One 'Dreamer' Vows to Finish Med School in The Face of DACA Chaos
Release Date:
09/06/2017
... on Tuesday took the news of the Trump administration's decision to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, better known as DACA, .....
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Nonprofit Offers Guidance for Charities Worried About Deportation Raids
Release Date:
09/11/2017
... being swept up in a deportation raid. President Trump’s decision to end Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, a program that ...
The Holocaust Museum Sought Lessons on Syria. What It Got Was a Political Backlash.
Release Date:
09/20/2017
... on Syria, they also concluded that no single American action would have guaranteed a significant reduction in the ...
Ms. Foundation Responds to Alabama Special Election
Release Date:
12/13/2017
... children: thank you for your courage. We will continue to speak up alongside you until all perpetrators of harassment ...
PNY Members Briefing Preliminary Planning Form
... that may be of interest to grantmakers, and would like to post it on our Regional Community Calendar , please fill out ...
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New York Environmental Funders Network – Spring Meeting - via Zoom
Monday, April 6, 2020 -
3:00pm to 5:00pm
... the crucial third phase, our panel of experts will speak about philanthropy’s role in supporting advocates to ... Attorney and New York City Environment Director, Natural Resources Defense Council Betsy Plum...
Wait—What is Venture Philanthropy, Again?
Release Date:
02/27/2014
... view of what it means to invest in solving global and/or local problems. As noted in a blog post on the Rockefeller Foundation website, foundations have ...
Wallace Foundation Hopes New Initiative Will Better Prepare Principals
Release Date:
12/12/2016
... are trained, specifically in creating partnerships with local colleges and universities to redesign teacher training, ...
HSBC Gives $1.5M to Scale Up Horizons Learning Programs
Release Date:
05/16/2017
... to help bring Horizons multi-year learning programs to new communities and serve more low-income children across the ... rate, and 91% of these graduates go on to college or other post -secondary education...
Rebuild By Design Joins Rockefeller's 100 Resilient Cities Initiative
Release Date:
10/01/2015
... U.S. Housing and Urban Development (HUD) in the Hurricane Sandy region to cities around the world, carrying the ...
Judith Rodin Steps Down as Head of Rockefeller Foundation
Release Date:
06/16/2016
... Rodin praised Mr. Karp for using data analytics to help communities recover after Hurricane Sandy , but she quibbled: “You guys just intervened after ...
Me/We & Public Policy: A Journey from Foundations on the Hill to NYC to…
Release Date:
05/25/2023
... building with wide eyes, imagining the power and decision -making that culminates in the policies that impact communities every day. Along with my colleagues and our ... policy journey. I have joined members at...
Century Foundation’s Li to Chair Philanthropy New York Board
Release Date:
06/09/2015
... Foundation in 2011, Li was the Chief Operating Officer for Brooklyn Community Foundation, another Philanthropy New York ... larger investments in technology and communications resources , and long-term...
Sloan Foundation Among Funders of New Report Outlining Research Agenda for Microbiomes, Indoor Environments, And Human Health
Release Date:
08/16/2017
... dynamics, and functions of indoor microbiomes that can guide improvements to current and future buildings as well as ... this time, we do not know enough to manage the microbial communities around us in the...
Novo Foundation's Jesenia Santana Discusses the Dismissal of Domestic Violence and Its Effects in the Criminal Court System
Release Date:
03/09/2017
For decades, domestic violence survivors have been criminalized, prosecuted, and imprisoned for acts carried out by their abusive partners.
What Major Universities Had to Say About Trump’s Move to Roll Back DACA
Release Date:
09/07/2017
... some major colleges said of the order to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, known as DACA: The ... would lobby its Congressional representatives to "take action to provide protection...
In Nighttime Tweet, Trump Offers Mixed Message on Immigration
Release Date:
09/07/2017
... that a president does not have the power to take such action by himself. He then put the onus on Congress by giving ... before it would expire. Then, barely eight hours after his decision was announced, the...
Why Are Foundations Often Absent From Major Policy Shifts?
Release Date:
08/13/2009
... agenda and develop—not just capture temporarily—human resources and talent to address that agenda. Fear of ... constantly assess whether they are spending where future action is likely. I know I oversimplify...
Newman's Own CEO Shares: What Paul Newman Would Tell Small Foundations in the Pandemic: Don’t Shift Course
Release Date:
04/22/2020
... profound question I take to bed: Should we redirect our resources to frontline responders and other efforts ... and nutrition, and independent media — and in our local communities . In times...
Abby Youngblood Joins North Star Fund as Food and Environment Program Officer
Release Date:
08/01/2012
... which is a philanthropic organizing project providing resources and networking opportunities for funders in the New ... New York City food pantries with 240,000 pounds of fresh local vegetables annually. In...