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Child-Welfare Agency Gets Props for New Approach to Helping Families Navigate Challenges

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09/20/2017

Happy stories rarely land the city’s child-welfare system in the headlines, and the last few weeks have been no exception.

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Tax Plan Doubles Standard Deduction, Leaves Charitable Deduction In Place

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09/28/2017

Nonprofit leaders applauded the preservation of the charitable deduction but are wary of other changes that might hurt charitable giving, such as doubling the standard deduction and repealing the estate tax, under a framework for tax reform...

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Trump’s Stake in Housing Complex Spurs Lawsuit Over Sale

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09/29/2017

Owners of Starrett City are trying to offload the massive Brooklyn housing complex – which President Trump has a small stake in – for less than fair-market value in a deal “riven with conflicts of interest,” according to investors who are suing to...

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Housing and Homelessness

Home Health Workers: All the Work, Half the Pay

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10/02/2017

Home care workers do not get paid for every hour of their 24-hour shifts. Recent court rulings could change that fact, and upend an industry

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Student Sues Columbia Over ‘Deliberate Indifference’ to Harassment Claims

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10/03/2017

In the latest allegation of sexual harassment by a high-profile academic, a prominent historian at Columbia University has been accused of forcing himself on a 29-year-old female doctoral student and disparaging her to colleagues when she rebuffed...

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Gender Justice

Disabled Parents Sue New York City Over Child Removals

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10/10/2017

A class-action lawsuit filed last week against New York City alleges the city is violating the rights of parents who have intellectual disabilities.

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SeaChange Capital Partners Co-Authors Report Highlighting Challenges Faced By Non-Profits In Philadelphia

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11/27/2017

The report touches on universal themes—among them, the need for nonprofits to build reserves, the importance of contingency planning by nonprofit executives and boards, and the need for funders to support nonprofit overhead—its natural focus was on...

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Redlich Horwitz Foundation Urges NY to Prepare for Family First Act

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06/08/2018

Redlich Horwitz Foundation has issued a report presenting initial recommendations to New York counties regarding the residential care provisions of the Family First Prevention Services Act (FFPSA).

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02 Nov 2017

Understanding NY City & State's Legislative Landscape: An Overview for Funders with the Advocacy Institute

Thursday, November 2, 2017 (All day) to Thursday, November 16, 2017 (All day)

... the operating environment in order to maximize their own resources . Ensuring real impact at the local and state level ... through creative visual aids and cutting edge resources like the Legislative Directory...

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United Way of New York City Establishes the COVID-19 Community Fund

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03/26/2020

... reach their families and provide critical and ongoing resources like learning, food distribution and social work ... Fund. The COVID-19 Community Fund will provide resources to our partner agencies and...

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The Annie E. Casey Foundation Shares New Policy Brief on Supporting Youth and Young Adults Transition From Foster Care

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09/23/2021

... federal policymakers to urgently reform and expand the resources , tools and guidance young people need as they move ... foster care, housing assistance or other well-being resources under this temporary...

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Philanthropic Responsibility in the Wake of the Killing of Jordan Neely

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05/12/2023

... its institutional power to advocate for and distribute resources to ensure the social safety net that includes ... philanthropy dedicating its full energy, time, and resources to build power with persistently...

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The New York Women’s Foundation and PwC Launch “Radical Generosity at Work”

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03/08/2018

Radical Generosity at Work will engage employees by offering a simple and direct way to become philanthropists that impact communities where they live and work.

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Gender Justice

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Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation Announces New Staff and Board Members

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10/15/2020

The Foundation announced five new board members and one new program officer to the staff.

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Racial Equity Commitments 2024 Updates

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04/2024

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Leadership Transition at Philanthropy New York

... about structural racism through our programming and resources shared throughout the sector. The Organizational Equity Work resources and Grantmaking Practice resources are ones we regularly...

23 Oct 2012

Embracing the Power of Education - GFE 16th Annual Conference

Tuesday, October 23, 2012 - 10:30am to Friday, October 26, 2012 - 3:30pm

Join Grantmakers for Education and the nation's largest gathering of education grantmakers at their annual conference, which offers unparalleled opportunities to strengthen your professional peer network, access leading thinkers and practitioners in...

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11 Feb 2013

Money and Power in Post-Election America: Where is Philanthropy?

Monday, February 11, 2013 - 4:00pm to Tuesday, February 12, 2013 - 4:00pm

Kimmel Center, 60 Washington Square South, NYC

At this conference post-2012 election, foundation executives, individual donors and civic leaders will come together to examine what philanthropy’s evolving relationship with public policy and government means in the context of the rapidly changing...

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NY's Joan Mitchell Foundation Invests $20 Million For New Orleans Arts Center

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06/12/2014

By the time it completes work, the foundation will have invested roughly $20 million for an artists' retreat, where promising painters and sculptors from across the country can commune together In New Orleans to hone their skills.

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