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World Education Services Launches WES Mariam Assefa Fund to Provide Support to Organizations Striving to Help Immigrants and Refugees

Release Date:

06/04/2019

World Education Services Launches WES Mariam Assefa Fund to Provide ... for internationally educated newcomers to Canada and the U. S ., WES has long pursued the mission of...

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Immigration

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World Education Services / WES Mariam Assefa Fund

U.S. News Article Cites Wallace Report on School Leadership

Release Date:

08/16/2016

U. S . News Article Cites Wallace Report on School Leadership ... how much support principals in the United States receive to be effective "instructional leaders," a buzz phrase in the K-12 ...

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Education

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The Wallace Foundation

The 2012 Election with MSNBC's Chris Hayes: Power Tools to Build a Better Democracy

Publication date:

09/2012

The program focused on philanthropy’ s role in enabling all U. S . citizens to engage more deeply in the information they need to ... the capacity for a more responsive political system. The 2012 Election with MSNBC' s Chris Hayes: Power Tools to Build .....

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05 May 2020

NYC Youth and Education Funders Briefing on Youth Empowerment Summer (YES) Initiative for 2020

Tuesday, May 5, 2020 -

10:00am to 11:00am

The NYC Youth and Education Funders Working Group will host a bi-monthly funders only webinar to share philanthropic responses and organizing efforts ... efforts and service-delivery challenges that impact NYC’...

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Issue-Based

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Webinar/Teleconference

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All Funders

Topic(s)

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Funding Area

Children, Youth and Families

Disaster Relief

Education

Health

New Data Illuminates Long Island's Education Inequities

Release Date:

01/30/2015

New Data Illuminates Long Island' s Education Inequities Two new studies provide a remarkable ... instructive. Given that New York has the most segregated schools in America, according...

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Member News

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The Rauch Foundation

From Health-Care Reform, Lessons for Education Policy

Release Date:

07/09/2013

... reform was the emergence of research demonstrating that some U. S . medical providers were far more cost-effective than others... From Health-Care Reform, Lessons for Education Policy ...

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The Century Foundation

New York City Offers Free Lunch for All Public School Students

Release Date:

09/07/2017

... All Public School Students Lunch at New York City public schools will be available free of charge to all 1.1 million ... said on Wednesday in the basement cafeteria of a Hell’ s Kitchen...

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Sector News

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Education

Food Systems

Crystal Ovalles Joins Philanthropy New York as Learning Services Associate

Release Date:

05/01/2013

Crystal Ovalles has joined Philanthropy New York’ s staff as our new Learning Services Associate. She is responsible for working ... of Philanthropy New York’ s programs and events. Prior...

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Appointments & Transitions

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Philanthropy New York

Bloomberg Commits $375 Million to Education Initiatives

Release Date:

06/01/2018

Bloomberg Commits $375 Million to Education Initiatives Former New York City Mayor Michael ... of education initiatives nationwide over the next five years , increasing his...

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Member News

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Education

Giving While Living

Publication date:

09/2017

Giving While Living The common quest of all who seek to achieve lasting improvements in our communities and in our ... What are grantee organizations accomplishing? What’ s working… what’ s not? Or, as Chuck Feeney, founder of The Atlantic ...

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Report

Funding Area

Philanthropy & Nonprofit Sector Support

Related Organizations

The Atlantic Philanthropies

De Blasio Fails To Give Public School Teachers Maternity Leave

Release Date:

09/13/2017

De Blasio Fails To Give Public School Teachers Maternity Leave The New York City Department of Education (DOE) does not offer paid parental leave for union ... the critical role a teacher plays in providing a...

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Sector News

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Gender Justice

Brooklyn Community Foundation Trustee: Bring Restorative Justice to Our Schools

Release Date:

02/04/2016

... Community Foundation Trustee: Bring Restorative Justice to Our Schools Last fall, a disturbing video took over the Internet: ... the cafeteria. Of course, it is critical - from both an education...

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Member News

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Children, Youth and Families

Education

Social Justice

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Brooklyn Org

Carnegie VP of Education Profiled in Huffington Post

Release Date:

02/26/2015

Carnegie VP of Education Profiled in Huffington Post "When I transitioned into education at the New York City Department of Education , the ... me was how critically important people were,...

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Member News

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

What We Learned from the Failure of the Rikers Island Social Impact Bond

Release Date:

08/10/2015

... Bond An experiment using a Social Impact Bond (SIB) to reduce the rate at which juvenile offenders return to jail—so-called “recidivism”—at the troubled Rikers ... prison didn’t work, despite being hailed as a...

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Member News

Topic(s)

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Funding Area

Justice Reform

Philanthropy & Nonprofit Sector Support

Related Organizations

Bloomberg Philanthropies

Goldman Sachs

NYCT Funding Pilot Program for In-school STI Testing

Release Date:

10/17/2014

NYCT Funding Pilot Program for In-school STI Testing At some point in their lives, most sexually active people will ... problem, a lack of information, shame, and stigma tend to characterize the nation’ s...

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Member News

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Education

Health

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The New York Community Trust

Atlantic Philanthropies' Mediratta Publishes New Book on Inequality in School Discipline

Release Date:

09/09/2016

... students face—especially young people of color—when schools enforce punitive disciplinary systems. Along with ... J. Skiba and M. Karega Rausch, she seeks to answer three questions: • Why are some...

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Member News

Topic(s)

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Funding Area

Education

Related Organizations

The Atlantic Philanthropies

Tech-Oriented New York Grad School Backed by Bloomberg Philanthropies Launches

Release Date:

09/13/2017

... The official opening is scheduled today for Cornell Tech' s campus on New York City' s Roosevelt Island, marking the start of operations there almost seven years after then Mayor...

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Member News

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Education

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Bloomberg Philanthropies

Verizon Foundation: Innovative Learning Program Addresses Lack of Women in STEM Careers

Release Date:

07/24/2017

Verizon Foundation: Innovative Learning Program Addresses Lack of Women in STEM Careers ... low. Men make up 80 percent of the tech industry’ s global workforce. Facebook’ s workforce is only...

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Member News

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Gender Justice

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Verizon

15 Jul 2024

The Value of Learning in Grantmaking to Migrant Communities - A Webinar Hosted by GCIR

Monday, July 15, 2024 -

2:00pm to 3:00pm

... and Refugees (GCIR), who has extended an invitation to PNY members.* Centering learning in our work allows us to refresh and recalibrate ... to consider when it comes...