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Pound Foolish

Release Date:

09/22/2017

... defined their challenge as lack of food. In response, we have collected large quantities—including junk ... by pounds of output. While bellies have been filled, we have missed a real opportunity to improve the...

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Food Systems

New Census Figures Offer Hope in Buffalo's Fight Against Child Poverty

Release Date:

10/02/2017

... said Mayor Byron W. Brown. "The collaborative plan that we have put in place in the city is helping to reduce poverty ... is working. Childhood poverty is still much higher than we would like to see and...

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Children, Youth and Families

Ms. Foundation Responds to Alabama Special Election

Release Date:

12/13/2017

... statement in response to the Alabama Special Election: “ We are proud of the people of Alabama for refusing to be ... they suffered as children: thank you for your courage. We will continue to speak up...

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Gender Justice

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Ms. Foundation for Women

Open Society Foundations Along with Collaboration of Funders Highlight Immigrants’ Vital Role in Ohio Communities

Release Date:

03/16/2018

... here in Ohio, particularly for our newest immigrants, we can expedite their ability to positively contribute to ... 'By improving language, legal, and healthcare services, we can help immigrants...

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Immigration

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Open Society Foundations

The Prudential Foundation Honors Teen for Efforts to End Gun Violence

Release Date:

05/01/2018

... to End Gun Violence Brandon Warren, who launched the We LIVE Indy movement to address youth violence in ... of his choice. In his case, that nonprofit will be We LIVE, he said by phone Monday evening. The...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Forbes Women's Summit: Pfizer Shares 'the Way Forward' to Driving Social Impact

Release Date:

06/20/2018

... company, and also as stewards of improving global health, we recognize at Pfizer the importance of working together ... around the world are able to access the medicines we develop," Roan said. “With that...

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Pfizer

Johnson Family Foundation Welcomes New Executive Director

Release Date:

08/06/2018

... served as Interim Executive Director for the past year. " We are excited to welcome Frank to help guide JFF’s future ... It is a pleasure to partner with both of them as we work toward our mutual goals...

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Johnson Family Foundation

Joan Mitchell Foundation Names Recipients of 2018 Painters & Sculptors Grants

Release Date:

12/12/2018

... by the diversity of this group of grant recipients, we work with a spectrum of artists, whose practices, backgrounds, and careers vary widely, but we hear consistently that day-to-day financial support—the...

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Rahima Nasa, Named First FRONTLINE Fellow of Tow Foundation Journalism Program

Release Date:

02/06/2019

... projects combining text, visual, and data elements. “ We are so pleased to kick off the first year of our ... Raney Aronson-Rath, FRONTLINE’s executive producer. “ We ’re very grateful to The Tow Foundation for...

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Arts

Communications/Media

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The Tow Foundation

Rockefeller Foundation Launches #Solvable

Release Date:

06/12/2019

... Launches #Solvable Yes. At The Rockefeller Foundation, we believe some of the biggest challenges that limit the ... meaningfully improve lives. But expertise is not enough: we need to marshal the optimism that...

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Carnegie Corporation of New York Welcomes New President, Dame Louise Richardson

Release Date:

01/03/2023

... world, Carnegie Corporation of New York, at a time when we are still in the pandemic. You’ve had experience at the ... are many lessons from the pandemic. The first is that we cannot afford to ignore risks...

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

Add the “A” and It’s Full STEAM Ahead for Girls

Release Date:

10/30/2015

... provided 120 high school girls from across the U.S. and Africa with the opportunity to learn valuable skills in the ... AOL enhanced the program curriculum by leveraging its resources as a media technology...

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AOL Inc.

38th Annual Meeting Program

Publication date:

06/2017

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Civic Engagement

Westchester Community Foundation Disbursed Millions in 2016

Release Date:

03/22/2016

... legacies to life. Transforming our communities.” “ We ’ve sharpened our message to better explain our value as ... Laura Rossi, the Foundation’s Executive Director. “ We care deeply about making Westchester a...

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PhilTV: "Giving Grants is Not Enough; The Question is 'Did You Make Things Better?'"

Release Date:

09/30/2016

... Journal, for the recent program, “ Healthcare Crisis: Do We Have the Workforce Needed for Today and Tomorrow? ” to ... more on Storify: [ View the story "Healthcare Crisis: Do We Have the Workforce Needed...

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Health

Workforce Development

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Jonas Center / Barbara & Donald Jonas Family Fund

New York State Health Foundation Among Health Legacy Foundations That Address Social Causes of Poor Health Outcomes

Release Date:

12/07/2017

... and CEO Lawrence Burns explains the shift in strategy: “ We still consider Children’s a major partner and always will. However, since we are no longer a hospital foundation, we won’t be as...

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Health

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New York Health Foundation

UJA Federation of New York: Call for Conversations

Release Date:

06/05/2019

UJA Federation of New York: Call for Conversations At UJA, we identify and meet the needs of New Yorkers and Jews ... our traditional grantmaking methods. Specifically, we ’re undertaking an exploration and...

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RFPs Etc

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Jewish Interests

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UJA-Federation of New York

Magui Rubalcava Announces Leadership Transition at Borealis Philanthropy

Release Date:

05/19/2020

... that the timeline is short and amidst a difficult time we are experiencing. The pandemic has changed my personal ... members moving $30 million dollars to the communities we care about. Borealis today...

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02 May 2012

New York Not-for-Profits: What is on the Horizon?

Wednesday, May 2, 2012 -

3:45pm to 6:00pm

Nixon Peabody LLP, 437 Madison Avenue 24th Floor, NYC

This year brings new rules governing NY nonprofits. After public scrutiny that was more far-reaching than anyone originally expected and new state regulatory and budget mandates, nonprofits need to know what’s changed and what they can expect going...