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Century Foundation Releases Report on Estimating the Real Cost of Community College

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10/24/2017

... College Community colleges in the United States play a critical role in promoting social mobility. This is ... remains largely dependent on state - and county-level resources and economic contexts. Individuals...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies' 2018 U.S. Mayors Challenge Entry Helps Homeless Store Their Vital Documents Digitally

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04/19/2018

... on Wednesday announced the first step in launching an initiative aimed at improving identity services for homeless people. Dubbed the "MyPass Initiative ," the project is designed to provide homeless...

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Toccarra A. H. Thomas Appointed Director of the Joan Mitchell Center in New Orleans

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10/03/2019

... operations of the Center. She will also work closely with leadership at the Joan Mitchell Foundation in New York to further develop artist-centered resources and programming. Thomas will begin her position on...

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Community Philanthropy: Using Both Sides of the Brain

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09/07/2012

... How can community foundations balance quick responses to critical issues with carefully measuring outcomes and conserving limited resources ? Community Philanthropy: Using Both Sides of the ...

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Why Philanthropy Should Help Strengthen Community Colleges

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04/17/2014

... educated workforce in the U.S. Across the country, high school graduation and college enrollment rates are up but ... are in community colleges Upon graduation from high school , half of NYC public ...

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The Fund for the City of New York Announces Lisette Nieves as President

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08/10/2020

... behalf of the Board, I want to thank Mary for her years of leadership to the Fund. She is quiet, brilliant, determined ... Program with Japan, the LaGuardia Fellows Program, School Building Scorecard, Sterling...

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Understanding the Educational Trajectories of Young Black Men in New York City

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9:00am to 12:00pm

The Open Society Institute, 400 West 59th Street, NYC.

... needed to coordinate and make effective grants, leverage resources , and influence a change agenda to eliminate the ... at transforming the academic trajectory and educational resources for Black males in New...

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Mellon Foundation Names Carter Stewart Executive Vice President for Programs

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07/21/2021

... Stewart is a deeply engaged and strategic thinker, and his leadership and richly varied experience have been marked by ... system through his work raising awareness about the school -to-prison pipeline and by...

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Rules and Rituals: How to Drive Change

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07/06/2017

... how to drive major change in the way government works. The conversations were confidential and thus very candid. One ... like marine drill sergeants, call center managers, and school teachers—we’d hear a lot...

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The Rockefeller Foundation

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6/4/14 - Digital Badges Program - Livestream recording and PPTs

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06/2014

View a recording of the livestream and the PowerPoint Presentations and videos presented during the program Expanding Education, Youth Development, and Workforce Opportunities Through Digital Badges.

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Arts Are A Strategy To Build Racial Equity

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11/15/2016

... City also adopted the first ever Race and Social Justice Initiative in government. In conjunction with Office for Civil Rights (OCR), ARTS has increased our resources and commitment to centering race in all...

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The New York Community Trust

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United Way of New York City Names Sheena Wright as New President & CEO

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10/01/2012

... neediest residents, and has demonstrated tremendous leadership and success in delivering on that commitment. I ... commercial and retail space, including the first new high school building in Harlem in 50...

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Ford Foundation Announces New President

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08/22/2013

... ability, deeply committed to our mission and tradition of leadership in the social sector,” said Irene Hirano Inouye, ... in 30 years, and led the development of the first public school built in New York City...

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Success Academy Boss Eva Moskowitz and Charter Leaders Demand Answers on Space Requests from de Blasio

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09/07/2017

... Answers on Space Requests from de Blasio The charter school war grinds on. Success Academy founder Eva Moskowitz ... for failing to respond to requests for space in city school buildings. The school...

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5 Questions for…Melissa Bradley, Chief Executive Officer, Tides

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03/11/2013

... For instance, 21CF initiated an African-Latino Diaspora initiative with the Baobá Fund for Racial Equality in ... action funds. With so many organizations competing for resources , we believe we need to be...

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New York State Grantmakers for Census Equity

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07/2018

... through which funders can coordinate the allocation of resources towards census-related activities, including the ... Greater leverage in pursuing government and philanthropic resources Coordinating philanthropic efforts statewide now ... For more information , please contact any of these initiative leaders: Patricia Swann, The New York Community ...

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The New York Community Trust

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Reframing Accountability as an Act of Humanity

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07/13/2022

... punishment; • Commitment of time and financial resources . While we are firm in our belief that ... gets activated when a group of staff members asks senior leadership for a more emboldened approach to align...

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Progress Update on Stavros Niarchos Foundation's €25 Million Grant to the Hellenic Fire Department

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05/06/2019

... citizens, and the preservation of Greece’s natural resources , and to reinforce, at the same time, the ... in July 2018. Following the 2018 catastrophic fires, the leadership of the Fire Department and SNF...

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Brooklyn Community Foundation President & CEO, Cecilia Clarke, Announces Departure

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03/17/2021

... as I pursue a long-standing dream of attending graduate school to study clinical social work. However, my joy is not ... in nonprofits led by people of color and provided critical multi-year general operating...

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