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Immigration

Noyes Foundation Promotes Buchanan, Montañez, and Zigbi to Program Directors

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01/02/2012

... Officer. She has worked in the field of Reproductive Health and Rights since 1974. Her work has focused on women’s health issues in culturally diverse communities across the ... and legislative education,...

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The New York Women's Foundation

The Sozosei Foundation Reaches a Milestone Awards $4 Million in Grants to Decriminalize Mental Illness

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11/01/2021

... implementation of 9-8-8, increasing the size of the mental health workforce, scaling evidence-based and promising ... grants are a notable contribution in the field of mental health philanthropy,” said...

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Health

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Sozosei Foundation

Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Accepting Grant Proposals to Strengthen Performing Arts

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10/30/2014

... field, including research projects assessing the national health of professional nonprofit arts groups or of individual ... priority will be given to projects that improve the health of the foundation's...

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Arts

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Doris Duke Foundation

Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund Backs Food Studies Program at Hostos College

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01/29/2015

... overview of food policy, social justice, environment, health , science and business. It aims to prepare them for ... the Bronx, the city’s poorest borough, faces a growing health crisis from diabetes and...

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Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund

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Food Systems

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17 Oct 2018

A New Paradigm for Justice: Centering Women and Families

Wednesday, October 17, 2018 -

9:00am to 11:00am

... the U.S. and in New York City on criminal justice reform in recent years, including consensus among local ... government, private sector, and academia – to leverage resources towards common goals and at the...

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Children, Youth and Families

Gender Justice

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WES Mariam Assefa Fund Announces New Grants to Support New York City Asylum Seekers

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02/21/2023

... clothing, and shelter, as well as legal advice and mental health services. Several grantee organizations also provide ... state. I-ARC is working to bolster its Friend of the Court program, through which legal...

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World Education Services / WES Mariam Assefa Fund

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Human Services

Immigration

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Melissa Daar Carvajal Joins the Schott Foundation as Communications Director

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01/21/2021

... to secure new state and local legislation to safeguard resources for public education students. In her leadership ... at the Stuart Foundation, Fenton Communications and Full Court Press. She founded PlazaCuba...

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Appointments & Transitions

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The Schott Foundation for Public Education

Leading the Way for Food Equity

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07/28/2016

... that empower community members to take charge of their health . And one of our earliest projects in the food access ... at Teachers College, Columbia University, we hoped we could provide a place for the next...

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Insights

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Food Systems

18 Feb 2020

Immigration: When Something So Personal Depends on Policymakers

Tuesday, February 18, 2020 -

12:00pm to 2:00pm

... the history of the last time comprehensive immigration reform passed into law (Senior Cabinet Adviser for UnidosUS, Charles Kamasaki , Immigration Reform : The Corpse that Will Not Die ). Explore The ... at the...

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

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Legal Issues

Children, Youth and Families

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Immigration

Social Justice

COVID-19 Long Island Philanthropic Response Fund Provides Half a Million Dollars in Grants to Long Island-Based Nonprofits

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04/21/2020

... Foundation announced today that 36 Long Island-based health and human services organizations responding to the ... As the needs are much greater than our current resources , we are requesting contributions to...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Community Development

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Long Island Community Foundation

Alliance Building in a Hyper-partisan Environment

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02/25/2022

... the appropriate atmosphere for members of Congress to do the same. We can identify the most fitting message—from ... Reduction Program, the McCain-Feingold Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act, and the Head Start...

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

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Century Foundation Releases Report on Pursuing Adequate Funding of Community Colleges

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10/25/2018

... America, policymakers must provide community colleges the resources necessary to successfully educate the country’s ... proceeds in four parts. First, it discusses the need to reform funding of community...

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Education

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The Century Foundation

2/10/1016 - "Put Your Foundation on the Impact Investing Map" - Live Stream Recording & PPT Presentation

View materials and recording of the program "Put Your Foundation on the Impact Investing Map."

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

08 Apr 2025

Laying the Foundation Part Three: Aligning Your Vehicles with Your Values - A Webinar Hosted by NCFP

Tuesday, April 8, 2025 -

2:00pm to 3:00pm

... to private and family foundation staff and trustees only.* What philanthropic vehicles are available to family ... are best suited to support your mission and goals, and what is the value of employing multiple...

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Tools & Strategies

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Webinar/Teleconference

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Family Foundation

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Serving those who served our nation

Release Date:

11/10/2013

... the line to protect their fellow Americans. But we need to do better than that. U.S. military veterans — including ... scale — are experiencing an unprecedented health care crisis that has in turn triggered...

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Veterans

Commonwealth Study Inspires App to Connect People to Doctors Faster

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06/01/2016

... a lot of good research on why this is so important to do in Canada. [In a Commonwealth study] Canada placed dead ... doctor." The Commonwealth Fund conducted an international health policy study in 2010...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Health

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The Commonwealth Fund

New Study Shows Organic Farming Traps Carbon in Soil to Combat Climate Change

Release Date:

09/12/2017

... of the atmosphere is the prime target for improving the health of our planet. One of the best ways to do that is thought to be locking more of that carbon into the ...

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Can Philanthropy Support the Transformation of Society?

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03/06/2014

... did you stop to consider who picked it for you, and under what conditions, and what it cost in human terms? Tomatoes ... violence and competition. So we are dedicating our resources ,...

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Insights

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Food Systems

Social Justice

Workforce Development

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NoVo Foundation

Pershing Square Foundation-Supported Study: 5% Weight Loss Can Make A Difference for Obese People

Release Date:

02/23/2016

... as 5% of your body weight is enough to reap significant health benefits, according to a study published February 22 ... 40 obese men and women compared, for the first time, the health outcomes of 5%, 10%, and...

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