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NY Community Trust to Assist More New Yorkers on the Path to Citizenship

Release Date:

05/22/2017

... is administered by the New York State Office for New Americans in partnership with the Robin Hood Foundation, New ... is administered by the New York State Office for New Americans in partnership with the...

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Member News

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Immigration

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The New York Community Trust

Seeking Just & Sustainable Communities: Surdna Foundation Awards Grants Totaling $14 Million

Release Date:

07/26/2017

... strategies; the New York Women's Foundation, which will receive $150,000 over two years in support of its NYC ... and the Meridian Institute in Dillon, Colorado, which will receive $50,000 in support of...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Surdna Foundation

Open Society Foundations and Bloomberg Philanthropies Noted In Report Released By Foundation Center: Quantifying Hope: Philanthropic Support for Black Men and Boys

Release Date:

11/01/2017

According to the 2017 edition of Quantifying Hope: Philanthropic Support for Black Men and Boys (36 pages, PDF), the fluctuations in funding explicitly designated to benefit African-American men and boys might be due, in part, to large grants...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Bloomberg Philanthropies

Open Society Foundations

Markle Foundation President and CEO Zoë Baird Writes About Where Amazon Should Build Their New Headquarters

Release Date:

12/05/2017

... to Amazon in an effort to woo its new headquarters. As it eyes a home for HQ2, Amazon should focus less on tax ... to local governments that skills-focused policies will help them gain a competitive advantage...

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Workforce Development

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John & Mary R. Markle Foundation

Maya L. Harris Joins Arcus Foundation Board of Directors

Release Date:

12/12/2017

Maya L. Harris Joins Arcus Foundation Board of Directors The Arcus Foundation, a global foundation promoting respect for diversity among peoples and in nature, announced today that Maya L. Harris, a distinguished attorney and...

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Animal Welfare

LGBTQ

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Arcus Foundation

Century Foundation Report Reveals NY’s For-Profit Colleges Leave Students with Debt and Little Impact on Earning Potential

Release Date:

03/26/2018

... to meaningfully serve their students, especially African- Americans and first-generation students. Many for-profit ...

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Education

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The Century Foundation

Bloomberg Philanthropies Expands Arts Innovation and Management Program

Release Date:

05/11/2018

... million multi-year initiative, Bloomberg Philanthropies will provide unrestricted general operating support as well ...

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Arts

Community Development

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Bloomberg Philanthropies

Bloomberg Philanthropies, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and Ballmer Group Announce Joint Project to Increase Economic Mobility in Local Communities

Release Date:

11/15/2018

... Group announced today a new $12 million project that will help communities analyze economic mobility in American ... can increase residents' economic progress. The project will work to identify barriers...

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Funding Area

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Bloomberg Philanthropies

$4 Million From Ford, Mellon, and Alice Walton Fund Goes to Promote Diversity on Museum Boards

Release Date:

01/15/2019

... boards of directors. But the alliance hopes that figure will change for the better soon. Over the next three years, the alliance will receive $4 million to bolster board diversity in a push ...

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

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Arts

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Ford Foundation

Mellon Foundation

Four Foundations, Including Ford Foundation and Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Buy Historic Archives of 'Ebony' Magazine

Release Date:

07/25/2019

... came together to buy the archive in just a week to keep it from disappearing into private hands, plan to donate it to the National Museum of African American History of ... to the telling of black history in...

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Arts

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Ford Foundation

Mellon Foundation

Open Society Foundations Announce 2019 Soros Equality Fellows

Release Date:

09/20/2019

... on the program’s core mission. Among the projects they will be working on: launching an initiative to promote equity ... in U.S. history; and defending California’s Native Americans ’ battle against false...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Social Justice

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Open Society Foundations

Stephanie Teatro appointed US Program Director, Unbound Philanthropy

Release Date:

01/30/2024

... Justice and Migration at the National Partnership for New Americans . In this role, she led the Climate Justice ... after climate disasters. The National Partnership for New Americans , TIRRC, and Resilience...

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Appointments & Transitions

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Unbound Philanthropy

Is There an App for That? New Thinking on Kids and Digital Media

Release Date:

03/10/2016

... of time consuming digital media. What’s less clear is how we ought to feel about it . Depending on whom you talk to, smart phones, tablets, and ... these kiosks in our branches, and kids are just going to...

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Insights

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The New York Community Trust

Make Room for Makerspaces

Release Date:

12/08/2015

... pastime The proliferation of makerspaces echoes the Do It Yourself, or “DIY” trend that took root in the U.S. ... of fresh air, challenging kids to think beyond “this is how other people do this” and ask “...

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Education

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The New York Community Trust

Media Development Investment Fund Launches Blended-Value Media Loan Fund

Release Date:

11/16/2016

... with 55 percent first-loss protection. The fund will provide up to USD6 million in affordable debt to small- ... to compete with state-supported and other captured media. It will help news...

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Member News

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Communications/Media

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Media Development Investment Fund

5/20/2015 - Should we be Afraid? Scariest Trends in Philanthropy - Webinar Recording

Publication date:

05/2015

View materials and the recording of the webinar, "Should we be Afraid? Scariest Trends in Philanthropy."

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All Funders

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Services

... presentations and other materials. Family Foundation Resources : Family foundation members have access to the ...

08 Jun 2016

Philanthropic Assistants & Coordinators Network: Building Relationships - Managing Up

Wednesday, June 8, 2016 -

8:30am to 10:30am

... communication styles in your workplace, this next program will focus on developing and sustaining core relationships ... relationships with their staff as well as accessing resources that provide guidance and...

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Network Building

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All Funders

Executive Support Staff

Topic(s)

HR & Operations

Open Society Names Yamide Dagnet as Director for Climate Justice

Release Date:

12/07/2021

... Society Foundations announced today that Yamide Dagnet will take on the newly created role of director for ... the Foundations’ commitment to climate justice and make it the centerpiece of Open Society’s work...