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16 Oct 2019

Who is Poor in NYC? Hint: Many More People Than You Think

Wednesday, October 16, 2019 -

9:00am to 11:00am

... stakeholders reflecting on how to move from ideas to action . Explore Rates of self-sufficiency in New York City, ... others can play in advancing coordinated solutions for our communities Speakers Merble...

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Issue-Based

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Panel

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All Funders

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Children, Youth and Families

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Community Development

Economic Security

Housing and Homelessness

Human Services

Public Policy

Workforce Development

29 Nov 2022

Ramping up: Supercharging the Impact of New York’s Landmark Climate Law - A Virtual Briefing Hosted by NY Renews

Tuesday, November 29, 2022 -

1:00pm to 2:00pm

... efforts to achieve just transition in NYS, for all our communities , specifically the equitable implementation and ... its goals; securing multiple funding streams, investing in communities , and other...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Our Democracy, Philanthropy and What’s Next

Release Date:

06/21/2017

... engagement, access to voting and quality of information communities rely on. Relatively few funders have a specific ... what it really takes to help more people in marginalized communities active participants...

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PNY News

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Science Studies Get a Big Boost

Release Date:

03/10/2014

... Gates, and Helmsley, working alongside corporate grant makers . As part of that effort, foundations and charities are ...

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

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Education

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust

The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation

Ford Foundation Head on ‘Time’ List of 100 Influence Leaders

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04/25/2016

Darren Walker’s moves to steer the country’s second-largest grant maker toward a focus on inequality and inclusion won him a spot on Time magazine's 2016 list of the world’s most influential people.

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Ford Foundation

Ford, Carnegie Join 10 Funders Giving $125M for Flint’s Water Crisis

Release Date:

05/11/2016

... Funders Giving $125M for Flint’s Water Crisis Ten grant makers announced today they plan to spend $125 million to ...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Would John D. Rockefeller Opt for an LLC? A Conversation With Judith Rodin

Release Date:

06/23/2016

Critics have suggested Rockefeller is more interested in cultivating ties with corporations than nonprofits.

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Rockefeller Exec Outlines Wide Range of Climate Investments

Release Date:

07/15/2016

The grant maker's plans includes helping finance efforts to develop renewable-energy technogies, deliver clean electricity to rural India, and create insurance products for extreme-weather events in Africa.

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Environment and Climate Change

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The Rockefeller Foundation

Century Foundation Senior Fellow Weighs in: What Kids Should Know by the Time They're Done With School

Release Date:

08/30/2016

... Atlantic asked prominent voices in education—from policy makers and teachers to activists and parents—to look beyond ...

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Education

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The Century Foundation

Mellon Foundation Supports Broken Box Mime Theater

Release Date:

02/21/2017

... plays devised by its resident ensemble of innovative art- makers , which began previews on Friday, February 17th and ...

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Arts

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Mellon Foundation

Atlantic Philanthropies, Commonwealth Fund and Other Foundations Take a Stand — or Not — on the GOP Health Plan

Release Date:

03/20/2017

... last grants late last year. Other major health-care grant makers such as the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the ...

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The Atlantic Philanthropies

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The Commonwealth Fund

New York’s Most Controversial Teacher Certification Exam Is Now a Little Easier To Pass

Release Date:

09/13/2017

... pass a tough new exam, the state’s top education policy makers are lowering the score needed to enter the classroom. ...

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Education

Push for Gender Equality in Tech? Some Men Say It’s Gone Too Far

Release Date:

09/26/2017

Silicon Valley has for years accommodated a fringe element of men who say women are ruining the tech world.

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Gender Justice

Former Microsoft CEO and Wife Pledge $60 Million to Fight Social Inequality

Release Date:

10/05/2017

Steve and Connie Ballmer are giving $60 million over six years to a program created by StriveTogether, a national nonprofit that seeks to improve education for low-income children.

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Economic Security

City Signs Exclusive Deal With Pharmaceutical Firm for Anti-Overdose Drug

Release Date:

10/10/2017

... that they entered into an exclusive one-year deal with the makers of an anti-overdose drug to quicken the time it takes ...

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Fitting The Image To The Spirit

Release Date:

06/26/2018

... and excited to know that philanthropy by and for communities from myriad diasporas around the world might find ... traditions, backgrounds and experiences of many diaspora communities . If a picture is worth a...

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Insights

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