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27 Apr 2011

Success in College for New Majority Students: Applying What Works

Wednesday, April 27, 2011 -

8:30am to 11:00am

... populations aspiring to college such as new immigrants, low - income students, and traditionally under-represented ... of higher education even more severely in the coming years , and knowing...

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Three New Appointments at The Atlantic Philanthropies

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01/01/2013

... to improve health care delivery models and financing for low - income elders. Kay was the Director of Health Programs at the ... for the New York eHealth Collaborative. During her 7 years at...

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The Nathan Cummings Foundation

Ford Foundation Appoints Depelsha McGruder as Chief Operating Officer and Treasurer

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04/08/2020

... to her role at New York Public Radio, McGruder spent 17 years at Viacom in senior leadership positions at both MTV ... programming designed to serve underrepresented Latino, African American...

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Ford Foundation

How Philanthropy Can Help Fix Democracy

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14 Dec 2010

A Conversation with Jonathan Mintz, NYC Commissioner of Consumer Affairs

Tuesday, December 14, 2010 -

2:00pm to 5:00pm

... of Consumer Affairs has made it possible for very low - income families to open no-fee Safe Start bank accounts – ... financial stability – and to help low - income...

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Ms. Foundation For Women and New York Women's Foundation Take A Stand With Prosperity Together

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11/14/2017

... of 29 public women’s foundations dedicated to empowering low - income women and their families, are joining together for ... an ambitious, $100 million collective commitment over five years to...

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Gender Justice

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Ms. Foundation for Women

With Support from Bank of America, a City Takes on Inequality

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12/20/2017

... that actually make inequality worse? Maybe that’s why so many funders are looking for ways to support ... for upward mobility among children born into the lowest income quintile. That dismal result drew the...

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Community Development

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Bank of America [Corporate]

A Conversation on Public Service Loan Forgiveness: The Philanthropic Community Can Help 250,000 New Yorkers Access $10 Billion in Loan Forgiveness (Part Two)

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10/13/2022

... : What does it mean to really help people understand why it's so important to stick around in the social sector? ... are lucky in New York City and New York State that we have resources for one-on-one...

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Ending New York’s Summer Jobs Depression

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02/12/2015

... a summer jobs depression. In fact, only 25 percent of youth who applied to the city’s Summer Youth Employment ... are already moving in this direction. In recent years we have supported...

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Children, Youth and Families

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JPMorgan Chase & Co.

Pinkerton Promotes Jill Bregenzer to Chief Operating Officer

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01/05/2024

... the Foundation’s senior leadership team. “Jill has become a trusted and highly valued partner in managing the Foundation’s financial, human resources , and administrative affairs,” said Smith. “Her ... the...

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The Pinkerton Foundation

Can Philanthropy Support the Transformation of Society?

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03/06/2014

... moment in the struggle for workers’ rights. “Many years of diligent, strategic hard work and organizing bring ... violence and competition. So we are dedicating our resources , entrusted to us at the NoVo...

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Food Systems

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NoVo Foundation

The Nathan Cummings Foundation Selects Rey Ramsey as Independent Trustee

Release Date:

05/15/2017

... that has made $425 million in grants over the past 25 years . The foundation recently announced a decision to ... and networks will deepen our ability to use all of our resources – grantmaking and investments...

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Carnegie Corporation of New York Appoints Louise Richardson as President

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11/18/2021

... St. Andrews in Scotland (2009–2015), and she will soon become the first woman to serve as president of the ... many friends and supporters to ensure that we deploy our resources as effectively as possible to...

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WES Mariam Assefa Fund Announces Grants to Support Immigrant and Refugee Employment Initiatives

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09/04/2019

... insights and evidence that their work will generate is something that will be shared far and wide to radically move ... workforce is rampant, and many individuals employed in low - and mid-skill occupations...

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Immigration

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Ford’s Walker Says ‘Unusual Coalition’ Won’t Be Last of its Kind

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02/20/2015

... mass incarceration. Across our nation, millions of low - income people have been sentenced not only to prison ... eve of the Civil War. Our criminal justice system has become punitive rather...

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Justice Reform

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Ford Foundation

JPB Foundation Looks to Historically Black Colleges as Clean Energy Leaders

Release Date:

03/29/2018

... and its president Barbara Picower keeps a pretty low profile. But JPB is getting tough to miss. The funder is ... more clean energy to cities, and in particular, low - income communities and...