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15 Apr 2015

NYCHA Goes Green: Urban Ag & Workforce Development

Wednesday, April 15, 2015 -

1:00pm to 2:30pm

As part of a city-wide Building Healthy Communities Initiative rolling out of the Mayor’s Office, NYCHA and Green City Force are teaming up to expand upon their extremely successful urban farming pilot at the Red Hook Houses initiated in June 2013...

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Food Systems

Workforce Development

Children, Youth and Families

Community Development

More than Test Scores: What Young People Need to Succeed

Release Date:

03/23/2015

Hilary Rhodes, Senior Research and Evaluation Officer at The Wallace Foundation, examines the importance of social and emotional competencies when measuring student success rates.

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Education

North Star Fund Launches Campaign for NYPD Reform

Release Date:

03/24/2015

Campaign will call for the end of the "broken windows" method of policing.

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Member News

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Justice Reform

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North Star Fund

Bank of America to Provide Clean Water and Opportunity in Southern India

Release Date:

03/24/2015

Water-related illness is among the leading cause of death in children under five years old worldwide.

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Member News

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Children, Youth and Families

Environment and Climate Change

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Bank of America [Corporate]

White House Debuts $240 Million in New STEM Commitments

Release Date:

03/24/2015

Supporters include the Simons Foundation and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.

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Education

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The Simons Foundation

07 May 2015

The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution - Documentary Film Screening

Thursday, May 7, 2015 -

5:00pm to 8:30pm

In the 1960's, ready or not, change was coming to America. A new revolutionary culture was emerging and those seeking to drastically transform the system believed radical change was not only feasible, but imminent.

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Film Screening

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All Funders

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Funding Area

Social Justice

NYCT-Funded Initiative Has Taken on 424 Cases to Get Lawyers for Undocumented Immigrant Kids

Release Date:

03/24/2015

New York Community Trust is partnering with the City Council and The Robin Hood Foundation.

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Member News

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Children, Youth and Families

30 Apr 2015

"Exit Interviews" with Former and Retiring Foundation CEOs

Thursday, April 30, 2015 -

9:00am to 10:30am

Join us in conversation with three great leaders in the philanthropic field – Corinne Rieder, David Nee and Pam Flaherty. All of whom have had extensive careers in philanthropy and will retire or have recently retired from their roles. Drawing from...

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Topic(s)

Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

Leadership Development

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Location

New York City

Simons Foundation Initiative Provides Support for Early Career Scientists

Release Date:

03/25/2015

The Faculty Scholars Program will award $148 million in research support over the next five years.

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Member News

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Education

Health

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The Simons Foundation

OSF Weighs in on High Cost of Heroin Overdose Treatment Drug

Release Date:

03/25/2015

The cost of the drug Naloxone has doubled in the last year.

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Member News

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Health

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Open Society Foundations

Support from MasterCard Facilitates Launch of the Global Girls Entrepreneurship Project

Release Date:

03/25/2015

The project will launch initially in Miami, New York City, St Louis, and the Westchester, NY/Fairfield County, CT region.

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Education

Gender Justice

Workforce Development

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MasterCard Worldwide [Corporate]

Jonas Center Releases Homelessness Report Targeting Female Veterans

Release Date:

03/26/2015

The report covers prevention, intervention, healthcare, childcare and benefits.

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Member News

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Veterans

Gender Justice

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Jonas Center / Barbara & Donald Jonas Family Fund

MetLife Foundation and WSJ Team up for the Financial Inclusion Challenge

Release Date:

03/26/2015

The partnership seeks to create innovative and sustainable financial solutions.

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Member News

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Funding Area

Economic Security

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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MetLife

New York State Health Foundation Breaks Down Diabetes Prevention

Release Date:

03/26/2015

President and CEO, James Knickman, and Learning Officer Kelly Hunt, outline recent diabetes developments.

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Health

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New York Health Foundation

The Commonwealth Fund Ranks Health Care Systems for All 50 States

Release Date:

03/27/2015

The best overall for healthcare in 2014 were Minnesota, Massachusetts and Vermont.

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Member News

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Health

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The Commonwealth Fund

Sloan Foundation Awards $3 Million for Minority PhDs in STEM Fields

Release Date:

03/27/2015

The main goal of the initiative is to increase the diversity of graduate education in the sciences, mathematics and engineering.

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Member News

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Education

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Ford Foundation Funded Study Examines Priorities for Latino Millennials

Release Date:

03/27/2015

The respondents were 18-35, and the interviews were conducted in English and Spanish.

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Member News

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Children, Youth and Families

Community Development

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Gender Justice

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Ford Foundation

Aetna Foundation Announces Launch of the 2015 GoLocal: Cultivating Healthy Communities Grants Program

Release Date:

03/27/2015

The Aetna Foundation will institute an open RFP for this new program.

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Member News

Topic(s)

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Funding Area

Food Systems

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Aetna Foundation

Nobody Needs a ‘Shark Tank’ in Philanthropy

Release Date:

03/27/2015

Maria Mottola, Gail Nayowith, and Jon Pratt give their thoughts on the Council on Foundation competition for nonprofit organizations.

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Insights

Topic(s)

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Funding Area

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Related Organizations

Council on Foundations

New York Foundation

Conservative Publications Accuse OSF of 'Bankrolling' Ferguson Protests

Release Date:

03/30/2015

The foundation donated $33 million to social justice organizations that arranged protests and rallies in Ferguson.

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Member News

Topic(s)

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Social Justice

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Open Society Foundations

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