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News Stories about Philanthropy and Hurricane Sandy Recovery

... the 100-year flood plain by the 2050s Deputy Mayors Make Action Recommendations to Mayor in Report Quinn Touts Ten ... the ConEd fix its infrastructure damaged by Sandy without raising its rates “Affordable”...

Responding to 3/11: Helping with the Japan Disaster

Release Date:

05/12/2011

... and the best way to empower them is by supporting community groups and other NGOs. So far, though, most ... if they can only attract sufficient financial and human resources . 4) There are effective ways to...

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17 Oct 2018

A New Paradigm for Justice: Centering Women and Families

Wednesday, October 17, 2018 -

9:00am to 11:00am

... government, private sector, and academia – to leverage resources towards common goals and at the scale required to ... fund to help dismantle mass incarceration and its effects Community -based solutions that...

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Children, Youth and Families

Gender Justice

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The Value of Rigorous Evaluation

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06/02/2014

... program assessment or evaluation. Unless we invest more resources in our capacity to measure the performance and ... undertake rigorous evaluation. It can be costly, diverting resources from the direct...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Blue Meridian Partners, Inc.

Bank of America Charitable Foundation Tackles Workforce Development in Baltimore

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05/28/2015

... grants are part of the bank’s broader philanthropic investment in helping individuals and families in Baltimore ... low-income individuals and families to job training resources at their point of need.... Bank...

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Education

Workforce Development

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Bank of America Charitable Foundation

Rockefeller Foundation's Boltz: Take a Fluid Approach to Build Fresh Water Resilience

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08/26/2016

Fred Boltz, managing director and member of the leadership team at The Rockefeller Foundation, advocates building the reality of floods, droughts, and coastal storms into design, planning and investment practice.

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Disaster Relief

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The Rockefeller Foundation

USAID Announces Over $90 Million In Additional Humanitarian Assistance To Ethiopia

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08/31/2017

... to demonstrate greater leadership and invest more resources to combat a worsening humanitarian crisis. . . ...

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International/Foreign Affairs

NEFA Expands National Theater Project with Doris Duke Foundation Funding

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12/13/2017

... of artist-led theater projects, and provides critical resources to increase visibility and access to artists and ...

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Arts

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Doris Duke Foundation

15 Nov 2023

Philanthropic Assistants and Coordinators Network (PACNET) - Admins, How Can We Bring Power Into a Room?

Wednesday, November 15, 2023 -

10:00am to 12:00pm

... The network meets quarterly and seeks to develop a community for the purpose of sharing questions, experience and resources among peers in a confidential setting. Would you ... short questionnaire . Panelist...

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Executive Support Staff

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Program Associate of Education (United Way of New York City)

Release Date:

08/16/2016

... businesses, foundations, faith-based organizations, and community partners in developing strategies to produce ... Familiarity with NYC area nonprofit and/or philanthropic community , preferred Demonstrated...

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United Way of New York City

Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation President Says Jersey Water Works Initiative is a Powerful Collaboration

Release Date:

04/27/2016

... include improving water system efficiency and engaging community members in water-infrastructure investment decisions. “The Jersey Water Works initiative is ...

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Community Development

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14 Sep 2017

Time of Opportunity: Best Practices in Summer Learning (Part 2)

Thursday, September 14, 2017 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

... gaps How summer learning can be best structured to meet student needs What sorts of publicly and privately funded ... Deputy Commissioner, NYC Department of Youth and Community Development Danielle Pulliam (...

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Children, Youth and Families

A Unique Nonprofit Lender

Release Date:

08/19/2009

... nonprofits have historically struggled to generate investment capital because they are nonprofits and have ... education, the survey found over $166 billion worth of community infrastructure projects ready to...

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Bank of America Awards $1 Million to Nonprofits Tackling Poverty in Detroit

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12/08/2015

... Foundation recently distributed nearly $1 million in community giving to 24 nonprofits focused on ensuring ... grants are a part of the bank’s broader philanthropic investment to improve housing, hunger and...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Bank of America Charitable Foundation

Tow Foundation Funded News Integrity Initiative Awards $1.8 Million to Build Support for Quality Journalism

Release Date:

10/04/2017

... and the public and nurturing constructive, inclusive community conversations. Launched in the spring of this year, ...

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Communications/Media

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The Tow Foundation

Lots of Men Are Gender-Equality Allies in Private. Why Not in Public?

Release Date:

10/13/2017

... the National Science Foundation’s ADVANCE program at the University of Michigan, finds that allies need three traits ... act at this point. Yet being in groups often inhibits action ... Lots of Men Are Gender-...

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Gender Justice

13 Apr 2015

Social, Environmental and Economic Resiliency - Follow-up to Puerto Rico Learning Tour

Monday, April 13, 2015 -

9:00am to 11:15am

... most vulnerable populations. Investments that build community and ecological resiliance can be key to ensuring ... Fund Respondents: Nelson Colón, President, Puerto Rico Community Foundation Arturo Garcia-...

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Environment and Climate Change

27 Oct 2017

Building Racial Equity with Race Forward

Friday, October 27, 2017 (All day)

... continues to play a defining role in our personal and our community ’s trajectory, goals, experiences and outcomes. As ... designed to help foundation leaders gain the tools and resources to work towards racial...

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Professional Development

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HR & Operations Staff

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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

President's Message: PNY at 40

Release Date:

06/07/2019

... I am proud to be part of the Philanthropy New York community and especially proud of the team we have here at ... hard and required re-thinking around how to best use the resources available given the need. In...