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Russel Sage Foundation Study Reveals Increased SNAP Benefits Can Move Families to Food Security

Release Date:

03/09/2018

... Journal of Social Sciences looks at how much additional income in SNAP benefits would be needed in order for ... then measured the resource gap--the difference between the resources a household has and what...

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7/22/14 - The Rollback on Reproductive Justice - PPTs and materials

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07/2014

View articles and the PowerPoint Presentations presented during the program The Rollback on Reproductive Rights and Justice.

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Children, Youth and Families

Making Lunch Free Was Just the Beginning

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12/10/2019

... a proud moment for New York City when its public school system began implementing universal free school lunch on the ... in every grade could eat for free, regardless of family income , and without shame or...

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NYS Health Foundation, Advocates Weigh in on Immigrant Health Care

Release Date:

03/01/2016

... York, which had a more accessible public transportation system , and where, thanks to a New York court ruling, she was ... enroll in Medicaid, the health insurance program for low- income residents. . . “New...

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The Amida Care Fund at Stonewall Community Foundation Announces HIV/AIDS Initiatives

Release Date:

12/05/2016

... but their resilience needs to be supported with adequate resources . We are honored to continue our work with Amida ... Project works to eliminate the spread of HIV among low- income black and Latino young men...

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Stonewall Community Foundation

Effective Journalism Is Now Part of Our College Completion Mission

Release Date:

03/17/2015

... Foundation has awarded grants to programs that promote low- income college completion. But we had a nagging feeling that, ... journalism that advances the national discussion about low- income college...

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Edwin Gould Foundation | EGF Accelerator

The Jewish Women’s Foundation of New York Elects New Officers and Welcomes Seven New Board Members

Release Date:

07/01/2019

... served as an advisor to the New York City Public School System on learning disabilities. She has also authored ... partner in her family's company, Thypin Steel, a steel distribution company. Ms. Thypin,...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies to Help Reduce Financial Barriers for Top Talent to Begin Careers in Public Service

Release Date:

03/02/2021

$25 million gift for the Georgina and Charlotte Bloomberg Public Service Fellowship at NYU’s Wagner School

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Workforce Development

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Salesforce.org And United Way Are Teaming Up To Change Corporate Giving

Release Date:

02/27/2018

... funded. It’s being piloted this month at a handful of major companies, including Anheuser-Busch, and will roll out ... make more informed decisions, and respond in real time to major crises... Salesforce.org...

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Salesforce

Leaders of the Ford, Open Society, MacArthur, Hewlett, and Packard Foundations Pledge to Do More to Help Charities Pay Overhead

Release Date:

09/04/2019

... the foundation leaders said they were embarking on a major campaign to encourage all other grant makers to join ... large, prominent, household-name organizations — face major deficits because of stingy...

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William Penn and Mellon Foundations Give $8 Million to Philly Arts and Culture Groups Hit by COVID-19

Release Date:

12/02/2020

... to Philly Arts and Culture Groups Hit by COVID-19 Two major backers of arts and culture in Philadelphia have teamed ... a third of its annual budget, which makes it a “very major deal,” said Katie Moore, the...

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Mellon Foundation

We Cannot Let COVID-19 Be a Death Sentence For Refugees

Release Date:

08/12/2020

For those working in the fields of protecting the rights of refugees and asylum seekers, the last few years have been a persistent and mounting challenge.

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Uprooting Racism to Advance Health Equity

Release Date:

01/04/2022

... patterns shift. The impact of structural racism —the system in which our nation’s policies, institutional ... years of structural racism have deprived Black families of resources that accumulate and transfer...

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

Release Date:

04/20/2018

... Footprint and Improve Health If the U.S. health care system were a separate country, its $3.3 trillion GDP would ... seventh-largest producer of carbon dioxide , making it a major contributor to air pollution...

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The Commonwealth Fund

New App Plentiful, Funded By The Helmsley Charitable Trust, Streamlines How NYC Food Pantries Feed The Hungry

Release Date:

12/04/2017

... to help feed the hungry. A new phone app and reservation system offers those in need of nutritional assistance a fast ... and phone number and their information comes up in the system .” The app was born out of...

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The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust

John Ruskay, Ph.D., to Step Down in June 2014 as Executive Vice President and CEO of UJA-Federation of New York

Release Date:

05/01/2013

... "John has ensured that UJA-Federation has the financial resources to support the services provided by our beneficiary ... in the 1990s that brought forward a global allocation system for the first time...

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04 May 2021

Towards a NYC COVID-19 Food Response in 2021 - A Webinar Hosted by Community Food Funders

Tuesday, May 4, 2021 -

9:30am to 11:00am

Virtual Meeting - Register by 5/3

... sectors. In response, a number of foundations pooled their resources to collectively fund three of New York’s leading ... rebuild a more resilient and equitable local food system following the COVID-19...

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The Century Foundation Releases Report - Here Is What School Integration in America Looks Like Today

Release Date:

12/02/2021

... decisions by lawmakers—combined with individual choices that families make. Through deliberate ... trends, and, in the process, build a better education system that gives students access to diverse learning...

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The Century Foundation

A Right to Know: School Environmental Health Hazards

Release Date:

07/20/2015

... to help them learn to navigate the complex school siting system and advocate for the information they need. By ... problems with healthy school environments. NYLPI’s distribution of the tool kits and materials...

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New York Health Foundation

The New York Women’s Foundation Honors DeAnna Hoskins, President & CEO of JustLeadershipUSA, and Bryan Stevenson, Founder & Executive Director of The Equal Justice Initiative, at 2019 Radical Generosity Dinner

Release Date:

10/08/2019

... Bill Moyers about bringing justice to the justice system . A nationally recognized leader, DeAnna Hoskins is ... where she worked to reduce recidivism by addressing individual and family needs. Acclaimed public...

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