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De Blasio unveils 30-member task force charged with overhauling NYC’s job-training and workforce-placement programs

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05/20/2014

... programs. Speaking from the Brooklyn Army Terminal in Sunset Park, the mayor said the city’s training and ... task force, comprised of administration officials, private- sector executives, business owners and...

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Workforce Development

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Instead of Retiring, Many Seek 'Encore' Jobs

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07/07/2014

... Many Workers Seek 'Encore Jobs' A trend first spotted in a MetLife Foundation survey in 2011 seems to be on the rise as millions of Americans are ... work instead of retiring and with many opting for...

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Aging

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City & State OpEd Pushes for Coding to Fulfill Language Requirement in Public Schools

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06/29/2015

... OpEd Pushes for Coding to Fulfill Language Requirement in Public Schools At a time when the public and private ... sectors are struggling to create jobs, the technology sector is struggling to fill innumerable...

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Dodge Foundation Provides Travel Stipends to Jersey Water Works Delegation

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05/26/2016

... to the U.S. Water Alliance’s One Water Summit in Atlanta June 8-10. The delegation, representative of many ... plenary about Jersey Water Works’ innovative, cross- sector approach to the problem of water...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation

Millions In Grants Have Gone to Teacher Preparation. What's Needed Now?

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09/29/2017

Millions In Grants Have Gone to Teacher Preparation. What's Needed ... programs and trying to strengthen existing ones. A new report from the Center for American Progress (CAP) ... to be done. The ...

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Education

Five Qs for…Douglas Bauer

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03/30/2012

In this PhilanTopic interview, Doug Bauer, Executive Director ... Philanthropy New York, discusses how funders can support nonprofit leaders as they deal with the uncertain “new ...

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How Grantmakers Can Respond to the State Budget Crises

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09/28/2011

In this essay accompanying a new Foundation Center study on ...

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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

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Ford Foundation Names Darren Walker as New CEO

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07/25/2013

... Walker—a longtime foundation professional with extensive nonprofit and corporate experience—as its next president... ...

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NCN Requests Foundations Sign on to Oppose Repeal of the Johnson Amendment

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03/28/2017

... and foundations to sign on to a Community Letter in Support of Nonpartisanship . The Council on Foundations ... are intent on including a repeal of the Johnson Amendment in tax reform legislation. Philanthropy...

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Taking the Evaluation Leap: Lessons from Urban Alliance’s Six-Year Randomized Controlled Trial

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10/16/2017

... When asked how they know their model works, a nonprofit or foundation will tell you a story. They’ll say ...

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Brooklyn Community Foundation Encourages Donors to Give Where They Live with $100,000 Match

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11/20/2017

... Community Foundation, which is matching up to $100,000 in donations made that day to select nonprofits at www.BrooklynGives.org . #BrooklynGives is presented in partnership with the Office of the Brooklyn...

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Westchester Community Foundation Names New Board Chair, Members

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01/16/2018

... philanthropist, and non-profit advisor who serves in leadership roles on local and national nonprofit and foundation boards. The Foundation, a division ... giving. Its Board oversees its Westchester activities...

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Community Development

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Engagement Snapshot: A Strategic Approach

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11/28/2011

... and the funding partnership with Grantmakers In Aging . Philanthropy New York and our local co-funders, ... approach to the challenge of increasing foundation funding in age-related issues. A three-pronged...

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Robert Sterling Clark Foundation Welcomes Two New Board Members, Names New Chair

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06/14/2023

... a trained executive leadership coach and Society for Human Resources Management Senior Certified Professional. Ms. ... JD from the Georgetown University Law Center and her BA in English from Yale University. “...

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Give Generously—You Can’t Help It!

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12/18/2009

... altruism and giving and human biology. Since we are deep in the middle of the “Giving Season,” I decided to look ... dogs, fish, and reptiles (cats seem to do their own things in their own ways and full...

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Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Art Awards More Than $1.7 Million to Fight Bias Against Muslims

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03/30/2017

... such work is more urgent than ever before: A February 2017 report from the Southern Poverty Law Center cites a 197 percent surge in anti-Muslim hate groups in 2016. “Prejudice and division...

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Arts

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Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Awards $1.3 Million in Support of Jazz, Contemporary Dance, Theatre Fields

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10/09/2013

... strengthen the national infrastructure of the professional nonprofit dance, jazz, presenting and theatre fields and ... across the country. The Doris Duke Charitable Foundation in New York City has announced...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Arts

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Dodge Foundation Awards $4.4 Million In Grants For Arts, Education, Environment, Media

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07/16/2014

Dodge Foundation Awards $4.4 Million In Grants For Arts, Education, Environment, Media The ... R. Dodge Foundation recently approved $4.4 million in 90 grants to arts, education, environment and media ...

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NYCT Gives $7.6 Million in Largest Round of 2014 Grants

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10/07/2014

NYCT Gives $7.6 Million in Largest Round of 2014 Grants The New York Community ... to help mentally ill Rikers inmates upon their release. In all, 95 nonprofit groups in all...

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