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Noa Meyer Joins Brooklyn Community Foundation’s Board of Directors

Release Date:

12/16/2016

... Sachs where she served as the global head of 10,000 Women , an initiative that fosters economic growth by providing women entrepreneurs around the world with a business and ...

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Jessie Smith Noyes Report Finds Gaps, Opportunities in Impact Investment Field

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06/26/2018

... Only 26 percent of the firms that applied were led by women , while 12 percent were led by minorities and only 9 percent were led by minority women ... Jessie Smith Noyes Report Finds Gaps, Opportunities ...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation

Darren Walker on the Benefits for Men Who Live With Empathy

Release Date:

10/31/2018

... global gender inequality, thus investing in girls and women across the globe. A recent example is the ... need to look to your personal connections with girls or women to be a feminist, and why the journey...

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Ford Foundation

03 Oct 2019

Funder Roundtable: Supporting a Culture of Consent in Our Grantee Organizations

Thursday, October 3, 2019 -

9:00am to 11:00am

... that supports safety and supports the leadership of women , transgender, and gender non-conforming people ... you were invited. (no fee) In Collaboration with New York Women 's Foundation North Star Fund...

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Tools & Strategies

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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

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Social Justice

Altman Foundation Welcomes New Trustee, Lisa Hinds

Release Date:

05/19/2020

... She is a member of the Hedge Fund Association, High Water Women , and 100 Women in Finance. She is a proud ‘Goalie Mom’ road ...

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Altman Foundation

New York City Vision Funders Network

... of blindness and vision rehabilitation services and eye care for people who are blind or visually impaired. Operating ... and blindness services, vision rehabilitation, eye care , and public policy experts...

Sister Paulette LoMonaco Becomes Stella and Charles Guttman Foundation Board Member

Release Date:

10/18/2013

... Shepherd has evolved from a small provider of out-of-home care to one of New York City's largest, most respected .....

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Flying the Colors: Empire State Building Lights to Honor Jonas Center

Release Date:

03/17/2016

... signature colors. Envisioning a simple idea to “ care for those who care for us,” Barbara and Donald Jonas ten years ago sold a ...

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Health

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Jonas Center / Barbara & Donald Jonas Family Fund

The Foundation for Child Development Introduces The NYC Early Childhood Research Network

Release Date:

02/28/2018

... of attention has been paid to the effectiveness of early care and education programs, little research guides ... and policymakers around a mission to focus on the early care and education workforce in the...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Foundation for Child Development

UJA-Federation of New York Raises Record-breaking $249 Million in 2017-2018 Campaign Year

Release Date:

07/27/2018

UJA-Federation of New York raised a record-breaking $249.3 million for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2018, an increase of $11.2 million from the previous year. In addition to raising $156.1 million for its annual campaign, UJA raised $55.8 million...

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UJA-Federation of New York

The Estée Lauder Companies Partners With Humane Society to End Global Animal Testing

Release Date:

06/21/2019

... Lauder Companies, which include a wide range of personal- care brands in the cosmetics, fragrance, skin- and hair- care categories, is backing the #BeCrueltyFree Campaign. Led ...

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Animal Welfare

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With Support from Bloomberg Philanthropies, Glacier Ice Art Installation Aims to Encourage Public Action Against Climate Change

Release Date:

11/10/2015

... this unique opportunity – we, the world, can and must act now. Let's transform climate knowledge into climate ... in public space by major international artists, but also act for climate: on 9 December, a...

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Arts

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Bloomberg Philanthropies

Federal Judge Sides With TCF Against DeVos's Education Department

Release Date:

02/20/2018

... fulfill its duties under both the Administrative Procedure Act (APA) and FOIA. In granting the TRO, Judge Crotty ... at least with regard to its Administrative Procedure Act claim seeking to extend the comment...

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Education

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The Century Foundation

Bloomberg Philanthropies Is Addressing 'Silent Killer' - Drowning Deaths

Release Date:

05/15/2017

... knows how to get lots of bang for the buck with his global health giving, which focuses on saving lives in poorer ... $1 billion. These are hardly the sexiest issues in global health ; you won't find...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies

Report Funded by Helmsley Charitable Trust Looks at Human Well-Being in NYC

Release Date:

07/03/2018

... the American Human Development Index, which combines health , education, and earnings data from the U.S. Census Bureau and state and city health departments into a single well-being score. This ... encompassing...

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Community Development

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The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust

Take This Opportunity to Understand Disaster and Resilience through a Gender Lens

Release Date:

10/28/2015

... Lens By Ana Oliveira, President and CEO, The New York Women ’s Foundation In Fall 2012, The New York Women ’s Foundation launched our Hurricane Sandy Response & ... We recognized that many groups, including...

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The New York Women's Foundation

Making Reporting Work: Aligning Grantmaking with Learning & Change - Part 3 of a Three-Part Series

** This is Part 3 of a Three-Part Series, in partnership with Northern California Grantmakers** Change starts from within. But where do you begin? This final session will equip philanthropy professionals with practical tools to...

11 Mar 2013

The Campaign for Grade-Level Reading: Community Networks in New York State - WEBINAR

Monday, March 11, 2013 -

12:00pm to 1:00pm

Reading proficiency by third grade is the most important predictor of high school graduation and career success. Yet every year, more than 80 percent of low-income children miss this crucial milestone. As part of the Grantmakers Forum exploration of...

Save the Date: Philanthropy Week in Washington 2014

Release Date:

01/15/2014

Philanthropy Week in Washington, hosted by the Council on Foundations, is a week of activities -- some familiar and others new -- themed around engaging policymakers in our nation's capital.