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Want to Make a Change in the United States? Look Abroad!

Release Date:

10/23/2017

... iconic public space just outside Philanthropy New York' s headquarters is now a “welcome mat” of tables, chairs, ... but Times Square now puts people first . While these details are, for the most part,...

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Civic Engagement

Health

WES Mariam Assefa Fund Announces New Grants to Support New York City Asylum Seekers

Release Date:

02/21/2023

... approximately 27,800 asylum seekers were in the city’ s shelter system and Humanitarian Emergency Response and Relief Centers (HERRC), overwhelming the city’ s ability to provide aid. In the 10 months since...

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Human Services

Immigration

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World Education Services / WES Mariam Assefa Fund

United Hospital Fund Fellows Tackle Disparities on the Frontlines of Pediatric Care

Release Date:

06/28/2023

... Pediatric Care Eight graduates of United Hospital Fund’ s PEDS Network Fellowship are tackling a wide range of equity ... held June 15 for the fellowship, which is part of UHF’ s Pediatrics for an Equitable...

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Children, Youth and Families

Health

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United Hospital Fund

The Philanthropic Community Can Help 250,000 New Yorkers Access $10 Billion in Loan Forgiveness: A Conversation on Public Service Loan Forgiveness

Release Date:

08/11/2022

... communities . Carolyn Peters, Philanthropy New York’ s Manager of Learning Services, sat down with Rich Leimsider, ... piqued my interest. I have a mixture of both private and federal loans. When I heard about...

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Happy Holidays from Philanthropy New York: Our 2024 Year in Review

Release Date:

12/19/2024

... NEW YORK! To create space for rest, Philanthropy New York' s offices will be closed from Wednesday, December 25th - ... a Stronger Ecosystem PNY is actively engaging with federal and state advocates to...

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PNY News

Schott Foundation, Race Forward, and NYU's Metro Center Announces First Grants to Support Anti-Racist, Culturally Responsive Schools and Defend Against Attacks on Public Education

Release Date:

04/06/2022

Schott Foundation, Race Forward, and NYU' s Metro Center Announces First Grants to Support Anti-Racist, ... should ensure that these multiracial groups have the resources to fight back against these well-...

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Member News

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Education

Social Justice

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The Schott Foundation for Public Education

Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Philanthropies

Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Funds New Justice in Education Initiative

Release Date:

05/07/2015

... those issues of justice that are everywhere in Columbia’ s undergraduate Core Curriculum, though often pedagogically ... people who are or have been incarcerated. The grant also increases the opportunities for...

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Education

Justice Reform

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Mellon Foundation

25 Jun 2015

Preparing Cities for Foreign Trade and Investment

Thursday, June 25, 2015 -

1:45pm to 4:00pm

... New York Spotlight Series More than half of the world' s population now live in cities. According to the United ... can invest in the effectiveness of cities worldwide. U. S . cities have become very...

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All Funders

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Finance & Asset Management

Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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International/Foreign Affairs

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Community Development

Location

New York City

05 May 2016

School Integration in NYC (Part 1 of 2): New Research, Changing Perspectives

Thursday, May 5, 2016 -

9:30am to 11:30am

... Civil Rights Project at UCLA found that New York State’ s schools are the most segregated schools in the country, ...

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Children, Youth and Families

02 Nov 2016

End the Sexual-Abuse-to-Prison Pipeline

Wednesday, November 2, 2016 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

... here: For example, The New York City Young Women’ s Initiative is bringing together foundation, government, ... responses to violence so they uphold young women’ s survivorship, agency and resilience. In a...

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Issue-Based

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All Funders

Topic(s)

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Legal Issues

Public Policy

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Children, Youth and Families

23 Jul 2019

Saving the Vaquitas: Screening and Discussion of National Geographic's Sea of Shadows

Tuesday, July 23, 2019 -

3:00pm to 6:00pm

... Navy on their last minute effort to rescue the Earth' s smallest Whale -- the Vaquita -- from extinction. After ... Vaquitas: Screening and Discussion of National Geographic' s Sea of Shadows .....

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Environment and Climate Change

HSBC grant already benefiting fields and farmers across the Midwest

Release Date:

05/23/2022

... agricultural system – about a third of the world’ s corn and soybeans are produced in the region. With so much of the world’ s row crop production occurring in a geography that is ... to protect the...

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Environment and Climate Change

Food Systems

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HSBC Bank USA

Bloomberg Philanthropies Commits Additional $420 Million to Reduce Tobacco Use Globally

Release Date:

02/02/2023

... Tobacco Use . This fourth investment brings Bloomberg’ s total commitment to tobacco control to more than $1.58 ... which together account for nearly 40% of the world’ s smokers. Since the Initiative was...

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Member News

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Health

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Bloomberg Philanthropies

The Will and The Way: Philanthropy's Grantmaking Defaults Must Change

Release Date:

02/05/2020

The Will and The Way: Philanthropy' s Grantmaking Defaults Must Change By John MacIntosh, ... harder to cover full costs. At the same time, though it’ s impolite to say, larger nonprofits are often more .....

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Insights

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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

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SeaChange Capital Partners

Recording: Reimagining Access: Philanthropic Leadership in the Post-Affirmative Action Era

... Action Era Over a year has passed since the Supreme Court' s decision to overturn Affirmative Action reversed decades of ... this, we also mark the 10th anniversary of President Obama' s My Brother...

Surdna Foundation Names George Soule As Director Of Communications

Release Date:

06/03/2013

... joined the Foundation on June 11 to lead the organization' s internal and external communication efforts. Soule will ... latest digital tools — and double down on the Foundation' s commitment to...

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Appointments & Transitions

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Communications

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

The Rockefeller Foundation

Surdna Foundation

13 Sep 2012

--POSTPONED-- Innovative Action: Promising New Initiatives to Stop HIV Transmission

Thursday, September 13, 2012 -

2:45pm to 5:00pm

... effort underway to decrease HIV transmission amongst NYC’ s most vulnerable populations. In addition, mobile HIV ... will provide an in-depth picture of the status of NYC’ s efforts to prevent, treat and...