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Open Society, Ford Foundation, Unbound Philanthropy Support Delivering on the Dream Initiative

Release Date:

09/27/2017

... including from some prominent corporate leaders. But what are foundations doing to protect undocumented young people from deportation ...

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Unbound Philanthropy

Rita Allen Foundation Supported Report Finds That Civic Tech Struggles with Sustainable Funding Despite Gains

Release Date:

10/31/2017

... is a closer examination of “why startups in the field are struggling to grow and sustain themselves,” said Jon ... Foundation’s director for learning and assessment. What the report found is that technology...

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Rockefeller Releases Findings from Intergenerational Conference

Release Date:

12/20/2017

... engaged in a unique intergenerational discussion about what motivates and inspires youth, the challenges they face, ... it’s harnessed productively. 2. Young people are more connected than any previous...

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Children, Youth and Families

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The Rockefeller Foundation

Weinberg Foundation Announces $1.2 Million in Emergency Grants in Response to Pittsburgh Synagogue Mass Shooting

Release Date:

11/01/2018

... horrific hate crime, the Foundation is compelled to do what it can, as quickly as possible, to support those ...

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Disaster Relief

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The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation

Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Foundation Working to Gather 20,000 Teen Opinions Across Western New York & Southeast Michigan

Release Date:

11/29/2018

... "Where I live or work, one thing teens want when they are not in school is ...". Teen Opinions Count, the latest ... is investing in research to hear directly from teens about what they're most...

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Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Foundation

Building Bridges: Philanthropy's Journey Towards Active Advocacy

Release Date:

04/12/2024

... vantage point, we recognize that philanthropic grants are not enough to address the vastly inequitable public ... been leveraged to: Final April CEO Message infographic.png What We’re Up Against and ...

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Beyond the Renovation: The Other Exciting Changes at The New York Public Library

Release Date:

06/03/2013

... at 42nd Street , this project is only part of a larger plan . There is no question that we must invest in our library ... and collections, both physical books and virtual resources , is skyrocketing, and by...

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Schools Urged To Implement Alternatives to Zero-Tolerance Discipline Policies

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07/24/2014

... Forward-thinking school districts across the nation are demonstrating how alternatives to zero-tolerance ...

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F.B. Heron and Edna McConnell Clark Foundations Lauded for Granting Unrestricted Funding

Release Date:

02/03/2015

... Granting Unrestricted Funding In philanthropy today, we are doing some good “architectural” work in emergent ... people, financial capital, promising solutions) but are sometimes using...

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Bank of America Charitable Foundation Supporting NJ Food Banks

Release Date:

12/07/2015

... for the fourth consecutive holiday season, several groups are banding together to drive up the number of donations to ...

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Food Systems

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Schools Are Finally Starting To Embrace Integration as a Method Of Closing The Achievement Gap (Century Foundation)

Release Date:

02/11/2016

Schools Are Finally Starting To Embrace Integration as a Method Of ... The Achievement Gap (Century Foundation) Schools and states have poured millions of dollars into overhauling ... and lift the performance of...

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Jonas Family Fund Strives to Eliminate Children’s Blindness

Release Date:

01/10/2017

The project will, among other things, help establish a state-of-the-art pediatric ophthalmic diagnostic and imaging center at New York-Presbyterian/Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital.

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Health

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Funded by Soros and Mastercard, New Human Ventures Project Seeks to Help Refugees

Release Date:

02/01/2017

... Ventures Project Seeks to Help Refugees With the United States moving to ban refugees from around the world, efforts to help these people where they are will now become even more important. No philanthropist...

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Mastercard Center for Inclusive Growth

ASPCA Supports Farm Animal Welfare Certification Guide

Release Date:

03/16/2017

... Center for Agriculture and Food Systems (CAFS) are doing their part to help farmers raising animals—as well as ... and state funding opportunities available to farmers who are investing in...

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ASPCA

Soros Hits Back at Hungary’s PM for Attempting to Shutter a Soros-Founded School

Release Date:

06/01/2017

... Orban of building a “mafia state” in Hungary. In doing so, he reached for a term that has gained currency ... political system in which he and those in his inner circle are growing richer, often with European...

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Education

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Open Society Foundations

Rockefeller’s ‘Resilient Cities’ Noted in Article on Climate and Cities

Release Date:

08/17/2017

... employed by critics of green building projects that are expensive or seen as overly-formulaic. The idea: That ...

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Environment and Climate Change

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The Rockefeller Foundation

Opinion: Construction Safety Bill Would Hurt Minority Workers

Release Date:

09/26/2017

... have claimed that the only opponents of Intro 1447-C are developers or “real estate industry forces.” I am ...

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Workforce Development

Opinion: No, That Robot Will Not Steal Your Job

Release Date:

10/10/2017

... all the dire warnings about a “jobless future.” There are jobs, jobs everywhere. Unemployment in Germany is now ... last seen in 1975 in Britain and 1994 in Japan. The United States jobs report on Friday...

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21 Mar 2023

Foundation Financial Managers Group - March Meeting

Tuesday, March 21, 2023 -

9:00am to 11:00am

Group: Foundation Financial Managers Group The Foundation Financial Managers Group is comprised of executives, officers and senior financial managers of private and community foundations in the tri-state (New York, New Jersey and Connecticut) area...