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We Can Build a Better, More Inclusive Tech Workforce

Release Date:

02/06/2015

... Better yet, it pays well. Local computer programmers make an average of $91,000 annually; while software developer ... and web development to low-income adults. Funders can make a difference. Funders like The...

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Technology

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The New York Community Trust

F.B. Heron Foundation Funds Feasibility Study on Impact Investing in Western NY

Release Date:

02/11/2015

The six-month study will explore investments that provide a social or environmental benefit.

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F.B. Heron Foundation

Edna McConnell Clark Foundation Studies Impact of Volunteerism

Release Date:

03/06/2015

... Community volunteers and AmeriCorps members can make a significant impact on student reading proficiency and ...

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Blue Meridian Partners, Inc.

Metlife Launches ‘The Financial Inclusion Challenge’ to Improve Financial Access in Asia

Release Date:

03/20/2015

The initiative will focus on programs in education, technology and products and services.

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MetLife

The Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Names the 2015 Doris Duke Artists

Release Date:

04/02/2015

... of such an influential and talented set of artists, and to make a substantial investment in their continuing work and ...

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Arts

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Doris Duke Foundation

Rita Allen Foundation Wants to Solve the Problem of 'Reader Alienation'

Release Date:

04/03/2015

... at a price. The constant avalanche of depressing news can make any reader throw up their arms in sheer hopelessness, ...

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Education

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Rita Allen Foundation

Aetna Foundation Initiative Promotes Healthy Eating in Inner-City Neighborhoods

Release Date:

04/07/2015

Grants will support community gardens and urban farmers markets.

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Community Development

Food Systems

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Aetna Foundation

Rockefeller's Rodin Weighs in on What Nonprofits Will Look for in Potential Employees in 2020

Release Date:

04/09/2015

... Foundation. In fact, it’s predicted millenials will make up almost half of the U.S. workforce by 2020, and ...

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The Rockefeller Foundation

New York Life Foundation Backs Pilot Program for Future Entrepreneurs

Release Date:

04/20/2015

The in-school program will immerse middle school students in hands-on entrepreneurial and work-based learning experiences.

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Children, Youth and Families

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New York Life Foundation

Helmsley Charitable Trust Backs Global Type 1 Diabetes Prevention Initiative

Release Date:

04/28/2015

The Trust is making an initial investment of over $8.7 million in international grants to support new and existing prevention research.

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Health

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The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust

Casey Family Programs Announces Winner of the 2015 Casey Excellence for Children Award

Release Date:

05/21/2015

The 2015 honoree is The Center for Native American Youth.

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Immigration

International/Foreign Affairs

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The Century Foundation

Crain’s Top 15 List of Foundations Is a Showcase of PNY Members

Release Date:

10/21/2015

... to the investment decisions they and their organizations make . The largest increase came from the JPB Foundation, ...

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Open Society Foundations

The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust

Bloomberg Philanthropies

NY Observer Highlights Many PNY Members as Area’s Most Generous Companies

Release Date:

10/28/2015

... so. Financial institutions and pharmaceutical companies make up the bulk of the list, which also includes a major ...

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Several PNY Members’ Giving Contrasted with Silicon Valley’s ‘New Philanthropy’

Release Date:

11/02/2015

A paradox exists in philanthropy. Tech entrepreneurs believe their charitable giving is bolder, bigger and more data-driven, but these philanthropists are no more interested in radical change than their more conservative predecessors.

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

The Rockefeller Foundation

New York Community Trusts and Partners Fund Grants Bringing Digital Media Learning to More Youth

Release Date:

11/04/2015

New grants will help NYC young people to use digital media and technology to compose and record original music, research civic and political issues, and reduce pollution in their communities.