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WES Mariam Assefa Fund Announces COVID-19 Response Grants to Support Immigrant and Refugee Workers in the U.S.

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05/11/2020

... to respond . We looked at existing efforts and adjusted our terms to ensure that, in the near term, our grantee partners would have the flexibility and resources to meet the deepening needs...

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Three Actions Philanthropic Funders Can Take to Advance Equity for Immigrant and Refugee Workers

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07/30/2020

... (BSP) in collaboration with property service workers, her labor union, the SEIU-USWW; and her employer, Allied ... the WES Mariam Assefa Fund launched last year, we knew our mission of supporting economic...

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World Education Services / WES Mariam Assefa Fund

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Immigration

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Elizabeth Cahill Joins the Surdna Foundation as Director of Communications and Engagement

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02/21/2020

... in philanthropy and commitment to social justice to our team,” said Don Chen, President of the Surdna Foundation. “We’re growing our communications capacity because we believe the strategies ... and nonprofits...

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Carnegie Corporation of New York Launches Redesigned Carnegie.Org

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09/22/2015

... Carnegie Corporation of New York is introducing a digital update of the traditional Carnegie forum: ... sharing of collective knowledge about important issues of our times. Voting rights is one such issue,...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Communications/Media

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Technology

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

Westchester Community Foundation Awards Grant to Green Business Partnership

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12/14/2018

... Business Partnership Using a comprehensive, customized digital toolkit and a propriety emissions tool, membership in ... community to advance sustainable solutions that will make our community more resilient...

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The Westchester Community Foundation

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Economic Security

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04 Mar 2026

Regional Funder Briefing Series: New York State - A Webinar Hosted by GCIR and Immigrant Funders Working Group

Wednesday, March 4, 2026 -

3:30pm to 4:30pm

... in Chester , despite bipartisan opposition. During our March 4th NYS Funder Briefing, we will hear from a ...

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All Funders

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Public Policy

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Immigration

2026 Operational Reports

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04/2026

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Board & Trustees

Philanthropy New York Welcomes New Board Chair and Members

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05/08/2023

... for their time and dedication to Philanthropy New York and our community over the last few years. The new board ... Fund, she practiced law for almost 20 years—litigating labor , civil rights, criminal justice...

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PNY News

The Long Haul: Lessons from Charitable Responses to Previous Disasters

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09/05/2017

... the American voluntary impulse during his visit to our young nation in the early nineteenth century, would be ... take all of us together, over the long term, to rebuild our Texas communities”. In addition,...

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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

Philanthropy’s Best

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Disaster Relief

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The New York Community Trust

Michelle Knapik to Depart Surdna Foundation; Named Tremaine Foundation’s President

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04/02/2014

... to her efforts and the remarkable team she’s built that our Sustainable Environments program is in such a strong ... on overhauling the country’s low-performing and obsolete infrastructure with a “next...

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Rediscovering the Enterprise Investment Approach

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09/17/2014

... of the enterprise lens, and we’ve made it central to our approach because it helps us focus on the factors that ... from, the environment, public life, and communal infrastructure . We are building a portfolio...

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Impact Investing

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F.B. Heron Foundation

Commonwealth Fund Unveils New Website and Logo

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05/27/2014

... site is responsive, so whether you're checking out our resources on health care reform, learning what our latest international survey found, or offering your ideas .....

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The Commonwealth Fund

NoVo Foundation Announces Three Winners of the Pathways to Freedom Challenge

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02/15/2018

... for two years and technical assistance to better address labor trafficking. The Partnership for Freedom, created by ... for Humanity United. “We are excited to support our winning cities and together develop...

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

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Social Justice

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NoVo Foundation

29 Mar 2023

Building Immigrant Women's Economic Power - A Webinar Hosted by GCIR

Wednesday, March 29, 2023 -

1:00pm to 2:00pm

*This program is hosted by our partner, Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and ... women of color to receive fair compensation for their labor , and given the particular workforce complications that ... will...

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All Funders

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Gender Justice

Immigration

Funder Recommendations Meet City Leader Action

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06/02/2014

... and recommendations that articulated a vision of a new labor -market driven workforce system for the City that meets ... need to make the City's training programs more useful for our region's...

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PNY News

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Workforce Development

Milbank Memorial Fund Convenes Health Policy Leaders to Create A Bipartisan Agenda for New Administration

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01/19/2017

... extent possible within fixed resource constraints. Our health is affected by our physical and social environments, our genes, our economic and educational opportunities, and...

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Brooklyn Public Library Receives $400,000 From The New York Life Foundation

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06/16/2014

... them to Brooklyn’s rich history. It is one of our most important programs and we owe much of its continued ... grant will allow the Library to extend these educational resources to six high-need areas of...

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Education

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New York Life Foundation

ACHA Would Break Apart What Is Working in New York

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05/25/2017

... coverage through New York State of Health; expanding our Medicaid program with the aid of enhanced federal ... one with potentially broad, and meaningful, effects on our entire health care system. Over the...

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United Hospital Fund

Stavros Niarchos Foundation expands Health Initiative with partnerships to fight infectious disease and mental illness worldwide

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06/29/2022

... infectious diseases in check, to use genomics to advance our understanding of and treatment for mental health ... and to connect young people with the mental health resources they need. SNF’s ongoing...

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