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The Rockefeller Foundation

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With Support from Several PNY Members, EngageNY Archive of Common-Core Materials Grows in Popularity

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05/18/2016

The online library of common-core-aligned curricula hosted by New York state’s education department has now been downloaded more than 45 million times.

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Novo and Surdna Foundations Key Backers in Push to Build Community Wealth

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04/04/2018

... piece , Foxworth throws down the gauntlet on impact investing , arguing that without proper attention to how ... aggregation, where our fellows have the financial and social capital necessary to achieve their...

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New Research Links Increased Minimum Wage to Reduced Child Maltreatment

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09/13/2017

... released in the January issue of Children and Youth Services Review, neglect reports involving young children ... provides more evidence that boosting wages can provide health benefits for low-income families...

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To Frack or Not To Frack in New York: Observations from a Donor Briefing

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08/16/2012

... fracturing raises a number of environmental and public health concerns. To release shale gas, huge amounts of water, ... rural landscapes and put stress on communities. The states are in the driver’s seat in...

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Peter G. Peterson Foundation-Sponsored Team Wins Competition

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04/12/2016

... millennials on the fiscal challenges of the United States . Up to Us, a non-partisan program sponsored by the ... to empower students to raise awareness about the United States ’ long-term fiscal and economic...

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Peter G. Peterson Foundation

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City Signs Exclusive Deal With Pharmaceutical Firm for Anti-Overdose Drug

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10/10/2017

... the drug naloxone this year, while the state Department of Health will kick in $7 million. The one-year agreement with ...

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Health

05 Jun 2018

What Funders Need to Know About Census 2020 Operations - June Webinar Hosted by FCCP

Tuesday, June 5, 2018 -

3:00pm to 4:00pm

... Grantmakers Council of Rhode Island Grantmakers In Health Grantmakers Income Security Taskforce NY Funder ...

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Tools & Strategies

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Webinar/Teleconference

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Governance

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Census 2020

Rita Allen Foundation Announces 2021 Scholars

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07/26/2021

... promise for revealing new pathways to advance human health . The selected Scholars will receive grants of up to ... were nominated by research institutions in the United States and selected by the Rita Allen...

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Health

Science

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21 Apr 2016

Documenting Impact featuring “Girl Rising” (OVEE screening, featuring clips and live chat)

Thursday, April 21, 2016 -

12:00pm to 1:00pm

... Through a partnership with OVEE, an online cinematic social visual experience created by ITVS, we'll screen the ... Impact Festival is an annual gathering that celebrates the social impact of media and...

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Open Society Foundations Announces $50 Million Gift to ACLU

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11/07/2014

... in recent years. Because the ACLU is a 501(c)(4) " social -welfare" organization, the money can be used for ... people, build political capacity in early primary states ahead of the 2016 election, and...

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Justice Reform

Social Justice

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UJA-Federation Launches Campaign for Passage of Education Tax Credit

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05/27/2015

... lobbying efforts in Albany, community advocacy, and social media outreach. Over the course of the next 30 days, ...

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UJA-Federation of New York

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Ford Backs Initiative to Fight AIDS in the Deep South

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05/29/2015

... to community-based organization in the Southern United States , according to an AIDS United press release. The ... million have gone to address the HIV epidemic in Southern states by creating social...

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Appointments & Transitions

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Health

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Ford Foundation

Natasha Lifton Joins The New York Community Trust as Senior Program Officer for Children, Youth, and Families

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03/16/2015

... girls and young women, hunger and homelessness, and social services and welfare. Lifton has served as the director of ... White, who has moved on to direct The Trust’s Fund for Social Policy...

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Aging

The New York Community Trust

Community Development

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MetLife Foundation and MicroSave Launch "i3" Program in Vietnam

Release Date:

11/16/2018

... in Hanoi on November 14, aimed at improving the financial health of low- to moderate-income communities around the ... will assist such communities by supporting financial services institutions that are...

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Corporate Social Responsibility

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Economic Security

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Ford Foundation Appoints Ai-jen Poo to Board of Trustees

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06/19/2017

... intelligence, dynamism, and deep expertise fighting for social justice to our Board of Trustees.” Poo began her ...

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Appointments & Transitions

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Edward W. Hazen Foundation President Lori Bezahler Writes Op-Ed on Activism Led by Young People of Color for The Nation

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03/28/2018

... of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School have catalyzed a social movement demanding an end to gun violence. While their ...

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Edward W. Hazen Foundation (Closed)

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Russell Sage Foundation Publishes "Places in Need: The Changing Geography of Poverty"

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06/01/2017

... largely ignored by philanthropists who underfund the social service organizations they depend on. To stop this ... Allard finds that despite the growing need for the services of these organizations, suburban...

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