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Brooklyn Community Foundation Announces First Cohort of Incubator Project

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06/29/2015

Brooklyn Community Foundation Announces First Cohort of Incubator ... cohort of its Incubator Project– one of several new programs within the Foundation’s Brooklyn Accelerator, ... which launched earlier this year...

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Brooklyn Org

Underwritten by JPB Foundation, New York City’s Libraries Will Forgive All Children’s Fines

Release Date:

10/19/2017

Underwritten by JPB Foundation, New York City’s Libraries Will Forgive All Children’s ... to pay. “Learning is a right. Reading brings you to new worlds,” said Octavia Loving, a 17-year-old student at ... by the...

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Freedom Together Foundation

New York Times Op-Ed "Good Leaders Make Good Schools" Cites Important Wallace-Commissioned Research Report

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03/13/2018

New York Times Op-Ed "Good Leaders Make Good Schools" Cites ... to learn how to improve city schools, look how Washington, New Orleans and Chicago are already doing it. Since 2011 the ... scores have...

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The Wallace Foundation

Native Americans in Philanthropy #GenIndigenous Response Fund Announces Call for Proposals

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01/10/2017

... while considering efforts to support the long-term engagement of Native American youth leaders in advocacy ...

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RFPs Etc

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Children, Youth and Families

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Native Americans in Philanthropy

How to Build a Strong Local Food System

Release Date:

08/29/2017

It goes beyond farmers' markets and CSA shares. Before we had ‘local food,’ we just had food. Communities fed themselves with whatever was produced in the region, with farmers selling directly to stores and customers. It was unheard of to truck...

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Food Systems

Century Foundation Releases 9 Steps to Revitalize America's Manufactring Communities

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05/08/2019

... across the country have worked together to develop a new industrial policy that explicitly ties the goals of ...

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The Century Foundation

A Smarter Response: The Center for Disaster Philanthropy Looks to Leverage Donor Dollars

Release Date:

09/11/2017

... Facebook and want to help? You don’t even have to open a new tab. Many of you may have seen the prompts from Google ...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

15 Mar 2022

In the Time of COVID - Building Relationships with Grantees Virtually

Tuesday, March 15, 2022 -

10:00am to 11:30am

... look like? Join us for a conversation on how we approach building relationships with grantees during COVID. Connect ... share promising practices, and walk away with tools and resources that you can implement...

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Tools & Strategies

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All Funders

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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

Ken Shatzkes, Ph.D. Promoted to Foundation for Opioid Response Efforts Program Director

Release Date:

07/19/2022

... served as the science policy advisor in the Office of the New Jersey Governor, providing evidence-based recommendations ... Infectious Disease) from Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, and his B.Sc...

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Foundation for Opioid Response Efforts (FORE)

14 Oct 2021

Mismatched: The Philanthropic Response to the Call for Racial Justice - A Webinar Hosted by PRE

Thursday, October 14, 2021 -

12:30pm to 2:00pm

... activism on a massive scale that continued into the new year. But what really happened in 2020? What is the true ... Explore Philanthropic Initiative for Racial Equity's (PRE) new report, Mismatched: The...

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Webinar/Teleconference

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All Funders

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

New York Women's Foundation Fund for the MeToo Movement and Allies Awards Grants to 8 Groups

Release Date:

10/15/2018

New York Women's Foundation Fund for the MeToo Movement and ... across the nation have been awarded funding from the New York Women's Foundation for their efforts to fight sexual ... "Fund for the...

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Gender Justice

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The New York Women's Foundation

Philanthropy New York Board and Public Policy Committee Approves Amendment to 2018 Census Policy Position

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08/05/2020

Philanthropy New York Board and Public Policy Committee Approves Amendment ... to 2018 Census Policy Position In 2018, Philanthropy New York adopted the following policy statement: ... urges Congress and the...

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PNY News

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Census 2020

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22 Sep 2021

The Importance of Access to Affordable Health Care Has Never Been Greater – How New Developments in Federal Health Policy May Impact New York

Wednesday, September 22, 2021 -

1:00pm to 2:30pm

... of primary and behavioral health care, etc. Plans for new intiatives, such as promoting health equity, addressing ... with any questions. In Collaboration With Philanthropy New York's Health Working Group...

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Public Policy

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Health

Ford Foundation’s Build Initiative is Hitting Its Stride

Release Date:

08/14/2018

... Foundation set out on an experiment—give $1 billion to social justice nonprofits, with all funds going to a ...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Ford Foundation

New Report from PNY and Partners Examines Philanthropy’s Role in Hurricane Sandy Recovery

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10/28/2014

New Report from PNY and Partners Examines Philanthropy’s ... committed more than $380 million for relief, recovery and building efforts. The hard data and reflective observations ... philanthropic dollars have...

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PNY News

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Disaster Relief

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Philanthropy New York

Foundation Center

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The Center for Disaster Philanthropy

Stonewall Community Foundation Executive Director Comments on Mourning of Orlando Victims

Release Date:

06/13/2016

Stonewall Community Foundation Executive Director Comments on Mourning ... of Orlando Victims Hundreds gathered in solidarity at New York City’s historic Stonewall Inn to express their ... 500 people were in...

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Gender Justice

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Stonewall Community Foundation

Toya Williford Joins the Mayor's Fund to Advance New York City as Director of Programs and Policy

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05/29/2014

Toya Williford Joins the Mayor's Fund to Advance New York City as Director of Porgrams and Policy The Brooklyn Community Foundation announced that the Foundation’s ... Williford will be joining the Mayor’s...

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Mayor's Fund to Advance New York City

Brooklyn Community Foundation Launches Resident-Led Grantmaking Program in Crown Heights

Release Date:

08/03/2015

Brooklyn Community Foundation Launches Resident-Led Grantmaking ... finding in the Foundation’s 2014 boroughwide community engagement project, Brooklyn Insights, which surveyed over 1,000 people...

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Housing and Homelessness

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Community Development

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Brooklyn Org

Stonewall Community Foundation Issues RFP for LGBTQ Safe Spaces

Release Date:

07/29/2016

Stonewall Community Foundation Issues RFP for LGBTQ Safe Spaces The ... and volunteer service, support LGBTQ causes in New York City. Each year, SQS members award one or more ... programming and services that...