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Westchester Community Foundation Funds Criminal Justice Program Series at Libraries

Release Date:

08/18/2017

... Museum, which is being developed, have announced a series of public programs called “Community Conversations: ... is funding the series, which will focus on the 200-year history of Sing Sing...

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Justice Reform

Here Are 3 Ways Negotiation Skills Keep Advancing Gender Equality

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08/29/2017

... the journey towards full equality is still evolving. The history of that journey is also surprisingly young. On August 26, ... commemorate August 26th as Women's Equality Day. In honor of...

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Gender Justice

Opinion: How A Pied-À-Terre Tax Could Help Solve New York City's Housing Crisis

Release Date:

08/31/2017

... homelessness and essentially every other indicator of housing stress are at the highest level in modern history and continue to climb. To change these trends, we ...

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Housing and Homelessness

Transgender Students Find Open Door at More Women's Colleges

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09/05/2017

... the rules have changed. This week, Love will become one of the first transgender women to attend Wellesley in the school's 147-year history . "For me to be accepted to one of the...

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Gender Justice

LGBTQ

Poll: Majority of NY Voters Support Keeping Confederate Statues Up

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09/06/2017

Poll: Majority of NY Voters Support Keeping Confederate Statues Up A majority of New York voters believe Confederate statues or memorials ... Jefferson and Columbus, they are part of our country...

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Community Development

More Floods Are Coming And We're Making Them Worse

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09/07/2017

... The now-sprawling metropolis, with 100 times the number of inhabitants as Tenochtitlán at its peak, is fascinating, with lively culture, complex history and diverse architecture. It’s also a mess: water .....

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Environment and Climate Change

Whitney Museum Wants To Bring A Permanent Art Installation To The Hudson River

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09/21/2017

... be created by artist David Hammons, would sit at the edge of Gansevoort Peninsula, not far from the museum’s ... would serve as a tribute to the original Pier 52 and its history , with an open frame that...

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Arts

Nonprofit Linked To NYCHA Creates Crowdfunding Portal For Sustainability Projects

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09/25/2017

... explained Rasmia Kirmani-Frye, the founding president of the Fund for Public Housing, in an interview with Gotham Gazette. “This is the first time in NYCHA’s history that we’ve launched something like this,”...

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Housing and Homelessness

Howard Gilman Foundation and the American Express Foundation Fund "The Gospel at Colonus"

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08/03/2018

... tragedy turned into religious parable within the framework of the Pentecostal church, that unites cultures and époques, ... as they would in a church. The Gospel at Colonus is one of the most powerful, soul-...

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Arts

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Howard Gilman Foundation

American Express

New York Life Foundation awards $1.5 million in grants to out-of-school time programs to help middle school students transition to 9th grade.

Release Date:

06/03/2021

... York Life Foundation awards $1.5 million in grants to out- of -school time programs to help middle school students ... to support young people and to build on the Foundation’s history of...

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Children, Youth and Families

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New York Life Foundation

Wallace Foundation Study Looks at Effects of Voluntary Summer Learning Programs on Low-Income Urban Youth

Release Date:

09/30/2016

Wallace Foundation Study Looks at Effects of Voluntary Summer Learning Programs on Low-Income Urban ... finds. The report, Learning From Summer: Effects of Voluntary Summer Learning Programs on Low-Income Urban...

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Children, Youth and Families

Education

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The Wallace Foundation

Century Foundation Study Finds Socioeconomic Integration Helps Narrow Achievement Gaps

Release Date:

10/19/2016

... in Practice: Lessons from Nine Districts" (61 pages, PDF ), the number of districts and charter schools with programs that promote economic and racial diversity as a way of fostering...

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The Century Foundation

Commonwealth Fund Survey Finds U.S. Healthcare System Failing High-Need Patients

Release Date:

12/09/2016

... is failing patients with complex medical needs, many of whom struggle to access the coordinated medical, ... brief from the Commonwealth Fund finds. Based on a survey of more than three thousand adults, the...

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Health

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The Commonwealth Fund

State UBIT and Commuter Benefit - Legislative Fix in the Governor's Budget

Release Date:

02/06/2019

... on commuter benefits. This means the state tax burden of 9% on all qualified transportation benefits has been ... included in the Governor's budget this month. (For those of you who would like to see the...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Citi Foundation Issues RFP Aimed at Supporting Community Development Financial Institutions

Release Date:

06/30/2020

... (CDFIs) serving small businesses owned by people of color and low- and moderate-income individuals and ... Citi Foundation seeks to award unrestricted grant support of up to $500,000 to select CDFIs working in...

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Community Development

25 Apr 2012

Power to the People: Participatory Budgeting as a New Model of Civic Engagement in NYC

Wednesday, April 25, 2012 -

8:30am to 11:00am

... money. Community members directly decide how to spend part of a public budget. The process has the potential to ... In New York City, between October 2011 and the end of March 2012, residents in four Council...

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Issue-Based

25 Oct 2012

Based on Faith: Community Partnership Supporting Youth & Families in Child Welfare

Thursday, October 25, 2012 -

2:45pm to 5:00pm

... pastors coordinated through the intermediary Federation of Protestant Welfare Agencies (FPWA). According to a ... bonds within a community are being strengthened while resources are leveraged. This...

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Ripple Effects: How Can We Continue DACA’s Positive Impact?

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01/23/2014

... This past December, I joined Dr. Roberto Gonzales of Harvard University and Cathie Mahon of the Federation of ... (DACA) on DREAMers and their families. (Many thanks to Philanthropy...

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The New York Immigration Coalition

10 Mar 2015

Supporting Grantee Capacity

Tuesday, March 10, 2015 -

3:30pm to 5:00pm

... and supporting grantee capacity. GrantCraft, a service of Foundation Center, launched a guide called Supporting ... important questions Presenters Jen Bokoff, Director of GrantCraft, Foundation Center Anna...

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All Funders

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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

Technical Assistance & Capacity Building

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New York City

16 Jul 2015

IT Security: Combat Advanced Persistent Threats

Thursday, July 16, 2015 -

11:30am to 1:00pm

... here . Advanced Persistent Threats (APT) is a set of continuous computer hacking processes, often conducted by ... Foundations can be at risk for APT due to the nature of their programmatic work. A revival...