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Justice Reform

24 Jun 2015

Learning the Way: DACA, Educational Attainment and Philanthropy - Webinar

Wednesday, June 24, 2015 -

1:00pm to 2:30pm

For more than two million youth and young adults in the United States, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) offers first-time access to the American Dream.

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Close the Divide Between Education and Work

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01/21/2016

... and career readiness. That said, like most education organizations that talk about career readiness, our focus was ...

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Appointments & Transitions

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Education

Workforce Development

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JPMorgan Chase & Co.

Brooklyn Community Foundation Introduces New Board Trustees and Staff

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07/02/2012

... role in many Brooklyn neighborhoods, providing support to organizations doing great work and making Brooklyn a better ... is focused on at-risk populations, progressive organizations and environmental groups...

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Appointments & Transitions

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Brooklyn Org

Paul Connolly Joins Bessemer Trust

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09/03/2013

... firm and enhanced our services to foundations, nonprofit organizations and corporate community involvement ... Connolly was a management consultant for nonprofit organizations , working independently in New...

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TCC Group

08 Oct 2013

Education Funders Research Initiative Launch Event and Panel Discussion

Tuesday, October 8, 2013 -

8:45am to 11:00am

Trinity Wall Street, 74 Trinity Place, 2nd Floor, NYC

... a project of Philanthropy New York supported by 16 funding organizations that have pursued a diverse array of education ... the Department of Education and by other education support organizations . Now, they...

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Issue-Based

Bruce Trachtenberg Stepping Down from Communications Network

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10/16/2013

... program areas to one that worked with promising youth organizations , helping them grow stronger and larger so they ...

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The Wallace Foundation

10 Jul 2014

Funder Briefing on the Lessons from Hurricane Sandy

Thursday, July 10, 2014 -

2:00pm to 4:00pm

... of supporting and working closely with community-based organizations in neighborhoods most heavily impacted by ... leaders in philanthropy, government, and community-based organizations for a funder briefing...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Disaster Relief

Three Essential Insights on International Impact Investing

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09/08/2014

... conditions and challenges of investing in African funds, organizations , and enterprises. During the third webinar, in ... The best way to overcome these barriers is to partner with organizations that are...

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Impact Investing

From Katrina to the “Next Sandy”: Disaster Preparedness, Relief and Recovery for Older Adults

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04/04/2013

... Trust and the Altman Foundation, to work with community organizations in hard-hit areas to assess the gaps, needs and ... and non-governmental players — such as nonprofit organizations , housing owners or...

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Try it, You’ll Like It: The Promise of Digital Media

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07/26/2012

... important to advocacy and organizing than are structured organizations (like foundations). Power is more ad hoc and distributed, and it’s harder for organizations to speak ex cathedra (even the original ex ...

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26 Feb 2015

Administrative Relief: Helping the City’s Undocumented Immigrants Benefit from New Education, Employment and Health Care Opportunities

Thursday, February 26, 2015 -

2:15pm to 5:00pm

On November 20, 2014, President Obama announced plans to expand Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), which allows undocumented immigrants who arrived as children remain in the U.S. free from fear of deportation and with permission to work.

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Immigration

16 Jun 2015

Creating and Seizing the Moment: School Discipline and School Safety Reform in New York City

Tuesday, June 16, 2015 -

2:30pm to 5:00pm

*Registration for this session has reached capacity. If you'd like to be added to our waitlist, please email: register@philanthropynewyork.org * After years of advocacy by young people, parents, educators, and communities, New York...

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New York City

Want to Create a Movement? Create a Community.

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06/10/2015

... and Texas. In these states, as well as others, community organizations have stepped in to bring awareness through ... Responders, the local media and other community based organizations , not only to reach the...

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The ZAC Foundation

02 Dec 2015

Neighborhood Info at Your Fingertips: An Introduction to DATA2GO.NYC

Wednesday, December 2, 2015 -

2:45pm to 4:30pm

As grantmakers working on complex social issues, it can be hard to get access to the data you need to make good funding decisions. Do you find yourself turning to dozens of sources to get good data?

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06 Apr 2016

Know What They Owe – Ensuring that New York’s Students Graduate College with Manageable Debt

Wednesday, April 6, 2016 -

9:00am to 11:00am

Much of the conversation within the college success field around addressing college affordability has focused on the FAFSA form. Yet, this form is just one step in the long process of preparing students to graduate college successfully with...

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14 Dec 2015

Unpacking Youth Development: The Evolution of a 25 Year Journey

Monday, December 14, 2015 -

2:45pm to 5:00pm

... to challenges and opportunities. The framework has enabled organizations and their staff members to guide young people ...

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Human Services

14 Apr 2016

Active Ownership vs. Divestment: When Is It Either-Or? Can My Foundation Do Both Well?

Thursday, April 14, 2016 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

An increasing sense of urgency about issues like climate change has upped the pressure on foundations and endowments to take a stand in their investment portfolios. For some, divestment, for example from fossil fuels, is the right choice.

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05 May 2016

School Integration in NYC (Part 1 of 2): New Research, Changing Perspectives

Thursday, May 5, 2016 -

9:30am to 11:30am

A study released in 2014 by the Civil Rights Project at UCLA found that New York State’s schools are the most segregated schools in the country, more segregated than they were a decade ago. Between 1989 and 2010, the percentage of schools in the New...

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