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The Rockefeller Foundation and Mastercard Announce Grants to Streamline Access to Benefits for 5 Million People Living in Poverty

Release Date:

10/21/2019

... project, BDT will scale its impact using a combination of digital products, machine learning, policy, research, and new ... and the Mastercard Center for Inclusive Growth to scale our impact and improve the...

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The Rockefeller Foundation

Brooklyn Community Foundation Deploys $100,000 for ‘Immediate Response’ Grants to Immigrant Nonprofits

Release Date:

02/07/2017

... families as well as promoting the safety and strength of our communities. “In times like these, we are prouder than ... Foundation President and CEO Cecilia Clarke . “Through our Immigrant Rights Fund, we are...

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Brooklyn Org

07 Oct 2015

Making Board Service More Meaningful

Wednesday, October 7, 2015 -

9:15am to 11:15am

... while learning valuable leadership skills? Join our dynamic panelists to learn about strategies and practices ...

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New York State

Brooklyn Community Foundation Announces Divestment from Industries that Harm People of Color

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11/03/2016

... of Directors in September. “Racial equity is core to our vision of a fair and just Brooklyn,” said Brooklyn ... on communities of color and low income communities in our borough and across our...

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Brooklyn Org

Food Funders Working Group

... New Jersey, and Connecticut. We provide information, resources , and networking opportunities for funders to invest ... and networking among funders. Read about our past events here. CFF also aggregates and...

The Value of Rigorous Evaluation

Release Date:

06/02/2014

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

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Children, Youth and Families

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Blue Meridian Partners, Inc.

Palette Fund Helps Launch TRUTH Campaign to Spur Storytelling Movement for Trans Youth

Release Date:

08/05/2015

... three years ago, my wife and I had a hard time finding resources around trans issues and instead saw a lot of stigma ... Montemayor from Saint Paul, MN. “I hope that by sharing our story through TRUTH, people...

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The Palette Fund

Philanthropy New York's Policy Corner - April 2023

Release Date:

04/21/2023

Reckoning With Our History Provides the Foundation for Building Our Future ... critical to understanding the ebb and flow of our nation's resources and why some communities...

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PNY News

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Public Policy

Communications During a Disaster: Five Lessons Learned

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11/23/2012

... who experienced Hurricane Sandy’s devastating blow to our region. We learned a few other lessons, which I’m ... to share (especially now that the power is back on and our office is fully functional again)...

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Ellen Braune Joins the Surdna Foundation as Director of Communications

Release Date:

11/15/2016

... "For the past several years, Surdna has been increasing our investment in communications because we recognize the ... to see where Ellen takes us, especially as we ready for our centennial year in 2017...

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Surdna Foundation

14 Dec 2023

Strangers in a Strange Land: Migrants and Disasters in the US - A Webinar Hosted by CDP

Thursday, December 14, 2023 -

2:00pm to 3:00pm

This program is hosted by our partner, Center for Disaster Philanthropy (CDP), who has ... people, many of them unaccompanied minors or families. In our $1 trillion food and agricultural industry, 73% of .....

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All Funders

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Disaster Relief

Immigration

A Critical Time for Philanthropy’s Voice to Be Heard

Release Date:

02/03/2017

... during this time of significant divisiveness in our country, as I’ve written about before . I represent a ... all PSOs, GCIR is a critical source of information and resources for funders on policies that...

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Forum of Regional Association of Grantmakers

BNY Mellon and Ashoka Launch Social Innovation Challenge

Release Date:

05/09/2018

... communities and have sustainable models that mobilize resources such as funding, financing, teams, partnerships or support networks. “ Our company is driven by innovation and our approach to...

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BNY

The Rockefeller Foundation Invests $4.6 Million To Scale Food Is Medicine Initiatives in U.S.

Release Date:

11/30/2022

... nutrition incentives into health care; and (3) improving infrastructure needed to remove bottlenecks and deliver ...

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Food Systems

Health

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The Rockefeller Foundation

In May, the Korean American Community Foundation Celebrated its 20th Anniversary and Raised a Record-Breaking Amount at the Annual Gala

Release Date:

06/16/2022

... KACF deployed almost $3 million in grants. That’s 30% of our total grantmaking since our founding in just two years because the community needed ... And we could not have done this without the generosity of...

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Korean American Community Foundation

03 Sep 2025

From Fear to Belonging: Leveraging Shifts in Public Opinion on Immigration - A Webinar Hosted by GCIR

Wednesday, September 3, 2025 -

1:00pm to 2:00pm

*This program is hosted by our partner, Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and ... an invitation to PNY members.* Since its inception, our democracy has placed freedom of speech, due process, ... harsh...

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Issue-Based

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All Funders

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

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Immigration

Funding Opportunity Program on the Future of Work

Release Date:

01/15/2014

... States. We seek research proposals that will broaden our understanding of the role of changes in employer practices, the nature of the labor market and public policies on the employment, earnings, ...

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Russell Sage Foundation

Markle Foundation Among Those Stepping Up To The Worker Retraining Challenge

Release Date:

02/06/2018

... by a safety net that includes generous jobless benefits. " Our system of retraining could be better, but it's better ... being automated by 2030. As alarming as that sounds, the labor market upheaval...

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Workforce Development

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John & Mary R. Markle Foundation

The Rockefeller Foundation has Announced the Launch of The Communities Thrive Challenge

Release Date:

04/05/2018

... work and the skills they need to succeed in a changing labor market); financial security (enabling underserved and ...

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The Rockefeller Foundation

15 Apr 2020

Responding to the Coronavirus: Employee Benefits Changes - A Webinar

Wednesday, April 15, 2020 -

10:30am to 11:30am

... from participants. Speakers Daniel F. Murphy, Jr. , Labor and Employment Attorney, Putney Putney, Twombly, Hall & ... webinar. (no fee) Please note: To ensure fairness among our members, we reserve the...