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Far Rockaway Leaders Look Ahead

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02/12/2013

By Maria Mottola, Executive Director, New York Foundation A half hour into a January 31 ... delegation (that included staff from the United Way of New York City , the New York Foundation and The...

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16 May 2018

Funding a Racially Just Food System - Funders Briefing Hosted by Community Food Funders

Wednesday, May 16, 2018 -

12:00pm to 2:00pm

... began with the genocidal theft of land from First Nations people , and continued with the kidnapping of skilled farmers ... a form of legalized slavery that kept many Southern black people on plantations—in...

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Food Systems

Here Are The Leaders Of STOP: Bloomberg's $20 Million Tobacco Watchdog

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08/14/2018

... Tobacco Watchdog STOP has just started and aims to bring new meaning to the phrase "asking for a light," when it comes ... the tobacco industry and a list of organizations and people that may have...

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#AfricaNoFilter Launches, A Multi-Partner Collaborative, Including the Ford Foundation, Seeking to Amplify African Voices Through Reimagining Deep-Rooted Narratives

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02/26/2020

... expanding group of funding partners and the appointment of new Executive Director Moky Makura. This announcement comes ... in Africa today. A continent home to 1.2 billion people , Africa boasts 3,000 different...

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08 Dec 2016

Food as a Community-Building Tool

Thursday, December 8, 2016 -

9:00am to 11:00am

... leaders to advocate for and increase access to community resources Understanding a community’s needs, strengths, and ...

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Conrad N. Hilton Foundation Consolidates Its Programs

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06/05/2018

... Describing this process, he said, “We agreed that our resources could be used more strategically and with greater ...

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Conrad N. Hilton Foundation (New York)

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16 Jun 2021

Blurring the Lines: From Corporate Philanthropy to Shared Value to ESG Integration

Wednesday, June 16, 2021 -

10:00am to 11:30am

... Paula Luff (Moderator), Director of ESG Research and Engagement , DSC Meridian Capital Designed for All interested ...

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Corporate Funders

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

The Johnson Amendment, Nonprofit Political Activity

Official Statement of Philanthropy New York on: The Johnson Amendment, Nonprofit Political ... Many of the organizations with which Philanthropy New York works closely on policy issues affecting the sector .....

08 Oct 2015

Making Space for Tinkering, Design-Thinking and Technology in Education

Thursday, October 8, 2015 -

8:45am to 10:30am

... and spaces Presenters Margaret Honey, President and CEO, New York Hall of Science Kathryn Nash, Associate Director, ... Leah Gilliam (Moderator), Director, Mozilla Hive NYC Learning Network Designed for All...

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Children, Youth and Families

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New York City

U.S.-Cuba Thaw Reverberating Through Nonprofits

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06/04/2015

... private-sector development in Cuba could do to its people and its ecology. Among them is Kate Barnes, a program ... Cuba "has a really good history of protecting its natural resources , and that could...

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Ford Foundation Launches Effort To Diversify Art Museum Leadership

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11/29/2017

... 16 percent of art museum leadership positions were held by people of color, despite the fact that 38 percent of ...

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Arts

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The Ford Foundation Takes Another Stand On Census

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10/19/2018

... mandates that once every decade we tally how many people live in the United States. This decennial census tells ... coalition of foundations and advocates are leveraging resources and relationships, working in...

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Census 2020

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ASPCA Assists in Helping Hundreds of Animals Displaced by Devastating Wildfires

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11/15/2018

... We have been on the ground since Sunday providing resources and personnel to help hundreds of displaced animals ... Southern California are putting hundreds of thousands of people , including their pets, at...

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William T. Grant Foundation Names Ten William T. Grant Scholars Finalists

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12/12/2018

... research to bear on the pressing issues facing young people in our country. We congratulate them on this ... support the applicant’s research goals with sufficient resources during the grant period, so the...

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Mississippi Architects Take on Citywide Hunger Problem With Support From Bloomberg Philanthropies

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05/06/2019

... of nearly 170,000—that’s one per nearly 10,000 people . But the food that is available is disproportionately ... tax policies, and the state’s aggressive efforts to cut resources for Medicaid and limit food...

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Children, Youth and Families

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The Schott Foundation for Public Education

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Schott Foundation Introduces the Loving Communities Response Fund

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04/03/2020

... by the Schott Foundation come from generations of people grounded in community, organized and resilient in the ... and hunger are included in shaping policies and allocating resources . In response to this...

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Housing and Homelessness

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

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09/19/2014

... Private Money Can Save Lives Nearly two million people in the U.S. suffer from type 1 diabetes (T1D), and ... Given the expense of research, development, and bringing a new device or drug to market—which can...

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The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust

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Dodge Foundation: Arts Funding That Bolsters N.J. Cities

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10/28/2015

... and driving downtown revitalization, arts districts in New Jersey cities are gaining momentum, thanks to a mix of ... Factor” noted that $16 million in annual grants from New Jersey’s Art Council helped fund...

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Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation

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Arts

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JPMorgan Chase & Co., Amazon and Berkshire Hathaway To Partner on U.S. Employee Healthcare

Release Date:

01/30/2018

... is teaming up with Amazon and JPMorgan Chase to create a new company with the goal of providing high-quality health care for their employees at a lower cost. The new company will be "free from profit-...

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