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Mellon Foundation

14 Oct 2020

Navigating Difficult Dialogues Across Difference – A Workshop

Wednesday, October 14, 2020 -

10:00am to 12:00pm

... Philanthropy New York’s Power, Culture, and Difficult Conversations Series : September 10 - Why Aren't We More ... 30 - Preparation and Self-Management in Feedback Conversations - A Workshop October 14 -...

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Professional Development

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Leadership Development

WES Mariam Assefa Fund Announces the 12 Awardees of the Opportunity Challenge

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09/24/2020

... awardees of the Opportunity Challenge, a new grantmaking initiative to support the success of immigrants and refugees ... the challenge revealed an amazing amount of innovation and leadership in immigrant...

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World Education Services / WES Mariam Assefa Fund

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Immigration

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01 Dec 2021

For Us, By Us Farm - Based Education - A Webinar Hosted by Community Food Funders

Wednesday, December 1, 2021 -

12:30pm to 2:00pm

... — the Akwesasne Mohawk community for Akwesasne Freedom School ; low-income BIPOC communities for Farm School NYC; and the queer community for Rock Steady Farm. ... their own language and wisdom, given the lack...

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

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Food Systems

Jo Christine Miles

... claims for gender discrimination in a public elementary school . She has served as member of the GMHC board of ... as a Legal Outreach mentor to New York City public high school students, and as acting...

Ford Foundation Suggests that It’s Time to Reboot Grantmaking

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06/29/2017

... US organization dedicated to keeping disadvantaged kids in school and helping them succeed in life. Founded in the ... Some 91 percent of these students graduate from high school , a success rate that has...

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Ford Foundation

Day Of The Girl: A Worldwide Reminder That Gender Parity Awaits

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10/25/2016

... before their 18th birthday; 62 million girls are not in school ; and 1.1 billion girls and women around the world ... diverse culture is a top priority. For us, this initiative is not about quotas, affirmative...

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Gender Justice

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PIMCO Foundation

New Report From the Silicon Valley Community Foundation Probes Tech Use Among Young Kids in Silicon Valley

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03/06/2018

... development and promotes, rather than hinders, equity in school readiness and learning.” The report is the first in ... focus groups with public librarians, and two “community conversations ”—meetings hosted by...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Silicon Valley Community Foundation

Speaker Honorarium Policy - A Pilot

The intention with our speaker honorarium policy is to prioritize individuals and organizations who have traditionally not been resourced for their labor when sharing their expertise with the funding community. We offer a modest speaker honorarium (...

McNulty Prize Catalyst Fund Launches at the Aspen Institute

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07/10/2018

... for further impact. Each is led by an Aspen Global Leadership Network (AGLN) Fellow using their entrepreneurial spirit and expertise to address critical global problems. From building the college-to-career...

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John P. & Anne Welsh McNulty Foundation

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United Way of New York City Releases 2014 Self-Sufficiency Standards

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12/02/2014

... released the report at a panel event held at The New School featuring key leaders from the business, foundation, ... government sectors. This report is being published at a critical time for our city, and...

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United Way of New York City

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Community Development

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Morgan Stanley Foundation Announces $1 Million in Grants to Local Food Banks Across the United States

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05/28/2015

... million from the Firm to help launch, expand and sustain critical childhood feeding programs. Through its ... to children and their families. Through its BackPack and School Pantry programs, the food banks...

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Food Systems

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Morgan Stanley

Eva Moskowitz, Practiced de Blasio foe, Weighs a Mayoral Challenge

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09/14/2015

Success Academy CEO Eva Moskowitz gives speech that mocked the mayor for his foreign travel, his opposition to charter schools, and his inability to deliver on core political promises, and signaled an admitted "interest" by Moskowitz in unseating de...

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Education

Documents Show NYC’s Education Department Failed to Answer 526 Public Records Requests Over Past 3 Years

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10/05/2017

... publicly, and served as an “informal advisor” on school issues, according to The New York Times... Documents ...

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Education

11 Mar 2013

The Campaign for Grade-Level Reading: Community Networks in New York State - WEBINAR

Monday, March 11, 2013 -

12:00pm to 1:00pm

... by third grade is the most important predictor of high school graduation and career success. Yet every year, more ... how the Campaign for Grade-Level Reading is tackling school readiness, chronic absence, and...

Markle Foundation-Backed Online Tools Seek to Help Close the Employment Skills Gap

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07/10/2017

... jobs in the United States today for people with a high school degree or less than there were in 1989. At the same ... can would-be workers, armed in many cases with only a high school diploma, develop the...

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John & Mary R. Markle Foundation

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Workforce Development

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New York Owes Nonprofits More than a Parade

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10/07/2021

... rely on prompt payments, well-intentioned government resources may never make it to the very communities they are ... for the government to outsource responsibility for meeting critical community needs and...

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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

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Trinity Church Philanthropies

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Frontier Thinking: Staten Island as Innovation Lab

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05/12/2015

... for the borough’s Tackling Youth Substance Abuse (TYSA) initiative , a cross-sector coalition driving major ... efforts and filling necessary gaps. (For more on this initiative , see here PAGE 25 .) And we’re...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Community Development

Health

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The Staten Island Foundation

Health Department, United Hospital Fund, and Partners Release Plan to Promote Health Equity

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08/26/2016

... of the medical home model. I'm grateful for the strong leadership of Commissioner Dr. Mary Bassett, our outstanding ... care transitions, improved connections to community-based resources , and the use of...

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Health

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United Hospital Fund

Responding to Change: A Look at Strategies Helping Wildlife and People Adapt to Shifting Climates

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03/28/2018

... adaptation initiatives, such as the 100 Resilient Cities Initiative with the Rockefeller Foundation, the Climate ... of these efforts earned WCS a 2017 Climate Adaptation Leadership Award from the Joint...

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