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13 Jul 2016

Brownsville as Case Study: Can Community Investments Improve Health?

Wednesday, July 13, 2016 -

9:00am to 11:00am

... own strengths and challenges, there is much to be learned about place-based initiatives and health from the experience ... Presenters James Brodick, Director, Brooklyn Community Justice Centers Lucas Denton,...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Community Development

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Justice Reform

Sozosei Foundation Aims to Set a New Course for Decriminalizing and Treating Mental Illness in America

Release Date:

10/07/2020

... to receive their first diagnosis or treatment within the justice system,” said Dr. William H. Carson, Chairman of ... create stronger and healthier communities for all.” ABOUT THE SOZOSEI FOUNDATION The...

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Health

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To Achieve Equity, We Must Accurately Measure Need

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10/06/2022

... City registered voters have the option of doing something about this. Beginning with early voting on October 29, 2022, ... economic security. Whereas all three proposals would embed justice and equity in...

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Ms. Foundation for Women Announces Three New Board Members

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07/06/2023

... philanthropic sector in 2000 as a way to advance social justice and systems-level change and has worked in ... strengthen and further leverage its commitment to social justice . Prior to his appointment, Don...

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William Caspar Graustein Memorial Fund Names New Executive Director

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01/15/2014

... system and philanthropic sectors can play. The work is about being analytical, certainly, and also about building relationships. The way to bring about justice and change is...

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Big Gaps in the Big Apple: Measuring Well-Being in the New York Metro Area

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05/10/2012

... the New York Metro Area lives over 9 years longer and has about the same education level as the area’s typical white ... : is my focused effort moving the needle on issues I care about ? The United Nations’...

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13 Dec 2018

The Underpinning Stories: Climate & Scale - A Webinar Hosted by CLIMA Fund

Thursday, December 13, 2018 -

12:00pm to 1:30pm

... The Underpinning Stories: A Funder's Dialogue Series About Climate Solutions: October 24 – The Underpinning ... A new understanding of the hypotheses that funders hold about addressing the climate crisis...

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MetLife Foundation, Sesame Workshop Launch Financial Knowledge Program

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11/22/2013

... programs that reach nearly 75 million people in up to ten countries. To be launched in 2014 in Brazil, China, ...

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Open Society Foundations Examines Worldwide Access to Digital Media

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09/24/2014

... and opportunities created by media innovations in the past ten years. A good portion of the report examined the ways in ...

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Communications/Media

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NYCT Supports South Bronx Culture Trail

Release Date:

10/03/2014

... them as part of the South Bronx Culture Trail. Ten sites have been picked to receive the first designations ...

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The New York Community Trust

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J.M. Kaplan Fund Launches Innovation Prize, Seeks Applicants

Release Date:

01/29/2015

... Fund, a New York-based family foundation. In 2015 up to ten Prizes will be awarded to U.S.-based individuals or teams ...

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The Century Foundation Report on For-Profit Colleges Cited in NY Times

Release Date:

10/13/2015

For-profit colleges that have been accused of fraud are still receiving U.S. funds.

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Ford, Carnegie Join 10 Funders Giving $125M for Flint’s Water Crisis

Release Date:

05/11/2016

... Join 10 Funders Giving $125M for Flint’s Water Crisis Ten grant makers announced today they plan to spend $125 ...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Citi Named Finalist for U.S. Chamber Foundation 2016 Corporate Citizenship Awards

Release Date:

09/14/2016

... perceived as good corporate citizens. In 2015, Citi made a ten -year goal to lend, invest, and facilitate $100 billion in ...

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Simons, Gates Foundations, HHMI Announce Faculty Scholars

Release Date:

09/26/2016

... costs, will enable researchers with between four and ten years of experience as faculty members to address ...

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Science

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Ford, Rockefeller, Atlantic, Pershing Square, Bloomberg and Open Society Named in Forbes' Big Bet Philanthropy

Release Date:

11/30/2016

... of $25 million or more that were announced last year. Ten outside experts ranked them based on six categories: ...

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Jewish Foundation for Education of Women Extends Scholarships for Women Exploring International Relations

Release Date:

02/16/2017

... 2 class years, 2017-2019 and 2018-2020, for up to ten SUNY Geneseo scholars in each class. Students selected ...

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International/Foreign Affairs

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Jewish Interests

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Supports Mobile Content Guides at New York Botantical Gardens Spring Exhibit

Release Date:

03/28/2017

... for his first major garden exhibition in more than ten years in New York. CHIHULY Interactive Guide, made ...

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Arts

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Century Foundation Study Reveals that Most Student Loan Fraud Claims Involve For-Profits

Release Date:

11/09/2017

The study by The Century Foundation represents the most thorough analysis to date of the nearly 100,000 loan forgiveness claims known as borrower defense received by the agency over the past two decades and paints an alarming picture of the state of...

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