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Podcast: The Surdna Foundation Pivots to Mark 100 Years of Impact

Release Date:

03/24/2017

... of the Business of Giving, Phil Henderson, Surdna’ s president, details the organization’ s sometimes-bumpy road to reaching that decision and dealing ...

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Open Society Foundations and Other Funders Mobilizing to Counter Hate

Release Date:

03/29/2017

... Hate One of the most disturbing aspects of Donald Trump' s election in November is that it was followed by a sharp ... incidents that created a climate of fear for many in the U. S . Such incidents include...

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Social Justice

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Open Society Foundations

Century Foundation's Richard Kahlenberg Writes About School Integration in The Atlantic

Release Date:

04/06/2017

Century Foundation' s Richard Kahlenberg Writes About School Integration in The Atlantic The decision by Donald Trump’ s education secretary, Betsy DeVos, to kill Opening Doors was ... beyond the federal...

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Farhana Khera of Muslim Advocates Talks About The Fight Against Discrimination After 9/11

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05/07/2014

... After 9/11 In this PhilTalk at Philanthropy New York' s 35th annual meeting, Farhana Khera , president & executive .....

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Immigration

PIMCO Foundation Supports Skating to Success in Harlem

Release Date:

04/18/2017

... Skating to Success in Harlem One of the PIMCO Foundation’ s philanthropic focus areas is gender equality, which ... in order to unlock their transformational potential, it’ s imperative that we close the...

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Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation Supports Employment Opportunities for Adults with Disabilities

Release Date:

04/18/2017

Thanks to a $250,000 challenge grant from The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation, the nonprofit Penn-Mar Human Services, an Employment First provider, will be able to expand its Community Employment (CE) program over the next two years.

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Open Society Awards $8 Million to Physicians for Human Rights

Release Date:

04/19/2017

... disbursed over four years, the largest contribution in PHR' s thirty-year history will provide a dollar for every two .....

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Health

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Open Society Foundations

The Uphill Battle Of United Way NYC’s First Female President

Release Date:

04/19/2017

The Uphill Battle Of United Way NYC’ s First Female President When Sheena Wright stepped into the ... the first woman to hold the position in the organization’ s 80-year history. She currently presides over a...

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Rockefeller Supports Food Waste Documentary Premiering at Tribeca Film Festival

Release Date:

04/20/2017

... Foundation helped make that a reality. "With Tony' s shows, they're really popular among a whole gamut of ... we wanted to reach as many of people as possible since it' s an issue that...

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Rajiv Shah on Rockefeller Foundation Priorities, Multilateralism and Philanthropy

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04/20/2017

Amid a mood of global distrust toward institutions, philanthropic foundations must prioritize winning public confidence, including by partnering together and taking risks, said Rajiv Shah in some of his first public remarks since taking the helm of...

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Nonprofits Likely to Receive $700 Million From Rockefeller Estate

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04/24/2017

Nonprofits are likely to receive as much as $700 million from the estate of David Rockefeller, Sr., the former chair and CEO of Chase Manhattan Bank and renowned philanthropist, once his assets have been liquidated, Forbes reports.

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Why NoVo is Funding Young Women’s Freedom in California

Release Date:

05/11/2017

Why NoVo is Funding Young Women’ s Freedom in California As the NoVo Foundation gets into its ... in the juvenile justice system. The Young Women’ s Freedom Center , which has been organizing around juvenile .....

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Theatre of the Oppressed NYC's Katy Rubin and Devyn Mañibo on the Importance of Fun in Community Engagement

Release Date:

06/22/2017

Theatre of the Oppressed NYC' s Katy Rubin and Devyn Mañibo on the Importance of Fun in ... need to move forward." Theatre of the Oppressed NYC' s Katy Rubin and Devyn Mañibo on the Importance of...

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Arts

Civic Engagement

20 Jul 2017

Time of Opportunity: Best Practices in Summer Learning (Part 1)

Thursday, July 20, 2017 -

9:00am to 12:30pm

... learning for many students. In order to explore what’ s currently happening in summer learning across New York ...

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Children, Youth and Families

13 Sep 2017

New York City Workforce Funders Quarterly Meeting and Federal and State Workforce Policy Update

Wednesday, September 13, 2017 -

9:00am to 11:00am

... the workforce issue a priority. The City of New York’ s workforce strategy remains fragmented, City-centric and ... Quarterly meeting will examine how effective the City’ s workforce system has been in...

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Public Policy

Workforce Development

Open Society Foundations: Central Asia at History’s Crossroads

Release Date:

07/17/2017

... Open Society Foundations: Central Asia at History’ s Crossroads ...

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Philanthropy’s Best

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International/Foreign Affairs

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Open Society Foundations

13 Dec 2017

New York City Workforce Funders Quarterly Meeting and the City of New York’s Workforce Strategy

Wednesday, December 13, 2017 -

9:00am to 11:00am

... and New York Works reports. The City of New York’ s workforce strategy remains fragmented, City-centric and ... Quarterly meeting will examine how effective the City’ s workforce system has been in adopting...

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Issue-Based

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Panel

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All Funders

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Workforce Development

Rockefeller Foundation Releases YieldWise: Cutting Food Loss in Half for World Food Day

Release Date:

10/17/2017

Two years ago the Rockefeller Foundation launched our YieldWise initiative, dedicated to helping cut such post-harvest losses in half.

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Video

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Food Systems

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New NYSHealth Video: "Building a Healthier Brownsville"

Release Date:

11/20/2017

NYSHealth grantees and partners are working together with residents and local organizations in Brownsville to increase access to healthy and affordable foods and empower residents through urban farms and gardens, farmers markets, and other nutrition...