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William T. Grant Foundation Welcomes Two New Members to Program Staff

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01/15/2019

... and a research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research. Over the last 40 years, Murnane has ... His numerous books include The Impact of School Resources on the Learning of Inner City Children...

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William T. Grant Foundation

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Honoring the Legacy of John Wright: Navigating the Future of Philanthropic Policy Work in his Footsteps

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02/21/2023

... team at The Wright Group truly understood and embraced the potential to move beyond transactional relationship building ... exercising the power philanthropy holds from the financial resources provided and...

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13 Jul 2023

The Gendered Nature of Climate Change - A Webinar Hosted by CDP

Thursday, July 13, 2023 -

2:00pm to 3:00pm

... to PNY members. Climate change is gendered. It affects women , girls and transgender individuals in ways that men, ... boys or cisgender people don’t experience. For example, women make up the majority of the...

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Improving the Accuracy of Wikipedia’s Medical Information

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01/06/2015

... who edit Wikipedia. And this belief in Wikipedia’s potential as an educational tool now extends beyond ... area that seemed ripe for attention—and with high impact potential —is the overuse of certain medical...

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New York Health Foundation

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Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation Welcomes Janna Oberdorf as Director of Communications

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08/03/2022

... nonprofit organization that invests in early-stage social entrepreneurs solving the world’s most pressing problems. ... Janna was the Director of Communications and Advocacy for Women Deliver, a nonprofit...

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Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation

Rules and Rituals: How to Drive Change

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07/06/2017

... who requested the service, it would log the request, go through the usual processes to provide the service, and log ... programs and what results they achieve. Realizing that potential will take lots of hard...

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The Rockefeller Foundation

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Autism at Work: How the Simons Foundation is Expanding Efforts of Inclusion in the Workplace

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03/10/2020

... as well. The employee’s direct manager, human resources staff, and the employees who will be working with ... that allows the new employee to complete projects by breaking them down into smaller, structured...

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New Prudential Foundation Initiative Will Assist Job Seekers with Disabilities

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04/27/2015

... and contributions of America’s 56 million men, women and children with disabilities in all aspects of life. The grant, provided through The Prudential Foundation, will help cover the ...

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United Hospital Fund Releases Report Finding Wide Variation in Unnecessary Antibiotic Prescribing for NYS Medicaid Patients

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06/22/2018

... population were notably different. For example, white women living outside of New York City received antibiotic ...

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United Hospital Fund Report Takes In-Depth Look at Hidden Impact of Opioid Epidemic on Children

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03/07/2019

... aspects of the impact on children, such as pregnant women who use drugs or the increased numbers of children who ... grandparents who often step in to care for these children. Potential remedies are proposed,...

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At Age 100, Rockefeller Targets Africa's Growing Cities

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10/15/2014

... a small portion of the population owns a lion's share the resources . Around the world, countries have been challenged to recover from the 2007- 2008 global economic and financial crisis. Africa is no...

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Rockefeller Partnership to Support Cities' Infrastructure Recovery

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01/25/2016

... recovery initiative designed to accelerate the economic recovery of cities in the aftermath of catastrophic natural disasters. Announced at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, the partnership will...

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The New York Life Foundation provides a $2m boost for students attending two prominent Historically Black Universities.

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06/02/2022

... us continue our commitment to developing future leaders through quality education.” Howard and Hampton are both ...

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The New York Community Trust

Gender and Transformative Giving

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05/23/2013

At a PNY program on health care reform's impact on women and families (co-sponsored by our Funders of Women and Girls network an Gender and Transformative Giving .....

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Nicky McIntyre Begins Tenure as CEO of Foundation for a Just Society

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07/03/2017

... world’s largest public funds that supports the rights of women , girls, and transgender people around the world and was ... leader in philanthropic advocacy to ensure more and better resources for this field...

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Social Justice

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Grantmakers Should Seize the Moment to Support Racial-Justice Solutions

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10/10/2014

... While patterns of bias and discrimination have cycled through U.S. history, today the stakes are higher than ever. Powerful economic forces see gains from militarization here and ... the foundation's...

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Proteus Fund (NYC Office)

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Social Justice

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Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund’s Healthy Food & Community Change Initiative to Be Featured on Philanthropy Reality Show

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01/12/2017

... organizations work to increase access to healthy food and economic opportunity in New York City’s economically ... and community members and encourages healthy eating through nutrition education, hands-on...

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Food Systems

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Citi Community Development and The Poses Family Foundation Support New Initiative Aimed at Building the Financial Security of People with Disabilities

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01/29/2018

... municipalities to expand financial empowerment and economic inclusion for people living with disabilities and ... $1 million of which is being used to fund EmpoweredNYC. Through the Empowered Cities program,...

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Surviving COVID-19: 6 Recommendations for Nonprofits and Funders

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03/17/2020

... technology is estimating that the drop in the industry’s economic activity could be as much as US$1 trillion . And ... I do know, however, that the only thing that can carry us through this time is resilience...

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