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Pinkerton Supports Internships for Young Adults in Foster Care

Release Date:

07/18/2017

... from foster care to the real world of work. Pinkerton funding is being matched by City funds for staff training and ... often challenging young adult population. “Our goal is not only to help the interns...

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Member News

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Children, Youth and Families

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The Pinkerton Foundation

13 Dec 2017

New York City Workforce Funders Quarterly Meeting and the City of New York’s Workforce Strategy

Wednesday, December 13, 2017 -

9:00am to 11:00am

Public funding of the workforce system has declined significantly ... changing labor market. The de Blasio Administration has not made the workforce issue a priority, despite the Career ...

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All Funders

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Workforce Development

13 Mar 2018

Why Advocacy Matters: Protecting And Expanding Access To Needed Youth Services

Tuesday, March 13, 2018 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

... of effective advocacy during times of fiscal and political change . Explore: The current knowledge of the landscape of funding sources from city, state, and federal budgets for ... most vulnerable The impact of...

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Children, Youth and Families

26 Feb 2018

What Happens After the “Win”? - Lessons Learned from State and Local Money in Politics Campaigns - A Webinar Hosted by FCCP

Monday, February 26, 2018 -

3:00pm to 4:00pm

... one step of many towards creating meaningful and lasting change . Although the case studies of this briefing will focus ... money in politics reforms, we know that these lessons are not unique to this space. We...

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Tools & Strategies

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Webinar/Teleconference

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All Funders

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Public Policy

31 Jan 2024

Strategic Responses to Forced Displacement - A Webinar Hosted by GCIR

Wednesday, January 31, 2024 -

1:00pm to 2:00pm

... forced millions to flee Venezuela and elsewhere. Climate change has been amplifying extreme weather disasters and ...

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Issue-Based

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All Funders

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Immigration

Top 8 Ways Philanthropy Can Make Space at the Table for Immigrant Women Leaders

Release Date:

05/19/2016

... introduced her to a wider network.” Sponsorship, not just mentorship , of other women, is critical for ... the promise and potential of pop culture to advance social change in #PopJustice , a new report series...

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Insights

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Gender Justice

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Unbound Philanthropy

Stavros Niarchos Foundation grant supports civic engagement at the Obama Presidential Center in Chicago

Release Date:

06/22/2023

... cohorts of changemakers to accelerate positive and lasting change in their communities and around the world. SNF’s ...

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Member News

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Civic Engagement

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Stavros Niarchos Foundation

NCF Welcomes Elizabeth Mendez Berry and Isaac Luria as Directors of Voice, Creativity and Culture

Release Date:

12/16/2016

... shape strategies focused on arts and culture, narrative change and pop culture that integrate across the ... about race, class, gender and ethnicity through culture change , pop culture strategies and stories...

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Appointments & Transitions

Needle-Moving Community Collaboratives: A Promising Approach to Addressing America's Biggest Challenges

Publication date:

02/2012

... collaborations that have achieved "needle moving" change share common operating principles and key .....

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... and encourage our elected officials to view foundations as resources on key public policy issues. PNY's Policy .....

Funders for Gender Equity

... interacts with and compounds their issues – and shift funding strategies to address them. FGE's steering committee .....

Foundations as the "Brain Trust" for City Officials

Release Date:

04/15/2014

... reason for members to attend even if they aren't funding in New York City. I'm paraphrasing, but in essence ... the funder community just as a checkbook, though financial resources are obviously...

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PNY News

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Public Policy

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Doris Duke Foundation

23 Sep 2014

Immigrant Youth in NYC: Programs, Practices and Policy

Tuesday, September 23, 2014 -

8:45am to 11:00am

View resources from this program. Join us for a discussion that ... will leave the session with a richer understanding of funding opportunities; a deeper appreciation of what to look ...

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Children, Youth and Families

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The Limits Are Your Freedom

Release Date:

02/15/2017

... view and voice – however humble or bold – on the way resources should be used to make the world better. Private ... foundations could weigh in on Executive Orders. This is not lobbying, which is legally...

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PNY News

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

The Burke Foundation Announces Three New Staff Members

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11/18/2020

... P55 Fellow. The Burke Foundation is committed to funding programs and initiatives that support the healthy ... stress by connecting families to important community resources . Before her time with the Burke...

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Appointments & Transitions

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The Burke Foundation

The Emma Bloomberg Center for Access and Opportunity Established at Princeton University Through Major Gift from Bloomberg Philanthropies

Release Date:

04/19/2021

... in New York City. Education is also a main area of funding for Bloomberg Philanthropies , founded by Michael R. ... of race, class or geographic origin, to access the same resources and opportunities,” said...

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Education

Leading the Way for Food Equity

Release Date:

07/28/2016

... as longtime advocates for community-based approaches to change , we have found that organizations greatly benefit ... is a fundamental part of our Healthy Food & Community Change initiative , a $15 million...

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Insights

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Food Systems

17 Foundations Join Forces to Divest Fossil-Fuel Stocks

Release Date:

01/30/2014

The Educational Foundation of America and the Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation are among the 17 foundations who have vowed to divest the fossil fuel stocks in their endowments and invest at least five percent of their assets in clean-energy companies,...

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Member News

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Environment and Climate Change

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Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation

The Educational Foundation of America

Turning Brooklyn Cachet Into Cash

Release Date:

03/10/2014

... Independence Community Foundation into a full-fledged charity in 2009. The feeling was that as the borough grew in ...

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Community Development

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Brooklyn Org

The Wall Street Journal

Science Studies Get a Big Boost

Release Date:

03/10/2014

The Chronicle of Philanthropy highlighted several foundation efforts to support education in science, technology, engineering and math, including initiatives from the Carnegie Corporation of New York, the Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable...