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Toshiba America Foundation Announces $110,000 for 11 Innovative Classroom STEM Projects

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01/16/2018

... these are grants for students to learn and to address community issues such as air pollution, water & soil quality, ... novel ways to utilize STEM in order to give back to the community . For example,...

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Education

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Toshiba America

30 Mar 2016

Shedding Light on Long Island: Learning Tour for Grantmakers

Wednesday, March 30, 2016 - 9:00am to Thursday, March 31, 2016 - 5:00pm

Join grantmakers from across New York State committed to learning more about how the ... settings, providing an ideal laboratory for exploring community efforts seeking education equality for children, ... and...

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What BP Won’t Be Paying For—and How You Can Help

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07/01/2010

... Hill Foundation and an Advisor to the Gulf Coast Fund for Community Renewal and Ecological Health (a special project of Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors), discusses why NGOs, independent advocacy groups, and...

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09 Jul 2015

International Grantmaking for Small- to Mid-Sized Foundations

Thursday, July 9, 2015 -

2:45pm to 5:00pm

... compared to larger foundations that have more staff and resources to conduct due-diligence and build relationships. ... smaller foundations committed to international progress, Philanthropy New...

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Shamira Lukomwa

... education access and quality for all, amplifying community -driven initiatives and the potential cross-sector ...

NYC: The Starting Point for Critical Conversations to Address Historic Challenges

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04/21/2015

... we have experienced in recent memory. Some changes—like new generations of diverse leadership and technological ... grow in urgency if we in the charitable and philanthropic community ignore them. We do so at...

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Sharnita C. Johnson Has Been Named Arts Program Director at Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation

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12/12/2014

... to the position more than 20 years of experience with community -focused nonprofits and the arts, including serving ... and support communities engaged in creative placemaking in New Jersey. Dodge currently...

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Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation

13 Jun 2019

Reimagining Career Pathways for (and with) Youth, Educators and Employers

Thursday, June 13, 2019 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

... market and low-unemployment, job gains for young adults in New York City over the last five years have largely been in ... that employers and the education and workforce development community work together to...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Education

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Immigrant Rights Fund: 6 Lessons We’ve Learned So Far

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05/09/2017

... Far By Prachi Patankar, Senior Program Officer, Brooklyn Community Foundation. This Insights piece originally appeared ... in the face of exclusionary and unjust policies under the new Trump Administration...

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Brooklyn Org

08 Oct 2013

Education Funders Research Initiative Launch Event and Panel Discussion

Tuesday, October 8, 2013 -

8:45am to 11:00am

Trinity Wall Street, 74 Trinity Place, 2nd Floor, NYC

... Funders Research Initiative (EdFunders) is a project of Philanthropy New York supported by 16 funding organizations that have ... Education Commissioner Scott Evenbeck , President, Guttman Community...

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Simons Foundation Backs Autism BrainNet and NIH NeuroBioBank Partnership to Advance Autism Research

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12/09/2015

... the NIH NeuroBioBank and Autism BrainNet is a key step in developing the necessary resources to understand and treat autism spectrum ...

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Health

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ASPCA Commits $5 Million in COVID-19 Relief & Recovery Initiative to Help Shelters and Pet Owners

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03/23/2020

... & Recovery Initiative to Help Shelters and Pet Owners NEW YORK, March 23, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- To assist pet ... animals at-risk by straining essential owner and shelter resources . Considering the vital...

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ASPCA

27 Nov 2018

From Anecdotes to Facts: Let’s Talk Maternal Mortality and Morbidity

Tuesday, November 27, 2018 -

9:00am to 11:00am

... to 146.6 per 10,000 delivery hospitalizations. By 2014, New York state was #1 in the nation for severe maternal ... to generate ideas and consensus of the opportunities for philanthropy . The panelists and...

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Surviving COVID-19: 6 Recommendations for Nonprofits and Funders

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03/17/2020

... grant making, funding, and the evaluation of whether new grants or funding should be awarded should not be ...

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Hugh Hogan to Step Down as van Ameringen Foundation Executive Director to Launch Advisory Practice and to Become Senior Advisor to The Action Lab

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03/24/2022

... has been a privilege as we’ve supported compassionate, community -based mental health treatment in neighborhoods and ... over the past six years, as vAF transitioned to a new generation of board leadership and...

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van Ameringen Foundation

03 Nov 2016

Summer of Savings: Integrating Financial Empowerment into Summer Youth Employment Programs

Thursday, November 3, 2016 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

... model, as well as recent successes and challenges in New York City. We will look at opportunities for philanthropy to learn from and build on this important work ... and Partnerships, NYC Department of Youth...

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Elizabeth Cahill Joins the Surdna Foundation as Director of Communications and Engagement

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02/21/2020

... 24, 2020. In this role, Elizabeth is responsible for developing and overseeing the foundation’s communications ... its impact, and support engagement with the Andrus Family Philanthropy Program. “I’m thrilled...

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Laurie Tisch Illumination Fund Launches $15 Million Healthy Foods Initiative

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02/15/2013

The five-year Healthy Food & Community Change initiative will work to improve access to ... Illumination Fund today is launching its Healthy Food & Community Change initiative with a commitment of $15...

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Community Development

Food Systems

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JPMorgan Chase Strengthens Its Commitment To Support Urban Entrepreneurs of Color

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02/27/2018

... earnings, we’d expect to see additional commitments to philanthropy . And that's exactly the plan. Not too long ago, ... “comprehensive investment” over five years. While philanthropy only comprises a...

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