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The Rockefeller Foundation Commits Over USD 1 Billion To Advance Climate Solutions

Release Date:

09/15/2023

... opportunities and benefits for the billions of people who have historically been denied them. As part of ... within these systems. This includes providing additional resources , advocacy, and strategic support...

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Transparency

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Environment and Climate Change

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The New York Women’s Foundation and the YWCA of the City of New York Partner for Girls IGNITE! Grantmaking Fellowship

Release Date:

11/22/2016

... With fierce determination, we mobilize hearts, minds and resources to create an equitable and just future for women, families and communities in New York City. About the YWCA of the City of ... connected to a...

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RFPs Etc

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Gender Justice

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The New York Women's Foundation

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

Release Date:

04/26/2021

... to 1) providing greater access to banking and credit in communities of color, 2) increasing investment in Black-owned ... “The financial inequality and other systemic problems people of color face will not go...

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Ms. Foundation for Women Announces Grant to Access Reproductive Care-Southeast on 49th Anniversary of Roe v. Wade

Release Date:

01/24/2022

... costs as the organization builds power in Southern communities of color by providing financial and logistical ... amplify, trust, and respect women’s voices, and protect people ’s bodily autonomy is more...

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Honoring the Legacy of John Wright: Navigating the Future of Philanthropic Policy Work in his Footsteps

Release Date:

02/21/2023

... and philanthropic organizations. He was one of the few people who used his influence and access to upend the systems ... to serve and follow the lead of the most marginalized communities in our city. Our Work...

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PNY News

How do we conspire to shift philanthropy?

Release Date:

11/02/2023

... journeys, and we work to identify the appropriate resources , coaching, and support needed at all levels. Within ... BIPOC human services workforce who often live and work in communities of color while earning...

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President's Message

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Opinion: Vacant Lots And Properties Could House New York City’s Homeless

Release Date:

08/29/2017

... housing. The city’s population of unsheltered homeless people has risen a staggering 40 percent since last year, ... New York is now home to one out of every seven homeless people in the country. Of course,...

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Housing and Homelessness

Ford’s Walker Named to Independent Sector Board

Release Date:

11/18/2014

... President, Campion Advocacy Fund Dan Cardinali, President, Communities in Schools Jim Gibbons, President and CEO, ... economic opportunities and professional development for people who are blind. Prior to NIB...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Ford Foundation

Stavros Niarchos Foundation grant supports civic engagement at the Obama Presidential Center in Chicago

Release Date:

06/22/2023

... to accelerate positive and lasting change in their communities and around the world. SNF’s support for DIAL ... Lab will serve as a global community center, where young people from all over the world can put...

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Civic Engagement

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Student Debt and Social Justice: Five Things You Should Know

Release Date:

09/10/2014

... but unevenly. Student debt is not just about young people . A new nationally representative survey by the Federal ... According to the Urban Institute , 40 percent of people in their 20s have student debt; 30...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Ford Foundation

28 Jul 2010

New York Juvenile Justice Initiative: A Discussion with Advocates

Wednesday, July 28, 2010 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

... Resource People Abby Anderson , Executive Director, The Connecticut ...

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Moody’s Corporation Provides $1 Million in Funding for COVID-19 Relief

Release Date:

03/26/2020

... and reconfigure its employee volunteer programs to assist communities most affected by the pandemic. “COVID-19 has ... disruption to the health and economic security of people around the world,” said Raymond...

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Health

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Why Pickleball?

Release Date:

05/04/2017

... lies outside of clinical care. The conditions in which people live, learn, work, and play affect their health far ... in the local pickleball association has grown from 20 people to nearly 300 people...

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New York Health Foundation

UJA-Federation of New York Announces More Than $23 Million in Grants and Loans to Meet Needs of New Yorkers Affected by COVID-19

Release Date:

03/23/2020

... to provide essential health and human services to their communities . “This first round of grants is a critical part ... with funders, employers and government to ensure people have access to basic needs as...

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Disaster Relief

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UJA-Federation of New York

Open Society Foundations Award Fellowships to 14 Visionaries Working to Reform Criminal Justice in the United States

Release Date:

05/14/2014

... include an ordained pastor, lawyers, journalists, and people who have spent time in prison. NEW YORK—The Open ... of U.S. Programs at the Open Society Foundations. “We hope their projects will spur debate,...

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Member News

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Justice Reform

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Open Society Foundations

Ford, Carnegie Join 10 Funders Giving $125M for Flint’s Water Crisis

Release Date:

05/11/2016

... and foremost, I felt that it was important to give the people in Flint a sense of hope ," said Ridgway White, president of the foundation. "You .....

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Member News

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Environment and Climate Change

Open Society Foundations-Backed Report Finds Mass Incarceration Sustatined by Prisoners of Time

Release Date:

07/13/2017

... only slightly in recent years. Well over two million people remain behind bars, and there has been little dent in ... previous decades still are locked up, and there is little hope for many of them to get out...

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Justice Reform

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Open Society Foundations

To Shrink Jail Population, a Bail Program Is Expanding

Release Date:

08/30/2017

... asking about relatives who had been arrested. “A lot of people say ‘It’s my first time calling, I don’t know ... justice nonprofit contracted by the city, was their best hope . One by one, she helped the...

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Sector News

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Justice Reform

Obama Foundation to Host Global Summit in Chicago

Release Date:

09/14/2017

... video released Wednesday. "We want to inspire and empower people to change the world," Obama says at the end of his video message. "And we hope you'll be a part of it." The summit will...

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Sector News

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International/Foreign Affairs

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Insights from “Resilient Resolve: Supporting Justice in NYC’s Nonprofit Crisis”

Release Date:

10/24/2024

... of stress and financial uncertainty for the very same communities that our sector intends to serve. Government ... complicating their already challenging struggle to secure resources for their essential work...