastructure investments? This briefing, ...

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Panel

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Environment and Climate Change

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Commonwealth Fund Study Finds Organizations Can Reduce Their Carbon Footprint and Improve Health

Release Date:

04/20/2018

... attributable to air pollution annually in the United States . In the absence of coordinated national governmental ... already one of the top users of solar power in the United States , and projected its annual...

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The Commonwealth Fund

The Storm Surge and Impact of Sandy on Communities in Northern New Jersey

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06/13/2013

by Elizabeth Murphy, Consultant, Post-Sandy Recovery Coordination, Council of New Jersey Grantmakers On May 20, the Council of New Jersey Grantmakers (CNJG) offered an educational Site Visit Bus Tour for funders in-state and around...

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19 Jul 2018

What Funders Need to Know About Immigration Detention: A Primer on the U.S. System - A Webinar Hosted by GCIR

Thursday, July 19, 2018 -

4:00pm to 5:15pm

... women, and children wake up in the custody of the United States ’ immigration detention system. This sprawling system ... shackled around the stomach, and otherwise mistreated. Analysis shows that humane and...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Legal Issues

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Immigration

02 Dec 2015

Neighborhood Info at Your Fingertips: An Introduction to DATA2GO.NYC

Wednesday, December 2, 2015 -

2:45pm to 4:30pm

As grantmakers working on complex social issues, it can be hard to get access to the data you need to make good funding decisions. Do you find yourself turning to dozens of sources to get good data?

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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

26 Mar 2012

Changing the System: Effective Strategies for Grassroots Activism to Make NYC More Fair, Just, and Compassionate

Monday, March 26, 2012 -

2:45pm to 5:00pm

... in a discussion about the leadership, strategy, and resources required to change the underlying systems that ... movement building—, where it’s working, and where resources are needed to engage more people in...

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The New York Community Trust

Towards an Equitable NYC Cultural Policy in 2017: What We Can Learn from Seattle and Nashville

Release Date:

01/09/2017

... in opportunities (such as access to information, financial resources , or programming) for cultural organizations, ... needs an alternative funding model for more fairness in resources distributed to...

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2019 PNY Public Policy Fellowship Application

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Public Policy

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5 Questions for...Kimberleigh J. Smith, Board President, Paul Rapoport Foundation

Release Date:

06/28/2013

... the Rapoport Foundation’s decision to spend down by 2015 , what they’ve learned about the spend down process and ...

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Why We Engage in Public Policy

... are guided by the belief that local, state, and federal laws and policies should: Promote a just and equitable ...

10 Jul 2012

Planning for Our Shared Future: Investing in Immigrant Children, Youth, and Families

Tuesday, July 10, 2012 -

2:00pm to 3:00pm

Webinar

... unique needs and contributions of immigrants in the United States and offers CYF funders a set of recommendations for ... development, as well as the impact of current immigration laws and policies The role of...

Ford Foundation Appoints Lourdes Lopez to Board of Trustees

Release Date:

03/12/2014

... woman to head a major ballet company in the United States . Lopez was born in Havana, Cuba and raised in Miami. ...

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Foundation for a Just Society Supports Report on LGBTQ Organizing in West Africa

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03/07/2016

"We Exist: Mapping LGBTQ Organizing in West Africa," a report charting the growth of LGBTQ activism in Africa, assesses the challenges and opportunities activists face.

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International/Foreign Affairs

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Foundation for a Just Society

The Century Foundation Has Obtained New Data Showing 99 Percent of Student Fraud Claims Concern For-Profit Colleges

Release Date:

11/13/2017

The Century Foundation (TCF) has obtained new data from the U.S. Department of Education about nearly 100,000 “borrower defense claims”—applications for loan relief from students who maintain that they have been defrauded or misled by federally...

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Education

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How the Art For Justice Fund Hopes to Reduce Mass Incarceration

Release Date:

08/16/2018

... federal and state legislators who can rewrite the laws ... How the Art For Justice Fund Hopes to Reduce Mass ...

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Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors

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Arts

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Ford Foundation

The Conrad N. Hilton Foundation Announces Homeboy Industries as the 2020 Recipient of the Annual Humanitarian Prize

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08/03/2020

... Laugharn, president and CEO, Conrad N. Hilton Foundation states , “The Jury’s selection of Homeboy Industries as ...

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Conrad N. Hilton Foundation (New York)

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Community Development

Social Justice

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Keeping Covered: The Affordable Care Act’s First Reenrollment Period for Marketplace Plans

Release Date:

10/24/2014

... 15, the health insurance marketplaces will open for the 2015 enrollment period. As many as 13 million people may have ... ask and what action they need to take to keep covered in 2015 .... Keeping Covered: The...

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