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The Westchester Community Foundation

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10 Dec 2020

Uncovering Dyslexia, NYC’s Literacy Crisis and its Effects Across Systems

Thursday, December 10, 2020 -

9:00am to 10:30am

... most literacy programs used in American schools leave more than half the students struggling to read. It perpetuates the loss of human potential. The picture in New York City...

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20 Apr 2017

Helping Foster Care Youth Succeed: Skills and Strategies that Support the Transition to Adulthood

Thursday, April 20, 2017 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

... pathways; housing access; mental health supports; and building social/emotional and life skills How philanthropy ... Services Natashe Lifton , Senior Program Officer, New York Community Trust...

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JPMorgan Chase, Ford Foundation and Kresge Foundation Back Development in Detroit's North End and Grandmont-Rosedale Neighborhoods

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05/11/2018

... Develop Detroit will build or rehab or build 70 new homes in the North End and Grandmont-Rosedale ... real estate developer and is the first scaled, for-sale, new construction in the North End in decades...

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Community Development

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26 Sep 2019

When A Job Is Not Enough: Next Generation Benefits and The Role of Philanthropy - A Webinar Hosted by Asset Funders Network

Thursday, September 26, 2019 -

1:00pm to 2:00pm

... to add tools, services, or communications with a focus on building financial well-being. Employee Financial Wellness ... open the door for philanthropy to impact financial security in a potentially scalable...

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Economic Security

Bloomberg Philanthropies Funds "Innovation Team" in Syracuse

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03/12/2015

... Miner has tapped her former planning director to head a new “innovation team.” Tim Knauss reports for ... to create innovation teams. The city in central New York State will...

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Community Development

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How Collaboration Can Spur Innovation and Spread Good Ideas (Part I)

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07/14/2016

... they pick up new perspectives, new ideas. They become more efficient. They increase resources , and innovation flourishes. End of story. Right? ... funding can help justify...

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Insights

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The New York Community Trust

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Member Input on Official Statement on Integrating Health and Human Services Systems

Philanthropy New York ’s Public Policy Committee has voted to recommend that ... these systems can lead to better population health and a more sustainable human services nonprofit sector with...

Asian American Leaders In A Moment Of Pride And Peril - Featuring Don Chen, Surdna Foundation and Taryn Higashi, Unbound Philanthropy

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06/30/2020

... While today’s popular culture provides a broader and more inclusive slate of images and stories for people of ... the impact racism had on communities when built into the economic policies, public narratives,...

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Surdna Foundation

Unbound Philanthropy

NYCT-Funded Unaccompanied Minor Initiative Lauded for Helping NYC Address Immigrant Issues

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02/11/2015

... Address Immigrant Issues In her first year leading the New York City Council, Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito took bold steps ...

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The New York Community Trust

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Century Foundation Releases Report on NYC Universal Pre-K

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05/13/2015

... Releases Report on NYC Universal Pre-K Lessons from New York City ’s Universal Pre-K Expansion: How a Focus on Diversity ...

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The Century Foundation

20 Nov 2020

Philanthropy 101: Fundamentals of Grantmaking

Friday, November 20, 2020 -

10:00am to 12:00pm

... - So You're Working for a Foundation... Power and Your New Community November 13 - Foundation Governance and ... components that make up grantmaking in a foundation? What resources , approaches, and tools...

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Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Backs Columbia's Justice-In-Education Initiative

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08/27/2015

... were not traditional collegians. The four men and three women sitting around the wooden table with their professor ... campus, Columbia professors and students teach classes at New York...

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Justice Reform

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Mellon Foundation

07 Dec 2015

Campaign for Grade Level Reading: The Funder Action Series, Part 1 - Webinar

Monday, December 7, 2015 -

11:00am to 12:00pm

... states and communities across the nation to ensure that more children in low-income families succeed in school and graduate prepared for college, ... communities. The communities, including many in New...

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The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and the Flamboyan Foundation’s Arts Fund Announce Twenty Puerto Rican Writers Receive the Inaugural Letras Boricuas Fellowship

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11/16/2021

... within them. Since 2018, the Foundation has committed more than $13 million — with an additional $10 million ... and school systems transform their relationships with families . In Puerto Rico, Flamboyan is...

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Arts

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Mellon Foundation

15 May 2012

Foundation Administrators Network Meeting: Challenges and Opportunities with Organizational Structure

Tuesday, May 15, 2012 -

12:00pm to 2:00pm

... to support administrative professionals at Philanthropy New York member organizations. In addition to sharing ... to compensation to job titles and descriptions and more . What challenges do...

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Measuring the State of Disaster Philanthropy 2017: Data to Drive Decisions

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10/2017

... of Disaster Philanthropy 2017: Data to Drive Decisions New York , NY — October 24, 2017. Foundation Center and the ... • Although overall funding dollars decreased, more grants were distributed in 2015 by more funders. In ... nine sources worldwide, including the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development and the U.S. Federal ...

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Report

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Disaster Relief

Six Receive Grants Totaling $125,000 From United Hospital Fund to Improve Health Services in NYC

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06/25/2014

... $125,000, for projects to improve health care services in New York City . The grants are a part of the Fund’s program to ...

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Health

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United Hospital Fund

Helmsley Charitable Trust Announces Catalytic Investment to Eliminate Two Neglected Tropical Diseases in East Africa

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04/26/2022

... children and their families in Africa, and we know that building resilience and strengthening health services are ... those in need and empowering people to live healthier and more dignified...

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