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Brooklyn Community Foundation Announces New Grants for Immigrant Families Facing Deportation

Release Date:

06/21/2017

... up to $20,000 to address emerging long-term needs, and Action Fund grants of $2,500 for civil resistance trainings ... local hospitals, schools, shelters, and places of worship. Action Fund Grants (Spring 2017...

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Brooklyn Org

14 Mar 2013

Executive Assistants Network Meeting "Perfecting Your Pitch"

Thursday, March 14, 2013 -

9:00am to 11:00am

Philanthropy New York is hosting the second meeting of the Foundation Executive Assistants network. This network is designed as a safe space to share and discuss the unique needs and challenges faced by those in the assistant role. At this session...

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Executive Support Staff

Bloomberg Takes Public Innovation Initiative to Europe

Release Date:

06/13/2014

Former NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg was in Berlin last week to support the European edition of the Mayors Challenge initiative, which encourages municipal officials to come up with fresh ideas that can improve the lives of urban denizens everywhere.

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Bloomberg Philanthropies

The Next Big Idea for the Next Decade: The Resilience Dividend

Release Date:

08/21/2014

As the world continues to change at a rapid pace, it is important to focus on building resiliency, writes Judith Rodin, president of the Rockefeller Foundation, in a post that originally appeared on Medium.com.

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Community Development

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Former Deutsche Bank Americas Foundation VP to Lead LISC NYC

Release Date:

09/18/2014

... that helps low-income students advance along the path toward college. In addition to his professional efforts, ...

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Deutsche Bank Americas Foundation

When the Biomedical Industry Can’t Prioritize Diseases, Private Money Can Save Lives

Release Date:

09/19/2014

... you might assume drug and medical device makers are racing toward solutions. But for many pharmaceutical and medical ...

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Health

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The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust

Suzanne C. Sousa Named Program Officer at Stella and Charles Guttman Foundation

Release Date:

04/21/2015

Sousa was previously the Director of Development and Special Projects at New York City's Administration for Children's Services.

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Children, Youth and Families

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Health

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Stella and Charles Guttman Foundation

Do Corporate Grantmakers Care More About the Poor Than Other Foundations?

Release Date:

06/30/2015

... 48 percent of corporate foundations’ grant dollars went toward underserved communities, compared to just 38 percent ...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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JPMorgan Chase & Co.

Overdeck Family Foundation Funded Research on ‘Bedtime Math’ Featured in the Journal Science

Release Date:

10/16/2015

The Overdeck Family Foundation supported research showing a marked increase in math achievement for children using a program called Bedtime Math. The research appeared in the Oct. 9 edition of Science.

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Children, Youth and Families

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Overdeck Family Foundation

Peterson Center on Healthcare and Three Other Funders Unite to Support Access to Clinical Notes for 50 Million Patients

Release Date:

02/24/2016

... change in practice represents a major step in the movement toward greater transparency in healthcare. Experience ...

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Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

NY Community Trust Teams Up with Muslim-American Leaders to Counter Anti-Islamic Stereotypes

Release Date:

08/09/2016

... York Community Trust has committed half a million dollars toward a new effort that will counteract Islamophobia and ...

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Communications/Media

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The New York Community Trust

Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Releases New Book on the Value of Diversity

Release Date:

10/25/2016

... honest questions and questioning, to move us as a nation toward envisioning our diversity as an opportunity, rather ...

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Education

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Mellon Foundation

Arabella Advisors Study Finds Global Funds For Fossil Fuels Are On The Decline

Release Date:

02/02/2017

As the Trump administration threatens to withdraw the US from the Paris Agreement and double up on efforts to revive a slowing fossil fuels industry, the rest of the world is pulling out of coal projects and redirecting investment towards renewables...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Arabella Advisors

NY Women’s Foundation: $2.4 Million in Grants to Address Needs of Women & Families in New York City

Release Date:

07/24/2017

The New York Women’s Foundation announced a total of $2,400,000 in grants awarded to 37 organizations working to promote economic security and justice for women and families throughout New York City.