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Johnson & Johnson Introduces Global Pro Bono, A Program That Gives Employees Time Off to Volunteer

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03/05/2018

... Latin America were presented with an unusual opportunity. Their mission, if they chose to accept it: pack their bags for a four-week stint in Latin America, where ... their goals. The program...

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Ford Foundation’s Darren Walker In NY Times Piece on Criminal Justice

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07/15/2016

... 1962, 85 percent of white Americans told Gallup that black children had as good a chance as white kids of getting a good ... police, and four out of five whites have said that black children have the same...

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Applying Social Enterprise to Refugee Settings

Release Date:

09/28/2017

... successful couple—a teacher and a judge—suddenly found their world turned upside-down in March 2011, when they were ... unable to pursue their careers or support their children...

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NYSHealth Foundation Supports Study on Childhood Obesity and Fast-Food Combo Meals

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10/17/2016

... Study on Childhood Obesity and Fast-Food Combo Meals A new survey of children ’s and teenagers’ eating habits at fast-food ... consumption levels of sugary drinks are closely tied to their...

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Follow a Community Organizer Teaching Undocumented Immigrants Their Rights

Release Date:

10/02/2017

... a Community Organizer Teaching Undocumented Immigrants Their Rights With President Donald Trump's immigration ... sending shock waves through communities of undocumented New Yorkers, Saul Lopez...

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NY Community Trust Gives More than $800,000 to Bring Technology-Driven Learning to NYC Youth

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09/12/2016

... Learning to NYC Youth Several foundations are pooling resources to make 13 grants, totaling $835,600, to help young ... Media Learning Fund, a donor collaborative housed in The New York Community Trust. The...

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Brooklyn Community Foundation Presents Third Installment of 'Stories of Brooklyn Insights'

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06/04/2014

... Community Foundation shares the voices of ARTs East New York, a storefront gallery and neighborhood hub using the ...

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation President and CEO Paul Joskow to Retire at End of 2017

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12/16/2016

... President and CEO Paul Joskow to Retire at End of 2017 ( New York, NY) Alfred P. Sloan Foundation President and CEO ... mission. He has been committed to identifying opportunities to make grants to support...

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Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Announces Freedom to Read: "Million Book Project" Brings Literature to 1,000 US Prisons

Release Date:

06/30/2020

... Book Project" Brings Literature to 1,000 US Prisons NEW YORK, June 30, 2020 – Following The Andrew W. Mellon ... Law School’s Justice Collaboratory announced today a new initiative to distribute a curated...

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Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Accepting Grant Proposals to Strengthen Performing Arts

Release Date:

10/30/2014

... field, including research projects assessing the national health of professional nonprofit arts groups or of individual ... priority will be given to projects that improve the health of the foundation's...

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Occupy The Box

Release Date:

03/21/2012

By Maria Mottola, Executive Director, New York Foundation (This post was adapted from a keynote ... leadership,” it reminded me of one of my favorite New Yorker cartoons. What I want to say today to you is this...

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12 Nov 2024

Clarity and Bravery in Times of Uncertainty - A Workshop for CEOs and Senior Programming Staff

Tuesday, November 12, 2024 -

9:00am to 12:00pm

... is required to meet this resistance and develop creative new approaches to fulfill the vision of a more racially just ... foundation leaders to identify ways that they can support their institutions and...

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Russell Sage Foundation Trustee Hiro Yoshikawa and Former Visiting Scholar J. Lawrence Aber Win MacArthur Foundation Grant

Release Date:

12/21/2017

... develop evidence-based, early education interventions for children displaced by conflict and persecution in the Middle ... of the Sesame-IRC team are RSF trustee Hiro Yoshikawa ( New York University) and...

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SeaChange Capital Partners to Help Facilitate Merger of Chicago Non-Profits

Release Date:

12/18/2017

... volunteer labor, while WomenOnCall connects legal, human resources , finance, and other professionals to skilled ... Jenne Myers. The two groups’ merger centers on combining their hands-on and skilled volunteer...

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Simple and Fast City Contracting

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07/17/2013

The HHS Accelerator is a new initiative designed to simplify how New York City does business with thousands of nonprofit health and human services providers. We’re pleased to have ... and...

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Opinion: Planned Parenthood of NYC Joins Call to Remove Racist Statue

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09/14/2017

... streets in Charlottesville first surfaced, thousands of New Yorkers participated in rallies to condemn the hateful ... performed surgical experiments on enslaved black women in the 19th century without...

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Gender Justice

16 Feb 2012

Funders Supporting Veterans

Thursday, February 16, 2012 -

7:30am to 10:00am

Philanthropy New York, 79 Fifth Ave., 4th floor, NYC

Since September, funders have met twice at Philanthropy New York to learn about the issues facing returning veterans ... in areas like financial literacy, physical and mental health , education, housing, and...

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The Century Foundation Announces President Janice Nittoli’s Resignation

Release Date:

04/17/2014

... of the organization, has resigned from her position for health reasons. Nittoli has led Century since August 2011. ... in the process), settling the organization into its new offices, and upgrading its web...

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Funded By Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, Field Study Looks At Chemistry Of Indoor Home Environments

Release Date:

06/18/2018

... the developed world, people reportedly spend about 90% of their time indoors. In homes, workplaces, schools and every ... constantly changing influence of the indoor environment. A new field study called...

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Carnegie-Backed Teacher Training Program Shows Early Signs of Success

Release Date:

08/12/2015

... coach, is showing early signs of success, according to a new RAND Corporation report. The program also includes the ... for this research was provided by Carnegie Corporation of New York, the Charles and Lynn...

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