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Every Funder Has a Stake in This

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04/19/2017

... to begin to focus on the best ways to leverage our resources to increase access to voting, deepen public engagement on the issues that communities care about most and improve the quality and reliability of ...

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Ford Foundation Appoints Bess Rothenberg as Director of New Office of Strategy & Learning

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01/08/2016

... program officer for Africa at the International Women’s Health Coalition, and as associate director of grants at the ... served as assistant professor of applied sociology and African studies at Clemson...

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MetLife Releases New Corporate Responsibility Report

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09/25/2014

... corporate responsibility report highlighting the positive impact it makes on society while achieving its core business ... financial commitments. The report, titled Global Impact , includes information on how...

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Philanthropy New York Signs Letter to the U.S. Small Business Administration

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04/13/2020

... themselves shut out of the process to secure financial resources that are critical to their very survival. Letter ... themselves shut out of the process to secure financial resources that are critical to their...

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New York Community Trust Announces 2017 Nonprofit Excellence Awards Finalists

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10/10/2017

... reflect on as well as improve what it takes to achieve management excellence. In the past decade, nearly 75% ... which are Results, Governance, Finance, Diversity, Human Resources , Information Technology,...

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The New York Community Trust

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New York Foundation's New Installment of “In Their Own Words” Focuses on Mekong NYC

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02/06/2019

... arts, culture and language, and creating a safety net by improving access to essential social services. New York ...

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14 Jul 2016

Social Movements for Good: Family Philanthropy Fuels Change - Webinar

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12:00pm to 1:30pm

... in the idea that individuals can band together and combine resources to make an issue more apparent and noteworthy. ... to fuel positive change in the communities and causes they care most about. Speaker...

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President's Message: PNY at 40

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06/07/2019

... painful for the communities and grantees that our members care about and support. Many foundations' endowments were hit ... hard and required re-thinking around how to best use the resources available...

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William T. Grant Foundation Announces Three New Rapid Response Research Grants to Combat Youth Inequality Exacerbated by the COVID-19 Pandemic

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10/22/2020

... research to inform smart public policy that can positively impact the lives of young people. All told, the two ...

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William T. Grant Foundation

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Marlon Williams Represented Philanthropy New York with City Council Testimony on Living Wage Provisions and City Contracting

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02/03/2023

... and our non-profit partners to convene a briefing on the impact of the Mayor and Comptroller’s Joint Task Force to ... to meet the minimum standard for food, housing, medical care , clothing, and transportation...

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Aetna Foundation Announces Launch of the 2015 GoLocal: Cultivating Healthy Communities Grants Program

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03/27/2015

... classes that improve knowledge and skills about the health benefits of fresh produce; Cultivating and/or ...

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Ford Foundation Appoints Ursula Burns to Board of Trustees

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02/20/2015

... assumed many positions that led her to become the first African American woman to head a Fortune 500 company. ... board director of Change the Equation, which focuses on improving the US’s education system in...

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The Long Haul: Lessons from Charitable Responses to Previous Disasters

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09/05/2017

... how her community was still responding to the mental health needs of the survivors and others affected by the ... In addition, the foundation has chosen to pool its resources with others by seeding the Rebuild...

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The New York Community Trust

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New York Life and Cigna Launch ‘Brave of Heart Fund’ to Raise More Than $100 Million to Provide Financial and Emotional Support for Families of Frontline Healthcare Workers and Volunteers

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04/21/2020

... Cigna has committed to provide behavioral and emotional health support to the families to help them cope with grief. ... financial burdens they will face in the aftermath of this health crisis.” The Fund is...

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Economic Security

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Helmsley Trust Supported Data Tool: From Foreclosure to Homelessness, Now You Can Map NYC’s Problems

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12/01/2015

... Can Map NYC’s Problems New York City is rich in data resources for understanding the unique assets and challenges ... into something useful can be a challenge. To make a real impact , policymakers, social...

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The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust

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Fewer Rocks & a Traffic Light = Greater Effectiveness & More Success

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12/14/2010

... role. Wellspring first considered “off the shelf” resources , particularly to strengthen its financial due ... leadership; A short list of targeted indicators of grantee health (fewer “rocks” to turn over); and...

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To Build Community, Start with a Question

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11/19/2014

... and consistent, the Foundation struggled to measure its impact and effectiveness. As an experienced nonprofit ... wanted to hear about their experiences, the services and resources they need and desire, and...

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Noa Meyer Joins Brooklyn Community Foundation’s Board of Directors

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12/16/2016

... where she served as the global head of 10,000 Women , an initiative that fosters economic growth by providing women ... all of Brooklyn’s residents serves as a model for high impact philanthropic leadership...

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Teagle Foundation Awards More Than $1.5 Million

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05/29/2013

... Learning: Education for Civic and Moral Responsibility initiative . The Teagle Foundation has announced $1.5 million ... majority of funding going toward work in its most recent initiative , “A Larger Vision for...

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