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The Heckscher Foundation for Children Issues $3 Million Heckscher Foundation Challenge to New York Colleges, Community-Based Organizations, and Employer Partners to Meet Education and Workforce Needs

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01/18/2023

... even while the unemployment rate remains higher than the country ’s average. There is a serious misalignment between ... poverty by changing the career trajectory for young people across New York.” About the...

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14 Dec 2010

A Conversation with Jonathan Mintz, NYC Commissioner of Consumer Affairs

Tuesday, December 14, 2010 -

2:00pm to 5:00pm

... , co-sponsored by Asset Funders Network and the New York City Workforce Development Funders Group . WHO SHOULD ATTEND: ... more about what the Department of Consumer Affairs does to help low-income New Yorkers...

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Ford Foundation Makes Widespread Commitments to Further Global Vaccine Access

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10/06/2021

... , and $16 million in rapid response grants to be deployed across the Global South to strengthen vaccine equity. “The ... tools to ensure everyone is protected from COVID-19, but across the world we’re seeing...

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02 May 2023

Philanthropy New York's 2023 Annual Meeting - From Possibility into Practice

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10:00am to 4:30pm

... toward what ends? Join Tiloma Jayasinghe (CEO, Community Resource Exchange ) as we explore capacity building as a tool ...

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15 Dec 2015

Planning for Refugee Resettlement in the U.S.: What Funders Need to Know - Webinar

Tuesday, December 15, 2015 -

2:30pm to 4:00pm

... address anticipated challenges and support the long-term integration of refugees into local communities. Speakers ... Rescue Committee Ngoan Le, Chief, Bureau of Refugee and Immigrant Services, Illinois...

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Measuring the State of Disaster Philanthropy 2017: Data to Drive Decisions

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10/2017

... funds from a broad range of donors, including foundations, governments , multilateral donors, corporate giving programs, ... and earthquakes — cause devastation in the U.S. and across the globe. And while it's been heartening to see .....

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Council on Foundations Names Vikki N. Spruill President and CEO

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04/02/2012

... opportunity for Vikki to have a widespread impact across the philanthropic sector." A member-driven search .....

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Long Island Community Foundation Names New Board Members

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08/07/2017

... to the invaluable experience each member will bring to help LICF fulfill its commitment to Long Island.” Nancy ... leaders who are serving on over 250 boards and commissions across Long Island. Nancy is a...

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27 Feb 2018

The Evidence Base for Asset Building: Moving Families Toward Economic Security

Tuesday, February 27, 2018 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

... people build financial security and opportunity. Funders across sectors have invested in asset-building strategies as ... the promise of greater shared prosperity and models that help individuals and families...

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19 May 2022

Leadership Transitions Funders Group - An Invitation to a Community of Practice

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2:00pm to 3:30pm

... continues to examine its own practices and behaviors across the board, the Leadership Transitions Funders Group is ... of critical friends who can provide accountability and help us meet the needs of our...

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28 Mar 2019

Enlisting a Critical Constituency: Youth Civic Learning and Engagement

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9:00am to 11:00am

... as a tool to increase understanding and engagement across lines of difference Speakers Shari Davis , ...

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15 Mar 2019

Funders Briefing Call on NYS Criminal Justice Reform

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11:00am to 12:30pm

... new leadership in the state government in 2019, advocates across New York have called on state leaders to push through ...

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Long Island Holocaust Survivors and Seniors Received COVID-19 Vaccines at UJA-Federation of New York and the Marion & Aaron Gural JCC Pop-Up Vaccine Site

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03/10/2021

... JCC and UJA worked with community partners including Self Help , additional Long Island JCCs, and local synagogues to ... each year. To date, UJA has allocated $67 million to help respond to the devastating...

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Arcus Foundation Awards Summer 2014 Social Justice Grants

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06/30/2014

The Arcus Foundation made grants to 27 organizations to support groups in which LGBTQ youth are leading their peers on issues such as race, immigration, safe schools and reproductive rights.

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Can We Still Improve Philanthropy?

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07/17/2009

... advocates against totalitarian countries and restrictive governments that have partially defined history, especially ...

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Arcus Foundation Names Kevin Jennings Executive Director

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07/02/2012

... organizations worldwide working to advance equality across the spectrum of sexual orientations and gender ...

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14 Nov 2013

American Revolutionary: The Evolution of Grace Lee Boggs

Thursday, November 14, 2013 -

4:30pm to 8:30pm

Ford Foundation, 320 East 43rd Street, NYC

... late husband James and a host of Detroit comrades across three generations help shape this uniquely American story. As she wrestles with ...

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Stavros Niarchos & Leon Levy Foundations Supported Research Finds Common Cerebral White Matter Abnormalities in Children with Autistic Traits

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09/06/2017

... be found between ASD traits and white matter structure across diagnoses suggests shared disease mechanisms—and the ... Psychiatry at NYU School of Medicine. "This work could help guide clinicians in their...

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