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COVID-19: Using a Racial Justice Lens Now to Transform Our Future

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04/07/2020

... requires us to confront power, shift how we distribute our resources , and move toward system-wide transformation. In ... the most creative responses, even with scarce financial resources . However, financial...

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NYU’s Prison Education Program Receives $1 Million Grant from Mellon Foundation

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03/28/2018

... brings a college education to incarcerated individuals at New York’s Wallkill Correctional Facility. NYU has received ... Wallkill Correctional Facility, October 12, 2017. © 2017 New York University ...

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Grace Farms Launches Design for Freedom Movement to Remove Forced Labor from the Built Environment

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02/11/2021

... Read at The Fast Company (1/20/21) October 26, 2020, NEW CANAAN, Conn. ꟷ Sharon Prince, Founder and Chief ... buildings; the launch of a dedicated website with tools, resources , and original content; and...

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GroundTruth Announces $1 Million Project on Climate Change

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08/18/2015

... 2015 Paris Climate Conference in December and produce live coverage of the event as well as develop sources and ideas ... that will help shape GroundTruth's future climate change coverage . The four-week...

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The Henry Luce Foundation

Commonwealth Fund Releases Report on Insuring Younger Adults Through the ACA’s Marketplaces

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12/20/2016

... wish to retain reforms such as the ban on denying coverage to people with preexisting conditions. Since young ... in large enough numbers, and insurers can’t deny coverage or charge sicker people higher...

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The Commonwealth Fund

Commonwealth Fund Analysis Shows how Disastrous the Medicaid Work Requirement Would be, Given the Opioid Crisis

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01/12/2018

... — a state that has benefited enormously from Medicaid coverage for people facing opioid addiction. The state has ... 15 percent of its Medicaid beneficiaries will lose their coverage within five years of the...

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18 Mar 2013

Measuring What Matters: Indicators of College and Career Readiness

Monday, March 18, 2013 -

2:45pm to 5:00pm

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

... promising work in this area is being done right here in New York, where both the City and the State are recalculating ... or career propitiously. Moreover, it is not just New York’s policymakers whose work on...

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19 Jun 2013

Infrastructure at Risk: How to Protect Public Investments from Stronger Storms and Tidal Surges

Wednesday, June 19, 2013 -

8:45am to 11:00am

Superstorm Sandy and Hurricane Irene made New Yorkers painfully aware of the effects of tidal surges ... one of the most popular topics of the 2013 Philanthropy New York Annual Meeting, which included an...

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20 Apr 2020

Living with Dignity and Community in the Wake of the Coronavirus Pandemic

Monday, April 20, 2020 -

12:00pm to 1:15pm

Philanthropy New York's Health Working Group has been convening virtually ... Supportive housing provides vulnerable, formerly homeless New Yorkers – many of whom struggle with physical and ... and access to...

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Foundations as First Responders?

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04/18/2013

... When I was in city government (a quite remarkable time in New York City extending from the 1970s to the late 1990s) and ... foundation could also play a vital role by connecting resources to people and...

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Insights from “Bridging Practice to Lead Forward - An Invitation from the Leadership Transitions Funders Group”

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08/07/2023

... life cycle of a nonprofit Over the past year, Philanthropy New York’s Leadership Transitions Funders Group endeavored ... today to participate in joint learning and access resources for equitable leadership...

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

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02/03/2017

... the move to the White House – and he’s taking part of New York with him. While son Barron and first lady Melania Trump are staying in New York City for now, there are a number of New Yorkers...

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Charlie Parker Jazz Festival Kicks Off Next Week, Supported by Capital One Bank, Doris Duke and Gilman Foundations

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08/17/2017

... of the Charlie Parker Jazz Festival. The festival is New York City's annual salute to the legendary late ... of dance on the lineup for the first time. We hope all New Yorkers, young and old, jazz...

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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 and the MacArthur Foundation...

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NYN Media Homeless Shelter Tracker

Release Date:

09/11/2017

NYN Media Homeless Shelter Tracker With the number of New Yorkers lacking permanent housing at an all-time high, New York City Mayor de Blasio announced an ambitious effort ... board and local elected officials 30...

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Housing and Homelessness

The Building Blocks of Demonstrating Impact

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09/09/2013

... Corporate Social Responsibility Recently, Philanthropy New York convened funders for a conversation on the best ways ... Realistically, what you can measure also depends on the resources (time and money) that...

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Borealis Philanthropy’s Fund for Trans Generations Moves $2.5 Million to Trans-Led Organizations

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07/12/2022

... Philanthropy’s Fund for Trans Generations (FTG) proudly resources trans-led organizations that are building futures ... awarded, the majority were renewals, with a handful of new grants for organizations that...

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LGBTQ

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University of Pennsylvania Receives $6 Million Stavros Niarchos Foundation Gift to Launch Paideia Program

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03/15/2019

... university, none is more essential than fostering the free exchange of ideas and the robust civil expression of ... through their senior year. Built around a core of 12 new , interdisciplinary courses taught by...

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We Can Build a Better, More Inclusive Tech Workforce

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02/06/2015

... Program Associate, Hive Digital Media Learning Fund in The New York Community Trust New York’s technology industry is adding jobs at nearly ... according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor. For many New...

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