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27 Jun 2018

Where Are the Children? Family Separation Becomes U.S. Immigration Enforcement Policy - A Webinar Hosted by GCIR

Wednesday, June 27, 2018 -

1:00pm to 2:30pm

... seeking refuge. Attorneys and other humanitarian aid workers are reporting significant trauma and despair for ...

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01 Oct 2024

Quarterly Meeting of the New York City Workforce Funders Collaborative

Tuesday, October 1, 2024 -

10:00am to 11:30am

... philanthropic efforts to understand the impact of AI on workers and the potential for AI to address the workforce ... AI programs and investment strategies AI’s impact on workers and workforce training...

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Workforce Development

17 Sep 2025

Community Food Funders Annual Gathering 2025

Wednesday, September 17, 2025 -

5:00pm to 8:00pm

... Whether your focus is on nutrition or hunger, food chain workers or farmland preservation, emergency food or food ... Whether your focus is on nutrition or hunger, food chain workers or farmland preservation,...

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Network Building

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Reception

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Food Systems

United Hospital Fund Names Two New Vice Presidents, New Controller, Other Staff Changes

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04/06/2021

... R. Murria will be promoted to vice president of human resources from director of human resources , while retaining his title as chief diversity, ... been crucial to UHF’s success, ensuring that we have the...

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Appointments & Transitions

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United Hospital Fund

The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: The Role of Funders in Conflict

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11/2014

The Peace and Security Funders Group (PSFG) released a white paper on how funders can affect conflict.

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Report

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Make Room for Makerspaces

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12/08/2015

... sounded alarms: To maintain economic competitiveness and growth , the country must invest in higher-quality STEM ... aside the hyper-specialized learning that characterizes many standard-issue STEM programs,...

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The New York Community Trust

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Education

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Is There an App for That? New Thinking on Kids and Digital Media

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03/10/2016

... digital media. What’s less clear is how we ought to feel about it. Depending on whom you talk to, smart phones, ... modern broadband technology, but teens from poor families still have limited access to...

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The New York Community Trust

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Give Generously—You Can’t Help It!

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12/18/2009

For those of you who read blogs about philanthropy and charity (you’re reading this, aren’t you?), maybe, like me, you’ve been struck by a few of the articles about altruism and giving and human biology. Since we are deep in the middle of the “...

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New Interactive Data Tool from the Education Opportunity Project, Supported by William T. Grant Foundation, Finds that School Poverty - Not Racial Composition - Limited Educational Opportunity

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09/23/2019

... that students’ early test scores do not predict academic growth over time, indicating that poverty does not determine ...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Community Development

Education

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William T. Grant Foundation

13 Sep 2012

--POSTPONED-- Innovative Action: Promising New Initiatives to Stop HIV Transmission

Thursday, September 13, 2012 -

2:45pm to 5:00pm

Despite effective treatments and increased testing, HIV is still a threat in New York City — but there are promising ... heard of numerous successes over the past year, there is still a role for funders to play...

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Kimberly Roberts

... schools, creating career ladders for social service workers and achieving salary parity for NYC’s early ...

Brooklyn Community Foundation Announces New President Cecilia Clarke

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07/01/2013

Alan Fishman, Chair of the Board of Directors of the Brooklyn Community Foundation, announced that Cecilia Clarke will join the Foundation as its new President and CEO. Ms. Clarke succeeds Marilyn Gelber, who stepped down from the post on June 30,...

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Appointments & Transitions

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Community Development

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Brooklyn Org

Farms in the Projects? (Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund)

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01/05/2016

... community engagement, and job training for residents. The workers will be supplied by Green City Force, a nationally ...

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Community Development

Food Systems

Surdna, Ms. Foundation Authors: Mind the Gap – How Philanthropy Can Address Gender-Based Economic Disparities

Release Date:

03/08/2016

... gap between men and women to close. The women garment workers in New York City who marched on this day in 1857 and ...

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Gender Justice

15 Jun 2016

CFF Annual Gathering

Wednesday, June 15, 2016 -

5:00pm to 7:00pm

... your focus is on hunger, health, education, food chain workers , youth engagement, neighborhood improvement or ...

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Food Systems

Immigrant Rights Fund: 6 Lessons We’ve Learned So Far

Release Date:

05/09/2017

... with regards to gender. And, overwhelmingly, informal workers like domestic workers , construction workers and street vendors are finding it challenging to ...

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Immigration

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Brooklyn Org

Barbara and Donald Jonas Receive Honorary Doctorates from Frontier Nursing University

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08/01/2017

In honor of their extensive support and contributions to the advancement of nursing, Frontier Nursing University awarded honorary doctorate degrees to philanthropists Barbara and Donald Jonas.

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Jonas Center / Barbara & Donald Jonas Family Fund

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Health

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Tow-Playwright-in-Residence Featured in New York Times

Release Date:

11/02/2017

Ms. Bioh, a native New Yorker whose parents emigrated from Ghana in 1968, has made it her mission, theatrically and personally, to tell stories about African and African-American characters that buck expectation and defy stereotype.

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Arts

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The Tow Foundation

Open Society Foundation Creates $10 Million Fund for Rohingya

Release Date:

04/03/2018

... the Rohingya, including more than thirty-two hundred aid workers on the ground. With the aim of ensuring the dignity ...

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