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The Nathan Cummings Foundation

The People’s (Climate) March: A Tipping Point Towards the Clean Revolution

Release Date:

09/26/2014

... published on the WINGS Philanthropy in Focus blog . What a day it was! Sunday’s historic People’s Climate ... violence, dominance, waste and exploitation. We are seeing new models of governance, ownership and...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Health

As 12 Early Community Schools Face Funding Cuts, Advocates Question City’s Long-term Commitment

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06/17/2016

... to finance after-school programs, tutoring, and student health services over the last three years. The city has not ... other community schools in the future just as new programs are taking root... As 12 Early...

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Education

Ford Foundation Funded, "Zero Weeks" Director Ky Dickens, Interviewed By Women And Hollywood

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11/07/2017

... and First Run Features and was inducted into the United States Library of Congress in 2011 for its instrumental role ... Americans who have become complacent with our system. We are the only industrialized...

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Gender Justice

Virtual Employee Engagement through Virtual Conversational Leadership

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01/20/2023

... the possibilities of a hybrid model. Regardless of what model is chosen, the bell of virtual work cannot be ... Dr. Patricia Shaw , a fellow at Schumacher College, states “leadership is convening conversations...

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Partner & Prepare: How to Fund Advocacy During Polarized Political Times

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02/06/2012

... no longer have access to services at Planned Parenthood health centers. Through a campaign incorporating television ... & Lehane , agreed: his three principles for organizations are “prepare, prevent, and...

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Rauch Foundation Research On Government Spending & Early Childhood Published

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07/26/2017

... that the first three years of a child’s life are the most important in terms of brain development. If we ... and families living in poverty, whose life chances are threatened by deprivation,” Lackman writes...

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Children, Youth and Families

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The Rauch Foundation

With Support from the Rockefeller Foundation, Urban Design Team Proposes Outer Borough Light Rail

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06/30/2017

... bring the "summer of hell" into sharp focus, the Regional Plan Association and Rockefeller Foundation have come up with ... at Only If and One Architecture who developed a vision for what the area...

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The Rockefeller Foundation

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Community Development

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Westchester Community Foundation Funds Criminal Justice Program Series at Libraries

Release Date:

08/18/2017

... built in 1825. Visitors will be invited to experience what it must have been like to be imprisoned there during the ...

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Justice Reform

New Member Spotlight: Reader’s Digest Partners for Sight Foundation

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09/11/2009

We are delighted to feature one of Philanthropy New York’s ... Manager, about the foundation and its latest initiatives. What are your primary areas of focus? Reader’s Digest ... National Eye...

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Patrick Gaspard, Open Society Foundations and Maria Torres Springer, Ford Foundation Named to NYC Fair Recovery Taskforce

Release Date:

04/26/2020

... It’s about the outsized devastation communities of color are facing across the country. I am not only calling on New ... decisions in the coming weeks will be determined by the health indicators tracked every...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Community Development

Disaster Relief

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Open Society Foundations

Ford Foundation

Philanthropy New York Board and Public Policy Committee Approves Amendment to 2018 Census Policy Position

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08/05/2020

... urges Congress and the Administration to devote sufficient resources to the 2020 Census now, to put planning and ... a full and fair count of every person living in the United States . We amended the statement...

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PNY News

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Census 2020

Public Policy

The New York Community Trust Awards Grants to 66 Nonprofits

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10/20/2022

... Trust’s vice president for grants. “Simultaneously, we are keeping an eye toward the future, supporting nonprofits ... intensive case-management program for adults with complex health and behavioral ...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Arts

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Education

Environment and Climate Change

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Health

Housing and Homelessness

Immigration

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The New York Community Trust

The Juvenile Justice Initiative at Philanthropy New York: Closing Remarks from Judge Judith S. Kaye

Release Date:

06/22/2010

... of Appeals for 15 years until her retirement in 2008. We are pleased to share them here on Smart Assets. Forgive me, ... now refer to those early days as my “wasted youth.” What I encountered during my own...

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Learning in Place

Release Date:

07/14/2011

... traveler. I get anxious about leaving things that are familiar—it’s disorienting. But once I arrive ... advocates in the public arena, with only a vague idea of what that might look like. It’s easy to...

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11 Dec 2013

Leaving Vocational Education Behind: Making Sure College Ready = Career Ready

Wednesday, December 11, 2013 -

1:45pm to 5:00pm

... workplace assignments, and learn the kinds of skills that are , as the president called them, “a ticket into the ... skills for growth industries like energy, technology, and health , individualized supports for...

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Issue-Based

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Education

Workforce Development

14 Dec 2017

Funders Summit on Justice Reform: The Nation’s Eyes on Rikers

Thursday, December 14, 2017 -

9:00am to 3:30pm

... with significant support from the philanthropic community, are harnessing momentum at the local level and pushing city ... necessity of seeking community input – and the lack of resources dedicated to the task...

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Helmsley Charitable Trust Grants More than $26.4M to Fund Nearly 200 Ultrasound Imaging Devices Across Minnesota and Train Sonography Workforce

Release Date:

03/21/2023

... Healthcare in Minneapolis, where the basic foundation for what would become known as point of care ultrasound (POCUS) began in the United States . Ultrasound uses high-frequency sound waves to produce ... half...

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