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Rockefeller Foundation Gives $150K to Leading Disaster Relief Organization

Release Date:

11/23/2016

... enable responders to immediately launch responses based on need rather than the potential to cover costs through fund raising. The wider goal of the GRR Fund ...

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City Busing Over 5,000 Students Living In Homeless Shelters To Public Schools This Year

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09/11/2017

The city will bus a record number of homeless students from shelters to public schools this year in an effort to get more kids to class.

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Housing and Homelessness

Philanthropy New York 36th Annual Meeting

... with Kristof and Gbowee, he repeatedly emphasized the need to focus on providing developing nations with clean, ... to spur change and the importance of focusing on action and not just relying on numbers and...

03 Feb 2016

It’s PUBLIC Transit: Funders Look at New Initiatives to Connect NYC’s People & Places

Wednesday, February 3, 2016 -

9:00am to 11:00am

... and bus every day in New York, declining service and rising fares have grave consequences for the city and its ... New York’s leading transit advocates. We’ll assess the state of public transit in New York...

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Community Development

Time To Revisit Reporting

Release Date:

10/04/2017

... with grantees about what they are learning and what they need to succeed. Grantee assessment : to determine whether a ... benefit from capacity support, field connections, or other resources that the funder...

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Simons Foundation Supports CUNY Graduate Center to Diversify Astrophysics Education

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02/09/2022

... promising students lack the financial support and other resources to do so,” said Robin L. Garrell , president of ... be able to give under-resourced students the support they need to thrive as researchers and...

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Helen Chin Named New Director of Sustainable Environments Program at Surdna

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12/22/2014

... Surdna, Ms. Chin worked for West Harlem Environmental Action , leading initiatives on land use planning and ... providing indigenous communities with the skills and resources needed to preserve and protect...

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Workforce Development

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Report Commissioned by NY Women's Foundation Provides In-Depth Exploration of Women in the Justice System

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03/08/2017

... that not only connects them to the care and services they need , but that diverts them from entering the system in the ... in essence, as a hub for delivering services to those in need on a voluntary basis...

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Philanthropy New York Stands in Solidarity With The Asian American and Pacific Islander Community

... and Now. • Explore the history of violence and state -sponsored exclusion and imprisonment of Asian-Americans ...

Reckoning and Accountability

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03/18/2021

... Then and Now . Explore the history of violence and state -sponsored exclusion and imprisonment of ...

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Five Borough Farm: Supporting Urban Agriculture in New York City

Release Date:

11/08/2013

... enter our waterways. Urban agriculture has the power to address all of these disparate challenges, as well as many ... photographs, maps and a website with graphics, tools and resources . Of particular interest...

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Native Wisdom: A Review Of Edgar Villanueva’s Decolonizing Wealth

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09/24/2019

... later, Edgar Villanueva picks up on Fanon’s call to action in his book, Decolonizing Wealth . He places a ... brings the lens of decolonization to that call to action , drawing from his own experience as a...

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01 Mar 2012

Using Time to Transform Schools: Opportunities, Challenges, and How Foundations Can Make a Difference

Thursday, March 1, 2012 -

1:45pm to 5:00pm

Philanthropy New York, 79 Fifth Ave., 4th floor, NYC

... schools use time is key to their effectiveness. Like other resources , time can be used well or squandered. The question ... them is how best to use time to strengthen teaching and address the whole range of...

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23 Jul 2020

On Balance: Increasing Payout and Living to Fund Another Day

Thursday, July 23, 2020 -

3:00pm to 4:30pm

... to support the kind of transformative change that will address the fundamental challenges in our society? Or are we ... our own financial holdings in perpetuity, making those resources available to social...

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Finance & Asset Management

26 Apr 2016

Learning from LA - Is Our Sister City Supporting Nonprofits Better?

Tuesday, April 26, 2016 -

1:30pm to 3:30pm

... structural difficulties nonprofits are facing and taking action . One of most innovative philanthropic leaders is the ... be signed by all five supervisors to urge California’s state leaders to fully embrace...

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30 Jul 2014

Building Capacity in Isolated Neighborhoods

Wednesday, July 30, 2014 -

2:45pm to 5:00pm

... in the materials from this program? You can view the resources here . *Registration for this session is ... that serve “off-the-radar” communities in need - such as Far Rockaway, Stapleton (SI), Coney Island...

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