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Revson Foundation President Makes the Case for NYC Libraries in HuffPost Editorial

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05/22/2015

... Editorial On Wednesday evening, May 20, New York City celebrated what New York magazine calls "the Oscars for Libraries." The ... Library Awards recognized the crucial role that New York City...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Community Development

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Charles H. Revson Foundation

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

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03/09/2017

... For decades, New Orleans fought to keep water out of the city . In the city 's new resilience district, with projects ... as part of the Rockefeller Foundation's 100 Resilient Cities...

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Environment and Climate Change

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The Rockefeller Foundation

Howard Gilman Foundation Appoints Anna Campbell to Program Officer

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01/06/2015

... to EFA, Anna was the Assistant Director at the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, where she oversaw ... grants for hundreds of cultural organizations across the city and was the Agency's point...

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Appointments & Transitions

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Arts

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Howard Gilman Foundation

Now Hear This: The Wisdom of Trans Voices

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09/19/2018

... More and more funders are devoting serious time and resources to increasing equity and inclusion in their work ... to be more responsive to all kids. Workforce: New York City TGNC populations in 2015 reported...

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PNY News

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Gender Justice

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Philanthropy New York

16 Nov 2011

Role Models in the Classroom: Creating Teaching Pipelines for Black and Latino Males

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1:30pm to 5:00pm

Over the past decade, the achievement gap in New York City schools has remained almost constant, ... who come from different backgrounds. But, in many inner cities , the numbers are going the...

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The Power of Bridging Issue Silos Through Funding Collaboratives

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11/13/2019

... issue areas, help play a bridging role among funders? What other benefits do you see for funders? Anita Khashu ... For example, Luminate, which supports civic empowerment, data and digital rights, financial...

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National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy

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Unbound Philanthropy

Mayor's Fund Hires New Director of Development

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03/15/2016

... of Development The Mayor's Fund to Advance New York City announced that Joy Shigaki will be joining the ... relationships between philanthropic partners and city agencies in need of programmatic funding...

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North Star Fund Announces 9 Catalyst Grants

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01/16/2018

... New Yorkers are doing to realize the true potential of our city as a place where all people are welcome and included. ... organizing for new solutions to challenges created in our city by inequity and...

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Civic Engagement

Social Justice

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North Star Fund

How the Poses Family Foundation is Leveraging Dollars for Impact through Public-Private Partnerships

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03/23/2018

... itself began as a collaboration between the (New York City ) Mayor’s Office for People with Disabilities (MOPD) ... to living-wage jobs in high-growth industries across the city ’s five boroughs. By leveraging...

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Disabilities

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Poses Family Foundation

NYS Health Foundation Grant Creating Tool to Assess Health Needs in Multifamily Housing

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05/24/2016

... housing developers, owners, and managers; the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene; and experts ... sustainable housing. Enterprise aims to meet this protocol gap , make it easier for building...

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New York Health Foundation

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Housing and Homelessness

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New York Community Trust Joins Redlich Horwitz Foundation and Tiger Foundation to Improve the Lives of Foster Children

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05/29/2018

... from their parents due to safety concerns, New York City works with foster care agencies to quickly find them ... and tools to foster care providers, as well as created new resources to help...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Pershing Square Sohn Prize Awards $4.2M to Seven “Next Generation” Innovators in Cancer Research

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05/21/2019

... in Cancer Research , awarded annually to talented New York City -area cancer research scientists and ... promising careers, the recipients are growing New York City as a biomedical research hub. In addition to...

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Pershing Square Foundation

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Health

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Wallace Foundation Names Gigi Antoni New Director of Learning and Enrichment

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02/28/2017

... on building partnerships that close the opportunity gap through creative out-of-school time programs, will join ... not just in Dallas, but also nationally as an example of what collaboration and consensus-...

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Appointments & Transitions

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Education

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The Wallace Foundation

Social Justice Funders: For National Movements to Win, Invest in Texas

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08/08/2017

... 2015, four Texas suburbs were among the fastest-growing cities in the country, and four Texas cities showed the ... in Texas. Texas social justice organizations need more resources to deepen...

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Edward W. Hazen Foundation (Closed)

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Clark Foundation and Clark Sports Center Featured in NYTimes

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07/30/2015

... the ceremony here, where he was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame. But the maid of honor was not a relative or ... Palmer said: “She seized the plans by the throat. It’s what she does.” The Hall...

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Philanthropy New York's Kimberly Roberts Interviews Julie Kashen and Rakeen Mabud, Authors of Nevertheless, It Persists: Disrupting the Vicious Cycle of Institutionalized Sexism

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09/30/2020

... this conversation to the forefront. Can you talk about what inspired you to do this research and why it’s so ... issue is that those who have always held the majority of resources and power have a strong...

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

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Gender Justice

Could the Rauch Foundation Change Long Island? Only by Changing Itself.

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05/05/2020

... real problem, the Foundation reasoned, then that’s what we should be addressing. What regions have solved the ... role. The self-funded project would require major resources including new...

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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

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Public Policy

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Community Development

Public Policy

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The Rauch Foundation

Dear Fellow Funders: No More Statements on Racial Equity Please (Until You Publish “The Receipts”)

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09/23/2021

... the philanthropic sector has increasingly engaged in what some have described as a “racial reckoning.” This ... and practical we funders can all do to help close this gap between intention and action. We can...

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