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Surdna Foundation

25 Jan 2024

Funder Briefing on #WHY15 & JustPay Campaigns Amidst Historical Budget Cuts in NYC

Thursday, January 25, 2024 -

11:30am to 12:30pm

... invaluable work carried out by nonprofits in our city. What will you learn? Insight into the impact and ... funders, regardless of role within your foundation. What to expect: presentation followed by panel...

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Public Policy

Polling Group in Russia Says It May Close

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05/20/2013

The country’s only independent polling agency has been accused under a new law of overtly political activity, due in part to a series of grants it has received from the MacArthur Foundation, the Ford Foundation and the Open Society Institute...

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International/Foreign Affairs

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Ford Foundation

01 Nov 2012

NYC Workforce Funders: First Meeting for Grantmakers Relatively New to Workforce Development -- POSTPONED

Thursday, November 1, 2012 -

12:30pm to 2:00pm

Tiger Foundation, 125 Park Avenue, NYC

The New York City Workforce Funders will hold the first meeting for grantmakers who are relatively new to the workforce development field. The focus of the meeting will be to develop a set of activities for future meetings. A Philanthropy New York...

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NY begins first statewide school-to-job project

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11/03/2013

IBM's Stanley Litow was quoted in a Wall Street Journal article about a new statewide workforce development program for high school students.

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Workforce Development

Representing the Old And New in Brooklyn

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03/10/2014

Brooklyn Community Foundation Chairman Alan Fishman, who has donated $1 million to the foundation, was also the Wall Street Journal's Donor of the Day.

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Community Development

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The Wall Street Journal

Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Helps Expand Cornell's Prison Education Program

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10/06/2015

The $1 million grant will establish the program at two additional correctional facilities by 2017.

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Mellon Foundation

Tenants Take the Hit as New York Fails to Police Huge Housing Tax Break

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12/07/2015

Top developer Two Trees Management overcharged renters for years but still cashed in on $10 million in tax cuts the city never officially approved, ProPublica investigators found.

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Housing and Homelessness

NY Life Foundation Supports Social- Emotional Learning In Middle Schools

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10/05/2016

ExpandED Schools, a New York City nonprofit dedicated to closing the learning gap, has received a $1 million, three-year grant from the New York Life Foundation.

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Environment and Climate Change

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New York Life Foundation

Philanthropy New York Mourns Former President Barbara Bryan

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10/24/2016

Barbara's 18 years of outstanding leadership and vision combined with her extraordinary collegiality, set us on the path that we proudly continue today.

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PNY News

State’s Delay on Final Sea-Level Rise Projections Chided

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11/11/2016

Sea-level rise projections meant to help state agencies and planners develop resilient structures in the future are delayed and will likely not be in place until the end of March, despite a January 2016 deadline.

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MAC AIDS Fund Contributes $1 Million to New HIV Treatment Effort in Washington, DC

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12/01/2016

District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser is set to announce a new effort to fight HIV and AIDS.

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MAC AIDS Fund, MAC Cosmetics

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Health

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Thousands of Homeless New Yorkers Could Be Treated as Legal Tenants

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08/28/2017

Thousands of homeless New Yorkers who get free shelter in apartment complexes throughout the city could be treated as legal tenants — protected by rent regulations and lower rent caps — under a potentially precedent-setting case brought by the Legal...

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Housing and Homelessness

Simons Foundation Building Research Database of People With Autism

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08/29/2017

The Simons Foundation has created a project called “SPARK” or the Simons Foundation Powering Autism Research for Knowledge.

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Health

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The Simons Foundation

Here Are 5 Things To Know About The ESSA Plan New York Is Sending To Betsy Devos

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09/11/2017

New York’s top education policymakers are set to approve a major plan Monday that could reshape the way the state evaluates schools, intervenes in those that are struggling, and several other key education policies.

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Success Academy Ratchets up Pressure on City to Give It Space

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09/15/2017

In a rally outside City Hall and in a private email to reporters, Success Academy’s CEO Eva Moskowitz is ramping up pressure on Mayor Bill de Blasio’s administration to provide space for several new middle schools she plans to open next year.

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New York Invests $69M in Upgrades for Local Water Systems

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09/20/2017

New York state is making a $69 million investment in local water and sewer projects.

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Environment and Climate Change

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City Schools Buy Marked-Up Supplies Thanks To DOE System

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09/26/2017

City schools pay more for many basic classroom goods than they would at big-box retailers — thanks to an in-house purchasing system set up by education officials.

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KIPP NYC Charter School Network Is Investigating Claims of Past Sex Abuse

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09/28/2017

A prominent New York City charter school network announced that it was opening an investigation into allegations of sexual misconduct that occurred more than 10 years ago.

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