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Newsmakers: Darren Walker, President, Ford Foundation

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12/23/2013

... arrive here with any idea I would end up as president. When I walked through the doors of this institution for the ... worked as a domestic for a family, and she would bring home magazines and clothes in paper...

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May 25, 2023 - A Day Without Human Services

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05/26/2023

... senior centers, homeless services, supportive housing, and home -delivered meals. Out of the 80,000 contracted human ... govern their work if we hope for them to be successful. When the government ensures full...

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NY State Health Foundation: An Actual Pathway to Better Health in Albany

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06/28/2017

... and conferences in Boston, New Orleans, and Albany. When I’m away from home , I enjoy getting outside and wandering around, trying to ... along the river. The park also hosts community events; when...

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Vivian Tseng of The William T. Grant Foundation on Meeting this Moment (Part II): Unpacking Anti-Asian Racism

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03/31/2021

... driver declined my pick-up. Finally, a driver arrived. But when he saw me, he cancelled the ride, backed his car away ... to be good students overtaking top colleges by sheer hard work and uncomplaining...

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Aetna Supports Projects Using Big Data to Get At-Risk Kids the Services They Need

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05/11/2017

... room for improvement. These disparities are apparent in communities where racial and ethnic minorities comprise the ... core of this problem are resource allocation challenges. Resources are always scarce, no...

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JPMorgan Chase Makes $50 Million Philanthropic Investment to Help Address Immediate and Long-Term Impacts of COVID-19

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03/18/2020

... global pandemic. Funds will support communities and people hit hardest by this public health crisis through an initial ... like AdvancingCities . “We are mobilizing the firm’s resources to...

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Philanthropy New York Members Join A Call to Action: Philanthropy's Commitment During COVID-19

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03/25/2020

... health and economic crisis that is testing every one of us . We know that the shocks of this “new normal” are ... nonprofit partners as well as the people and communities hit hardest by the...

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Looking Back on Philanthropy New York's 2013

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12/12/2013

This is the season when many people give thanks for wonderful experiences over ... months and look with anticipation to a new year. All of us at Philanthropy New York are especially reflective because ... As we...

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State-by-State Impact of Opioid Epidemic on Children - New Report from the United Hospital Fund

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11/13/2019

... 13, 2019— The opioid epidemic that is ravaging communities throughout the United States placed an estimated ... 2.2 million children and adolescents in crisis as of 2017 —28 out of every 1,000. These children...

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The Rockefeller Foundation's Rebuild By Design Project Reveals Proposals From Cities To Protect Them From Next Sandy

Release Date:

10/30/2017

... entire island. A berm would protect East River Park from rising sea level while also providing waterfront access. Near ...

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14 Dec 2016

New York City Workforce Funders Quarterly Meeting and School and Career Pathways: The Role of Employers as Partners

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9:00am to 11:00am

... approaches are needed, particularly in low-income communities , to prepare young people for jobs in industries ...

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The Rockefeller Foundation Announces $65 Million Investment in America’s Working Families

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02/25/2020

... in private capital by 2025. “Far too many people work hard and play by the rules, but the American Dream feels more ... of reach than ever before – and for many marginalized communities , it was hardly...

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Finding—and Using—the Right Tool for the Job: A Landscape Scan of Assessment Tools

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08/02/2018

... many rich findings from the scan, but a few stood out to us : Organizational assessment tools can help an ... the philanthropic sector around these issues, these strike us as areas which should be prioritized...

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How Surdna Foundation Is Using its Grantmaking to Champion Impact Investing

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01/18/2018

... to organizations that strengthen the field by providing resources and otherwise helping institutions that want to ...

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New York City Nonprofit Organizations Receive $24.4 Million From Trinity Church Wall Street in 2020

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12/10/2020

... incarcerated adults and youth. "The pandemic has hit our nonprofit partners especially hard as the demand for their services has increased while ... in the communities they serve. This...

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Rahima Nasa, Named First FRONTLINE Fellow of Tow Foundation Journalism Program

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02/06/2019

... Fellowship Program Rahima Nasa, an alum from the Class of 2017 , has been selected as the first Newmark J-School fellow ... to The Tow Foundation for their continued support of hard -hitting investigative...

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Salesforce, Johnson & Johnson, and New York Women’s Foundation Harnessing Talent To Remake Workplace Giving

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04/02/2018

... savvy about tapping one of their greatest philanthropic resources : their employees. As we've been reporting, some new .....

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