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College and Career Readiness: Are We Measuring What Matters?

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06/11/2013

... groups in the New York City public school system. Our resources are deployed to ensure children and youth are in ... (and later joined by Capital One), College Ready Communities , to leverage the ...

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05 Jan 2017

Resistance and Resilience Strategy of the Climate Movement - Webinar

Thursday, January 5, 2017 -

2:00pm to 3:00pm

... and in many states appears increasingly hostile to action on climate change. All indications are that we will be ... progress on climate change and clean energy. Given that communities all over the world are...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Spend Out vs. Perpetuity: Raising the Question

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08/05/2009

... by the Foundation Center shows a modest uptick in the decision to spend out by family foundations. If my private ... chooses to spend out, there are helpful individuals and resources at the ready. The Beldon...

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Burke Foundation Co-Funds Inaugural Class of Safer Birth Cities: Tackling the U.S. Maternal Mortality Crisis

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09/26/2019

... support high-risk women throughout pregnancy and the post -partum period. Like the care received by the pregnant ...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Gender Justice

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JPMorgan Chase Joins Second Chance Efforts to Reduce Obstacles to Employment

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10/21/2019

... supporting their reentry into the workforce, community and local economies. The firm today lays out a new public policy agenda, invests more in communities and enhances its own hiring strategy in ... Chicago...

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A Recipe for Managing in Difficult Times

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05/14/2009

... essential. Look for leverage and where your deployment of resources can best be used. Remember that size may matter, ... Foundation, the Jerome L. Greene Foundation, and the Brooklyn Community Foundation. A...

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To Frack or Not To Frack in New York: Observations from a Donor Briefing

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08/16/2012

... excavation alter rural landscapes and put stress on communities . The states are in the driver’s seat in ... of Catskill Mountainkeeper , Julia Walsh of Frack Action and Wenonah Hauter of Food and Water Watch...

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Ford Foundation and Open Society Initiative for West Africa Launch New Fund to End Sexual Violence in West Africa

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12/02/2021

... Africa , a bold five-year initiative to boost feminist action and advocacy against sexual violence in West Africa. ... on Ghana, Nigeria and Senegal, Kasa! (meaning ‘ speak ’ in the Twi language) will be a fund...

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International/Foreign Affairs

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Marianna Islam Joins the Schott Foundation as Director of Programs and Advocacy

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04/01/2016

... Marianna has a range of experiences working with communities across the country to advance equity through ... Way of Central Massachusetts. In this capacity, she helped guide and support investments in early...

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Resilience: Nature’s Lessons for Surviving Its Worst Moods

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06/02/2015

... in Nepal, along with the ongoing and tragic aftermath in local cities and villages, bring to mind inevitable questions ... more crowded and urban, with an increasing scarcity of resources and less predictable...

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New United Hospital Fund Framework Addresses Health and Housing Partnerships in New York City

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06/25/2020

... areas: • grass-roots, neighborhood-level action • community-wide partnerships • ... cross-sector collaboration. In 2017 it expanded to Brooklyn ; to date the Bronx and Brooklyn consortia have...

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19 Sep 2017

Documentary Film Screening - "Unrest": Women, Resilience and the Disease Medicine Forgot

Tuesday, September 19, 2017 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

Join us for a screening and panel discussion of the documentary film Unrest , which exposes deep flaws in the U.S. healthcare system in its treatment of patients afflicted with rare, orphaned diseases.

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Seaport Museum's 110-Year-Old Lightship To Be Restored To Its Glory Days

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08/29/2017

... of lower New York Bay between Coney Island, New York, and Sandy Hook, New Jersey.” This could often be a treacherous ...

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Women on the Front Lines of ACA Implementation

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03/28/2014

... leading community efforts to link women and families to resources that can help them through the enrollment process. ... in organizations that are trusted messengers within the communities that stand to...

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Ana Oliveira, President & CEO of The New York Women's Foundation, Named a Lifetime Achievement Honoree in City & State's 2023 50 Over 50 List

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02/02/2023

... a group of distinguished New Yorkers whose decades in local and state politics and government are worthy of ... generosity, values of empathy, values of we are one so to speak ,” Oliveira says. “That we aren’t...

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New Momentum in Youth Justice Reform

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02/08/2017

... for justice system reform at a federal, state, and local level, the David Rockefeller Fund has recently drawn ... Through “Redirect New York” legislation in 2011, resources were invested in community-based...

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Every Experience Builds Expertise

Release Date:

08/16/2016

... obstacles in educational success because they lack the resources needed to prosper. Family income shouldn’t be the ... habits. They encourage young people to give back to their communities and enrich their...

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Stavros Niarchos Foundation expands Health Initiative with partnerships to fight infectious disease and mental illness worldwide

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06/29/2022

... and to connect young people with the mental health resources they need. SNF’s ongoing approximately $750 ... a mission of expanding access to life-changing health care resources , a belief in the importance of...

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