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New Trees and Community Gardens Sprout from ConEd Blackout Settlement

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05/22/2014

[North Star Fund] Years after a blackout wiped out power in swaths of western Queens, money from a settlement with Con Edison has been used to turn over a new, green leaf in the neighborhoods affected by it — including 962 trees and 40 new school...

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Food Systems

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New York Community Trust Announces Leadership Fellows Program at Baruch College

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01/22/2015

Fellowship will help mid-career professionals be more effective managers and leaders.

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Westchester Community Foundation Names Tara Seeley as New Program Officer

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02/02/2016

The Westchester Community Foundation has appointed Tara Seeley as program officer. She was previously a program officer at the Central Indiana Community Foundation.

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The Westchester Community Foundation

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Model Partnerships for Impact: The Cricket Island Foundation and Communities United

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10/12/2016

... Partnerships for Impact: The Cricket Island Foundation and Communities United The focus on learning, rather than ... catalyzed both organizations to have deeper impact in communities . Our new case study...

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Education

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Bank of America Announces Support for Communities, Clients after Hurricane Michael

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10/19/2018

Bank of America Announces Support for Communities , Clients after Hurricane Michael The Bank of ... immediate relief. Bank of America will work with impacted communities to determine where the remaining funds are...

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Bank of America Charitable Foundation

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Denise Arzola Named Director of Clinical-Community Partnerships at the United Hospital Fund

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05/17/2021

... to improve access to health care services in underserved communities ,” said Ms. Arzola. “I’m excited to take my ... of health care, public health, social services, and communities is crucial to our mission—...

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Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation Awards $100,000 for Community Arts Projects

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06/25/2014

... in Camden, enchance their contributions to their local communities . In addition, Noyes received $150,000 and ... "creative placemaking projects that will work in 79 communities of all sizes across 31...

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Arts

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Aetna Foundation’s Healthiest Communities Initiative Provides Insight into Social Determinants of Health

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03/26/2018

Aetna Foundation’s Healthiest Communities Initiative Provides Insight into Social ... Determinants of Health The purpose of the Healthiest Communities project is to provide residents, policymakers and ... thrive,...

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Health

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Brooklyn Community Foundation Presents Third Installment of 'Stories of Brooklyn Insights'

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06/04/2014

ARTs East New York, the latest group to be featured in the series, is a storefront gallery and neighborhood hub that uses the arts to create community-led change.

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Arts

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New York Community Trust Launches 2015 Nonprofit Excellence Awards Competition

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03/05/2015

The awards are presented in partnership with the Nonprofit Coordination Committee.

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2016 New York Community Trust Nonprofit Excellence Awards Finalists Announced

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10/07/2016

Three of these finalists will be selected as winners of the 2016 New York Community Trust Nonprofit Excellence Awards and will be honored at a special Best Practices Workshop and Awards Presentation on December 2 at the New York Hall of Medicine.

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Surdna Foundation to Recognize Four Community Development Financial Institutions

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10/31/2016

... especially women, minorities, and those in low-income communities . Many banks remain hesitant to take a chance on ...

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Westchester Community Foundation Funds Criminal Justice Program Series at Libraries

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08/18/2017

The Westchester Community Foundation (WCF) is funding a series, which will focus on the 200-year history of Sing Sing and its impact on prison reform, as well as current issues of incarceration, reform, rehabilitation and return to prison.

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Justice Reform

Four Communities Are to Receive Smart Growth Funds, Cuomo Announces

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10/05/2017

Four Communities Are to Receive Smart Growth Funds, Cuomo Announces Four communities in Western New York will receive up to $2.5 ... grants included Lackawanna, Gowanda and Dunkirk... Four Communities...

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The Prudential Spirit of Community Awards Recognizes Young Volunteers from Every State

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10/17/2017

Prudential sponsors the United States' largest youth recognition program based solely on volunteer community service.

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Civic Engagement

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Century Foundation Releases 9 Steps to Revitalize America's Manufactring Communities

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05/08/2019

... Releases 9 Steps to Revitalize America's Manufactring Communities For the past year, experts and stakeholders ... base to that of revitalizing economically vulnerable communities and distressed regions...

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Workforce Development

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26 Jan 2013

CEO Workshop: Transforming Your Role and Impact in the Foundation and Community

Saturday, January 26, 2013 -

7:30am to 5:00pm

This special one-day preconference session, to be held in conjunction with the Council on Foundation's 2013 Family Philanthropy Conference , is designed for the community of family foundation CEOs who are eager for new knowledge and skills to help...

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All Health Care is Local: The Power of Community to Drive Improvement

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09/11/2014

... The Power of Community to Drive Improvement In many communities across the U.S., poverty is a depressingly ... Health System Performance revealed. Among them are communities with significant poverty that...

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Philanthropy’s Special Role in Supporting Community Recovery from Disasters

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10/29/2014

... the US, the Caribbean and Canada. Many of the hardest hit communities were in New York and New Jersey – the storm’s ... been well documented. A full recovery for many of those communities is still a work in...

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