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City Year Receives $2.5 Million Grant from the New York Life Foundation

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06/16/2015

... nonprofit organization that helps students to stay in school and on track to graduation, announced today that it will standardize and scale its After- School middle school program with the...

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Target Gives $1 Billion for Education

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08/31/2015

... Target’s support over the years has provided books, school supplies, food, field trips and lots more to students ...

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21 May 2019

First Responders at the Border:The Vital Role and Untapped Potential of a Reception System for Families and Asylum Seekers - A Webinar Hosted by GCIR

Tuesday, May 21, 2019 -

4:00pm to 5:00pm

Despite the administration’s policies to deter and punish asylum seekers, families continue to arrive to the United States and Mexico in search of protection. While family separation policies are being revisited and restrictions on asylum grow...

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Twelve Emerging LGBT Leaders Selected for Arcus Leadership Fellowship

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06/28/2017

The Arcus Foundation announced the selection of 12 executive directors to participate in the Arcus Leadership Fellowship. Among this year’s fellows are a longtime grassroots activist organizing around issues of social, economic, and environmental...

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Commonwealth Fund Study Finds Organizations Can Reduce Their Carbon Footprint and Improve Health

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04/20/2018

If the U.S. health care system were a separate country, its $3.3 trillion GDP would give it the fifth-largest economy in the world. It is also the world’s seventh-largest producer of carbon dioxide, making it a major contributor to air pollution.

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15 Mar 2019

Funders Briefing Call on NYS Criminal Justice Reform

Friday, March 15, 2019 -

11:00am to 12:30pm

With the new leadership in the state government in 2019, advocates across New York have called on state leaders to push through long-stalled criminal justice ...

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Serving those who served our nation

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11/10/2013

The Jonas Center for Nursing Excellence's Ret. Brig. Gen. William Bester and Darlene Curley contributed an op-ed to Politico on maintaining our nation's commitment to our veterans.

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White House Debuts $240 Million in New STEM Commitments

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03/24/2015

Supporters include the Simons Foundation and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.

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Wallace Foundation Releases Reports on Successful Audience-Building Efforts

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08/14/2015

The case studies are the eighth and ninth in the 10-part Wallace Studies in Building Arts Audiences series.

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Gilman Foundation Donates $75K to Young People’s Chorus for New Music

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09/14/2015

Young People's Chorus of New York City (YPC) is pleased to announce its first grant from the Howard Gilman Foundation. The grant of $75,000 was issued to YPC for its New Music for New Audiences contemporary music programs, as well as for general...

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Brooklyn Community Foundation Announces Five Organizations Selected to Receive First Spark Prize

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01/10/2017

Brooklyn Community Foundation announces the five organizations selected to receive its first annual Spark Prize, the only honor of its kind celebrating excellence and impact in Brooklyn’s thriving nonprofit sector.

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Riverside Park Conservancy Receives Grant for Park Management Technology from Booth Ferris Foundation

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08/08/2019

The Riverside Park Conservancy has received a $200,000 grant from the Booth Ferris Foundation for park management technology.

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22 Jun 2016

Social Impact Exchange: 2016 Conference on Scaling Impact

Wednesday, June 22, 2016 - 8:30am to Thursday, June 23, 2016 - 5:00pm

... wealth managers and philanthropy advisors interested in learning about innovative methods to support high-impact ...

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14 Jun 2022

Grant Reporting - What is the Purpose? Linking Values, Vision, and Practice

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1:00pm to 2:30pm

Join us for an interactive workshop to break down how to operationalize an oral and alternate reporting approach. During the session, we will focus on the nuts and bolts of implementing a new reporting method. We will begin to develop an Action Plan...

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14 Jul 2022

CANCELLED: Grant Reporting - What is the Purpose? Linking Values, Vision, and Practice - Part 2 of 3 (July Action Session)

Thursday, July 14, 2022 -

2:00pm to 3:00pm

**This program has been cancelled. Please register for the August session.** Since 2020, many funders have embraced new ways of interacting with their nonprofit partners and grappled with how to shift the grantmaking power...

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To Get a Railroad Project Moving Long Islanders Had to Pull Together

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06/23/2020

... could be spiked—as it had been—by a tiny clutch of state senators. To win in cases like these requires ... Cuomo. In December 2015 he was to host a reception at the state capitol. To this event went Dave...

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Get to Know the New Leader of the Nation’s Largest Philanthropic Network

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11/18/2015

... that they have tapped David Biemesderfer as CEO to advance its new strategic direction. Biemesderfer is ...

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New Menino Survey of Mayors Reveals Top Priorities For Cities Across The Country (Citi)

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01/21/2016

... receiving too little financial support from federal and state government. On the issue of policing, mayors ... The data shared here is invaluable and helps us to advance our policy goals to uplift working...

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Century Foundation Study Finds Socioeconomic Integration Helps Narrow Achievement Gaps

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10/19/2016

... Socioeconomic Integration Helps Narrow Achievement Gaps School districts and charter schools across the country ... the Century Foundation finds. According to the report, " School Integration in Practice...

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