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William T. Grant Foundation Awards Youth Service Capacity-Building Grants to Three New York City Nonprofits

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05/07/2020

... Vice President of Programs, said, “We are delighted that our grant dollars will be going to these three terrific ...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Young Leaders Breakfast Club: Mentors

... spirit to their work. Mentors serve as facilitators, resources , and coaches for their group. They help to create a ... and offer personal reflection and constructive feedback. Our deep gratitude to the...

The Westchester Community Foundation Awards $3.2 Million in Grants to 66 Nonprofits

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12/01/2021

... totaling $567,000 to address the increased need for mental health services: THE HARRIS PROJECT: $62,000 to expand use ... services. These grants will provide help to people in our communities so they can cope...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Westchester Community Fund

18 Jan 2018

Bringing a Racial Equity Lens to Capacity Building

Thursday, January 18, 2018 -

9:00am to 11:00am

... can deliver on their missions over the long term. However, our institutions and systems were built to advantage some but ... work to address the ways in which structural racism and our implicit biases...

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Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals: One Student’s Story

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12/06/2012

... for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA). One of our speakers at that briefing was Rafael Benitez, a student ... we used to be. I moved from Mexico to New York with my parents when I was six years old...

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Addressing Poverty Through Digital And Financial Literacy (Capital One)

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01/07/2016

... One) The Great Recession delivered a body blow to our country’s financial equilibrium, and only after years ... one’s credit and debt are skills that are essential to our daily lives, without which people are...

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Appointments & Transitions

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Economic Security

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Wallace Foundation Names New Director of Arts, Bahia Ramos

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08/16/2018

... the arts. “We are delighted to have Bahia Ramos joining our team at The Wallace Foundation,“ said Will Miller, ... interdisciplinary team, will help us work effectively with our grantees and shape our...

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Foundation for Opioid Response Efforts Welcomes a New Board Member and Two New Members to the Scientific Advisory Council

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09/22/2021

... , and David K. Mineta, President and CEO of Momentum for Health in Santa Clara County, California have joined its ... 93,000 deaths from overdose last year, it is clear that our nation is in the grips of a...

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Where Walls Exist, the Arts Provide a Doorway

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03/27/2017

... and to break through the substantial barriers dividing our country. The 1.6 billion Muslims across the world, one sixth of the world’s population , span unique cultures from Morocco to Malaysia and ... drama,...

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Brooklyn Community Foundation Releases Results of 4-Year Study of Restorative Justice Implementation in Schools

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10/08/2020

... Justice Project to advocate for, and invest in, changes to our education system from within,” said Brooklyn Community ... justice offers a powerful tool for transforming the ways our schools value and respect...

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5/21/2015 - Program Related Investment: the Promise and Pitfalls - Live stream recording & Presentations

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05/2015

View materials and the live stream recording of the program, "Program Related Investment: the Promise and Pitfalls."

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Impact Investing

06 Feb 2014

Service for Impact

Thursday, February 6, 2014 -

7:45am to 10:30am

Philanthropy New York

... We invite you to contribute to the conversation. At our last session, we asked participants for input on the ... most like to discuss. Based on the responses we heard, our February 6th session will focus on:...

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Communications During a Disaster: Five Lessons Learned

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11/23/2012

... who experienced Hurricane Sandy’s devastating blow to our region. We learned a few other lessons, which I’m ... to share (especially now that the power is back on and our office is fully functional again)...

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Heron Foundation's Clara Miller Remarks on the Effects of Impact Investing

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08/17/2015

... what kind of difference it will make with the causes you care about. Yet as an investor, how and where your ... charitable goals with their decisions about how those resources are invested. As Clara Miller of...

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Westchester Community Foundation Announces Ceo Learning Lab

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12/04/2017

... Dawn Meyerski, Mount Kisco Child Care Center 7. Clare Murray, ...

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The Westchester Community Foundation

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UJA-Federation To Launch Largest Anti-Poverty Push In Its History

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01/31/2018

... UJA-Federation of New York launched Connect to Care . It was the charity’s central response to the economic ...

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Community-Based Organizations Across The U.S. Receive $10 Million Through The Citi Foundation And LISC

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02/20/2019

... courses (to strengthen math and reading skills), and resources to help job seekers secure child care and housing arrangements, which can serve as impediments ...

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Community Development

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ASPCA Announces Commitment to Help Animal Cruelty Victims and Low-Income Pet Owners

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06/18/2019

... initiative will increase the organization’s capacity to care for victims of animal cruelty and expand vital services ... by increasing the availability of crucial veterinary resources to pet owners in need and...

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