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Melissa Beck Steps Down as Executive Director of The Educational Foundation of America

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05/20/2020

... Executive Director since 2013, has stepped down. Beck’ s last day at EFA will be May 22, 2020. She has accepted a ... and her creativity. We wish her all the best in her new endeavor.” Beck...

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NYSHealth Funding Opportunity: Sponsoring Conference Participation in Support of Healthy Communities

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01/10/2017

... Participation in Support of Healthy Communities The New York State Health Foundation' s (NYSHealth) Sponsoring ... in New York and nationally. Yet,...

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Why a 'Gender Transformative' Approach?

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04/06/2015

... norms and inequities central to their work. Yet U. S . funding still tends to overlook or ignore gender norms. ... start a long-delayed dialog on these issues, Philanthropy New York members...

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De Blasio unveils 30-member task force charged with overhauling NYC’s job-training and workforce-placement programs

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05/20/2014

... force that will be charged with overhauling the city’ s job-training and workforce-placement programs. Speaking ... training and placement programs have for too long steered New Yorkers into temporary...

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The New York Community Trust

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Simons Foundation Gives $40M for Astronomy Facility in Chile

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05/12/2016

... Simons Foundation has given $38.4 million to establish a new astronomy facility in Chile’ s Atacama Desert, adding new telescopes and new detectors to ... of Pennsylvania...

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De Blasio Wants To Install 1,000 Electric-Car Charging Stations By 2020

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09/21/2017

... out a $10 million plan to install as many as 1,000 new electric-car charging stations throughout the city by 2020. The plan, which aims to have one new charging hub in each borough by 2018, is part of a larger...

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16 Moments of Pride for LGBTQ Philanthropy

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06/30/2014

... Month offers a chance to celebrate the LGBTQ community' s collective contribution to advancing human rights for all , ... - The Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice is born in New...

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2021 J.M.K. Innovation Prizes Awarded to 10 Initiatives With Standout Potential, Shared Community Focus

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11/16/2021

... With Standout Potential, Shared Community Focus New York City – November 16, 2021 – The J.M. Kaplan Fund ... with valuable tools, training, and capacity-building resources , in addition to...

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Can Philanthropy Support the Transformation of Society?

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03/06/2014

... guess, since tomatoes are ubiquitous in most people’ s diets. But did you stop to consider who picked it for you, ... violence and competition. So we are dedicating our resources , entrusted to us at the NoVo...

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NYCT and JPB-Backed Immigrant Legal Aid Program Will Expand Beyond NYC

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05/14/2015

... Immigrant Legal Aid Program Will Expand Beyond NYC New York City’ s melting pot has been boiling over in the larger ...

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Former Goldman Sachs Foundation President Among Many GS Leaders Now in Trump Administration

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02/03/2017

... he has made the move to the White House – and he’ s taking part of New York with him. While son Barron and first lady Melania Trump ...

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Carnegie Grant Helps Princeton Team to Use Virtual Reality to Help With Real-World Arms Control

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08/28/2017

... and aerospace engineering and international affairs, and New York City-based Games for Change were awarded a $414,000 grant last month from the Carnegie Corporation of New York...

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Small Victories in Affordable Housing? We'll Take it!

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01/19/2018

... Swann, Senior Program Officer, Thriving Communities, New York Community Trust The affordable housing shortage is no ... up for modest homes in working class neighborhoods. Here’ s a ...

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The New York Community Trust

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We are excited to launch the second year of Philanthropy New York ’ s Young Leaders Breakfast Club! Piloted in 2010-2011 with the ...

$1.6M in Grants from NY Women’s Foundation Focus on Economic Security and Justice

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01/19/2017

$1.6M in Grants from NY Women’ s Foundation Focus on Economic Security and Justice New York (January 18, 2017) - The New York Women’ s...

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Why Helping Pets Helps People

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12/05/2013

... typically benefits just as much as the animal. That’ s easy to picture. But what’ s less known is that ... of the constituencies served by grantees of Philanthropy New York...

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Seven Reasons Why Your Foundation Should Pay Attention to Fracking

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05/16/2013

... constitution. And similar laws have been proposed in New York . To learn more about the specifics of the law, read this summary by the National Resources Defense Council . 5) It’ s...

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WES Mariam Assefa Fund Partners with Echoing Green to Invest in Social Innovators of Color Addressing Racial Equity and Immigrant Justice

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02/16/2022

... Services (WES) Mariam Assefa Fund today announced a new $1.5 million partnership with Echoing Green to launch ... in the United States and Canada. Through Echoing Green’ s fellowship program, the Racial Equity...

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