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Gerstner Philanthropies Awards $16.8 Million for Helping Hands Emergency Grant Program

Release Date:

02/01/2025

... across 27 states. An additional $2.1 million will fund student emergency aid programs at seven colleges in the ... in crisis while equipping partner organizations with the resources needed to deliver aid...

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Community Development

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New Report From the Silicon Valley Community Foundation Probes Tech Use Among Young Kids in Silicon Valley

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03/06/2018

... data limits, and more broken computers and devices than their white and Asian-Pacific Islander counterparts. More ... uses digital media because they worry that families do not have access at home. And mixed...

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Silicon Valley Community Foundation

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New York’s Graduation Rate Could Drop Under New Federal Education Law

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10/05/2017

... provision in the new federal education law. The Every Student Succeeds Act, or ESSA, requires states to count only ... by a “preponderance” of students or honors diplomas in their federal graduation rate. It’s...

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Michelle A. Adams and Stephen Berger Elected to United Hospital Fund Board

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06/24/2014

... Fund Board Michelle A. Adams and Stephen Berger have joined the United Hospital Fund Board. Adams, ... Corporation, and, earlier, chairman and CEO of Financial Guaranty Insurance Company. From 1985 to 1990, he...

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

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Health

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United Hospital Fund

06 Jun 2013

Community Food Funders Breakfast Series on Risk and Resiliency in the Food System: Fostering Equity and Adaptation in a Post-Sandy World

Thursday, June 6, 2013 -

8:30am to 10:00am

... community-based organizations for help. While government agencies have begun rebuilding, there are still significant barriers ... the most marginalized communities in accessing available resources...

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13 Apr 2022

Thinking Outside of the Box to Address Today’s Challenges

Wednesday, April 13, 2022 -

2:00pm to 3:30pm

... two years, the crises of COVID-19 and racial injustice have injected new urgency into our work, new technologies ... times by embracing new ways of thinking and challenging their operating norms. What will you...

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HR & Operations Staff

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The Rockefeller Foundation Appoints New Managing Directors

Release Date:

02/01/2012

... has announced that Nancy Kete, Scott Leeb, and John Irons have been appointed to the role of Managing Director. Nancy ... Foundation. “They bring significant expertise in their field, a passion to make the...

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The Rockefeller Foundation

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Two Changes in Executive Team at Carnegie Corporation of New York

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02/04/2020

... Trish Callahan joins the foundation as chief human resources officer, bringing more than 25 years of human resources leadership to the role, most recently with The ... the greater New York City area. Her...

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

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NYC's Action on School Discipline Moves Closer to Just Education

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07/30/2015

... recent years, thousands of New York City school children have been disciplined through exclusion from school, ... system. Even one suspension in the 9th grade doubles a student ’s chances of later dropping out...

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The Atlantic Philanthropies

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Walter Panzirer, Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust Trustee Shares Rural Healthcare Program's Telehealth Support During COVID-19

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11/17/2020

... specialists and emergency room doctors, hampering their efforts to seek treatment for complex concerns. ... to rethink the need for in-person meetings, physicians have turned to telehealth to provide high-...

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The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust

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Groundswell Fund Shares An Open Letter to Philanthropy, from People of Color-led, Movement-Accountable Public Foundations

Release Date:

06/10/2021

... By contrast, the cornerstone of racial equity is sharing resources and decision-making power in a way that ... together – white people and people of color. We all have a place in this work...

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Toward a New Gospel of Wealth

Release Date:

10/01/2015

... For my colleagues and me, these past 15 months have entailed both deep introspection about this privilege ... First of all, no one in philanthropy has the independent resources to solve our collective problems...

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Community Development

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Ending New York’s Summer Jobs Depression

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02/12/2015

... enough job opportunities to meet the demand, we also have to make improving the quality of these jobs a priority. ... training aligns with real job skills that are needed in their communities. With ...

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International/Foreign Affairs

Workforce Development

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'Massive Anxiety' As Turkey Cracks Down On International NGOs

Release Date:

10/02/2017

... in the border town of Gaziantep. Six different government agencies , among them the migration directorate and the ...

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Boutiques for the People

Release Date:

09/27/2016

... “high-touch” – programs that cannot be scaled up in their full form. It's certainly understandable that ... of Newark. The program launched in fall 2015 and aims to have Newark residents make up two-...

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The Teagle Foundation

Research for a 21st Century Child Welfare System

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03/24/2022

... Programs. The outcomes for children and families who have contact with our child protection system (CPS) continue ... and the trauma many children and families experience from their involvement with the system...

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William T. Grant Foundation

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Hostos Food Studies Program is Creating Opportunities in the Bronx

Release Date:

10/07/2015

... M. Tisch Illumination Fund William Nunez, a second-year student at Hostos Community College, has had a long-standing ... pilot course with an innate interest – something from their background, or it’s...

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Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund

Food Systems

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Wall Street Not Giving Up On U.S. Social Impact Bonds

Release Date:

07/30/2015

... run for four years, would shut down in August. Goldman lost $1.2 million and Bloomberg Philanthropies - a partner in the project - lost $6 million, which would have been recouped had the...

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Philanthropy: Beyond Business or Charity

Release Date:

12/12/2013

... philosopher Michael Sandel tells us that “markets leave their mark.” Creating a market and converting something ... subject to market norms. Markets prioritize return for the resources invested and use...

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