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26 Sep 2023

The "Attica" Uprising: A Screening & Discussion Over 50 Years Later

Tuesday, September 26, 2023 -

5:00pm to 7:30pm

In the fall of 1971 there were almost 200,000 people in the U.S prison system. Caging people was deemed fundamentally harmful and prisons cruel and ... focused on Attica Correctional Facility outside Buffalo,...

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Pinkerton Promotes Laurie Dien to Vice President-Programs

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12/17/2015

... I’m delighted to recognize her important role with this new title.” Laurie Dien grew up in St. Louis with dreams ... true motivation was a desire to improve the lives of young people in general. That led her...

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Try it, You’ll Like It: The Promise of Digital Media

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07/26/2012

... have David Morse, Senior Fellow with Encore.org (formerly Civic Ventures) and former Chief Communications Officer for ...

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What’s Good, and What’s Missing, in Congress’ Third COVID-19 Emergency Response Package - Report from The Century Foundation

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03/26/2020

... 23, would have provided significant extra benefits for new entrants to the labor market, such as college students ... insurance during this crisis. In fact, 27.9 million people were already uninsured before...

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The Century Foundation Adds Senior Fellow Barton Gellman

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04/01/2013

... won the Los Angeles Times Book Prize and was named a New York Times Best Book of 2008. His previous books include ... Contending with Kennan: Toward a Philosophy of American Power and a history of Princeton...

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Ford Foundation Appoints Lourdes Lopez to Board of Trustees

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03/12/2014

... proponent of arts education and the transformational power of arts and culture to improve lives. “Lourdes brings ... everyone.” Lopez is also the director of Morphoses, a New York-based dance company she co-...

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20 Sep 2023

Community Food Funders Annual Gathering 2023

Wednesday, September 20, 2023 -

5:00pm to 8:00pm

... returning after a four-year hiatus! Please join us to meet new colleagues, learn about CFF programs, and be inspired by ... Champions Award. You will also have a chance to meet the new cohort of Seeding...

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Stavros Niarchos Foundation Gifts Landmark Grant to Stimulate Greece’s Youth Employment and Entrepreneurship in the Agricultural Sector

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05/24/2018

... sectors—agriculture—by training and developing a new generation of farmers and inspiring agriculture and food ... employment opportunities for thousands of unemployed young people . “The starting point of this...

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Doris Duke Foundation Welcomes Brooke Jones to Board of Trustees

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09/06/2023

... Duke Foundation Welcomes Brooke Jones to Board of Trustees New York, NY - Sept. 6, 2023 – The Doris Duke Foundation ... their commitments towards the continued improvement of people ’s lives.” Jones serves on...

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Sarah Burton Appointed as Project Manager for Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors and Marshall Institute

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03/09/2016

... a goal of enhancing the capacity of foundations to align resources for effectiveness and to extend the field of ...

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03 Apr 2019

The Road to Capital Is Well Before The Brick

Wednesday, April 3, 2019 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

... campaign or run for the hills. In partnership with New York Grantmakers in the Arts, join us for this ... 41 st Street). Presenters Yasmine Falk , Partner, Advance NYC Paul Wolf , Co-President, Denham Wolf...

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Each year Philanthropy New York offers more than 200 programs and events designed ... of philanthropy , for our members; expose funders to new trends, initiatives and collaboratives ; and provide ... networking...

19 Jul 2010

College-Ready or Not? Preparing High School Students for Success

Monday, July 19, 2010 -

9:00am to 11:00am

Ford Foundation, 320 East 43rd Street, NYC

... who entered one of CUNY’s (City University of New York) community colleges had to take remedial ... while these statistics are dismal, they are not unique to New York City. Throughout the country, college-...

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Welcome to Smart Assets!

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04/23/2009

Philanthropy New York is pleased to present Smart Assets , a forum for ... Our first post is from Charles Hamilton, Philanthropy New York’s Senior Fellow and former Executive Director of ... Mayor’s Bloomberg’s...

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Sequestering the Sector

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02/28/2013

... sequestered in the US now means decimated by bizarre budgeting ... Sequestering the Sector ...

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Simons Foundation Supports Collaboration of Libraries in Digital Era

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10/17/2016

A partnership-based funding model — 200 libraries in 24 countries plus the support from the Simons Foundation — is sustaining exchange among libraries.

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Disrupting the Textbook Status Quo

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09/05/2014

... strong materials. Developing guides and open educational resources to help teachers supplement textbooks with known ... to quality over time. Philanthropy can help innovative new products compete effectively...

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