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14 Dec 2022

New York City Workforce Funders Collaborative Quarterly Meeting

Wednesday, December 14, 2022 -

9:30am to 11:00am

... NYC Workforce Funders Collaborative is pleased to return in person (with a virtual option) on December 14th from 9:30 ... recovery Who should attend? All interested funders in grantmaking roles. What to expect...

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Moyer, New York Life Foundations Announce National Memory Board Project

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11/29/2013

... and the need for children's grief support services. 24 In conjunction with Children's Grief Awareness Day, the Moyer ... bereavement and the perspective and needs of a grieving child .... Moyer, New...

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New Gifts Offer Clues on Bloomberg’s Philanthropic Direction

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02/27/2014

... grants - including a $10 million initiative to prevent child drowning deaths in Bangladesh - indicate where the former mayor's ... to major global donor, writes The Wall Street Journal. In...

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Century Foundation Report Illustrates How Segregation in U.S. Starts with Preschool

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04/30/2015

Century Foundation Report Illustrates How Segregation in U.S. Starts with Preschool Publicly funded preschools ... race and income, and poor children are typically enrolled in the lowest quality programs,...

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Chronicle of Social Change Profiles Hilton Foundation and Its Massive Growth

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01/22/2016

... Hilton Foundation and Its Massive Growth As I discussed in my post last week on funders helping foster youth age out ... the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation is a significant funder in this arena, and definitely...

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Dan Cardinali Named New President and CEO, Independent Sector

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02/23/2016

... New President and CEO, Independent Sector Begining in July, Dan Cardinali will become the new President and CEO of Independent Sector. With years of leadership in the charitable community, Dan currently serves...

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Casey Family Programs President and CEO to Ring Closing Bell at New York Stock Exchange on June 3

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06/03/2016

... raise awareness of the more than 400,000 children living in foster care in America. The occasion also recognizes the important role ... safely reduce the need for foster care by ensuring every child...

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Mastercard Foundation Celebrates 10th Anniversary By Donating Close To $700K To Canadian Organizations

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06/28/2016

... today that it would be committing nearly CDN $700,000 in funding to non-profit Canadian organizations. Ranging from War Child and Covenant House Toronto to the Aspire Change ...

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ESSA Explained: Inside the New Federal K-12 Law

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01/13/2017

... rolls back much of the federal government's big footprint in education policy, on everything from testing and teacher ... schools. And it gives big new leeway to states in calling the shots. That's a...

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The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation Provides Support to Sheltering Arms to Open New Building to Serve Children and Families

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08/25/2017

... Arms, Georgia’s largest nonprofit early education and child care organization, announced the opening of its ... 180 children and their families of mixed incomes in the Peoplestown community. As Sheltering Arms...

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Fatherhood After 40? It's Becoming A Lot More Common

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08/31/2017

... If you've put off starting a family, you're not alone. In the U.S., the average age a woman gives birth to her first child has been rising. And, a study published Thursday in Human...

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Ms. Foundation to Philanthropy: Grow Local Economies by Supporting Low Wage Workers and Childcare Access

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09/08/2017

... to childcare. The Ms. Foundation strategy to address child care access calls on funders to do three things: 1. ... rights organizations and workers’ centers who organize in sectors that are made up of up 50%...

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‘I Consider Myself American.’ A New York City Dreamer Reflects on What Losing DACA Would Mean For Him

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09/11/2017

... Would Mean For Him William came to the United States as a child more than a decade ago, and still remembers his first ... of cultures on the crowded sidewalks. Now 19, he grew up in a remote indigenous village...

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Hurricane Irma Linked to Climate Change? For Some, a Very ‘Insensitive’ Question.

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09/11/2017

... Agency, says it is insensitive to discuss climate change in the midst of deadly storms. Tomás Regalado, the ... I don’t know what is. This is a truly, truly poster child for what is to come.” . . . Hurricane...

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NYC Councilman to Propose Free Babysitting for Community Meetings

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09/20/2017

... government may soon add one more service to the mix: free child care. The city would offer free babysitting at public ... said the bill would be aimed at increasing participation in local government. “It’s...

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Myanmar Rohingya Abuses May Be Crimes Against Humanity, UN Rights Experts Warn

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10/04/2017

... Women (CEDAW) and the Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) have called on the Myanmar authorities to immediately stop violence in northern Rakhine State, and to promptly and effectively ... rape and...

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UN Moves To Blacklist Saudi Coalition For Violations Against Children In Yemen

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10/05/2017

... Blacklist Saudi Coalition For Violations Against Children In Yemen The Saudi Arabia-led coalition in Yemen has been included in a draft version of the UN’s ... that the coalition has put...

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President of Casey Family Programs on Family Access to Prevention Services to Address Opioid Crisis

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02/09/2018

... services and are not isolated. He said that he worked in New York City during the crack epidemic and "foster care's ... of the immense amount of prevention services available in the city...

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