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Brooklynites' Greatest Hopes, Concerns Detailed in New Study by Brooklyn Community Foundation

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11/05/2014

Brooklynites' Greatest Hopes, Concerns Detailed in New Study by Brooklyn Community Foundation A new report curating six-months of interviews with everyday ... inequality to rising immigrant populations to...

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Environment and Climate Change

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How Philanthropy Can Help Achieve the U.N. Sustainable Development Goals in the U.S.

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07/2016

... Can Help Achieve the U.N. Sustainable Development Goals in the U.S. As implementation of the 2030 Sustainable ... philanthropy has an opportunity to make an impact. This report from the Council on Foundations examines how U.S. funders can view their work in the global development framework and contribute to the ...

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The Art of Inclusion: New York Funders Mobilize to Make the Arts More Accessible

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05/03/2012

... are now so familiar—curb cuts, kneeling buses, signs in Braille—that it is tempting to assume that issues of ... Disability Funders Network (DFN) , of the $45.7 billion in foundation grants awarded in...

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Third Wave is Blazing New Trails for Gender Justice

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09/08/2017

... for projects that seek to increase self-representation in the nonprofit arena, and bolster the community-driven leadership ... up only 21% of leadership positions. Bottom line is, even in the...

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Gender Justice

Social Justice

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New Member Spotlight: The Andrea & Charles Bronfman Philanthropies

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05/08/2009

... The Andrea and Charles Bronfman Philanthropies (ACBP), in the first edition of our Member Spotlight. We asked ... are your primary areas of focus? Our foundations, located in Montreal, Jerusalem, and New York...

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New Study Sponsored by the Carnegie Corporation Shows Investigation and Design Can Improve Student Learning in Science and Engineering

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11/13/2018

... Investigation and Design Can Improve Student Learning in Science and Engineering Centering science instruction ... around investigation and design can improve learning in middle and high schools and help...

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Pinkerton Expands Science Mentoring for High School Scholars

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07/20/2015

... AMNH model at fourteen other science-related institutions in the city. To date, 385 students have completed the ... to go on to college success and, for many, careers in science.” “The American Museum of...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Workforce Development

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Helmsley Foundation Funds New York Common Pantry’s Opening of a New Satellite Location

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05/16/2017

... Pantry (NYCP), the largest community-based food pantry in the state, announces the opening of a new Choice Pantry in the Bronx, located at 1290 Hoe Avenue. A ribbon-cutting ... include Help 365 case management...

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The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust

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Food Systems

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NYCHA Now

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02/11/2021

... days of 2020 and the cascading issues facing our nation in 2021, this is an extraordinary moment in time for New Yorkers to join together in unity to make an ... residents of NYCHA. Our...

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Reimagining Safety and Justice for Black Life Now and Forever

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07/07/2020

... would think about the #BlackLivesMatter movement. Born in 1919, she went to school until the 8th grade and worked at ... 2006 shortly after I began my career in the philanthropic sector , and...

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Co-Impact Launches New $1 Billion Gender Fund to Advance Global Equality and Women's Leadership, with Support from The Estée Lauder Companies Charitable Foundation and The Rockefeller Foundation

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03/17/2022

... will benefit from a world-class Advisory Group - experts in women's rights, finance, social change and advocacy ... The Gender Fund will bring significant resources into a grossly underfunded space and...

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27 Apr 2011

Success in College for New Majority Students: Applying What Works

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... ATTEND: All interested funders, including those working in education, in college access programs, and with particular ... goals, funders who are themselves stewarding constrained resources...

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ACHA Would Break Apart What Is Working in New York

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05/25/2017

ACHA Would Break Apart What Is Working in New York by James Tallon, President, United Hospital Fund ... Act. This bill would not only cause significant disruption in New York of individual insurance markets and...

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Health

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Kicks Off CityLab Paris Summit

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10/24/2017

... to Global Challenges ,” a two-day gathering taking place in Paris, by discussing urgent issues faced by mayors and city leaders. In panels and breakout sessions throughout the day, mayors, ... to make efforts...

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Community Development

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"Be the Change" an Interview with Arabella Advisors' Eric Kessler

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11/21/2017

... of vacation per year—and generally created an atmosphere in which employees were happy to go the extra mile for their customers. After the family sold the company in 1998 for a reported $750 million, then 26-...

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Novo and Surdna Foundations Key Backers in Push to Build Community Wealth

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04/04/2018

Novo and Surdna Foundations Key Backers in Push to Build Community Wealth These are heady times for ... than double what it was averaging five years ago. In turn, as we often report , there's...

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William T. Grant Foundation Announces Three New Rapid Response Research Grants to Combat Youth Inequality Exacerbated by the COVID-19 Pandemic

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10/22/2020

... policymakers, with the central goal of reducing inequality in youth outcomes in the United States. These grants synthesize existing ... the next presidential term, the recent National Academies report...

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