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Brooklyn Community Foundation President Marilyn Gelber to Leave in June

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04/01/2013

... an overwhelming force for good in Brooklyn; in fact, few can match her accomplishments in boosting the strength of neighborhoods and resources for residents,” said Fishman. “She has created ... one of the area...

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The Rockefeller Foundation and CrossBoundary Launch Mini-Grid Innovation Lab in Nairobi, Kenya

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04/24/2018

... solutions for minigrids based in Africa so that they can provide more power , to more people, at a lower cost. ... in connecting 600-million people in Africa who do not have access to power . “We’re launching...

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International/Foreign Affairs

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Ford, Visa Fund Incubator Program for Financially Fragile Populations

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03/31/2016

... serve financially fragile populations. “Credit unions can play a more active role in improving the financial lives ... for scalability. “We’re testing products that not only have the potential for life-...

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Want To Engage Millennials? Try Corporate Social Responsibility

Release Date:

09/28/2017

... were in late 2016, according to Phase 1 of the Millennial Impact Report. At the same time, employers continue to search ... Colleagues working together to accomplish a shared goal can have a...

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Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals: One Student’s Story

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12/06/2012

... ignored, neglected and disillusioned, undocumented youth have finally been given a chance to not be as helpless as we ... wonderful Bronx High School of Science for two years. I can honestly say that while...

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Six Months Later

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05/08/2013

... of Hurricane Sandy recovery, Health and Environmental Funders Network Communications Associate Lauren Linville ...

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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 ... support for more than 100 franchise restaurants in the greater New York City area. Her signature...

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The Century Foundation Releases Report on Achieving Financial Equity and Justice for HBCU's

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09/14/2021

... do not know much about these illustrious institutions, how their existence has countered the narrative of White ... for a historic investment that will bring unprecedented resources to HBCUs, giving them the...

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Commentary: “Visibility” and Corporate Foundations

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10/22/2009

... discussions about issues in philanthropy. Those issues can be sensitive or volatile. While we want to encourage a ... foundation world translates to “media hits” and how many times the name of the foundation (...

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For CEIP, Don’t Call It a Comeback

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12/17/2015

... change on Philanthropy New York’s website, you may not have noticed that this month the Increasing Diversity in ... and in practice. To achieve this, the board dedicated new resources and appointed new co-...

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PNY News

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New York Life Foundation and Afterschool Alliance Launch Aim High Grant Competition

Release Date:

01/18/2017

... made to organizations with annual budgets of $500,000 or greater $50,000 over two years: four awards to be made to ... Applicants for the two–year grants will need to describe how programs support youth in the...

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Getting Out of our Comfort Zone in Response to COVID-19

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04/07/2020

... $1.7 million . This was the biggest, fastest effort we have ever made in over 40 years of grantmaking. As a ... to make grants at any given time is directly related to how much we are able to fundraise. Our...

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JPMorgan Chase & Co. Awards $1 Million Grant to The Financial Clinic to Build Financial Security for Working Poor Americans

Release Date:

11/19/2015

... and improve workforce outcomes for jobseekers in the greater New York City area via the Clinic’s financial ... to a national audience and dramatically increasing its impact ,” says Mae Watson Grote, Founder and...

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Talking Politics

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02/06/2018

... to be an unmet demand for more talking politics, as both funders and grantees reassess what it takes to be effective ... program officer had been in communication with them about how the changing political...

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Carnegie VP of Education Profiled in Huffington Post

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02/26/2015

... of Education, the first thing that struck me was how critically important people were, from teachers to school leaders, in terms of having an impact on student outcomes. We needed ways to better prepare .....

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Rockefeller Foundation Spearheads Resilience Strategy in Colorado

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04/29/2016

... The document builds off wildfire and flood plans to show how hazards are interlinked—and how they impact businesses and low-income people. The resilience ... to leverage dollars spent on...

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Environment and Climate Change

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UCLA Center for Near Eastern Studies Receives Grant From Andrew W. Mellon Foundation

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08/02/2019

... to UCLA to support a pilot project designed to reframe how Middle Eastern studies are conceptualized and taught. The ... models on the Middle East and North Africa region that can be shared with other...

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14 Oct 2020

Navigating Difficult Dialogues Across Difference – A Workshop

Wednesday, October 14, 2020 -

10:00am to 12:00pm

... your organization. Specifically, the series will cover how to work with the range of dynamics that are present when ... workplace settings. However, for a variety of reasons, it can be very challenging to...

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Cheryl C. Effron Joins the Board of the Markle Foundation

Release Date:

01/16/2020

... of Markle said. “Her dedication and understanding of how to deploy philanthropic organizations as a force for ... our goals to reform the labor market. We are delighted to have Cheryl join our Board and look...

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Long Island Community Foundation Along with National and Local Donors Join Collaborative Charged with Closing the Racial Wealth Gap on Long Island

Release Date:

02/27/2020

... Island Racial Equity Donor Collaborative in 2018 to pool resources and develop a grantmaking strategy to address the ... in areas related to employment. There is a need for greater synergy and improved access...

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Community Development

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Long Island Community Foundation

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