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Flood-Resistant Neighborhood Would Be 80 Years in the Making

Release Date:

05/22/2014

... East River as part of a counter-intuitive plan to make the city more flood resistant. The idea, called Seaport City , was hatched last year by the Bloomberg administration. ... $900 million worth of resiliency...

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The Rockefeller Foundation

NYCT-Funded Unaccompanied Minor Initiative Lauded for Helping NYC Address Immigrant Issues

Release Date:

02/11/2015

... Immigrant Issues In her first year leading the New York City Council, Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito took bold steps ... of New York. Set to give her first State of the City speech on Wednesday at the Johnson...

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The New York Community Trust

Ford, Rockefeller, OSF and NY Women’s Foundation Leaders Appointed to Commission on NYC Justice Reform

Release Date:

03/18/2016

... the members of the Independent Commission on New York City Criminal Justice and Incarceration Reform. The commission was formed by Lippman at the request of City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito, who...

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The New York Women's Foundation

Rockefeller Foundation Spearheads Resilience Strategy in Colorado

Release Date:

04/29/2016

... Foundation Spearheads Resilience Strategy in Colorado City of Boulder officials are taking a unique approach to ... planning for future natural disasters and challenges. The city unveiled its first-ever...

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Adding Pantries and Spice to New York’s Hungry Neighborhoods

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09/12/2017

... York’s Hungry Neighborhoods Over the past year, New York City ’s three biggest providers of emergency food have ... about after the three nonprofits, United Way of New York City , City Harvest...

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Food Systems

Bloomberg Philanthropies Announce The Selection Committee For 2017 U.S. Mayors Challenge

Release Date:

11/29/2017

... Mayors Challenge, a nationwide competition that encourages city leaders to think big, be bold, and uncover inventive ... Bloomberg Philanthropies and three-term Mayor of New York City . The Mayors Challenge...

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Community Development

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Leveraging the Power of Foundations: An Analysis of Program-Related Investments

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05/2013

This Lilly Family School of Philanthropy at Indiana University analysis of key trends in foundation engagement in program-related investments between 2000 and 2010 finds that there is significant interest in PRIs, and that many foundations that use PRIs report successful results, but their use is still limited to a relatively small number of foundations.

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Finance & Asset Management

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Gara LaMarche Named President of The Democracy Alliance

Release Date:

10/18/2013

Gara LaMarche, Senior Fellow at NYU's Robert F. Wagner School of Public Service, has been appointed President of The Democracy Alliance, a network of investors, donors and movement leaders committed to a stronger democracy and more progressive...

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Improving Education May Come Down to Changing Principals

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09/08/2014

Students and teachers are always being evaluated, but the principals that lead them should also be scrutinized. The Wallace Foundation has earmarked $75 million to create programs to recruit and train stronger principals.

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Edna McConnell Clark Foundation Studies Impact of Volunteerism

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03/06/2015

... student reading proficiency and are a low cost option for schools , according to the results of a study by MDRC, a ... Reading Partners program is substantially less costly for schools to implement than typical...

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Blue Meridian Partners, Inc.

Carnegie and American Library Association Seek Nominees for I Love My Librarian Award

Release Date:

07/31/2015

Up to ten winners will be selected to receive a $5,000 cash award, a plaque, and a $500 travel stipend to attend the awards reception.

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Children, Youth and Families

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

Making Kids Into “Makers”

Release Date:

09/22/2017

... their school or community. “We’re not trying to change schools ,” says Mike McGalliard, the executive director of ...

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Education

No State Will Measure Social-Emotional Learning Under ESSA. Will That Slow Its Momentum?

Release Date:

10/06/2017

... and emotional competencies to determine whether their schools are successful. Nearly two years later, not a single ... have come with attaching it to high-stakes accountability? Schools that adopt social-...

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William T. Grant Foundation President Discusses Inequality In English Language Education

Release Date:

10/26/2017

... percentage of English language learners in American public schools has increased in all but 15 states since 2004. When ...

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Education

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William T. Grant Foundation

Rahima Nasa, Named First FRONTLINE Fellow of Tow Foundation Journalism Program

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02/06/2019

Rahima Nasa, an alum from the Class of 2017, has been selected as the first Newmark J-School fellow for FRONTLINE, PBS’s flagship investigative documentary series. The new year-long journalism fellowship program is funded by The Tow Foundation,...

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Arts

Communications/Media

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The Tow Foundation

Foundations Team Up to Fund Invisible Transgender Communities

Release Date:

07/12/2016

... of grantmaking and the availability of other philanthropic resources to not only improve, but also increase, access to ... providing new research and knowledge, and leveraging new resources . In reality, all of...

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Insights

Topic(s)

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

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Gender Justice

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Arcus Foundation

Vision for 2025

... can have a social impact using all of their financial resources . Participants have benefited from insights of ... officers and program staff has been updated with new resources , more interactive opportunities...

Two Distinct Types of NY Funders are Gearing Up for Redistricting, Here’s Why

Release Date:

03/03/2021

... and the equitable distribution of government resources . A whole lot of funders across New York State came ... misshapen districts. Over the past decade, New York City had an overall stable population, while...

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Housing and Homelessness

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Kolibri Foundation Publishes Statement of Evolution & Commitment

Release Date:

12/01/2021

... communities of color across the South to have access to resources and develop strategies focused on building ... overlap. She studied at Union Theological Seminary in the city of New York and has over ten...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Partners with CARE to Support Women Small Business Owners in East Africa with Village Savings and Loans Associations

Release Date:

02/23/2022

... encourage financial inclusion and independence by pooling resources and providing low interest rate loans. The ... and Bloomberg L.P. and 108th Mayor of New York City . “Too often, that access is lacking – but...