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Laureus USA Releases New Research Study: Youth Sports Promote Social & Emotional Learning, Especially Among Men of Color

Release Date:

02/03/2021

... of the most important finding shows that sports programs are especially important for young men, who have more ... As this study confirms, sports, when used intentionally, are fertile ground for whole-child...

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Children, Youth and Families

Education

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Laureus Sport for Good Foundation USA

Cuomo Says Special Session Might Be Necessary to Allocate Public Hospital Funding

Release Date:

10/04/2017

... harmful to public hospitals, such as the 11-hospital NYC Health + Hospitals and SUNY Downstate Medical Center in ...

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Health

Open Society Names Alethia E. Jones New Head of Fellowship Program

Release Date:

12/05/2018

... Fellowship Program NEW YORK—The Open Society Foundations are pleased to announce the appointment of Alethia E. Jones ... United Healthcare Workers East, the largest multi-state health care union local in the...

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06 Oct 2021

Hands-On Writing Workshop for Grantmakers

Wednesday, October 6, 2021 -

2:00pm to 4:00pm

... hands-on workshop that will help you write, so people know what you want, do what you ask, and find the information they need. These ... Designed for All interested funders in grantmaking roles. What...

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Professional Development

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All Funders

Program Staff

24 Mar 2016

Legal Series: Best Practices in International Grantmaking

Thursday, March 24, 2016 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

... understand and take advantage of all of the options that are available to you when choosing to make grants around the ... programmatic issues in making grants outside the United States . The presenters will...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Public Policy

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International/Foreign Affairs

Surviving COVID-19: 6 Recommendations for Nonprofits and Funders

Release Date:

03/17/2020

... COVID-19: 6 Recommendations for Nonprofits and Funders We are in the midst of the 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and our lives are evolving on an almost daily basis. Industries globally are...

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Disaster Relief

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Build Up Companies

Marlon Williams Represented Philanthropy New York with City Council Testimony on Living Wage Provisions and City Contracting

Release Date:

02/03/2023

... Policy and Collaboration at Philanthropy New York. We are submitting a testimony to demonstrate our support for ... New York’s values guide our decisions and our actions are rooted in our fundamental goal of...

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PNY News

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Public Policy

Participate in the 2018 Grantmaker Salary & Benefits Survey

Release Date:

04/03/2018

... Community, private, public, and operating foundations are eligible for participation. Each organization must ... to online benchmarking, including customized reports on a choice of peer groups. To view...

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PNY News

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Executive Leadership

HR & Operations Staff

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

HR & Operations

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

For philanthropy, racial equity isn't enough: Why we've moved to redistribution to address the racial wealth gap

Release Date:

10/14/2021

... can play in addressing the racial wealth gap in the United States . My organization, Decolonizing Wealth Project , and ... partners, selected from among more than ninety proposals, are diverse in scope and...

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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Ford’s Walker Says ‘Unusual Coalition’ Won’t Be Last of its Kind

Release Date:

02/20/2015

... to social justice, none is more pronounced than the United States ’ shameful record on mass incarceration. Across ... poverty. As a result, she notes, more African Americans are part of the criminal justice...

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Justice Reform

Social Justice

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Ford Foundation

How our community colleges are falling behind

Release Date:

05/23/2013

... community colleges and elite institutions. Pop quiz: What 's the biggest category of college or university in the United States ? Is it big public research universities like UC ... them, the most students...

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Education

Groups seek changes in NY policy as hunger grows

Release Date:

10/14/2013

ALBANY, N.Y. — Advocacy groups are pushing for changes in New York policy to attack what they say is a rising tide of hunger among the working ...

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Food Systems

Ford's Walker Explores the Value of Civil Society in Recent Report

Release Date:

07/09/2015

... on civil society with the President of the United States , Barack Obama. At the meeting, he said: "...human progress has always been propelled...by what happens in civil society - citizens coming together...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Ford Foundation

Rockefeller Family & Brothers Fund, Green Groups Subpoenaed on ‘Coordinated’ Climate Efforts

Release Date:

08/03/2016

... July 27 without their producing requested documents. So what now? Rockefeller Family & Brothers Fund, Green Groups ...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Rockefeller Family Fund

Rockefeller Brothers Fund

To Raise Cash on Social Media, Focus on Facebook, Says a Top Fundraiser

Release Date:

08/30/2017

... scrolled through Facebook lately, you know nonprofits are increasingly active on the social-media site. How active? ... of digital marketing for the Humane Society of the United States , who says the other...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Philanthropy New York Elects New Board Members

Release Date:

06/02/2022

... and impactful solutions. The new members of the board are : Channon Lucas , Ch ief Ad ministrative Officer, Mother ... Tanuja is an award-winning corporate attorney, human resources professional, and community...

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PNY News

It’s Time to Define Our New Normal

Release Date:

12/19/2016

... fear that this new era will bring. While I found some of what I needed, I didn’t find everything. After some ... stripped away. Every one of these events foretold where we are today. How are...

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Communications/Media

Justice Reform

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Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors

With Support from the Rockefeller Foundation, This New Orleans Neighborhood Is Fighting Flooding By Welcoming It

Release Date:

03/09/2017

... water in—which paradoxically can reduce flooding. The plan was developed as part of the Rockefeller Foundation's ... Competition to further the implementation of the plan . " What...

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Environment and Climate Change

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The Rockefeller Foundation

Lorelei Williams Joins The Sister Fund as Interim Executive Director

Release Date:

08/22/2013

... in the non-profit and philanthropic sectors of the United States , South Africa and Brazil. As a consultant, she advises ... for the U.S. State Department’s U.S.-Brazil Joint Action Plan to End Racism (JAPER)...