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Catholic Charities Announces $800,000 Grant from The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation

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01/31/2017

Catholic Charities Announces $800,000 Grant from The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation.

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The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation

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Housing and Homelessness

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Nathan Cummings Announces Increased Payout to Respond to ‘Extraordinary Times’

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05/03/2017

The Foundation’s board and staff met to consider the question: how can we stand alongside our grantees and philanthropic partners and respond to current societal challenges with leadership, urgency, and impact? Its board made the unanimous decision...

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United Hospital Fund Literacy Project, funded by the Mother Cabrini Health Foundation, Makes Lasting Difference at East Harlem Health Center

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09/27/2023

... during the pandemic, are now not only fully stacked but have overflowed to include a back-up supply of books in the ... — we weren’t able to give books to kids when they had their visit,” said Jasmine Blake,...

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Mother Cabrini Health Foundation

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Purpose as a Compass: Grant Reporting - What is the Purpose? Linking Values, Vision, and Practice 

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04/25/2023

... it is dead. Or at least on life support.  You don’t have to pour over years of grantee perception data (CEP did ... than a rote requirement that contributes very little to their ongoing growth. And for funders...

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The Grove Foundation

Can Philanthropy Support the Transformation of Society?

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03/06/2014

... women and men who pick them — mostly migrant workers — have been riddled with exploitation, violence, sexual ... By supporting people to organize themselves, defend their rights and make their...

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Food Systems

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NoVo Foundation

May 25, 2023 - A Day Without Human Services

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05/26/2023

... services in New York City are contracted by City and State agencies where workers are paid about 30% less than what ... that they do. We believe that the people doing the work have the most intimate knowledge...

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Citi’s $1 Billion Action for Racial Equity Initiative Demonstrates Early Results in the Fight to Address the Racial Wealth Gap

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04/26/2021

... Foundation today announced initial results generated from their $1 billion in strategic initiatives to help close the ... Equity was meant to be a three-year goal, but our teams have matched the urgency these...

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Economic Security

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Six Subway Stops, Worlds Apart

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05/15/2015

... opportunities, and stable housing are likely to have good health outcomes. Residents of neighborhoods without ... any community, those different parties will need to bridge their usual silos and work together...

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Community Development

Education

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New York Health Foundation

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Hartford Foundation Funds New Geriatric Workforce Center

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01/21/2016

... component of the GWEP platform administered by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. ... this initiative, we will support HRSA's GWEP awardees in their work to develop a...

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The John A. Hartford Foundation

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After We Say Goodbye

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01/29/2010

... prod that moved us to the decision to spend out. We have taken to heart much of the wisdom offered in Beldon’s ... remain the primary service providers to and advocates for their target populations, they...

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How Social Innovation Labs Contribute to Transformative Change

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11/07/2014

... to demystify lab practice and learn more about how labs have contributed to transformative social change. Earlier ... easy for anyone, speaking any language, to create and run their own customized interactive...

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The Rockefeller Foundation

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Communications/Media

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Why U.S. Foundations Should Take the Global Sustainable Development Goals Seriously

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06/21/2016

... – like the 1948 Declaration on Human Rights – which have helped forge the way , it can be argued that the agenda ... to recognize this unprecedented opportunity to leverage their ...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Conrad N. Hilton Foundation (New York)

Impact Investing Is a Policy Issue

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10/20/2016

... the ability of philanthropic organizations to achieve their social missions. But one of the policy questions we ... topic comes up is whether or not impact investments that have an imperative to contribute to...

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PNY News

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Corporate Social Responsibility

As Coding Boot Camps Close, the Field Faces a Reality Check

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08/28/2017

... a Reality Check In the last five years, dozens of schools have popped up offering an unusual promise: Even humanities ... and join the high-paying digital economy. Students and their hopeful parents shelled...

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Workforce Development

Reshaping the Business of Social Change

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06/20/2013

... neither with a clear destination nor a mission. I have now been leading the Thomson Reuters Foundation for the ... is that profit and social progress go hand in hand, not their own ways. They happen together...

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Investing: Can You Apply Your Values to Create Value?

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05/06/2014

... article on impact investing. I’ve been privileged to have the unique experience in my professional life of ... of a perspective from different sectors, a couple things have become clear: First, too many of the...

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The Rockefeller Foundation

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Autonomous Driving Will Transform Cities: Is Philanthropy Paying Attention?

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05/23/2017

... Over the past year, we at Bloomberg Philanthropies have heard a lot of excitement and concern from city leaders ... They understand that AVs could bring benefits to their cities – particularly in the areas of...

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Community Development

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On The Foundation Freeway: Entering And Exiting Priority Areas With Caution

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08/02/2016

... in the Health Affairs Blog . All funders, no matter their size, have big dreams and limited resources . I have yet to meet grantmakers—even the largest ...

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New York Health Foundation

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For philanthropy, racial equity isn't enough: Why we've moved to redistribution to address the racial wealth gap

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10/14/2021

... News Digest on October 7, 2021. The past few years have seen a radical shift in philanthropy, a shift that was ... to better understand the importance of racial equity in their giving and the very important...

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