Weinberg Foundation Selects New Trustee, Paula Pretlow
Release Date:
10/10/2017
... to helping socially and economically disadvantaged populations , and her membership on various boards is a ...
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United Way of New York City Establishes the COVID-19 Community Fund
Release Date:
03/26/2020
... childcare . Their own employment might be at risk; health care , retail and hospitality sectors are particularly ... reach their families and provide critical and ongoing resources like learning, food...
New Member Spotlight: Reader’s Digest Partners for Sight Foundation
Release Date:
09/11/2009
... publisher, providing high-quality reading material at affordable rates to a vastly underserved population. Our ...
Open Society Foundations Announce 2021 Soros Justice Fellows
Release Date:
03/31/2022
... cycles of harm; a media-maker who will focus on foster care and the juvenile justice system; an author who examines ... and cultural healing to work with unaccompanied immigrant children from Central America...
JP Morgan Makes Philanthropic Contribution to Support Servicemembers and Afghan Resettlement Efforts
Release Date:
09/02/2021
... Committee (IRC). We are also supporting mental health care and other services for those in the military and veteran ...
Racial Justice and Eviction Prevention Dominant Themes in $15 million in Grants Awarded by Trinity Church Wall Street
Release Date:
06/17/2021
... New York City. These groups are working on priorities from immigrant rights to restorative justice to Black-led ...
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2019
The Divest/Invest Framework: What Does It Mean for Funders Working in Housing and Homelessness? - A Webinar Hosted by Funders Together to End Homelessness
Monday, November 4, 2019 -
1:00pm to 2:00pm
... all sizes across the country are facing gentrification and affordable housing shortages due to rising rents, stagnant ... renters experiencing housing instability. Public resources that are currently invested...
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Social Justice on the Streets: New Developments Around "Stop-and-Frisk" and Discriminatory Policing
Friday, September 14, 2012 -
8:45am to 11:30am
In 2011, the New York Police Department conducted over 685,000 stops of New Yorkers—equivalent to 78 stops an hour and an over 600% increase in the number of stops since Mayor Bloomberg took office. Eighty-seven percent of those stopped were Black...
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Nov
2019
Equity, Access and Degree Completion: The Promise of Collective Impact in NYC
Tuesday, November 19, 2019 -
9:00am to 11:00am
... New York City. #DegreesNYC has brought together people and resources to build a powerful movement to transform practice ... Explore: What #DegreesNYC has identified as the primary barriers to postsecondary...
Where Walls Exist, the Arts Provide a Doorway
Release Date:
03/27/2017
... one another and to break through the substantial barriers dividing our country. The 1.6 billion Muslims across ...
William Cordery to Join Surdna's Strong Local Economies Team
Release Date:
04/14/2015
... set, combined with his deep commitment to under-served populations , experience with grant making in the South, and ...
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2018
Brooklyn DA Gonzalez Previews ‘Justice 2020’ Report, Talks Trends in Reform Movement
Tuesday, April 10, 2018 -
3:00pm to 5:00pm
... address racial disparity and needs of mental health and immigrant community Learnings from convening diverse ...
Monument to Commemorate Destroyed African American Land in Central Park Funded by Ford Foundation, JPB Foundation, Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund
Release Date:
10/20/2019
A new sculpture will honor the Lyons family, black activists and property owners who once lived in Seneca Village, a community destroyed by the creation of the park.
New York State Census Equity Fund in the New York Community Trust Awards Grants for Census 2020
Release Date:
09/17/2020
... rates and high concentrations of “hard-to-count” populations , in places like Buffalo, Yonkers, Queens, ... New York state that are working to reach refugee and immigrant communities who have been historically...
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Jun
2020
Building Powerful Advocacy Movements: Crisis and Opportunity
Wednesday, June 17, 2020 -
2:00pm to 3:30pm
... can align to ensure that nonprofits can address structural barriers and achieve impact. Explore Challenges and successes ...
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Jun
2021
New York City Workforce Funders Collaborative Quarterly Meeting - Do CUNY enrollment declines place equitable recovery goals at risk?
Wednesday, June 9, 2021 -
9:00am to 10:30am
... during the pandemic. Facing new financial pressures, care -giving responsibilities, an uncertain labor market, and barriers to online learning, many CUNY students have chosen ...
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Jun
2018
Philanthropy New York’s 39th Annual Meeting - Democracy, Demographics & Destiny: All in the Details
Monday, June 4, 2018 -
1:00pm to 6:00pm
... of all Americans, especially those who face systematic barriers to exercising their power, including people who are ...
After 16 Futile Years, Congress Will Try Again to Legalize ‘Dreamers’
Release Date:
09/06/2017
For 16 years, advocates for legalizing young immigrants brought here illegally by their parents have tried to pass legislation to shield them from deportation. The bill was called the Dream Act, and in Congresses Democratic and Republican, and in...
Funders For Justice Launch New Funder Toolkit — Divest/Invest: From Criminalization to Thriving Communities
Release Date:
09/19/2018
... we do not also proactively work to divest this nation’s resources from criminalization. As Zachary Norris, FFJ Field ...
The Rockefeller Foundation Awards Grants to Fuel Plans for Equitable Investment in Opportunity Zones in Washington, DC, Oakland, Dallas, and St. Louis
Release Date:
09/05/2019
... residents’ interests by providing cities with the resources to shape investments so they create good-paying jobs, promote more affordable housing, and provide greater economic ...