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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

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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All Funders

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Immigration

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

Release Date:

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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New York Grantmakers in the Arts

... NYGIA moves toward this vision by providing information, resources , and gathering opportunities for institutional arts ... button found on this page . Note that you have to create a Philanthropy NY...

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

Public Policy

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Peter G. Peterson Foundation

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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Community Development

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Food Systems

Health

Housing and Homelessness

Workforce Development

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The New York Community Trust

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

Release Date:

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

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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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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

27 Oct 2017

Building Racial Equity with Race Forward

Friday, October 27, 2017 (All day)

... their deep roots in our history, culture and institutions. Philanthropy New York, in partnership with Race Forward, ... designed to help foundation leaders gain the tools and resources to work towards racial...

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Professional Development

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Workshop

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All Funders

HR & Operations Staff

Grants Managers

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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

HR & Operations

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

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...

18 Nov 2025

Social Impact Strategies: People and Place - A Webinar Hosted by NCFP

Tuesday, November 18, 2025 -

2:00pm to 3:00pm

The National Center for Family Philanthropy limits attendance to private and family ... challenges related to economic development, access to resources , and social equity—while also highlighting the ... causes of...

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Tools & Strategies

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Family Foundation

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Spending a Week on Food Stamps Taught Me a Lesson That Could Aid All Grant Makers

Release Date:

04/07/2013

An op-ed by Simon Greer, CEO of the Nathan Cummings Foundation.

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Member News

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Economic Security

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The Nathan Cummings Foundation

100 Years on, Rockefeller Foundation Still Busy

Release Date:

05/12/2013

... approach as it celebrates its centennial. For the richest American family of their era, the goal was fittingly ...

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The Rockefeller Foundation

Advancing Racial Equity in Arts and Culture, Part 1

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08/28/2015

... Program , designed to offer advocates space, time, and resources to work together in generating ideas for shoring up ... some constructive criticism they offered: We have to change policies, practices, and...

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Insights

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Arts

Social Justice

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The New York Community Trust

Bloomberg Pledges $5.5 Million for Climate Action

Release Date:

04/23/2019

... will contribute $5.5 million in support of the UN Climate Change Secretariat. Announced on Earth Day, the pledge fills ... the Obama administration under the 2015 Paris Agreement. Among other things, the...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Bloomberg Philanthropies

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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Disaster Relief

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North Star Fund

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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Health

Justice Reform

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Open Society Foundations, Foundation for a Just Society, Wellspring Philanthropic Fund and the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation Create Group Initiative to Support Women's Funds

Release Date:

11/20/2019

... the most challenging contexts and informing philanthropic donors in supporting those efforts. The initiative will help ... support feminist movements at the forefront of social change ,” said Emilienne de León...