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Report About NYC’s Libraries Sparks New Proposal from Speaker Quinn

Release Date:

04/05/2013

... H. Revson Foundation, documented the important role that public libraries play in communities across New York City. In ... about the increasingly important role that the city’s public libraries are playing in...

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Arts

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Charles H. Revson Foundation

Philanthropy as Backer of Brains

Release Date:

05/02/2013

... history of creating, defining and advancing fields, from public health, molecular biology, area studies, and public administration. We even had a role in launching the ...

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The Rockefeller Foundation

Target Hands Decision on $5-Million Schools Gift to Online Voters

Release Date:

08/15/2013

... how it will distribute $5 million in donations to public schools through its “Give With Target” campaign. ... on how it will distribute $5-million in donations to public schools, the first time the store has...

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Ford Foundation Pours Millions into Net Neutrality

Release Date:

12/16/2014

... to major telecommunications firms aiming to influence the public debate on net neutrality, there’s the Ford ... Commission will regulate broadband providers as public utilities, restricting providers from...

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Ford Foundation

Ellen Rautenberg Elected Chair of the NY State Health Foundation Board

Release Date:

12/04/2015

... Ellen Rautenberg, the retired President and CEO of Public Health Solutions, has been elected to a two-year term ...

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New York Health Foundation

Ford Foundation Paper Cited in Wired Article on the Future of Open Source Code

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08/11/2016

... demand. Nearly all software today relies on free, public code, written and maintained by communities of ... to individuals—to write their own software. Shared, public code makes up the digital infrastructure...

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Ford Foundation

Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation Contributes to NJ Initiative to Address Opioid Epidemic

Release Date:

10/26/2016

... Initiative to Address Opioid Epidemic NJTV, New Jersey’s public television network, announced an open call for ... Drug Addiction Crisis. NJTV challenges members of the public to write an original poem about...

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Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation

Kress Foundation Accepting Proposals for Conservation Grants

Release Date:

12/21/2016

The Samuel H. Kress Foundation supports projects that illuminate European works of art and architecture from antiquity to the early 19th century.

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RFPs Etc

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Samuel H. Kress Foundation

The Surdna Foundation Discusses Good Governance in New CEP Report

Release Date:

05/02/2017

CEP’s advisory services team and the Surdna Foundation partnered to produce a new publication that shares stories of good governance at family foundations.

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Success Academy Ratchets up Pressure on City to Give It Space

Release Date:

09/15/2017

... network to approve a request for shared space inside public -school buildings for up to seven new middle schools. ... the earliest the city can approve those requests is at a public meeting in November,...

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NY Women’s Foundation Points Out Gender Issues that Need Addressing in Rikers’ Reform

Release Date:

05/11/2017

... who end up there. The number of women in the American justice system increased by more than 700 percent from 1980 ... Prisoner Reentry Institute at John Jay College of Criminal Justice and commissioned by The...

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Gender Justice

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The New York Women's Foundation

Jaimie Mayer Named Board Chair of Nathan Cummings Foundation’s Board of Trustees

Release Date:

06/17/2019

... to cultivating the next generation of leadership in social justice family philanthropy. Having served on the board for ... to leverage the full range of its assets to pursue justice for people and the planet...

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The Nathan Cummings Foundation

Gender and Transformative Giving

Release Date:

05/23/2013

... include reproductive health, intimate partner violence, educational achievement, immigration and welfare. In fact, ...

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4 Questions about Disaster Philanthropy for Bob Ottenhoff

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04/23/2013

... Service providers may find themselves overworked and their resources stretched. And then there are the aspects of ...

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How Arts And Culture Make New York A Place For All Of Us

Release Date:

06/27/2017

... creative place because of the plurality of cultural resources it houses in every borough. Artists are the problem ...

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The New York Community Trust

30 Sep 2024

Deciding NYC's Future: The Latest Charter Revision Commission and November Referendum

Monday, September 30, 2024 -

10:00am to 11:30am

Virtual Meeting - Register by 9/27

... changes in funding, regulations, and collaborations. Join us to actively participate in shaping the future of NYC ... New York Foundation Marlon Williams , Vice President of Public Policy & Collaboration,...

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Civic Engagement

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Public Policy

Strengthening Community in the Face of Antisemitism and Injustice: A Message from CEO, Kathryn O'Neal-Dunham

Release Date:

08/01/2025

... painful disconnects within spaces dedicated to equity and justice . It felt important to recognize the ways that the ... people—it fuels white supremacy, divides movements for justice , and undermines the very...