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A Free Lunch Coalition Tries to Make School Meals a Mayoral Issue

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10/17/2013

On the steps of City Hall this morning, an education advocacy group held a rally that had nothing to do ... plan for all students, regardless of income, immediately after taking office... A Free Lunch Coalition...

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Chris Cardona Named Director of Philanthropy at TCC Group

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09/17/2013

... has helped numerous foundations develop and implement new strategies, build grantee capacity and evaluate programs. ... "Foundations continue to innovate and hold themselves to higher standards,"...

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MetLife, Deutsche Bank, Surdna, Moody’s, Pershing Square and Others Supporting Launch of Microlender Kiva NYC

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12/11/2015

... nonprofit, announced the launch of Kiva NYC, a new multi-year initiative to help level the playing field for ... our children together, and have an entirely different future than what dominates most of the...

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Teagle Foundation's Connor on Asserting the Value of the Humanities

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04/22/2016

... Then the president asked, “How can we justify putting resources into Ancient Greek 101 where the enrollment is ... the case for the classics, the humanities and liberal education in general. Wait a minute, I...

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Carnegie Corporation Commits $15 Million for Rethinking School Design

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03/25/2013

... district-based school design work uses the principles in a new Carnegie Corporation report as a starting point. Carnegie ... schools use teaching, time, technology, money, and other resources to bring all...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies and Sierra Club’s Beyond Coal Campaign Reaches Landmark Closure of 318th U.S. Coal Plant, on Track to Retire All Coal Plants by 2030

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09/15/2020

... Coal Plant, on Track to Retire All Coal Plants by 2030 NEW YORK, NY — Bloomberg Philanthropies and the Sierra ... transition the country to a more equitable, clean energy future . In partnership with the Sierra...

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Heather Gerken Joins Mellon Foundation’s Board of Trustees

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06/06/2018

... school of federalism,” her work focuses on federalism, diversity , and dissent. At Yale, she founded and leads a clinic in local government law, the San Francisco Affirmative Litigation Project (SFALP). In 2013...

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Allyson Goldhagen

... Goldhagen plays a key leadership role in Philanthropy New York’s knowledge management activities. She is ... philanthropy. Allyson began her work in philanthropy education as a teaching assistant for...

Keeping in Touch, Building Trust

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03/10/2021

... there were problems, I would be connected to the people or resources that could support me. Today, I am a program ... start building those relationships. When meeting someone new , we often start by asking them...

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Kresge Foundation, NCB Capital Impact Launch $30 Million Detroit Revitalization Fund

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09/18/2013

With support from MetLife and the Max M. & Marjorie S. Fisher Foundation, among others, the fund will provide ... transit-oriented projects that promote density, diversity , vibrancy and walkability along...

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Announcing the Heckscher Leadership Fellows Program

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03/31/2020

... Program The Heckscher Foundation welcomes two remarkable education leaders, Ruth Genn and Vita Rabinowitz, as its inaugural Heckscher Leadership Fellows. Designed after similar programs in the private equity...

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Children, Youth and Families

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PNY Welcomes Tiffany Langston and Aditi Davray

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09/03/2014

Philanthropy New York is pleased to announce the appointments of Aditi ... for PNY members and leading the board’s Increasing Diversity in Philanthropy Committee. Prior to joining ... F. Wagner Graduate School of...

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Centering Black voices and visions for a Nonprofit Wakanda

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08/10/2021

... What does it sound like, look like, feel like to imagine a New York City and nonprofit sector where “Blackness is ... Wakanda Quarterly is a collective imagining of such a future . Conceived by George Suttles,...

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Remembering Janet Kelley

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02/03/2020

This statement has been shared by the New York City Youth Funders: It is with a heavy heart that we ... Executive Director of the Partnership for After School Education (PASE), Janet was a...

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HSBC Gives $1.5M to Scale Up Horizons Learning Programs

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05/16/2017

... to help bring Horizons multi-year learning programs to new communities and serve more low-income children across the ... two-thirds of the reading achievement gap between higher and lower income students can...

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A Nobel Prize For The Voluntary Sector

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11/15/2009

By Charles H. Hamilton Senior Fellow, Philanthropy New York A few words about a recent Nobel Prize and its ... to manage “the commons”: common property and resources . The conventional wisdom is that common...

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The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: The Role of Funders in Conflict

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11/2014

The Peace and Security Funders Group (PSFG) released a white paper on how funders can affect conflict.

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NYCT, American Express, Ford Support Launch of Caribbean Cultural Center

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09/17/2014

... to the public in September, 2015. Activities at the new Center will include visual art exhibits, workshops in ... culture/religion, public discussions on the history and future of East Harlem, and...

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