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Nonprofit Linked To NYCHA Creates Crowdfunding Portal For Sustainability Projects

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09/25/2017

... Crowdfunding Portal For Sustainability Projects The Fund for Public Housing, a nonprofit established last year to ... Rasmia Kirmani-Frye, the founding president of the Fund for Public Housing, in an interview...

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Housing and Homelessness

Salesforce Launches $50 Million Initiative To Fuel Social Impact Startups

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10/03/2017

... position in tech and its dedication to social change to fund startups with social impact at their core. Salesforce ... Tuesday that it's launching the Salesforce Impact Fund , a $50 million initiative to...

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Ford Foundation Supports Progress on Impact Investing

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10/13/2017

... experimental rating process aimed to hold large fund managers acuntable for delivering on wide range ... Capital Management’s CRA-Qualified Investment Fund became the first publicly-traded mutual fund...

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Finance & Asset Management

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29 Mar 2022

Policies that Support a Thriving Small Business Ecosystem - A Webinar Hosted by Asset Funders Network

Tuesday, March 29, 2022 -

1:00pm to 2:30pm

... Small Business Ecosystem that will examine the federal, state , and local policies that can help CDFIs build capacity, ... business ecosystem for people of color How do national, state , and municipal policies...

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12 Sep 2012

Technology and the Promise of Blended Learning

Wednesday, September 12, 2012 - 11:00am to Thursday, September 13, 2012 - 4:00pm

The Roosevelt Hotel, 45 E. 45th Street at Madison Ave, NYC

... , Program Officer, AVI CHAI Foundation Cami Anderson , State District Superintendent, Newark Public Schools Norman ... of Education Brian Greenberg , CEO, Silicon Schools Fund Bryan Hassel , Co-Director,...

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A Crash Course in the Foundation World: Reflections on Philanthropy New York’s Philanthropy 101

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09/23/2022

... differences like how our nations think about the welfare state . I began to appreciate these differences in 2021 when I ... funds are spent, and focusing on how (not just what) we fund . These ideas featured...

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Reimagining Reporting for Greater Impact

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02/16/2024

... for funder collaboration. For example, at the Haas Fund , Program Officers are shifting their role from funders ... York Foundation, New York Women’s Foundation, North Star Fund , Robert Sterling Clark...

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08 Jan 2020

Investing in the Future of Our Community: A Case Study on Funders’ Motivations for Supporting CSAs - A Webinar Hosted by Asset Funders Network

Wednesday, January 8, 2020 -

1:00pm to 2:00pm

... outcomes related to early childhood development, maternal health , and educational expectations and performance . CSAs have many benefits, yet until now, we ...

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Children, Youth and Families

Citi and Citi Foundation Expand Global Job Skills-Building Initiative to Improve Employability and Economic Opportunity for Underserved Communities

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09/17/2020

... of Pathways to Progress, we are maximizing the training resources and opportunities we can provide to hardworking ... Kenya, Nigeria and Tanzania with digital and financial resources to help sustain their...

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HuffPost OpEd Laments the Lack of Upward Mobility in America

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05/05/2015

... most of us -- whatever our political stripe -- know the state of affairs in the United States requires immediate ...

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Bloomberg Cited by NYTimes as Driver of Gun Control Progress Nationwide

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01/04/2016

... even besting the powerful National Rifle Association in state -by- state battles. The newfound momentum reflects a strategy ... Delaware and elsewhere. And they are now looking to state and...

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Public Policy

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JP Morgan Chase Launches 'New Skills For Youth'; Invests $75M to Build Tomorrow’s Economy

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01/19/2016

... need to grow and compete. With the Council of Chief State School Officers and the National Association of State Directors of Career Technical Education Consortium, we ...

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Century Foundation Fellow Proposes Post-Obama Syrian-U.S. Relations Strategy

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08/22/2016

... the conflict can be contained, the meltdown of the Syrian state has sent wave after wave of chaos into the wider world ... like Turkey, Saudi Arabia, and Israel and the threat of state meltdown and regional...

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Trump to Discuss Hudson Tunnel Project With New York and New Jersey Leaders

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09/07/2017

President Trump has invited top officials from New York and New Jersey to the White House on Thursday, including Senators Chuck Schumer, Cory Booker and Kirsten Gillibrand and Govs. Andrew M. Cuomo and Chris Christie, to discuss the future of a...

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Community Development

New Order Indefinitely Bars Almost All Travel From Seven Countries

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09/25/2017

President Trump on Sunday issued a new order indefinitely banning almost all travel to the United States from seven countries, including most of the nations covered by his original travel ban, citing threats to national security posed by letting...

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Immigration

Commentary from The Century Foundation: Women’s Underrepresentation in Politics: No, It’s Not Just an Ambition Gap

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09/25/2017

... Council and the underrepresentation of women in local and state governments nationwide. They are correct in their ... large city governments are comprised of women; at the state level, women also make up about...

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Gender Justice

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New York’s Graduation Rate Could Drop Under New Federal Education Law

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10/05/2017

... Rate Could Drop Under New Federal Education Law New York state ’s high school graduation rate may take a hit due to ... be forced to lower its graduation rate or report separate state and federal rates... New...

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William T. Grant Foundation President Discusses Inequality In English Language Education

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10/26/2017

... “There may be different approaches taken within the same state , within the same school district and even within the ...

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William T. Grant Foundation

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OSF Denounces Hungarian Government's Attacks Against Soros

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11/27/2017

... to Eastern Europe; and a requirement that every EU member state pay 9 million Hungarian forint ($33,772) in mandatory state aid per immigrant... OSF Denounces Hungarian ...

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