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Cheryl Dorsey of Echoing Green and Family Van Shares Ideas After 'Leadership Transitions and Evolutions: Supporting Critical Junctures'

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01/18/2017

... seamless! Philanthropic dollars, staff time, and end-user resources can be wasted through inefficient and counterproductive organizational gyrations. After the Philanthropy New York program, " Leadership...

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After the Q&A

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

The Issues We’re Taking to the Hill

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02/21/2018

... & Communications Last month, I wrote in this column about Philanthropy New York’s 2018 Policy Slate , which outlines ... meet with their congressional leaders to talk about philanthropy ’s work in...

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PNY News

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Public Policy

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Philanthropy New York

When the Biomedical Industry Can’t Prioritize Diseases, Private Money Can Save Lives

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09/19/2014

... From rare diseases to mass epidemics, philanthropic donors and disease advocacy groups can catalyze the ...

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Health

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The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust

Eugene M. Lang Foundation Takes Action With New Grant For Immigration Lawyers

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07/10/2018

... after fleeing political persecution in Hungary, so the American Dream is more than just a hazy ideal for his ...

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Eugene M. Lang Foundation

Arcus Foundation Supporting Community Visions of Safety and Justice for LGBTQ People

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07/12/2021

... free LGBTQ-specific legal assistance through a helpline, among other initiatives. To document and investigate violence ... that places LGBTI advocates from the region at the Inter- American Commission on Human...

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LGBTQ

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Arcus Foundation

Laurie Tisch Illumination Fund Launches $15 Million Healthy Foods Initiative

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02/15/2013

The five-year Healthy Food & Community Change initiative will work to improve access to healthy ... Fund today is launching its Healthy Food & Community Change initiative with a commitment of $15 million...

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Member News

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Community Development

Food Systems

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Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund

Ford Foundation appoints Catherine Chinedum Aniagolu-Okoye as regional director for West Africa

Release Date:

10/07/2021

... in the region and to establish solid partnerships with donors , civil society, public and private sector leaders. With over 20 years in the social change sector, Aniagolu-Okoye is a respected leader on the...

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Ford Foundation

26 Oct 2011

Everything You Need to Know You Learned Before Kindergarten: Ready for Kindergarten/Ready for Life

Wednesday, October 26, 2011 -

2:30pm to 5:00pm

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

... engagement? What are NYC and NYS doing now to ensure that NY programs are high quality? (In particular, what is the ... amid the current funding environment? Part of Philanthropy New York's Back to School...

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New York Community Trust Awards Grants to 56 Organizations in All Five Boroughs

Release Date:

10/15/2019

... in All Five Boroughs (October 15, 2019) NEW YORK, NY – The New York Community Trust is committed to helping ... experience higher rates of maternal morbidity than white, Asian , or Latina women with less than a...

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Children, Youth and Families

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The New York Community Trust

Carnegie Corporation of New York Celebrates 2019 Great Immigrants Honorees

Release Date:

06/27/2019

... through their shared experience of becoming Americans. Among the honorees: Darius Adamczyk , who arrived from Poland ... and health issues, including rising mortality rates among middle-aged white Americans...

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Immigration

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

30 Sep 2021

Mapping Indigenous Migrant Communities in the United States - A Webinar Hosted by GCIR

Thursday, September 30, 2021 -

10:00am to 11:00am

... Cartographer & GIS Specialist, Ralph J. Bunche Center for African American Studies and Million Dollar Hoods Project at ...

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Issue-Based

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All Funders

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Immigration

Schott Foundation Welcomes Precious Waldron-López as Regional Program Officer, Northeast

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10/12/2023

... with the Providence Student Union, Precious worked for the African - American /Black affinity group at The Lincoln School for Girls ...

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The Schott Foundation for Public Education

Westchester Community Foundation Awards $308,500 in Grants to 15 Nonprofits

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07/01/2021

... Awards $308,500 in Grants to 15 Nonprofits (Hartsdale, NY — July 1 2021) The Westchester Community Foundation has ... quality of life in Westchester by promoting responsible philanthropy and connecting ...

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Arts

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The Westchester Community Foundation

High-Level UN Dialogue on Harnessing Africa's Demographic Dividend

Release Date:

09/22/2017

... Alpha Condé, President of Guinea and Chairperson of the African Union, convened a high-level meeting to strengthen ... discuss opportunities created by Africa’s demographic change . Bringing together ...

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Sector News

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International/Foreign Affairs

Ana Oliveira, President & CEO of The New York Women's Foundation, Named a Lifetime Achievement Honoree in City & State's 2023 50 Over 50 List

Release Date:

02/02/2023

... power brokers to pivotal behind-the-scenes players. Among them are 10 lifetime achievement honorees, including ... Liberty Award and the Rosie Perez Fuerza Award from the Latino Commission on AIDS, ...

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The New York Women's Foundation

Peterson: With Primaries Near, Majority Of Voters Want Leaders To Focus On Fiscal Future

Release Date:

01/26/2016

... next month, voters widely agree that the debt should be among the top three priorities for the President and Congress ...

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Economic Security

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Peter G. Peterson Foundation

Funders Should Invest in Health Programs to End Mass Incarceration and the War on Drugs

Release Date:

09/15/2016

... and Justice, was one of the panelists at the recent Philanthropy New York Intersections of Health and Justice: ... wondered the following: Why didn’t my community have the resources to help people when they...

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Insights

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Health

Justice Reform

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Sandy support from institutions underwhelms

Release Date:

10/25/2013

Philanthropy New York's Michael Remaley and the North Star ... giving totals for Superstorm Sandy. Institutional donors including private foundations and corporations gave ... Sandy as of earlier this month,...

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Member News

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Disaster Relief

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North Star Fund

Census 2020 Working Group

The Philanthropy New York 2020 Census Funders Group is an ad hoc ... economic development.” There is a growing recognition among New York funders that Census 2020 is an immensely ... join us to learn and think...