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Making Lunch Free Was Just the Beginning

Release Date:

12/10/2019

... By David Sandman, President and CEO, New York State Health Foundation. This article was originally published by ... Two years later, we are already seeing positive results: More children participate. An...

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Children, Youth and Families

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New York Health Foundation

WES Mariam Assefa Fund Announces New Grants to Support New York City Asylum Seekers

Release Date:

02/21/2023

... Response Collaborative (I-ARC), RUSA LGBTQ+, Team TLC NYC , and Venezuelans and Immigrants Aid. Many of these ... clothing, and shelter, as well as legal advice and mental health services. Several grantee...

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World Education Services / WES Mariam Assefa Fund

Lavelle Fund for the Blind Announces Dr. Louis D. Pizzarello, M.D., M.P.H., as New Board Chair and Dr. Sharon McLennon-Wier to the Board of Directors

Release Date:

10/29/2021

... Commission for the Blind, who served in the position for more than 12 years and who will remain with the Fund as Board ... chair of VISION 2020/USA, collaborating with the World Health Organization (WHO) in...

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Mastercard and Rockefeller Foundation Announce Data.org: A Platform for Data Science Partnerships

Release Date:

01/23/2020

... non-profit, civic and public sector institutions still lack the resources to do so,” said Dr. Rajiv Shah, President of The ... their efforts. This will be done in a way that brings more...

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Mastercard Center for Inclusive Growth

The Rockefeller Foundation

Rockefeller Foundation Joins Conversation on Flood Resilience

Release Date:

04/14/2016

... for International Development and Sida, backed by Zurich Insurance Group and its Z Zurich Foundation — has ... Challenge Water Window. With the variability of water resources only set to increase with climate...

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Jonas Center Advisory Board Welcomes New Members

Release Date:

05/10/2017

... the firm’s international expansion and growth to more than $105 billion in assets. Richard J. Zall , Esq., Chair, Health Care Department, Proskauer, NYC . At the international law firm, Zall...

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Jonas Center / Barbara & Donald Jonas Family Fund

19 Nov 2024

November 2024 New York Age-Friendly Funders Network - Fall Meeting

Tuesday, November 19, 2024 -

9:30am to 11:00am

Samuels Foundation, 275 Madison Ave, 31st Floor, New York, NY 10016

... senior services and aging. LiveOn NY's membership includes more than 100 community-based nonprofits that provide core ... will also be an update on the New York State Age Friendly Health Systems. The New...

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Ms. Foundation Announces Promotion of Ellen Liu to Vice President of Grantmaking and Capacity Building

Release Date:

03/16/2022

... in January 2011 as a Program Officer in Reproductive Health , and has been instrumental in supporting the work and visibility of grantee partners in the reproductive health , rights, and justice movement. In her...

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Ms. Foundation for Women

13 Oct 2021

Integrating DEI from “A Thing We Do" to "How We Do All Things”

Wednesday, October 13, 2021 -

10:00am to 11:30am

... life and work as we knew it. Together, an international health pandemic, an overdue reckoning with racial injustice ... Explore Ways in which organizations are building in more equitable policies, processes,...

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All Funders

HR & Operations Staff

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

UJA-Federation of New York Screens Holocaust Film Premiere in Long Island

Release Date:

01/03/2017

... of New York Screens Holocaust Film Premiere in Long Island More than 300 people recently gathered at the Gold Coast ...

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Arts

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UJA-Federation of New York

Republicans Are Reconsidering Full Repeal of State and Local Tax Deduction

Release Date:

10/04/2017

... a proposal to fully repeal an expensive tax break used by more than 40 million tax filers to deduct state and local taxes amid pushback from fellow lawmakers whose residents rely on the popular provision. The...

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Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Works to Build a Better South Bronx

Release Date:

07/10/2015

... that will improve quality of life and deliver measurable health benefits for South Bronx residents with parks, tree-lined streets, public art, bike ... Mott Haven and Port Morris was designed with community...

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Doris Duke Foundation

15 Jun 2021

Leveraging Philanthropy to Build a Responsive Small Business Ecosystem

Tuesday, June 15, 2021 -

9:00am to 10:30am

... new, but they were harder to ignore, and the consequences more dire. The only silver lining was that the crisis turned ... that is rigged against them. And with this light shining, more and more...

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New Bloomberg Philanthropies City Data Alliance Launches in the U.S., Latin America, and Canada with $60 Million Investment

Release Date:

03/09/2022

... expanding this program will help them do it even more effectively,” said Michael R. Bloomberg, founder of ... international community of forward-thinking leaders even more tools for harnessing the power of...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies

26 Apr 2013

Philanthropy New York's 34th Annual Meeting, with Shaun Donovan

Friday, April 26, 2013 -

12:30pm to 6:30pm

... by New York State Director of Operations Howard Glaser , NYC Economic Development Corporation President Seth Pinsky ... dollars (federal, state and local government funds, insurance money, philanthropy,...

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A Year of Service

Release Date:

07/23/2014

... participated in a New York City Service Summit, hosted by NYC Service, United Way of New York City and NYC Mayor Bill ... would promote the idea that citizenship requires more from each of us...

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11 Jun 2015

Funding Where Poverty Lives: City and Suburban Realities

Thursday, June 11, 2015 -

8:45am to 11:00am

... that focus on redesigning and moving policies to provide resources for metro areas. This conversation will dive deep ...

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Community Development

Why Helping Pets Helps People

Release Date:

12/05/2013

... emotional healing. Much has been written about the general health benefits of animals , including their specific benefit ... survivors. Following a growing trend across the country, NYC human services provider...

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ASPCA

Jonas Center for Nursing & Veterans Healthcare Celebrates 10 Years & 1,000 Scholars

Release Date:

02/05/2016

... continue to be turned away by nursing schools that lack appropriate faculty[ii]. “Over the last decade, we ... the Center with Barbara Jonas, his wife. “But the more we accomplish, the better we understand how...