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NY Women’s Foundation: $2.4 Million in Grants to Address Needs of Women & Families in New York City

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07/24/2017

... potential to accelerate a shift towards gender and racial equity ; deepen support of emerging community organizations, ...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Rockefeller Foundation-Backed Executive Survey Finds Continued Bias No. 1 Reason Women Don't Make It To The Top

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06/08/2017

... women leaders is important because "greater gender diversity makes companies perform better," and 47 percent ... was little support for other reasons, including "With more women leaders,...

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Prodded by Advocates, City Unveils District-Wide Integration Plan for Lower East Side

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09/13/2017

... on Tuesday revealed a plan that officials hope will spur more economic diversity in Lower East Side elementary schools. It is the ... adding that he expects the city to eventually do even more...

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Heads-Up, CEOs—Corporate Social Responsibility May Get You Fired, Study Finds

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10/10/2017

... Fired, Study Finds Investing in product safety, employee diversity and carbon footprint reduction are all examples of ... in CSR and the firm performs poorly, they are much more likely to be dismissed,"...

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Brooklyn Community Foundation’s Spark Prize Support 20 Local Nonprofits with $100,000 Match on Giving Tuesday

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10/17/2017

... the #BrooklynGives campaign raised nearly $275,000 from more than 900 donors and businesses. Brooklynites are ... 24-hour boroughwide giving day on November 28, 2017. Learn more at www.BrooklynGives.org and...

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It’s Time to Define Our New Normal

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12/19/2016

... will start to rise again once the lack of consequence is more fully revealed. They will be normalized as we become ... least for the next four years, and will become that much more hazardous to negotiate. One...

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... queries. Please use descriptive headings in the subject line for all messages that you post to the listserv. At the ... identify you, your affiliation, and appropriate contact numbers (phone, fax, e-mail...

03 Jun 2015

Workforce Funders Quarterly Meeting: Effective Workforce Strategies for Immigrants

Wednesday, June 3, 2015 -

8:45am to 11:00am

This New York City Workforce Funders Quarterly Meeting will focus on effective workforce strategies for Immigrants in NYC. Join us for this discussion, as our expert panelists address the challenges, trends and current workforce services for...

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22 Sep 2022

How Funders Can Best Support "Non-Traditional" College Students

Thursday, September 22, 2022 -

10:00am to 11:30am

... for philanthropies committed to supporting educational equity and college completion. The panelists will ... CUNY Shauwea Hamilton , Executive Director, Bottom Line New York Nicole Lynn Lewis , Founder and CEO...

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JPMorgan Report: Good, Growing Middle-Skill Jobs Exclude Women

Release Date:

03/24/2016

... higher-paying jobs typically done by men. Women are also more likely than men to have completed high school, have some ... distribution, and logistics, there will be 1. 3 million good jobs available over the...

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Uniting Around a Shared Vision: Philanthropy and Citizens United

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10/04/2012

... known as the People’s Rights Amendment —which states, more or less, that corporations aren’t people, and that ... “speech” for everyone. He argues that we must do more to advance racial and economic justice,...

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Student Debt and Social Justice: Five Things You Should Know

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09/10/2014

... 6 percent year over year. There are lots of big numbers and dire warnings: Is student debt the next housing ... some groups disproportionately. People of color are much more likely to have education debt: 34...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies: Partnership for Healthy Cities Launches Online Platform to Support City Leaders Responding to COVID-19

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04/15/2020

... Response Center includes the latest tools and technical resources geared toward urban challenges, ranging from maintaining city ... to provide city leaders with important tools and technical resources...

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Brooklyn Community Foundation Welcomes Four Members to Board of Directors

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02/09/2022

... was previously the Vice President of Finance, Human Resources , and Administration at Sponsors for Educational ... build power, and support thriving communities. Lawanna has more than 20 years of leadership...

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Eighteen arts organizations founded by, with and for communities of color are selected for national arts initiative funded by The Wallace Foundation

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05/26/2022

... in 2021, the 18 organizations were selected from more than 250, and represent a diverse range of artistic ... five years of funding totaling approximately $900,000 to $ 3 .75 million to develop and pursue...

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The Rockefeller Foundation Launches Action Plan for Increasing Global Covid-19 Vaccination Efforts

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06/01/2021

... workers and major breakthroughs with Covid-19 vaccines, more than 10,000 people a day around the world are still ... that could drive the global vaccination effort forward. More than 80 percent of shots have...

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Mexican Women Stand Up to Cyberattacks and Vicious Digital Violence

Release Date:

09/08/2017

... in 2013 and launched Ciberseguras as a blog to share resources to combat online abuse. While the problem was ... 50 million social network users. There is no national data on the prevalence of online...

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Newman's Own Foundation Forms Native American Nutrition Cohort

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05/08/2018

... is especially severe among this population. Recent data suggest that 23% of Native households don't have access to adequate food due to lack of money or other resources . Insufficient access to fresh and...

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