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Mellon Foundation

19 Jul 2010

College-Ready or Not? Preparing High School Students for Success

Monday, July 19, 2010 -

9:00am to 11:00am

Ford Foundation, 320 East 43rd Street, NYC

... public school graduates who entered one of CUNY’s ( City University of New York) community colleges had to take remedial coursework. Far fewer than half of the City ’s public high school graduates had taken the...

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A Commitment to Deep Change in 2025 - Launching a Philanthropic Toolkit for Transformational Systems Change

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12/13/2024

... toward systems change, the know-how and direction of what it takes to achieve transformational change remains ... systems change we can catalyze a new era of giving that works to address the root causes of...

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Morgan Stanley and Kresge Foundation Supported Fund Doubles Commitment to Disadvantaged Areas with $100M for Affordable Housing, Health Care

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11/04/2015

... been innovative and varied: In Brockton, Mass., a city , south of Boston with a high poverty rate, the fund ... the lives of people struggling to get by in our nation's cities ." The fund relies on two...

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The Kresge Foundation

10/20/2015 - More Than Giving: Theory of the Foundation - Recording and Presentation

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10/2015

View materials and the live stream recording of the program, "More Than Giving: Theory of the Foundation."

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17 Apr 2020

COVID-19 Weekly PNY Member Webinars - Managing Fears & Answering Questions around Endowments

Friday, April 17, 2020 -

2:30pm to 3:30pm

... rapid response funding, engaging in advocacy work at the city or state level to support nonprofit grantees, adapting ...

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Human Services

UJA-Federation of New York Provides New Round of Emergency Funding For COVID Relief in New York and Israel

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12/15/2020

... Funding For COVID Relief in New York and Israel NEW YORK CITY (December 15, 2020) — In response to the enduring and ... funding is targeted at strengthening essential community resources in New York and Israel...

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International/Foreign Affairs

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Disaster Relief

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Mertz Gilmore Foundation Welcomes Aditi Vaidya as its New President

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10/13/2022

... to supporting democracy, the environment, New York City communities and dance. We could not be more thrilled for ...

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30 Mar 2017

Is Immigration Detention the New Incarceration Boom?

Thursday, March 30, 2017 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

... live stream here: (Registration not required) New York City – as a leader in justice reform and a champion of the ... immigrants – has done much to preserve its “sanctuary city “ status and therefore holds an...

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12 May 2010

DC Voting Rights: National Impact of the Movement for Full Democracy in DC

Wednesday, May 12, 2010 -

12:00pm to 2:00pm

... partnering with coalition groups, especially when DC Vote works in the states education and grassroots involvement as ... rights movement can face this current challenge and seize what is still the best...

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The Century Foundation Adds New Senior Fellow

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03/01/2013

... which partners with the OECD, Partnership for New York City , Citizens Budget Commission, Building America's Future ... we make today — whether we invest, where we spend and on what — will impact the...

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Andrew W. Mellon Supports Fellowship Program Diversifying the Intellectual Leadership of Scholarly Publishing

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06/29/2017

... broadly and dance companies specifically in New York City , and academic libraries, inequities on the basis of race ... for editorial work, in particular the selection of what it is that will be published. In...

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05 Apr 2021

New York Environmental Funders Network Meeting

Monday, April 5, 2021 -

3:00pm to 4:30pm

... to learn more about environmental issues in the New York City area, how they are being impacted during this time of ... Designed for All interested funders in grantmaking roles. What to expect: full group...

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Disaster Relief

06 Jan 2016

Beyond Coverage: Getting Healthcare to Neighborhoods in Need

Wednesday, January 6, 2016 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

... term healthy food deserts, but did you know that New York City – the health care capital of the world – also has ... care access for residents living in underserved New York City neighborhoods. The two-year, $...

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Is Nonprofit Board Service Worth It? Reflections from a One-Time Skeptic

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01/16/2014

... hoped I might just write a check to support their work. What I hadn’t fully anticipated were the many requests to ... frequent. I am now serving on three boards — Living Cities , Romanian-American Foundation (...

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Surdna Foundation

Salesforce Commits to Adding 1,000 New Local Jobs

Release Date:

11/30/2018

... jobs locally, over the next five years, helping fuel the city 's economic development. Giving Back through Education ... Salesforce has hosted interns from Year Up and Genesys Works in Chicago, providing...

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Economic Security

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Ford Foundation and Bloomberg Philanthropies Join Governments and Private Funders to Announce Historic Pledge at COP26 in support of Indigenous Peoples and local communities

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11/01/2021

... the Global Alliance of Territorial Communities, cited data showing that 12.2 million hectares of forest were ...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies

How Social Innovation Labs Contribute to Transformative Change

Release Date:

11/07/2014

... Social Innovation Labs project , we're exploring what labs are and how, when, and why we might use them to ... foundations, big employers like Starbucks and The Gap , and youth themselves. In fact, the...

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Communications/Media

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Ford Foundation Provides Initial Funding for Black Feminist Fund

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03/25/2021

... led to brainstorming an idea to move significant resources “unapologetically” to Black feminists. “We ... that was so meaningful to us—why is it difficult to get resources for this kind of movement work,...

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Gender Justice

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Ford Foundation

New Member Spotlight: The Pilgrim Foundation

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05/29/2009

... Pilgrim and its latest projects in this Member Spotlight. What are your foundation’s primary areas of focus? Our ... and more, both domestically and internationally. Good Works , a Pilgrim grantee. What...

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