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Open Society Foundations Announce Puerto Rico Youth Fellowships Program

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09/05/2018

To support that activism, and help build a pipeline to develop the leaders of Puerto Rico’s future, the Open Society Foundations are pleased to announce the Puerto Rico Youth Fellowships program, open to Puerto Rican youths age 18–27 with proposed...

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Disaster Relief

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New York Foundation Welcomes New Program Officer, Zabrina Collazo

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10/07/2020

New York Foundation Welcomes New Program Officer, Zabrina Collazo From the New York Foundation: We are delighted to share some good news this morning: today we welcome Zabrina Collazo to the New York Foundation team as our new...

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Ford Foundation Taps Elizabeth Alexander as Director of the Creativity and Free Expression Program

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10/07/2015

Elizabeth Alexander is an award-winning poet, essayist and playwright.

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Arts

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New York City’s Universal Pre-K Program Wants to Teach Parents, Too

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09/09/2016

This school year, the Department of Education and New York University will launch a new parenting program to help low-income families reinforce classroom lessons at home.

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Education

Westchester Community Foundation Funds Criminal Justice Program Series at Libraries

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08/18/2017

The Westchester Community Foundation (WCF) is funding a series, which will focus on the 200-year history of Sing Sing and its impact on prison reform, as well as current issues of incarceration, reform, rehabilitation and return to prison.

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Justice Reform

Student Loan Company Accused of Mismanaging Debt Forgiveness Program

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08/28/2017

One of the country’s largest servicers of federal student loans has badly mismanaged debt forgiveness programs for public service workers, significantly raising repayment costs for hundreds of thousands of borrowers, according to a lawsuit filed on...

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Program-Related Investing: Skills & Strategies for New PRI Funders

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08/2006

When grantmakers talk about assessing and managing the risks associated with program-related investing, they're referring to both financial and programmatic concerns. GrantCraft asked five experienced PRI makers how they think about risk, how they weigh and balance different sorts of risk, and how they mitigate risk in their PRI portfolios.

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Rachel Block Joins Milbank Memorial Fund as Program Officer

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04/03/2017

An independent consultant who worked for the Fund and other organizations focusing on federal and state health policy issues, she has served in numerous executive roles in the public and private sectors, most recently spearheading development of New...

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Stephanie Teatro appointed US Program Director, Unbound Philanthropy

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01/30/2024

Unbound Philanthropy is delighted to announce the appointment of Stephanie Teatro as US Program Director. She joined in January.

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Investment in Light Rail Program Helps Create Jobs, Stimulate Economy

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06/17/2014

A new light rail line that connects the downtowns of Saint Paul and Minneapolis for the first time in decades is being hailed by the Ford Foundation as an example of how strategic public investments in transit and transit-oriented development can...

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Evaluation Shows How Program Related Investments Are Generating Positive Social Returns

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06/19/2014

An evaluation has found that The Rockefeller Foundation's Program Related Investments have contributed to the financial sustainability of its investees and are helping them accomplish social goals and achieve impact.

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Moira Flavin Named Program Officer At Stella and Charles Guttman Foundation

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06/27/2014

Moira Flavin has joined the Stella and Charles Guttman Foundation as a program officer.

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Stella and Charles Guttman Foundation

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SIFMA Funded Programs Provide Financial Literacy to Millions of Students

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10/02/2014

InvestWrite and the Stock Market Game, both funded by SIFMA Foundation, provide valuable education and increased mathematics proficiency.

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NYCT and JPB-Backed Immigrant Legal Aid Program Will Expand Beyond NYC

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05/14/2015

Services will soon be available in Long Island, the Lower Hudson Valley and Northern New Jersey.

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Community Development

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New York Botanical Garden Partners with MetLife Foundation for Healthy Families Program

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09/21/2015

Each Wednesday at the Greenmarket, Heart Smart activities focus on helping visitors improve their cardiovascular health.

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Funders Need Good Data to Evaluate Programs That Decriminalize Drug Addiction

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09/20/2016

Insha Rahman, Senior Planner at the Vera Institute, comments on the recent PNY Program, "Intersections of Health and Justice: A Conversation on LEAD and New York’s Opioid Epidemic."

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Open Society Names Alethia E. Jones New Head of Fellowship Program

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12/05/2018

NEW YORK—The Open Society Foundations are pleased to announce the appointment of Alethia E. Jones as director of the Open Society Fellowship Program, effective December 3.

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Ralph C. Wilson Foundation, Hospitals Launch Caregiver Support Program

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04/12/2019

The Cleveland Clinic, Ascension Michigan, Catholic Health, and Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Foundation have announced a $20 million partnership aimed at supporting caregivers.

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Aging

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NYSHealth-Funded Report Finds Hospital Involvement in Population Health Programs is Not Widespread

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04/06/2016

A new NYSHealth-funded report found that hospitals' involvement in population health programs to address healthy foods, parks, housing and employment is not widespread.

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