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The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust Announces Appointment of John R. Ettinger as Chief Executive Officer

Release Date:

01/02/2012

... commitment to public service throughout his career. His community activities have included serving as a Trustee of ... more than 1.3 million students), a member of the Yale University Council, and a Director...

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Spelman College Announces $2 Million Match From Philanthropist Jon Stryker, Founder and President of Arcus Foundation, for Endowed Queer Studies Chair Named After Audre Lorde

Release Date:

10/29/2019

... of its kind housed at a historically Black college or university will be named after celebrated poet and civil ...

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CUNY Receives $10 Million from Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to Expand Pandemic and Racial Justice Initiatives

Release Date:

08/13/2020

... Foundation has awarded a $10 million gift to the City University of New York to drive change across 25 campuses and ... at a time of incredible fiscal stress by providing paid student interns to support their...

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Philanthropy New York's Policy Corner - October 2023

Release Date:

10/27/2023

The Courage to Uphold Affirmative Action : A Call for Philanthropy to Stay the Course By: ... for understanding the need to focus philanthropic investment on the people and communities that would create ... Rather...

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William Caspar Graustein Memorial Fund Names New Executive Director

Release Date:

01/15/2014

... other positions. Addams will bring deep experience in community development, public policy and education to the ... Union, charged with managing diversity and affirmative action for 50 national affiliates. He...

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Jonas Center Announces New Focus on Environmental Health

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05/20/2016

... over two years (2016-2018), to be matched by their university . “This program fills a major gap. Though the ... DNP project will be incorporated into an existing Health Resources and Services Administration’s...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Jonas Center / Barbara & Donald Jonas Family Fund

03 Apr 2019

Respected and Reflected: Dismantling Racial Bias in Schools through Culturally Responsive Education

Wednesday, April 3, 2019 -

10:00am to 12:00pm

... inequalities in the New York City schools, advocates and community leaders are calling for a shift in thinking about ... Assistant Professor in Language and Culture in Education, University of Arizona South...

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Education

Keeping in Touch, Building Trust

Release Date:

03/10/2021

... there were problems, I would be connected to the people or resources that could support me. Today, I am a program ... we are only able to speak with staff and must forgo youth voices – which in normal times is...

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Mellon Foundation and Digital Preservation Coalition Sponsor Formation of Task Force for Email Archives

Release Date:

11/03/2016

... critical historical sources. Christopher Prom, assistant university archivist/Andrew S. G. Turyn Endowed Professor at ... Solutions need to move beyond the boutique and one-off to community supported, large-...

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Technology

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Hostos Food Studies Program is Creating Opportunities in the Bronx

Release Date:

10/07/2015

... M. Tisch Illumination Fund William Nunez, a second-year student at Hostos Community College, has had a long-standing interest in ... food pantry. A third are supporting children. As one student...

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Food Systems

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Bank of America Awards Grant to Youth Career Development Program

Release Date:

09/28/2018

... networking, and matches students with adult mentors in the community . The foundation’s Career Development program ... future they may not have envisioned, whether they attend a university , vocational program,...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Wallace Foundation Continues Investigation on Role of Principals In Improving Schools

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06/06/2016

... from The Wallace Foundation, which has poured a lot of resources into the question of the role of principals for ...

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The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and the Flamboyan Foundation’s Arts Fund Announce Twenty Puerto Rican Writers Receive the Inaugural Letras Boricuas Fellowship

Release Date:

11/16/2021

... Boricuas was created to identify, elevate, and amplify the voices of emerging and established Puerto Rican writers on ... She has published books with the publishing house of the University of Puerto Rico as...

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If Elite Colleges Want to Address the College Admissions Bribery Scandal — Accept More Low- and Middle-Income Strivers

Release Date:

03/18/2019

The admission scandal is a stain on the reputation of our top universities. If these institutions want to change their admission policies, they should double down on their outreach to Strivers. I am referring to America’s Strivers — the talented and...

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Edwin Gould Foundation | EGF Accelerator

Former Deutsche Bank Americas Foundation VP to Lead LISC NYC

Release Date:

09/18/2014

... immigrant entrepreneurship, energy efficiency and community resiliency. A native New Yorker and former ... joining Deutsche Bank, he was director of housing and community development at WHEDco, a South Bronx...

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12/15/2014 - Why We Can’t Wait: Lessons from Listening to Girls of Color - Live stream and Materials

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12/2014

View the materials and live stream recording of the program, "Why We Can’t Wait: Lessons from Listening to Girls of Color."

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Children, Youth and Families

Aetna Foundation's Garth Graham honored for Philanthropy Leadership by National Medical Fellowships.

Release Date:

04/16/2014

... was recognized for his continuing leadership in advancing community and national health initiatives that aim to improve ... New York's medical schools, and the New York philanthropy community . Also...

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How Philanthropy Can Help Fix Democracy

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Trinity Church Wall Street Grants Respond to Growing Crisis of Youth Mental Health in New York City

Release Date:

11/21/2022

... public schools to provide mentoring, teacher training, and community building to support students with learning ... State Tenants & Neighbors Information Service New York University (Furman Center for Real...