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The Rockefeller Foundation Announces $65 Million Investment in America’s Working Families

Release Date:

02/25/2020

... Announces $65 Million Investment in America’s Working Families WASHINGTON, D.C., February 25, 2020 – The ... to help more than 10 million low-wage workers and their families across the United States meet their...

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Sarah Brennan Joins Rockefeller Family Fund as Associate Director

Release Date:

03/02/2022

... to grantees and through pooled and aligned funding, it has played a pivotal role in limiting the buildout of oil, ...

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Rockefeller Playhouse and Family Properties Gifted to the National Trust for Historic Preservation

Release Date:

07/31/2018

The National Trust for Historic Preservation and the Rockefeller Brothers Fund(RBF) announced today the expansion of The Pocantico Center with the addition of the “Playhouse,” a large Tudor-style building built by John D. Rockefeller Jr. in 1927 as...

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Gerstner Family Foundation Awards $10M to Broad Institute for Cancer Research

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05/26/2015

The Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard has announced a $10 million gift Gerstner to expand cancer research efforts focused on overcoming drug resistance in tumor cells.

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Several NY Donor Families Among Millionaires Asking for Tax Raise on the Wealthy

Release Date:

03/23/2016

Several PNY Donor Families Among Millionaires Asking for Tax Raise on the ... 1% Plan for New York Tax Fairness”. . . Several NY Donor Families Among Millionaires Asking for Tax Raise on the ...

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Casey Family Programs Among Supporters of Grandparents Rally on Lawn of U.S. Capitol

Release Date:

05/10/2017

... relatives play in providing safe, loving, and permanent families for children. The opioid crisis has spurred a major ...

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29 May 2019

No Housing Support for Mixed Status Families? - A Webinar Hosted by GCIR

Wednesday, May 29, 2019 -

1:30pm to 2:30pm

... (HUD) would force U.S. citizen children and their families out of public housing if any member lacked legal ... already prorates housing subsidies for “mixed-status” families so that ineligible immigrants do...

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Andrus Family Fund and Groundswell Fund Amongst Leading LGBTQ Funders

Release Date:

05/07/2018

... local community foundations. Some of the 2016 increases, it must be noted, originated in tragedy. Relief funding ...

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Groundswell Fund

17 May 2018

Family Separation Policies and Access to Justice in Detention Systems - A Webinar Hosted by GCIR

Thursday, May 17, 2018 -

4:00pm to 5:00pm

... range of policies that are causing immigrant and refugee families to be separated. The detention of community members ... how mothers and fathers are being separated from families as a result of interior...

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Children, Youth and Families

Weinberg Foundation Makes New Commitment to Military Members and Their Families

Release Date:

11/16/2016

... Makes New Commitment to Military Members and Their Families The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation, one of ... of his dog tags. He specifically requested that be done. It is both a special remembrance of...

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Bank of America to Spur Economic Gains For Low-Income Families, Communities

Release Date:

03/16/2017

Bank of America to Spur Economic Gains For Low-Income Families , Communities The Local Initiatives Support ... Bank of America to Spur Economic Gains For Low-Income Families , Communities ...

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Family of Boy Who Wears Dresses Sues Education Department

Release Date:

08/30/2017

Leo’s parents, Danielle Super and Michael Davis, filed a lawsuit last week with the New York City Commission on Human Rights that says Public School 107 in Park Slope created a hostile environment for their son, in violation of his rights.

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Johnson Family Foundation Welcomes Dylan Hoos as the New Executive Director

Release Date:

01/04/2023

... and contributions to the nonprofit sector more broadly. It continues to be a great pleasure to work with them as we ... healthy, vibrant, and just communities where individuals, families and the next...

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22 Jun 2010

Investing in Our Next Generation: English Language Learners and Their Families

Tuesday, June 22, 2010 - 9:00am to Wednesday, June 23, 2010 - 5:00pm

... people? Framed with an understanding that engaging the families of ELL learners is critical to driving school ... an optional site visit on the morning of June 22nd, and it coincides with GCIR's national...

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16 Mar 2017

What Does the Future Hold for Immigrant Workers and their Families? – A Webinar Hosted by GCIR

Thursday, March 16, 2017 -

4:00pm to 5:00pm

... not only disrupted the lives of these laborers and their families but threaten to uproot them entirely from their ... timely policy issues affecting immigrants – and hear how it is particularly relevant or...