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The New York Women's Foundation Announces Spring 2023 Grantmaking Efforts with a Focus on Economic Justice, Ending Mass Incarceration and Defending Transgender Rights

Release Date:

03/30/2023

... today more accurately. "Together, in solidarity with our grantee partners, we cannot allow the persistent issues ... equitable economic systems that redistribute power and resources back to the community...

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Economic Security

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Insights from 2025 Financial Series: Reframing Financial Due Diligence - Part 2

Release Date:

06/26/2025

... Grantmaker Advisory, unpacked the framework of financial health and explored how grantmakers can leverage a ... out the root cause of why they can’t access sufficient resources — what do they need?” — Jennifer...

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New York Foundation Celebrates New Executive Director, Rickke Mananzala

Release Date:

05/27/2021

... and creative reimagining, we are pleased to announce our new Executive Director: Rickke Mananzala. Rickke has been ... the while maintaining a focus on mobilizing resources in ways that support people of color...

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17 Jan 2013

A Holistic Approach to Education Reform in Brooklyn’s Community School District 16

Thursday, January 17, 2013 -

7:30am to 10:30am

... organizations and education support organizations; focus resources on gaps in CSD16 educational enrichment and ... outcomes of CSD16. Identify and train new leaders among parents , students and local school...

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17 Nov 2010

If Not Superman, Who? Confronting Systemic Inequity in Education

Wednesday, November 17, 2010 -

7:30am to 11:00am

... students different access to educational opportunity, resources , and effective teaching – differential access ...

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Joan Mitchell Foundation Adds Finance Veteran Marc Chennault to Its Board

Release Date:

06/23/2020

... a New York-based non-profit focused on holistic health programs for New Yorkers facing homelessness, ... three years, offering invaluable guidance and insight to our Finance Committee,” said Christa Blatchford...

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Doris Duke Foundation Announces "Racial Equity in Clinical Equations"

Release Date:

06/27/2023

... treatment – can lead to profound racial disparities in health care outcomes. Today, the Doris Duke Foundation (DDF) steps ... guidelines to help shape clinical equations that improve health...

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How Foundations Can Be the Risk Takers They Want to Be

Release Date:

06/25/2014

... a grant that might flop and make us look incompetent to our boards. We say, Take risks, but we have an unspoken rule that 100 percent of our grants must succeed (a rate expected in no other ... when we say we...

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Arcus Foundation

A Commitment to Playwrights: The Tow Foundation’s 2014 Residency Program

Release Date:

12/09/2014

... for an up-and-coming playwright? 1. A full time salary and health insurance 2. The guarantee of having a work ... a targeted fund—using a relatively small portion of its resources —to have a big impact on the...

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Russell Sage Foundation - Gates Foundation Pipeline Grants Awarded to Emerging Scholars

Release Date:

03/17/2021

... counselors, and social workers in providing financial aid resources for undocumented youth. Angela Dixon (Emory ... Medicaid application barriers for released inmates affects health care take...

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Can Philanthropy Help Shape the Next Economy? A Workshop Series for a Just Transition

... they fund — from poverty and inequality, to climate, health , food systems and democracy. Through a series of six ... ecological justice and democracy The importance of seeing our work into a global systemic...

25 Jun 2015

Nailing It: Building A National Movement of Nail Salon Workers

Thursday, June 25, 2015 -

2:45pm to 5:00pm

... together a cross section of the most important issues of our day. Join us in exploring the complexities of a wage ... Nail Salon workers How nail salon and other personal care workers are part of the larger...

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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

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Environment and Climate Change

Immigration

Gender Justice

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17 Dec 2009

Current State of Federal Immigration Policy with the National Immigration Law Center

Thursday, December 17, 2009 -

11:00am to 2:00pm

... about NILC’s policy priorities, particularly in light of health reform, immigration reform, and immigration ... and criminal justice, labor, privacy rights, labor and health care , as well as...

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Verizon Supported Study Finds Smartphone App Can Improve Self-management for Some with Spina Bifida

Release Date:

12/10/2015

... according to a pilot study of the interactive Mobitle Health & Rehabilitation app. Findings were published Oct. ... system holds promise for use in many diverse chronic care models to support and increase...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Verizon

Rauch Foundation Releases Report, Minding the Gaps, On Early Childhood Development

Release Date:

02/01/2018

... part of pediatric checkups at Nassau County’s community health centers, thanks to the efforts of an Astoria, NY-based ... watch for maternal depression, promoting mental- health support for day care...

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Aetna Foundation Announces Launch of the 2015 GoLocal: Cultivating Healthy Communities Grants Program

Release Date:

03/27/2015

... classes that improve knowledge and skills about the health benefits of fresh produce; Cultivating and/or ...

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Food Systems

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Aetna Foundation

AARP, Commonwealth Fund Release State Scorecard on Long-Term Services and Supports for Seniors

Release Date:

06/15/2017

... on their own because of physical, cognitive, or chronic health conditions. The types of assistance include such ... create systems that are aligned with the new realities of aging and living with a disability...