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“The City Where America Is Going to Find Herself Again”: A Funders Conversation with Mayor Mitch Landrieu

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01/12/2011

... With the worldwide fiscal and debt crises, fewer funds are available for governments, so cities will need to focus on innovation if they are to provide needed services. Foundations will be an ... said...

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Children, Youth and Families

New York Life Foundation awards $1.5 million in grants to out-of-school time programs to help middle school students transition to 9th grade.

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06/03/2021

... underserved 8th graders reach the 9th grade on time and prepared for high school. Afterschool, summer and expanded learning programs nationwide are selected for grants through a review process run in ... grant...

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New York Life Foundation

PNY Sends Letter to Senator Chuck Schumer's Office in Continued Call to Action on Behalf of NYC's Nonprofits During COVID-19

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04/24/2020

... efforts. Dear Senator Schumer: We deeply appreciate your unwavering support for the nonprofit sector in the government’s first response to COVID-19. We are writing today to draw your...

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Disaster Relief

These Days Everyone Can Be A Communicator…But Is That Enough?

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01/12/2012

... roles and responsibilities of communications staff members are actually deepening instead of fading away. And that’ll ... work undertaken to advance the foundation’s mission. Why are foundations making...

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04 Nov 2015

Dear Board...Are You Reading This?

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8:45am to 11:00am

... 3 . Members: To register yourself and/or a colleague at your organization, please log in and click the Register Now ... IS FREE to all nonprofit communciations professionals who are regular attendees of PPC-...

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Uprooting Racism to Advance Health Equity

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01/04/2022

... impact on health. Compared to White women, Black women are 3 to 4 times more likely to die in pregnancy, childbirth, ... years of structural racism have deprived Black families of resources that accumulate and...

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Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

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20 Jun 2023

Cannabis, Communities and Real-World Reparations: What Funders Need to Know about How It’s Playing Out

Tuesday, June 20, 2023 -

10:00am to 11:30am

... intentions of New York’s cannabis legislation and the resources necessary to give justice-impacted communities a ... as a top priority, will have more information about the resources necessary to truly provide...

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Philanthropy New York Supports a True Cost of Living Standard and Wage Equity

... nonprofit health and human service workers, whose salaries are often set by City contracts, earn 29% less than ... wage standard and equitable pay for nonprofit workers are critical to addressing the gendered...

Student Debt and Social Justice: Five Things You Should Know

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09/10/2014

... debt increased 6 percent year over year. There are lots of big numbers and dire warnings: Is student debt ... delay marriage and the start of their own families? These are all critical questions, and ones that...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Education

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Ford Foundation

Program Recap—Philanthropy New York’s Documentary Film Series: Advise and Dissent

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10/16/2009

... mediums for promoting their missions and the work of their grantees . On September 15th, we were honored to screen ... Two Senate veterans, Arlen Specter and Patrick Leahy, are also prominently featured in...

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Ford’s Walker Says ‘Unusual Coalition’ Won’t Be Last of its Kind

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02/20/2015

... poverty. As a result, she notes, more African Americans are part of the criminal justice system today than were ... on the issue of criminal justice reform, I believe we are on the verge of a major...

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Justice Reform

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NCF Welcomes Elizabeth Mendez Berry and Isaac Luria as Directors of Voice, Creativity and Culture

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12/16/2016

... President and CEO Sharon Alpert. “Elizabeth and Isaac are highly regarded in the field for being innovative, ... of storytelling. Each of their perspectives and networks are deep, cross-cutting and...

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The New York Women’s Foundation Honors DeAnna Hoskins, President & CEO of JustLeadershipUSA, and Bryan Stevenson, Founder & Executive Director of The Equal Justice Initiative, at 2019 Radical Generosity Dinner

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10/08/2019

... with the 2019 Radical Generosity Awards. DeAnna and Bryan are among the driving forces behind the dismantling of an ... system that criminalizes black and brown people. They are transformational leaders who...

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Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Awards Emergency Grants to Prison Education Programs as COVID Crisis Continues

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08/06/2020

... and equitable society. Millions of our fellow human beings are incarcerated in US prisons, and these grants will help ... and university-level instruction in US prisons. These grantees have established...

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Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation Announces New Staff and Board Members

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10/15/2020

... Rini Banerjee, President: Dear friends and colleagues, We are delighted to announce that Vonda Brunsting, Marc Diaz, ... our participatory and collaborative grantmaking processes are accountable to the...

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Powerful Networks: Working Across Borders to Reconnect Separated Families

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01/20/2021

... Two New York-based organizations (and Tinker Foundation grantees ) Justice in Motion and the Cyrus R. Vance Center for ... restrictions. Now Justice in Motion and the defenders are helping families explore...

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Immigration

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If We Want to Strengthen Democracy, Let's Start in Our Back Yard

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04/14/2021

... in our last mayoral election . These statistics are especially alarming given that voter turnout is even ... collaborative housed at the New York Community Trust. We are supporting nonpartisan efforts to...

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