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How Rapid Assessments Can Help the Shift from Response to Recovery

Release Date:

05/13/2021

... working to understand how to most effectively deploy our resources beyond crisis response. Emerging market countries ... 153 interviews over two weeks, and then participated in a data analysis masterclass to...

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Insights

Funding Area

Community Development

Disaster Relief

Gender Justice

Related Organizations

EMPower - The Emerging Markets Foundation

The Space Between Intention and Impact

Release Date:

10/24/2022

... organizations are often staffed by volunteers and may lack data and metrics, a key way that funders often judge ...

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President's Message

PNY News

Retaining and Sustaining Leaders in the Social Sector

Release Date:

01/30/2025

... leaders have an abundance of ideas about the solutions, resources , and support they need to address the challenges ...

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Insights

Topic(s)

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Leadership Development

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

03 Mar 2015

Summer Youth Employment Programs: Ensuring Greater Career Readiness

Tuesday, March 3, 2015 -

7:00am to 10:00am

... affected young people of color. 2013's employment data reveals that only 19% of black teens were likely to be ... priorities around increasing job opportunities for low- income populations Common...

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Roundtable Discussion

Topic(s)

Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

Technical Assistance & Capacity Building

Funding Area

Children, Youth and Families

Location

New York City

03 Feb 2016

It’s PUBLIC Transit: Funders Look at New Initiatives to Connect NYC’s People & Places

Wednesday, February 3, 2016 -

9:00am to 11:00am

... local bus service, introducing fare assistance for low- income New Yorkers, and making MTA rider data available for the public to examine and use. A dynamic ...

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Panel

Audience

All Funders

Topic(s)

Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

Public Policy

Funding Area

Public Policy

Community Development

If We Want to Strengthen Democracy, Let's Start in Our Back Yard

Release Date:

04/14/2021

... conceal deep participation disparities by neighborhood, income and education level, ethnicity, and race. ...

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Insights

Funding Area

Civic Engagement

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Charles H. Revson Foundation

The New York Community Trust

Ford Foundation

The Three Vs for Voter Engagement: Validators, Volunteers and Visibility

Release Date:

08/26/2022

... volunteers. MinKwon Center, which organizes low- income Korean and Asian immigrant communities, mobilized a ...

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Insights

Funding Area

Civic Engagement

Public Policy

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Charles H. Revson Foundation

The New York Community Trust

Trinity Church Philanthropies

Open Society Foundations Announce 2021 New Executives Fund Recipients

Release Date:

06/15/2021

... crises threatening our common future, to increase resources for systemic alternatives that support justice, ... networks. Before that, she co-founded and led The Hmm, a platform for contemporary visual culture...

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Member News

Topic(s)

Leadership Development

Funding Area

International/Foreign Affairs

Related Organizations

Open Society Foundations

The New York Women’s Foundation Announces Its Resilience NYC Grants

Release Date:

11/20/2017

... would face increased demands for services with strained resources . They felt a growing urgency to organize and ... Project 2.0, which will focus on assisting low- income women, girls and gender-fluid...

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Member News

Funding Area

Gender Justice

Goldman Sachs Announces First Round of Capital Investments and Philanthropic Grants for One Million Black Women Initiative

Release Date:

05/21/2021

... receive an investment to fund the construction of a mixed- income residential development in Jamaica, Queens consisting ... led community birth centers in providing access to new resources that ensures Black...

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Member News

Funding Area

Economic Security

Social Justice

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Goldman Sachs

01 Feb 2012

Diminishing Dollars: The Impact of the 2008 Financial Crisis on the Field of Social Justice Philanthropy with Sara Gould

Wednesday, February 1, 2012 -

7:45am to 11:00am

... too often plays a cursory role in conversations about the economy , nonprofits, and social change. Now, a new report ... of Philanthropy New York’s Wealth, Endowments and the Economy Series . Presenters Sara K...

Peterson Foundation Says Obama Budget Doesn’t Address Unsustainable Debt

Release Date:

02/09/2016

... budget keeps the debt from rising as a share of the economy over the next ten years, it does not sufficiently ... debt on a sustainable path, which is critical to grow our economy ." For the president...

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Member News

Funding Area

Economic Security

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Related Organizations

Peter G. Peterson Foundation

Markle Foundation President and CEO Zoë Baird Writes About Where Amazon Should Build Their New Headquarters

Release Date:

12/05/2017

... labor market that prepares workers for the digital economy . History has shown that the quality of a skilled ... lost manufacturing jobs to technology since 2000, and our economy is especially struggling to...

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Member News

Funding Area

Workforce Development

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John & Mary R. Markle Foundation

Bloomberg Philanthropies Announces 14 Finalists In The Running For Its 2018 Public Art Challenge

Release Date:

07/18/2018

Proposals Address a Range of Issues from Sustainability to Immigration – Selected Cities Span from Anchorage to Honolulu

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Member News

Funding Area

Arts

Community Development

Related Organizations

Bloomberg Philanthropies

Peterson Foundation and Ford Foundation Announce Grants for US 2050 Initiative

Release Date:

08/21/2018

... technological changes will reshape the domestic and global economy , and the nation's fiscal condition will face ... changing and we know that our population, workforce, and economy will look very...

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Member News

Funding Area

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Related Organizations

Ford Foundation

Peter G. Peterson Foundation

JPMorgan Chase Commits $6 Million to Prepare Greater Washington Area Students for Local, In-Demand Jobs

Release Date:

12/06/2018

... workers in the Greater Washington region. As the regional economy grows, these investments are designed to increase the ... to create opportunity for more people and grow the local economy so that everyone...

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Member News

Funding Area

Children, Youth and Families

Education

Related Organizations

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

Pennsylvania Joins Skillful State Network, Initiative of the Markle Foundation

Release Date:

04/18/2019

... college degrees, can get good jobs in the changing economy . “Pennsylvania businesses are hiring, and new and ... prepare workers for in-demand careers that will grow our economy .” Launched in 2018, the State...