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When LINsanity Comes to Philanthropy

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03/15/2012

... We don’t have thousands of well-paid scouts meeting with new talent to make sure the best and brightest join our ... yet despite the differences, we DO invest, ultimately, in people . Like Dan Swinney, a 67-...

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Ford Foundation doubles investment for trans organizations, makes sweeping commitments to support LGBTQ+ communities

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06/02/2022

... makes sweeping commitments to support LGBTQ+ communities New York – Today the Ford Foundation announced its support ... these communities face today. “Across the world LGBTQ+ people , especially members of the...

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Gender Justice

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Burroughs Wellcome Fund And Charles H. Revson Foundation Establish Partnership To Support Minority Scientists

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09/18/2023

... researchers at institutions located within the New York Metro area. Recognizing the importance of diverse ... prized innovation, expanding knowledge, and supporting new generations of talent in areas of...

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

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Science

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Responding to 3/11: Helping with the Japan Disaster

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05/12/2011

... if they can only attract sufficient financial and human resources . 4) There are effective ways to support Japanese ... regrant funds to Japanese groups, and they can be useful resources for American...

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Study Supported By The Helmsley Charitable Trust Reveals Path to Normalize Blood Pressure Following Spinal Cord Injury

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03/19/2018

... and their ability to engage in rehabilitative therapy. ' People with severe spinal cord injury - especially when it .....

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The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust

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Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Supports Database that Tracks Health Equity Implications of State COVID-19 Policies

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07/28/2021

... disease, food and housing insecurity, and mental distress. People who are Black, Latinx, Native American, and living in ... COVID-19 and its repercussions. While Black and Latinx people were more likely than...

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Beeta Jahedi Joins The Tow Foundation As Director Of Strategy And Communications

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03/28/2017

... targeted communication, strategic planning, and engagement with external partners in key communities and with ... assistant director of learning services at Philanthropy New York. Beeta has served as a...

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14 Nov 2018

Postponed Getting Through the Front Door: A Campaign to Make Public Schools Accessible

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9:00am to 11:00am

... by the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York found that over 80% of the City’s elementary ... to launch a campaign to fix this problem. In June, New York City announced that it would...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Practical Plans for Strengthening Nonprofits: The Human Services Data Project

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04/20/2010

Philanthropy New York’s Philanthropy Connects Committee recently sponsored a program featuring Linda Gibbs, New York City’s Deputy Mayor for Health and Human ... had the chance to share with funders an overview of...

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13 Jul 2016

Brownsville as Case Study: Can Community Investments Improve Health?

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9:00am to 11:00am

In April 2015, a New York Times article highlighted Brownsville as the community with the lowest life expectancy in New York City. Media accounts of Brownsville are ... Michael Hickey, Director, Strategy and...

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A Nonprofit Lender Revives the Hopes of Subprime Borrowers

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02/25/2014

... loans on its own terms over the next decade, reports The New York Times. WASHINGTON — About 200 people struggling to become homeowners filled the pews of ...

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Individual Market Insurance Premiums Grew 10 Percent Yearly Prior to Affordable Care Act

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06/05/2014

... Prior to Affordable Care Act Health insurance premiums for people buying coverage on their own grew an average of 10 ... Care Act was enacted (2008-2010), according to a new Commonwealth Fund report. The...

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NYCT Supports South Bronx Culture Trail

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10/03/2014

... organizers said. Money for the project comes from the New York Community Trust, which was attracted to it because it would give people a chance to see beyond the negative stereotypes of the ...

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Foundations Shouldn’t Shrink From Supporting Marches to Curb Climate Change

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10/19/2014

... protests. But as such things go, last month’s march in New York City, which attracted some 400,000 people to promote policies that curb climate change, was just ...

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Environment and Climate Change

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From Poverty to Giving Away Millions: Darren Walker Shares His American Dream

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11/11/2014

... and three sisters. But even at a young age, he tells PEOPLE , "I had a thirst for what was beyond the horizon." ... Spencer, a nurse's aide, enrolled the 5-year-old in a new educational program...

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Commonwealth Fund Explores the Inefficacy of High-Risk Health Insurance Pools

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02/13/2015

... Inefficacy of High-Risk Health Insurance Pools As the new Congress convenes and the Supreme Court prepares to hear ... of these rely on high-risk health insurance pools to cover people with preexisting health...

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North Star's Hogan Calls for de Blasio to Give Acitivists a Bigger Role in Policymaking

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08/14/2015

... a way to show they grasp the concerns of everyday people , and to signal they understand what moves voters to act. Here in New York City, Mayor Bill de Blasio has regularly spoken ...

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Gates and JPMorgan Back White House Outreach to 'Unbanked'

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12/03/2015

... to expand financial services to the millions of low-income people in America and around the world who lack access to ... savings accounts, and other fiscal essentials, reports The New York Times. Corporate and...

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Economic Security

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Ford Foundation-Backed Incubator Generates $100M in Loans, Nearly $1M in Savings

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02/11/2016

... Generates $100M in Loans, Nearly $1M in Savings A new report details how an incubator created by the Filene ... institutions have often failed to help these vulnerable people gain access to affordable credit...

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