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New York Life Foundation awards $1.5 million in grants to out-of-school time programs to help middle school students transition to 9th grade.

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06/03/2021

... organizations. The Foundation supports programs that benefit young people, particularly in the areas of ... Alliance The Afterschool Alliance is a nonprofit public awareness and advocacy organization working...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Jean Ross Has Joined the Bernard and Anne Spitzer Charitable Trust As Senior Program Officer

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04/22/2019

... including the New York Times (online), Berkeley Public Policy Press, National Academy Press, Los Angeles ...

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Harvard University, Wildlife Conservation Society Launch ‘Planetary Health Alliance’ with Support from Rockefeller

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12/14/2015

... Health, which outlines key opportunities to advance public health through more robust approaches to environmental ... there is now a serious risk that the dramatic gains to public health made since the 1950s...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Kathryn Haslanger Elected to Commonwealth Fund Board of Directors

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01/15/2014

... Haslanger served as a senior vice president for Community Benefit and External Affairs at the Visiting Nurse Service of ... she led the development of the organization’s community benefit strategy and new...

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Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation Announces New Staff and Board Members

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10/15/2020

... Initiative for Responsible Investment at the Center for Public Leadership of the Harvard Kennedy School. In ... the Grantham Institute at LSE, she manages a project on Investing in the Just Transition, which...

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Ford Foundation Commits $75 Million in New Funding to the US South

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06/28/2021

... ties, to more effectively mobilize, leverage and align resources to ensure that funds support a more robust social ...

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These Days Everyone Can Be A Communicator…But Is That Enough?

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01/12/2012

... Michael Hamill Remaley, Vice President of Communications & Public Policy, Philanthropy New York (This post originally ... most foundations are in the business of advancing the public good, and the changes...

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Why Philanthropy Should Help Strengthen Community Colleges

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04/17/2014

... highlighting here: 80% of students in the U.S. attend public university systems and half of the undergraduate ... colleges Upon graduation from high school, half of NYC public school students go on to CUNY;...

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Nobody Needs a ‘Shark Tank’ in Philanthropy

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03/27/2015

... and humiliating to be judged and turned down in a public forum? And does anybody think $40,000 is enough for a ... distance between smart organizations’ great work and the resources they need to do that work...

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Reimagining Safety and Justice for Black Life Now and Forever

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07/07/2020

... justice instead of incarceration. A recent grant to the Public Science Project of the City University of New York ... participatory action research on community-defined public safety, in partnership with a...

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The Long Island Community Foundation Awards $610,000 in Grants to 30 Nonprofits

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10/14/2021

... CAMPAIGN FUND FOR THE ENVIRONMENT – $25,000 to build public support for offshore wind projects on Long Island. ... students to advocate for climate solutions. THE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND – $25,000 to expand the...

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Stavros Niarchos Foundation grant supports civic engagement at the Obama Presidential Center in Chicago

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06/22/2023

... to strengthen our democratic culture and the importance of investing in the next generation of leaders that took place ... will take imagination and courage to create the truly public spaces for dialogue and...

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Stavros Niarchos Foundation

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Civic Engagement

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Health Department, United Hospital Fund, and Partners Release Plan to Promote Health Equity

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08/26/2016

... care transitions, improved connections to community-based resources , and the use of quality improvement tools to ... Blue Shield, Greater New York Hospital Association, HANYS Benefit Services, Hartford...

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Passing Raise the Age Legislation: A Big Step on the Long Road to Implementation

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06/30/2017

... and having ensured raising the age was part of the public discourse via voluminous media and social media ... of criminal responsibility in the country and that it will benefit tens of thousands of New York...

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For philanthropy, racial equity isn't enough: Why we've moved to redistribution to address the racial wealth gap

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10/14/2021

... is essential because those who hold the bulk of ill-gotten resources and influence — including philanthropy — must ... to the philanthropy community from people of color-led public foundations, including...

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Funders as Fellows: The Seeding Power Experience

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04/01/2025

... filled by a beautifully diverse trio of funders: private, public , and government. Ruth Goldman, Executive Director of ... to the community. Of course, the hope was not only to benefit funders who participate,...

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Food Systems

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North Star Fund

Morgan Stanley Alliance for Children's Mental Health Announces Five Winners of the Inaugural Innovation Awards

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10/06/2021

... literacy programming, education, therapy scholarships and resources to help Black girls and women lead mentally healthy ... finalists’ programs to reach those communities who can benefit from these innovative...

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Philanthropy Can Help Build a Thriving Democracy by Building Up Programs and Places That Fuel Civic Involvement

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01/20/2022

... States, Biden promised , “will serve as an example by investing in our own democracy.” To build a thriving ... Lexington, Ky., that provides information on local issues, public meetings, and elections, making...

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Rockefeller Brothers Fund

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Deutsche Bank Americas Foundation Supports Construction Projects Through 'Pay for Success' Loans

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11/02/2015

... PFS is an innovative structure that drives government resources toward social impact projects that achieve positive ... original investment. This means that precious government resources and taxpayer dollars...

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