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Edna McConnell Clark and Other Powerful Funders Stand Behind At-Risk Students

Release Date:

11/23/2016

... Stand Behind At-Risk Students When you hear about philanthropy 's role in K-12 education these days, so often it's the big reform funders ... Yet, there is plenty else going on in K-12 ...

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Blue Meridian Partners, Inc.

Supported by Surdna and NY Community Trust, Study Shows How Arts and Culture Improve Health, Safety and Well-being in NYC

Release Date:

03/10/2017

... in New York City neighborhoods with many cultural resources are healthier, better educated, and safer ... those in similar communities with fewer creative resources , according to a groundbreaking study by the...

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Surdna Foundation

The New York Community Trust

IBM Joins With Stavros Niarchos Foundation, Ford Foundation, And Carnegie Corporation to Help Students Tackle Math

Release Date:

09/14/2017

... to provide elementary school teachers with targeted math resources for their kindergarten through fifth grade ... a critical need for easy-to-use, well-designed math resources and ongoing support. Even with...

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Stavros Niarchos Foundation

Ford Foundation

Carnegie Corporation of New York

17 Jun 2010

Inaugural Conference on Scaling Social Impact

Thursday, June 17, 2010 -

9:00am to 5:00pm

New York City

A Philanthropy New York COLLABORATIVE EVENT, presented with ... SHOULD ATTEND: Funders and investors with an interest in education , youth development, poverty alleviation, and ... and jointly fund growth of...

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Andrus Family Fund Appoints Edgar Villanueva to Its Board

Release Date:

09/22/2017

... Programs and Advocacy at the Schott Foundation for Public Education , to its board. For the first time in the history of ... Edgar is a nationally-recognized expert on social justice philanthropy who brings a...

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Appointments & Transitions

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Playwright, Novelist and Songwriter Suzan-Lori Parks to Receive the Dorothy and Lillian Gish Prize: JP Morgan Private Bank

Release Date:

10/15/2015

... street corners to opera houses. Following the success in 2011 of the Tony Award Winning Broadway production of The ... Russell Granet, Executive Director of Lincoln Center Education ; Kevin Moriarty, Artistic...

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Arts

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Mellon Foundation

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

NoVo Foundation Looks to Girls As Change Agents

Release Date:

07/10/2015

... and young women of color have made important gains in education , health and economic security in recent years. ... graduation rates, higher participation in post-secondary education , reduced rates of teenage...

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Gender Justice

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NoVo Foundation

Dodge Foundation Participates in Discussion of How Arts Organizations Help Drive Downtown Revivals In NJ Cities

Release Date:

10/22/2015

... Jersey’s cities frequently face funding shortages for education , environmental and other programs, but the ...

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Arts

Community Development

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Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation

New Study Commissioned By Staten Island Foundation Reveals Disparity on North Shore

Release Date:

09/18/2018

... of Staten Island faces disparities in housing, income, education and access to essential services when compared to ... Children of New York shows. Some of the most troubling trends are: Domestic violence and...

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Community Development

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The Staten Island Foundation

State-by-State Impact of Opioid Epidemic on Children - New Report from the United Hospital Fund

Release Date:

11/13/2019

... affected—196,000, or 20 out of every 1,000. If current trends continue, the number of children affected nationwide ... billion in additional spending on health care, special education , child welfare, and...

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Children, Youth and Families

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United Hospital Fund

18 Mar 2013

Measuring What Matters: Indicators of College and Career Readiness

Monday, March 18, 2013 -

2:45pm to 5:00pm

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

Over the last several years, policymakers, educators, and philanthropy have increasingly highlighted the challenge of ... life. The New York City Youth Funders Network, Education Working Group of ...

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Beyond Grantmaking: Foundations as Impact Investors

Release Date:

05/12/2014

... even combined with governments, don’t have the resources to solve the world’s pressing problems alone – ... we must also harness private capital. Second, leaders of philanthropy see that impact investing can...

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Insights

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Impact Investing

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The Rockefeller Foundation

The Nathan Cummings Foundation

PNY's 36th Annual Meeting Will Be a Critical Conversation on International Grantmaking

Release Date:

05/05/2015

... the New York PhilanthroPost Monthly May 2015 edition. Philanthropy New York members are an immensely diverse set of ... Universal Connections ” will focus on cross-border philanthropy and practical learning...

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President's Message

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International/Foreign Affairs

Proteus Fund Thrilled To Introduce Five New Members of Its Board of Directors

Release Date:

11/30/2017

... the Board of Directors bring decades of experience in philanthropy and the progressive non-profit sector, with ... New York Chapter of Asian Americans/Pacific Islanders in Philanthropy . Odell Mays joined the...

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Appointments & Transitions

It’s OK to Pause and Think. In Fact, Please Do.

Release Date:

10/04/2017

... Think. In Fact, Please Do. A Message from the President of Philanthropy New York, Ronna Brown, published originally in ... disasters and the numerous “best practices in disaster philanthropy ” reports and...

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President's Message

PNY News

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Disaster Relief

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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The Center for Disaster Philanthropy

Council on Foundations

$50-Million from Goldman Sachs Seeds Fund for Businesswomen

Release Date:

03/05/2014

... in developing countries, reports The Chronicle of Philanthropy . Wall Street firm Goldman Sachs and the World ... banking giant’s 10,000 Women venture to provide business education in developing countries. The...

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Gender Justice

Arabella Advisors Publishes Report on Women's Mental Health

Release Date:

05/02/2017

... from the health care field, from government, and from philanthropy . This lack of attention has left a gap that ... issues, from women’s rights to health care to education . Funders who care about women, about...

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Learning Forward Launches Free, Online Learning Guide to Enrich Principal Preparation Programs

Release Date:

05/06/2014

... years of work with school districts and from research on education leadership funded by The Wallace Foundation. The ...

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Education

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The Wallace Foundation

Bank of America Charitable Foundation Tackles Workforce Development in Baltimore

Release Date:

05/28/2015

... nonprofits focused on providing workforce development and education opportunities in Baltimore. These grants are part ... low-income individuals and families to job training resources at their point of need...