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Seeking Medicaid Coverage for Inmates, With Help from New York Community Trust

Release Date:

04/01/2016

Many prisoners end up falling through the cracks of the health system upon their release from jail. But a state program designed to link inmates to health care providers in the community has motivated legislators to seek new exceptions to the rules.

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Health

Despite Legacy Connections, Rockefeller Family Fund Sets Trend by Changing its Fossil Fuel Investments

Release Date:

04/04/2016

The Rockefeller Family Fund has long campaigned for green energy and against carbon emissions, so its fossil fuel investments certainly did not make sense ethically, but financially. Other organizations and investors are also questioning fossil fuel...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Rockefeller Family Fund

NYS Health Foundation Supporting Model Justice Reform Program

Release Date:

04/04/2016

Albany launched its innovative Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion (LEAD) program, a harm-reduction oriented program to reduce low-level arrests and recidivism.

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Justice Reform

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New York Health Foundation

American Express, BofA, Citigroup, & JP Morgan Chase Adopt Policies to Deter Human Trafficking

Release Date:

04/04/2016

There are many non-profit organizations dedicated to identifying and helping victims of labor trafficking and now private businesses are joining in to help address the issue.

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Gender Justice

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Bank of America [Corporate]

Citi [Corporate]

American Express

Climate Adaptation Fund, Supported by Duke Foundation, To Enable Conservation Projects In Urban Centers

Release Date:

04/04/2016

A grant program managed by the Wildlife Conservation Society is exploring new methods for helping wildlife in the United States to adapt to rapidly shifting environmental conditions brought about by climate change.

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Environment and Climate Change

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Doris Duke Foundation

05 May 2016

School Integration in NYC (Part 1 of 2): New Research, Changing Perspectives

Thursday, May 5, 2016 -

9:30am to 11:30am

A study released in 2014 by the Civil Rights Project at UCLA found that New York State’s schools are the most segregated schools in the country, more segregated than they were a decade ago. Between 1989 and 2010, the percentage of schools in the New...

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Children, Youth and Families

Guttman Community College to Move to UWS

Release Date:

04/05/2016

Stella and Charles Guttman Community College, the City University of New York’s newest institution, will relocate from its Midtown home to much larger digs in a CUNY-owned building on the Upper West Side.

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Education

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Stella and Charles Guttman Community College CUNY

Peace and Security Funding Index Tracks More Than $280M in Grantmaking

Release Date:

04/05/2016

A new research project by the Peace and Security Funders Group (PSFG), in conjunction with Foundation Center, finds that peace and security funders are making important contributions to global peace and stability.

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Member News

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Corporate Social Responsibility

Economic Security

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Rockefeller Brothers Fund

Carnegie Corporation of New York

JPMorgan Commits $125 Million to Help Urban Neighborhoods

Release Date:

04/05/2016

Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan and JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon introduced a program called PRO Neighborhoods to support areas of the country that have missed out on the benefits of recent urban development.

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Community Development

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JPMorgan Chase & Co.

12 May 2016

Diverse and Dispersed: Managing a Far-Flung Family - Webinar

Thursday, May 12, 2016 -

12:00pm to 1:30pm

In our increasingly mobile society, family philanthropies once defined by their proximity now encounter a new obstacle: geography.

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Webinar/Teleconference

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Family Foundation

01 Jun 2016

Investing in Independence Through Supportive Housing

Wednesday, June 1, 2016 -

9:00am to 11:00am

Come explore the intersection of health, homelessness and aging.

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

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Aging

Health

Housing and Homelessness

Human Services

Public Policy

Social Justice

Three Ways the Arts are Advancing Equity in NYC

Release Date:

04/06/2016

New York Community Trust Program Associate Salem Tsegaye says the arts can help sustain a vibrant, more equitable New York.

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Insights

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Funding Area

Arts

Community Development

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The New York Community Trust

NYSHealth-Funded Report Finds Hospital Involvement in Population Health Programs is Not Widespread

Release Date:

04/06/2016

A new NYSHealth-funded report found that hospitals' involvement in population health programs to address healthy foods, parks, housing and employment is not widespread.

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Member News

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Health

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New York Health Foundation

Application Period for New York Community Trust Nonprofit Excellence Awards Opens Today

Release Date:

04/06/2016

Applications are due by 5 p.m. on Friday, May 20, 2016.

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Member News

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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The New York Community Trust

Citi Foundation and Americas Promise Alliance Announce the Launch of the 2016 Youth Opportunity Fund

Release Date:

04/06/2016

Local nonprofits working innovatively to catalyze career opportunities for low-income youth are encouraged to submit program ideas through May 2, 2016.

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Workforce Development

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Citi Foundation

With Support from Atlantic and Hartford, Researchers Develop Novel 3-D Imaging Tool

Release Date:

04/06/2016

Researchers at UC San Diego School of Medicine NAFLD Research Center find MRE imaging provides highly accurate, less invasive method to detect disease.

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Health

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The John A. Hartford Foundation

Johnson & Johnson’s Campaign for Nursing’s Future Redefines Bedpans and Bandages

Release Date:

04/06/2016

This offering is just one step of many we are taking to recalibrate your understanding of nurses to the reality of who we really are.

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Health

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Johnson & Johnson

Aetna’s 1.5M Competition Encourages Cities and Towns to Get Healthier

Release Date:

04/06/2016

Entrants will be judged based on their ability to enter into cross-sector partnerships.

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Health

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Aetna Foundation

Karen Persichilli Keogh to Lead Global Philanthropy at JPMorgan Chase

Release Date:

04/06/2016

Karen will continue the firm’s commitment to expanding economic inclusion around the globe through innovative programs, research, and by leveraging the firm’s vast resources and talented employees.