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18 Sep 2013

NYC Paves the Way: Developing Tomorrow’s Workforce for the Tech Sector

Wednesday, September 18, 2013 -

2:45pm to 5:00pm

Nonprofits and the education system are filling the pipeline for the fastest growing tech sector in the U.S. — New York City. Join our panel for a conversation about the ubiquity of apps, social networks and all other kinds of digital media, with a...

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06 Feb 2014

The Direct Care Workforce: Issues at the Intersection of Workforce, Aging, Disability, Health Care, Low Income & Disparity

Thursday, February 6, 2014 -

1:45pm to 5:00pm

Philanthropy New York

The direct care workforce is often viewed in the frame of health care delivery. This panel will provide a different lens — a view of aides or paraprofessionals as the working poor and a critical workforce need — with policy implications. The facts...

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07 Nov 2017

Protecting Our Precious Waters: New York City’s Impacts on the Long Island Sound and the Hudson River Estuary

Tuesday, November 7, 2017 -

3:00pm to 4:30pm

What are New York City’s impacts on the health of its waterways and the Long Island Sound? How do combined sewer overflows present complex challenges with community development and environmental justice dimensions?

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Environment and Climate Change

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16 Mar 2012

The Loving Story - Philanthropy New York's Documentary Series

Friday, March 16, 2012 -

5:30pm to 8:30pm

Please join us for a wine-and-cheese reception, followed by a screening of the documentary The Loving Story , and a brief discussion to follow. The Loving Story Trailer A racially-charged criminal trial and a heart-rending love story converge in...

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11 Jun 2012

Summer in the City: NYC Summer Quest...and More!

Monday, June 11, 2012 -

2:45pm to 5:00pm

... – and more! Explore Why summer learning is crucial to ending the achievement gap. How summer learning can be best ...

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09 Apr 2014

School Diversity in New York City

Wednesday, April 9, 2014 -

8:45am to 11:00am

... schools, and a new mayoral administration committed to ending the “tale of two cities.” This panel, co-sponsored ...

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20 Oct 2015

EA Network: Effectively Communicating Your Personal Achievements

Tuesday, October 20, 2015 -

8:15am to 10:30am

The third quarterly program of this year’s series, "New and Improved You: Professional and Career Development," will provide an opportunity to identify your “wonderful” through exploring best practices to showcase your professional strengths, skills...

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All Funders

Executive Support Staff

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Financial Times Cites Atlantic Philanthropies, Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisers in 'How to Give Away $1 Billion'

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01/04/2016

For the 1,826 billionaires in the world, disposing of their fortune is more difficult than it might seem.

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Markle Foundation's Rework America Task Force Is Bridging The Tech Skill Gap

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10/23/2017

A recent report by the National Bureau of Economic Research estimates that hundreds of thousands of employees have been replaced by technology or robotics in the past 20 years. And an Oxford University study says 47% of American jobs could be at...

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John & Mary R. Markle Foundation

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Workforce Development

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New York Community Trust's Patricia Swann On Looking Past 'Get Out The Vote'

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11/08/2017

More New Yorkers watched the World Series than voted in yesterday’s election. Solving the turnout problem requires a new approach.

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The New York Community Trust

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Civic Engagement

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The Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation Provided Critical Funding to Voting Block, a New Jersey Collaborative Reporting Effort

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02/08/2018

At a time when news organizations are losing staff at alarming rates and perceived negatively by 43 percent of Americans, collaborative reporting models rooted in engagement, like Voting Block, are a way for newsrooms to help expand their reporting...

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Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation

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Communications/Media

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Opioid Crises Takes Center Stage at 13th Annual H.F. Guggenheim Symposium

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02/26/2018

The event, sponsored by the Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation, brings together cops, prosecutors, journalists like yours truly, academics, public health professionals and others to discuss crime-related trends. The theme this year? “Justice in the...

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What's Interesting About the Partnership Between Rockefeller and Chan Zuckerberg

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04/10/2018

The Communities Thrive Challenge, launched last week, could end up supporting a pretty wide range of work. It’s looking for “community-driven approaches that help low-income and financially insecure people find and retain well-paid and meaningful...

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The Rockefeller Foundation

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U.S. Cities Will Be Able to Compete for Funding From JPMorgan

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09/12/2018

JPMorgan Chase & Co. plans to unveil a $500 million project Wednesday geared toward boosting economic growth in as many as 30 cities across the U.S.

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First Phase of Love My Air Denver Program Measures Air Quality to Tackle Asthma Rates and Track Pollution with Support from Bloomberg Philanthropies

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10/17/2019

The program focuses on lower income neighborhoods where residents tend to be more vulnerable to dirty air.

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Children, Youth and Families

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Environment and Climate Change

Appointments & Transitions

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Bloomberg Philanthropies

The Rockefeller Foundation Names Chun Lai as Chief Investment Officer After Donna Dean Announces Retirement

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10/16/2019

The Rockefeller Foundation announced today that Chief Investment Officer Donna Dean will retire from her position towards the end of this year.

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Making NY Fairer for Black Families: New York Community Trust grants back school, health, and housing reforms

Release Date:

11/06/2019

Compared to their white peers, black New Yorkers are more likely to receive poor maternal health care, get suspended or arrested at school, and face obstacles to inheriting wealth.

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Children, Youth and Families

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Economic Security

The New York Community Trust

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Stavros Niarchos Foundation and Basketball Legend Join Forces for Youth Empowerment and Establish Field of Life

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12/18/2019

On Tuesday, December 17, 2019, SNF and basketball legend Panagiotis Giannakis introduced Field of Life, a new nonprofit organization and initiative anchored in Giannakis’s old neighborhood in Southwestern Attica.

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Children, Youth and Families

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Stavros Niarchos Foundation

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University of Buffalo Receives $3 Million Mellon Grant in Support of Indigenous Studies

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01/13/2020

The University at Buffalo College of Arts and Sciences has received a $3.174 million grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation in support of a new department of indigenous studies.

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