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DOE Expands Comfort Dog Program In NYC Schools

Release Date:

10/02/2017

... Comfort Dog Program In NYC Schools After a successful year , the Department of Education (DOE) will be expanding its ... of them in Brooklyn. The Comfort Dog Program started last year in seven schools, five of...

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Milbank Memorial Fund Appoints Tara Strome as Chief Operating Officer

Release Date:

04/28/2021

... public policy, and to documenting the Fund’s 116- year history. Milbank Memorial Fund Appoints Tara ...

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Appointments & Transitions

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Milbank Memorial Fund

United Hospital Fund Analyzes Medicaid Spending On and Service Utilization By Children In New York

Release Date:

07/08/2016

New data brief and chartbook show low cost, low use overall, but point to opportunities to improve the health of enrolled children.

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Simons Foundation is Accepting Application for Collaboration Grants for Mathematicians

Release Date:

10/23/2019

... of Funding Each collaboration grant provides $8,400 per year for up to five years: $6,000 per year for collaboration, travel and research funds for the awardee; $1,000 per year in...

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New York State Census Equity Fund Research Identifies New York's Hardest-to-Count Communities for 2020 Census

Release Date:

06/04/2019

... communities are fully counted, according to a new report issued today. The report —authored by the Nelson A. Rockefeller Institute of ... state’s demographic makeup, the Rockefeller Institute report...

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The New York Community Trust

12 Sep 2013

Igniting the Spark: Effective Next Generation Boards

Thursday, September 12, 2013 -

2:30pm to 4:00pm

Webinar

For many families, it is important that the next generation not only gives but gives as part of the family. This Family Philanthropy Webinar introduces an increasingly popular method for preparing the next generation for philanthropic service: the...

12 Sep 2013

Igniting the Spark: Effective Next Generation Boards

Thursday, September 12, 2013 -

2:30pm to 4:00pm

Webinar

New Menino Survey of Mayors Reveals Top Priorities For Cities Across The Country (Citi)

Release Date:

01/21/2016

The U.S. Conference of Mayors in partnership with The Boston University Initiative on Cities, with the support of Citi, today released the 2015 Menino Survey of Mayors, which found America's mayors are concerned with aging urban infrastructure,...

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Education Tech Nonprofit Launches with Gates, Carnegie Support

Release Date:

02/06/2013

The Carnegie Corporation of New York and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation have provided startup funding for the new nonprofit, inBloom, which aims “to make personalized learning a reality for every U.S. student by improving the effectiveness...

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

30 Mar 2011

Trend or Tipping Point: Arts and Social Change Grantmaking

Wednesday, March 30, 2011 -

8:30am to 11:00am

... building. Join us to discuss findings of the recent report Trend or Tipping Point: Arts & Social Change ... Americans for the Arts’ Animating Democracy program, the report assembles a first-time portrait...

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Moyer, New York Life Foundations Announce National Memory Board Project

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11/29/2013

PND reported that the Moyer Foundation and the New York Life Foundation will partner on a national initiative to increase awareness of childhood bereavement and the need for children's grief support services.

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Bill de Blasio Says He’ll Build Upon Bloomberg’s Young Men’s Initiative

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02/06/2014

Mayor Bill de Blasio has said he will build on Michael Bloomberg's and the Open Society Foundations' Young Men's Initiative supporting black and Latino men, reported The New York Observer.

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

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Workforce Development

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Open Society Foundations

Bloomberg Spins Off Group That Spurs Volunteerism in Cities

Release Date:

01/30/2014

The Chronicle of Philanthropy reports that Bloomberg Philanthropies will turn its Cities of Service program into a stand-alone nonprofit that will help mayors across the U.S. tackle challenges via volunteer efforts.

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17 Foundations Join Forces to Divest Fossil-Fuel Stocks

Release Date:

01/30/2014

The Educational Foundation of America and the Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation are among the 17 foundations who have vowed to divest the fossil fuel stocks in their endowments and invest at least five percent of their assets in clean-energy companies,...

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Environment and Climate Change

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The Educational Foundation of America

New Gifts Offer Clues on Bloomberg’s Philanthropic Direction

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02/27/2014

Bloomberg Philanthropies' annual letter and its recent grants - including a $10 million initiative to prevent child drowning deaths in Bangladesh - indicate where the former mayor's philanthropic efforts will focus next, reports The Chronicle of...

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A Nonprofit Lender Revives the Hopes of Subprime Borrowers

Release Date:

02/25/2014

The Neighborhood Assistance Corporation of America has received $10 billion in funding from Bank of America to make mortgage loans on its own terms over the next decade, reports The New York Times.

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Wanted: Hartford Change AGEnts with Red Pens

Release Date:

03/13/2014

The John A. Hartford Foundation is seeking feedback on their Change AGEnts Initiative.

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Aging

Using Outsourcing To Help Alleviate Poverty In Africa and South Asia

Release Date:

06/19/2014

... in emerging economies around the world,” says a report calledOutsourcing for Social Good from Telus ...

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Economic Security

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The Rockefeller Foundation

Ford Is Among Funders Exploring How To Respond To Issues Raised By Ferguson Shooting

Release Date:

08/28/2014

The Ford Foundation is among national and local funders exploring how to respond to social justice issues that have surfaced since the shooting death of an unarmed black teenager in Ferguson, Mo., and the police response to the protests that...