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Opinion: Disaster Preparedness Requires a 211 System; New York City Still Doesn’t Have One

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10/04/2017

... and information management practices to improve a city’ s resilience. With new technologies coming out all the time, ... preparedness efforts is never easy. In New York City’ s case, however, it’ s...

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Banking Against Urban Poverty, Inside JP Morgan Chase Philanthropy

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10/05/2017

... D.C. In turn, these initiatives build on JPMorgan’ s $150 million investment in Detroit, starting in 2014, and reflect sweeping changes in the bank’ s philanthropic strategy that were set in motion five years...

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Community Development

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Underwritten by JPB Foundation, New York City’s Libraries Will Forgive All Children’s Fines

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10/19/2017

Underwritten by JPB Foundation, New York City’ s Libraries Will Forgive All Children’ s Fines Library books are free, until they aren’t: Patrons who rack up $15 in late fees at the city’ s public...

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Freedom Together Foundation

18 Dec 2017

YLBC Info Session Webinar 2

Monday, December 18, 2017 -

12:30pm to 1:30pm

Online registration is closed. For last minute registration requests, please email Allyson Goldhagen . Philanthropy New York is excited to announce that our 2018 Young Leaders Breakfast Club will run from March 2018 to December...

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12 Dec 2017

YLBC Info Session Webinar 1

Tuesday, December 12, 2017 -

9:00am to 10:00am

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Report Funded by the Silicon Valley Community Foundation Finds That California Traffic Fines Prey on Poor

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01/08/2018

... for a ticket. That can be followed by a suspended driver’ s license or jail time, even for non-safety related ... pay, rather than flat rates, increases collections. Let’ s also talk about fairness. It is well...

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Justice Reform

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Newman's Own Foundation Launches #Newmanitarian Campaign Asking People to Commit Acts of Kindness

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01/30/2018

Newman' s Own Foundation Launches #Newmanitarian Campaign Asking People to Commit Acts of Kindness Newman' s Own Foundation, founded by the late actor and ... by giving back because, as Paul Newman said...

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22 Feb 2018

LGBTQ Funders Social Network

Thursday, February 22, 2018 -

5:30pm to 7:30pm

Funders for LGBTQ Issues and Philanthropy New York are partnering to support an informal, local group of philanthropic professionals who are LGBTQ and their funder allies. We plan for this to be primarily a social networking group...

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Arcus Foundation's Andrea Marra Announces Challenge to State Senator Jose Peralta

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02/08/2018

Arcus Foundation' s Andrea Marra Announces Challenge to State Senator Jose ... for the Arcus Foundation, a foundation focused on LGBT rights , social justice issues and conservation... Arcus Foundation'...

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Tell Them We Are Rising: A Documentary Film Breaks New Ground, Andrew W. Mellon Program Associate Emma Taati Interviews Director Stanley Nelson

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02/13/2018

... the history of higher education. Director Stanley Nelson’ s new film, Tell Them We Are Rising: The Story of Black ... the intersections between the university and the civil rights movement; changing attitudes...

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Supported By The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, Scientists Create New Therapeutic Gel That Shows Promise Against Cancerous Tumors

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02/22/2018

Scientists at the UNC School of Medicine and NC State have created an injectable gel-like scaffold that can hold combination chemo-immunotherapeutic drugs and deliver them locally to tumors in a sequential manner.

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

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05 Apr 2018

The NRA's Power to Thwart Gun Control & How Organizations are Responding - A Webinar Hosted by FCCP

Thursday, April 5, 2018 -

3:00pm to 4:00pm

... on policy. Join us for a conversation, hosted by FCCP' s Money in Politics Working Group, discussing the national ... and state perspectives around the role of NRA' s money and political power in...

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The Silicon Valley Community Foundation Seeks to Do Things Differently

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04/13/2018

... is emblazoned on the wall right outside of Carson’ s office, and says that its goal is to “partner with donors ... nine counties that includes dozens of communities. What’ s more, said Carson, some of the...

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OSF Leaving Hungary Under Government Pressure

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05/15/2018

... pressure and the threat of legal sanctions, George Soros’ s Open Society Foundations said on Tuesday that it had become ... prime minister has blamed Mr. Soros for the country’ s problems, and that the...

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Century Foundation and the 74 Present Case Studies on Diversity-Driven Classrooms

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05/29/2018

... speaking, charter schools have not been diversity’ s best friend. Compared with all public schools — which, by ... can read more of our previous coverage on the foundation’ s expansive analysis of 5,700...

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Ford Foundation’s Build Initiative is Hitting Its Stride

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08/14/2018

Ford Foundation’ s Build Initiative is Hitting Its Stride In 2016, the Ford ... short-term, project-based grants. Now two years in, Ford’ s BUILD initiative is hitting its stride and starting to ... in ways they...

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07 Nov 2018

One Size Doesn’t Fit All: A Conversation about Education with the Gates Foundation’s Bob Hughes

Wednesday, November 7, 2018 -

3:00pm to 4:30pm

... his strategies at the Gates Foundation. Explore Bob’ s transition from grantee to grantmaker The latest ... A Conversation about Education with the Gates Foundation’ s Bob Hughes ...

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Brooklyn Community Foundation Increases Investment in Youth Initiatives to $2.8M in 2018

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12/14/2018

... represents an increase of over $250,000 from last year’ s grantmaking. Brooklyn Community Foundation—the first and only public charity dedicated to New York City’ s largest borough—launched Invest in Youth in...

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