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Mellon, Ford and NYCT Support WNYC Series on Gentrification

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03/03/2016

... many tenants and homeowners, it feels like a violent shove out of the way, especially for black and brown Brooklynites ... Ford Foundation, Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, The New York Community Trust, and the...

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The New York Community Trust

Open Society Foundations and Other Funders Mobilizing to Counter Hate

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03/29/2017

... U.S. Such incidents include a spate of threats to Jewish community centers and the toppling of tombstones in Jewish ... responding. Not long after the election, OSF rolled out a $10 million rapid response...

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Opinion: Vacant Lots And Properties Could House New York City’s Homeless

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08/29/2017

... the most recent annual count. New York is now home to one out of every seven homeless people in the country. Of course, ... who lives in a shelter, and is an active member of his community board. . . Opinion:...

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New York City March Held Ahead of President Trump's DACA Decision

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08/31/2017

... permits under DACA, a move that would effectively phase out a program that gave hundreds of thousands of young people ...

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Immigration

New Study Shows Organic Farming Traps Carbon in Soil to Combat Climate Change

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09/12/2017

... the worst impacts of climate change, keeping excess carbon out of the atmosphere is the prime target for improving the ... carbon into the soil that grows our food. The scientific community has been actively...

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Opinion: Living The Mitchell-Lama Dream

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09/21/2017

... stock, Mitchell-Lama is in crisis. We hear it every day in community meetings, on the streets across Brooklyn, and on ...

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Housing and Homelessness

Jewish Group Slams Mayor De Blasio’s Free School Lunch Plan for Not Offering Kosher Foods

Release Date:

10/02/2017

... kosher — and that’s left many in the city’s Jewish community bellyaching about a program they want their kids to receive. De Blasio rolled out the federally funded program on Sept. 6, promising free ...

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The J.M. Kaplan Fund Announces 2017 J.M.K. Innovation Prize Winners

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11/17/2017

... Prize Winners Early this year, The J.M. Kaplan Fund put out a call to anyone in the United States with a promising ... Kaplan Fund takes solace in the knowledge that so many community -based change agents are...

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The Business of Philanthropy: “Exit Interviews” with Former and Departing Foundation CEOs

Release Date:

06/30/2011

... numbers make us better? Measurement, by itself, is neither good nor bad, and any tool that emphasizes and enhances ... the matter of relevance. As Lance Lindblom pointed out , some things that can be measured...

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ACA Subsidies Are for All States—I Should Know, I Was There

Release Date:

03/04/2015

... of the committees of jurisdiction. Fact sheets put out by the committees made it crystal clear that subsidies ...

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Health

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The Century Foundation

PNY Core: Philanthropy 101

... So You're Working For A Foundation... Power and Your New Community Presenters: Carolyn Peters, Philanthropy New ... Moore Philanthropy; Shawn V. Morehead, The New York Community Trust; Step into the ring...

18 Jan 2024

Quarterly Meeting of the New York City Workforce Funders Collaborative

Thursday, January 18, 2024 -

9:30am to 11:00am

... Douglas Lipari, Executive Director of NYC’s Office of Community Hiring, will discuss the city’s infrastructure ... Cornell’s ILR School, will share their perspectives on building diverse pipelines of workers...

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COVID-19 Long Island Philanthropic Response Fund Provides Half a Million Dollars in Grants to Long Island-Based Nonprofits

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04/21/2020

... Island Philanthropic Response Fund in the Long Island Community Foundation announced today that 36 Long ... As the needs are much greater than our current resources , we are requesting contributions to the Fund...

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Pooled Journalism Funds Could Help Save Local Newspapers

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03/24/2021

... to operate the newspapers “for the benefit of the community ,” the Sun reported. The divergent paths taken ... and civic leaders who see the publications as essential community assets. The first option is...

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Janet Mock Joins Arcus Foundation Board of Directors

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06/03/2013

... story, Mock has concentrated her efforts on speaking out about the struggles, triumphs and portrayals of trans ... show. She will be seen in the HBO documentary The Out List later this month. In 2012, the...

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The New York Women's Foundation Announces History-Making Honorees Ahead of 2023 Celebrating Women® Breakfast

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03/07/2023

... of reproductive justice; and grantee partner Women's Community Justice Association (WCJA) are among the ... justice, human rights, and reproductive freedom Women's Community Justice Association (WCJA...

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Board of Directors

... Vice Chair Vice President, Grants and Programs, New York Community Trust Governance and Nominating Committee , Co-Chair; Audit Committee , Member Current term: ... Vice President of Programs...

21 Jun 2016

Diverse Boards: Moving Beyond Rhetoric

Tuesday, June 21, 2016 -

9:00am to 11:00am

... , President & Executive Director, Nonprofit Coordinating Committee of New York Tanya M. Odom, Ed.M. ... Education Consultant Designed for Board Chairs, Nominating Committee Chairs, Trustees, and CEOs of...