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Arcus Foundation Releases Social Justice Program Strategy Evaluation Report: 2021

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01/23/2023

... successfully enhancing safety for their communities, but providing data used to advance policy through advocacy. The ... people in the United States must include both expansion of access to services that...

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Evaluation of OSF-Funded Education Program for Boys of Color Finds Efforts Didn’t Improve Outcomes

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05/10/2018

... When Mayor Michael Bloomberg launched the Expanded Success Initiative in 2012, he hoped to address a problem that had vexed policymakers: How can schools get more young black and Latino men...

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Education

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Funders as Fellows: The Seeding Power Experience

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04/01/2025

... it can be tempting to retreat as funders. The need is so great , and what we have to offer can feel so insufficient. It ... would find new ways to work together. By doing so, a more cohesive movement could...

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The Rockefeller Foundation Launches $30M Advance Market Commitment with Thermo Fisher Scientific to Ramp Up Procurement and Distribution of Covid-19 Testing

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01/14/2021

... to get tests to the frontlines quicker, cheaper, and more efficiently than ever before,” said Dr. Rajiv J. ... investors, businesses, and governments to combine their resources to scale funding solutions and...

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The Rockefeller Foundation

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Health

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Five Borough Farm: Supporting Urban Agriculture in New York City

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11/08/2013

... States. The Five Borough Farm project has surveyed the more than 700 existing sites (there are nearly 3 times as ... photographs, maps and a website with graphics, tools and resources . Of particular interest...

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Ford Foundation Backs New Associate's Degree Program at New York State Prison

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03/02/2015

... at NYU or transferred to other colleges. "By expanding access to a university education to incarcerated students, ... result from the fact that the United States incarcerates more people than any other...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Deepens Commitment to Moving the World Beyond Coal with Plan to Turbocharge Clean Energy Finance in Global South

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11/07/2022

... Latin America to accelerate coal phaseout, develop viable pathways to net-zero, and speed deployment of clean energy ... of Bloomberg Philanthropies . “We’ve helped to close more than two-thirds of coal plants...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Three Years Post Hurricane Sandy, Staten Island Foundation Releases FY2014-15 Biennial Report

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11/03/2015

... community – especially its least advantaged – has access to the resources necessary to maximize its potential. With a ... last two decades have seen the growth of a significantly more diverse...

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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

... districts across the nation face increasing numbers of schools “in need of improvement,” many educators, ... Challenge. Quality early childhood education can boost children ’s cognitive, social-emotional, and...

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Passing Raise the Age Legislation: A Big Step on the Long Road to Implementation

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06/30/2017

... that when juveniles are treated as adults, they are more likely to recidivate and that placing youth in adult ... the planning phase, identify and advocate for county-level resources , and monitor...

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Justice Reform

18 Mar 2013

Measuring What Matters: Indicators of College and Career Readiness

Monday, March 18, 2013 -

2:45pm to 5:00pm

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

... both the economy and American society increasingly require more than a high school diploma. And, across the country, ... the College Ready Indicator Systems study. New Visions for Public Schools...

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21 Sep 2022

Strategies for Advancing Pro-Immigrant Policies - A Webinar Hosted by GCIR

Wednesday, September 21, 2022 -

1:00pm to 2:30pm

... these challenges. Join us for this session to learn more about the status of each of these policies and what is ... field, including: Supporting the rollback of restrictive public charge rule changes made in...

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Ford Foundation Appoints Pradeep Nair as Regional Director for India, Nepal, and Sri Lanka

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03/09/2017

... sector leader, Nair brings deep regional expertise and more than 20 years of experience building partnerships among ... expertise in building partnerships in the region will be a great asset as our work in...

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International/Foreign Affairs

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North Star Fund Welcomes New Executive Director Jennifer Ching

Release Date:

02/01/2017

... build stronger financial literacy, investment, and health access in immigrant communities across the region. Jenn has ... and daughter of immigrants, Jenn’s vision of a just and more equitable city emerges...

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12 May 2021

State of Health Town Hall

Wednesday, May 12, 2021 -

10:00am to 11:30am

... of color faced increased exposure, lack of insurance, and more broadly, a history of inadequate healthcare investment ... How racial disparities and inequities in healthcare access and quality pre-pandemic...

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WES Mariam Assefa Fund Partners with Echoing Green to Invest in Social Innovators of Color Addressing Racial Equity and Immigrant Justice

Release Date:

02/16/2022

... equity, immigration, and economic mobility, to create more equitable communities and economies for all. Support ... taking action to build wealth, realize justice, and create access to opportunities at the...

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World Education Services / WES Mariam Assefa Fund

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Immigration

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Research to Prevent Blindness Expands Career Development Award

Release Date:

06/24/2020

... biomedical inflation, which increases costs for the resources needed to perform research. RPB is also increasing ... even more ,” said RPB President Brian F. Hofland, PhD. “ Providing support...

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