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Opinion: New York’s Bad Teachers, Back on the Job

Release Date:

09/11/2017

... Facing political and budgetary pressures, an entire school system can slide without strong leadership. That’s now ... reauthorized mayoral control of the public school system , Mayor Bill de Blasio’s...

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Education

Open Society Research Looks at New Technology Predicting Recidivism Without Being Racist

Release Date:

09/25/2017

... arrested. Welcome to Philadelphia’s criminal justice system . You’ll soon be whisked into a room where bail will ... of sweeping changes to Philadelphia’s criminal justice system that are afoot, city officials...

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Justice Reform

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Open Society Foundations

Research Funded by Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Offers New, Solar-Powered Technology that Collects and Cleans Water from Air

Release Date:

03/18/2019

... kilometers of water contained in the atmosphere, this new system could tap into those reserves and potentially lead to ...

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

15 May 2025

Philanthropy New York's 46th Annual Meeting: Philanthropy For Our Time

Thursday, May 15, 2025 -

1:00pm to 6:00pm

While the nonprofit sector is currently facing existential threats, foundations are grappling with the ways they can show up as reliable and trustworthy partners. Join your Philanthropy New York community in person for a half-day...

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Network Building

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Conference

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All Funders

Risk, Resiliency and Super Storms: What’s Food Got To Do With It?

Release Date:

07/15/2013

Community Food Funders, a philanthropic organizing project comprised of several PNY members, recently held a three-part breakfast series to explore the effects of Hurricanes Irene and Sandy on local food systems and how we can increase the...

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Surdna Foundation

20 Oct 2011

"Fixing vs. Preparing"...The Role of Positive Youth Development in Juvenile Justice

Thursday, October 20, 2011 -

10:00am to 12:00pm

... for youth such as those involved in the juvenile justice system . Young people in the juvenile justice system are negatively viewed as needing "rehabilitation" and ... of juvenile justice engaged...

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Issue-Based

Brooklynites' Greatest Hopes, Concerns Detailed in New Study by Brooklyn Community Foundation

Release Date:

11/05/2014

Brooklyn Community Foundation also did deep dives into three neighborhoods: Coney Island, East New York and Sunset Park.

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Brooklyn Org

First Payment Made Toward Detroit's 'Grand Bargain'

Release Date:

12/12/2014

Ford Foundation has promised $125 million to help save Detroit from bankruptcy.

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Ford Foundation

Carnegie Praised for Preserving the Spirit of Philanthropy

Release Date:

04/13/2015

... not decided to use his considerable wealth to establish a system of more than 2,000 public libraries, or if he hadn’t ...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

Ford's Walker Addresses a Solution for Inequality in CNN OpEd

Release Date:

06/18/2015

The Ford Foundation president believes you need to attack inequality at the root.

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Community Development

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Ford Foundation

Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation President Says Jersey Water Works Initiative is a Powerful Collaboration

Release Date:

04/27/2016

... for 2016. Focus areas include improving water system efficiency and engaging community members in ...

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Community Development

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Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation

Rockefeller Foundation Launches YieldWise, a $130 Million Initiative to Halve Post-Harvest Loss

Release Date:

05/26/2016

... to Halve Post-Harvest Loss The earth’s global food system is facing a quiet crisis—one-third of all food ...

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Member News

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Food Systems

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The Rockefeller Foundation

Century Foundation Study Finds Explosion in the Number of School Districts Working on Integration

Release Date:

10/14/2016

A study released Friday by the Century Foundation, a think tank focused on inequity, found that 100 school districts and charter schools across the country are currently pursuing socioeconomic diversity plans — a number that has more than doubled...

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Education

Ford Foundation's Darren Walker Writes About the Privilege of Being Privileged

Release Date:

10/20/2016

... don’t create or sustain it. Focus instead on building a system that produces less of the stuff in the first place. ...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Ford Foundation

How to Stop the School-to-Prison Pipeline for Girls of Color

Release Date:

01/12/2017

... Black girls out of school and into the juvenile justice system . Advocates, educators and policymakers alike are ...

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Video

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Justice Reform

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The Schott Foundation for Public Education

Rockefeller Brothers Fund Reframes its Global Democratic Practice Grantmaking Portfolio

Release Date:

04/25/2017

In addition to changing the portfolio’s name from ‘Global Governance’ to ‘Global Challenges’, the newly articulated strategies shift the emphasis from improving the democratic practices of formal global governance institutions and procedures to...

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Civic Engagement

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Rockefeller Brothers Fund

Jonas Awarded Dean's Medal for Distinguished Service by UPenn

Release Date:

05/19/2014

... understand the impact of PhD prepared nursing in improving care and care delivery," said Penn Nursing Dean Afaf I. ... created to address veterans' pressing, often life-altering health...

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Health

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Jonas Center / Barbara & Donald Jonas Family Fund

08 Dec 2020

Lessons from COVID Relief: Spoiler Alert - One Time Cash Disbursements are NOT enough - A Webinar Hosted by Asset Funders Network

Tuesday, December 8, 2020 - 1:00pm

... those left out of any federal relief. While community- based organizations rallied to provide direct cash ... can we learn from this moment? How might we reimagine a system that provides sufficient and...

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Tools & Strategies

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Webinar/Teleconference

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All Funders

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Finance & Asset Management

Funding Area

Economic Security

Public Policy

'Docu-Ad’ Exposes Hardship of Those Without Bank Access

Release Date:

06/03/2014

... the high costs of living outside the traditional financial system . Styled and presented like a documentary that might ... a special website, spentmovie.com. “Our financial system is leaving nearly 70 million...