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Century Foundation Releases Report on Estimating the Real Cost of Community College

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10/24/2017

... in the United States play a critical role in promoting social mobility. This is especially the case for ... remains largely dependent on state - and county-level resources and economic contexts. Individuals...

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Ms. Foundation for Women Announces Ambitious Five-Year Strategic Plan

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08/07/2018

... — in women and girls of color as a means to create social , cultural, and economic equity for all genders. The ... by investing, over five years, $25 million towards resources and support for organizations led...

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Ms. Foundation for Women Announces Ambitious Five-Year Strategic Plan

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08/07/2018

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Report About NYC’s Libraries Sparks New Proposal from Speaker Quinn

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04/05/2013

... play in communities across New York City. In April 2013 , City Council Speaker Christine Quinn announced a new ... branch libraries. The proposal was sparked by our January 2013 Branches of Opportunity report...

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Charles H. Revson Foundation

New York City’s Community Foundation Announces $6.5 Million in Grants to 81 Nonprofits

Release Date:

10/16/2013

... in grants to 81 New York City nonprofits. October, 16, 2013 , New York – With $6.5 million in grants to 81 ... Girls Club’s new clubhouse. This is the biggest round of 2013 Trust grants.... New York City’s...

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The New York Community Trust

Open Society Names Yamide Dagnet as Director for Climate Justice

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12/07/2021

... and economic transformations to achieve climate and social justice in strategic low- and middle-income ... as the director of climate negotiations at the World Resources Institute in Washington, D.C., focusing...

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Helmsley Trust Supported Data Tool: From Foreclosure to Homelessness, Now You Can Map NYC’s Problems

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12/01/2015

... Can Map NYC’s Problems New York City is rich in data resources for understanding the unique assets and challenges ... can be a challenge. To make a real impact, policymakers, social service organizations, and...

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Brooklyn Community Foundation Announces New VP of Programs Kaberi Banerjee Murthy

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12/02/2015

... previously served as Vice President of Education at the Social Impact Exchange. Prior to that, she was Program ... from Harvard University, with a focus on planning and social policy. She is on the Board of...

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On Philanthropy: All Investing is Impact Investing (Rockefeller Brothers Fund, F.B. Heron Foundation)

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01/04/2016

... donations for the public good. The great majority of those resources are invested for a financial return without regard ... funds are traditionally divided into two silos: grants for social impact and...

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Frameworks for Private Foundations: A New Model for Impact

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07/2017

... the highest level, based on written and unwritten rules. Social Compact. To whom is a foundation accountable, and ... been given? In this chapter we illuminate a foundation’s social compact, which is an agreement, either implicit or ... foundation carries out its work and the core competencies, resources , skills, and processes that it cultivates in order ...

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Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors

NoVo Foundation Launches Fourth Cycle of Move to End Violence

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11/15/2017

... grew out of the NoVo Foundation’s core commitment to social justice, and its vision of a future in which all girls ... own behalf, and lead us to a better world. Knowing that social transformation of this...

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Fair Health Launches New Healthcare Portal YouCanPlanForThis.Org with Support From the New York State Health Foundation

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02/07/2018

... to access the site, and 25 percent of visitors arrived via social media—suggesting the growing power of both mobile devices and social media in directing people to the healthcare resources...

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Open Society Foundations Announce 2018 Leadership in Government Fellows

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03/05/2018

... state and local government who have advanced economic and social justice. The program, now in its second year, is ... about how to better navigate government and leverage its resources to develop strategies...

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Open Society Foundations Announce Inaugural Soros Arts Fellows

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05/09/2018

... a long history of supporting arts and culture to advance social change, the Open Society Foundations today recognizes ... resistance movement against the privatization of natural resources in the Moroccan...

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Brooklyn Community Foundation Announces $100,000 to Promote a Fair and Accurate Census 2020

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06/14/2018

... for the 2020 Census. Grants to the Center for Law and Social Justice at Medgar Evers College and the New York ... to count.” A $40,000 grant to the Center for Law and Social Justice will support the NYC Black...

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Brooklyn Org

Russell Sage Foundation Funded Research Connects Boosting Testosterone Levels To Men Preferring Luxury Goods

Release Date:

07/05/2018

... levels to a rise in behaviors aimed at boosting social rank. “We found a small but consistent effect on ... to a potential partner, as they suggest an individual has resources to spare and can thus afford to...

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Science

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United Hospital Fund, New York Community Trust and Altman Foundation Launch Second Phase of Early Childhood Development Initiative

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07/09/2018

... with community-based organizations to better address the social and economic factors affecting the health of very ... primary care practices screen children ages 0-5 for social and environmental risks that...

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Nathan Cummings Foundation Welcomes Lavastian Glenn, Director, Racial and Economic Justice

Release Date:

10/04/2018

... how gender intersects with poverty and race to amplify the social and economic exclusion of women of color and that ... income, and end mass incarceration, using all of our resources for impact.” Most recently...

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Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Names Fiona Kanagasingam as Inaugural Vice President, Equity and Culture

Release Date:

04/28/2022

... will, skill, and alignment for organizational change and social justice. She has partnered with these organizations ... leadership development, organizational transformation, and social justice. As director of...