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20 Oct 2025

Funder Call: So, You’re Hosting the 2026 World Cup - How to Prevent Displacement of Unhoused People - A Webinar Hosted by Funders Together for Housing Justice

Monday, October 20, 2025 -

1:00pm to 2:00pm

Co-hosted by key regional philanthropy membership organizations and Funders Together for Housing Justice, the discussion will share lessons from past events, highlight activism by the Miami Coalition to Advance Racial Equity's, and surface how...

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

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Housing and Homelessness

Philanthropy New York Welcomes New Board Chair and Members

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06/06/2025

... board members will play a critical role in implementing PNY 's recently released strategic direction, which seeks to ... participates on advisory boards including Enterprise NY Policy Advisory Group and...

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Overcoming Setbacks

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09/11/2018

Stephen Heintz, President, Rockefeller Brothers Fund writes "In 2008, millions of Americans, including myself, were inspired by the campaign pledges of then-candidate Barack Obama, who promised not only to reform our policies, but to transform our...

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05 Oct 2021

New York Grantmakers in the Arts - Fall Meeting

Tuesday, October 5, 2021 -

10:00am to 11:30am

... with colleagues, and help set the agenda for the 2021- 2022 New York Grantmakers in the Arts (NYGIA) meetings. All ... brief presentations, breakout discussions, and takeaway resources . Registration 10:00 - 11...

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Arts

Is There Really a Conflict between the Public Good and Professionalism in the Foundation Sector?

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08/26/2014

... whose activities include operating sophisticated Web sites and testifying before Congress. Not surprisingly, ... which provide evidence that devoting substantial resources to intramural activities over an...

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The Rockefeller Foundation

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Health

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The Commonwealth Fund

Carnegie Corporation of New York

Open Society Foundations Announce 2020 Soros Arts Fellows

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07/15/2020

The Open Society Foundations today announced the 2020 cohort of the Soros Arts Fellowship, including 10 artists, curators, cultural organizers, and researchers working at the intersection of migration, public space, and the arts. From Brazil,...

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Arts

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Open Society Foundations

Partnering With State Governments to Strengthen Families: Early Lessons From the Work Support Strategies Initiative

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06/25/2013

... with technical assistance from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities . WSS is partnering with nine states — ... Federal and state governments remain the largest source of resources targeted at the issues...

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Environment and Climate Change

Rockefeller Foundation Appears Set to End 100 Resilient Cities Program

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04/01/2019

... from 100RC in developing their strategy initiatives. A final evaluation report was planned for March 2022 ... Rockefeller Foundation Appears Set to End 100 ...

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John A. Hartford Foundation Board of Trustees Approve Funding to Improve Care for Older Adults

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09/12/2019

... Enhancement Program (GWEP) funded by the federal Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA). In 2019, HRSA announced its support for 48 GWEP sites , which are partnerships between educational ... of...

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Aging

Health

A Creative Approach to Advocacy: How One Foundation Tackles a Complex Issue

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09/07/2017

... attention issues, and enable them to access to the kind of resources usually only available to a few. Research to ... empowers millions of parents through personalized resources , daily access to experts,...

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Public Policy

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Poses Family Foundation

Why Philanthropy Should Help Strengthen Community Colleges

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04/17/2014

... Director of the Young Adults and Postsecondary Education Policy area at MDRC; and Elizabeth Olofson, Executive ...

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Education

Invest in Youth: Strengthening Brooklyn’s Future

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07/02/2015

... is led by millennials committed to shaping public policy , developing the leadership of their generation, and ... youth arrests and re-arrests, and increase access to resources and services that empower and...

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Community Development

Workforce Development

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Brooklyn Org

As Funders of Equity and Education, Connect Research to Action for School Integration

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11/21/2016

... to action. School and government leaders need the resources to learn about different strategies and put them ...

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The New York Community Trust

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Education

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29 Apr 2015

What Kind of Welcome? How are Unaccompanied Children from Central America Faring in New York?

Wednesday, April 29, 2015 -

2:15pm to 4:30pm

About 6,000 unaccompanied immigrant children from Central America were released to sponsors in New York State last year, the second highest receiving state after Texas.

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Appointments & Transitions

Richard D. Parsons Elected Next Chair of The Rockefeller Foundation Board; David Rockefeller Jr. To Step Down At End of Five Year Term

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10/29/2015

The Trustees of The Rockefeller Foundation announced today the unanimous election of business executive Richard D. Parsons as the next Chair of the Board of Trustees.

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The Rockefeller Foundation

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August 2013 Working Group Updates

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08/28/2013

... organizing project formed in 2011 to provide information, resources and networking opportunities for funders in the New ... Department of Probation. Background: In late winter 2010, PNY convened a steering...

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William Caspar Graustein Memorial Fund Names New Executive Director

Release Date:

01/15/2014

... bring deep experience in community development, public policy and education to the Memorial Fund’s mission of ... He served as a Visiting Distinguished Professor of Public Policy and Administration at Brooklyn...

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Education

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William Caspar Graustein Memorial Fund

Changing the Conversation about Inequality

Release Date:

09/23/2014

... programs shows that inequality can be diminished by social policy . We have also seen how initiatives such as ... in reducing inequality. As one example: U.S. federal policy holds states accountable for turning...

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William T. Grant Foundation

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Connecticut Council for Philanthropy Announces New President

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02/17/2017

... Fortunato previously served as associate director of policy for Health Care for All in Boston, engaging in policy research, communications, and campaigns, and as a consultant for The Public Policy...

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