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The Rockefeller Foundation

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Bloomberg Philanthropies

NY Women’s Foundation Points Out Gender Issues that Need Addressing in Rikers’ Reform

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05/11/2017

... American justice system increased by more than 700 percent from 1980 to 2014 – yet women lackvisibility. On any given ... 600 women are jailed at Rikers Island, yet they are absent from the larger narrative...

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The New York Women's Foundation

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Gender Justice

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Toward a New Gospel of Wealth

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10/01/2015

... to advance through bold experiments with new models. From the global Giving Pledge initiated by Bill Gates and ... the world that we are honored to work with and learn from . And yet, despite this vast ledger...

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Insights

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PNY Members Among Top Ten Funders of LGBTQ Education and Safe Schools Work

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09/18/2014

... LGBTQ Education and Safe Schools Work Between 2011 and 2012 , foundations invested nearly $14.8 million in LGBTQ ... of LGBTQ funding in the United States. For 2011- 2012 , the top ten supporters of LGBTQ...

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ASPCA and NYPD Celebrate Five Years of Fighting Animal Abuse and Rescuing Victims across New York City

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01/29/2019

... animal cruelty. Over the years, rescued animals have come from a variety of dangerous environments throughout the city, ...

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Animal Welfare

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22 Jun 2010

Investing in Our Next Generation: English Language Learners and Their Families

Tuesday, June 22, 2010 - 9:00am to Wednesday, June 23, 2010 - 5:00pm

... briefing will address a range of issues related to early learning , K-12 systems, and out-of-school time. Sessions will ... Foundation . Pedro Noguera, Professor of Teaching and Learning , Metropolitan Center...

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25 Jul 2019

The Power and Impact of Creative Aging Programs - A Webinar Hosted by Grantmakers in Aging

Thursday, July 25, 2019 -

2:00pm to 3:00pm

... initiative, Seeding Vitality Arts (SVA), in 2016. Using a learning cohort model, Aroha is equipping grantees with the ... programs in 50 nonprofit organizations working in three learning cohorts across the...

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Tools & Strategies

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Aging

16 Jun 2020

Refugees, Resilience and COVID-19: Opportunities for Philanthropic Engagement - A Webinar Hosted by Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees

Tuesday, June 16, 2020 -

12:00pm to 1:30pm

... limited digital literacy poses challenges to distance learning and remote work opportunities. And black and brown ... for many Americans, let alone refugees who are still learning their new country’s processes...

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The State of Philanthropic Infrastructure

Release Date:

08/05/2015

A message from PNY President Ronna Brown, published originally in the ... 2015 edition. After a week in Baltimore with colleagues from around the United States meeting to talk about the ... you are connected to...

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Jordan Joseph

Jordan Joseph serves as the Assistant Director of Learning Services at Philanthropy New York. As Assistant ... at college readiness. Jordan holds a Bachelor of Arts from Morehouse College and is also a member of...

The Andrea and Charles Bronfman Philanthropies and the Foundation Center Partner to Share Knowledge on Foundations Spending Down

Release Date:

09/23/2013

... Decision makers across the social sector will benefit from the first-hand knowledge and community of learning created by the collection... The Andrea and Charles ...

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The Andrea and Charles Bronfman Philanthropies [Closed]

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Bloomberg Plans a $50 Million Challenge to the N.R.A.

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04/15/2014

... of New York, said gun control advocates need to learn from the N.R.A. and punish those politicians who fail to ...

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Microsoft Is Teaching Cybersecurity to Cities Around the World—For Free

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01/16/2015

... cities over a period of time to share what we’ve learned from operating some the world’s largest data centers,” ...

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The Rockefeller Foundation

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Technology

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Brooklyn Community Foundation Launches Brooklyn Accelerator

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02/06/2015

... “The idea for the Brooklyn Accelerator came directly from the community,” said Brooklyn Community Foundation ...

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Community Development

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Close That Gap: William T. Grant Foundation Zeroes in on Inequality and Kids

Release Date:

03/30/2015

... and quite a few of these scholars are getting support from the William T. Grant Foundation, which lately has been ...

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Children, Youth and Families

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William T. Grant Foundation

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Stavros Niarchos Foundation Strives to Provide Free Psychiatric Evaluations to 10,000 NYC Kids

Release Date:

08/21/2015

... to the U.S. census -- are affected by psychiatric and learning disorders. But the majority of them do not get ... The Healthy Brain Network received a $1 million grant from the Stavros Niarchos Foundation. The...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Health

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Stavros Niarchos Foundation

Inside Higher Ed Profiles Teagle Foundation Gathering on Liberal Arts and Online Education

Release Date:

04/12/2016

... to provide updates on nine projects involving blended learning -- face-to-face courses with some online content. ... conclude until 2017 and 2018, have attracted participation from more than 110 faculty...

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Carnegie Supports New Study on What Keeps Parents Up at Night

Release Date:

04/21/2016

... K-8, was conducted by Hart Research and commissioned by Learning Heroes, in collaboration with Univision ... National Urban League, NCLR and UNCF, and with support from the Carnegie Corporation of New York and...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Funds Brooklyn Museum App

Release Date:

06/29/2016

... near the museum entrance, ready to answer questions from visitors as soon as they comes through the app. But it's teaching the museum staff something as well: They're learning how visitors interact...

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Arts

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Century Foundation Senior Fellow Weighs in: What Kids Should Know by the Time They're Done With School

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08/30/2016

... School The Atlantic asked prominent voices in education— from policy makers and teachers to activists and parents—to ... politics, and funding and imagine a utopian system of learning . They went back to the...

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