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Brooklyn Communities Collaborative launches second workforce development training program for previously incarcerated individuals
The nonprofit already has graduated one class with 70% of participants landing full-time employment.
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Legislation would require social workers in police precincts
A new bill hopes to break the cycle of arrests, often for petty crimes.
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Commentary: Spotting what’s wrong with New York’s procurement system
A new tool, ContractStat, offers answers
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Opinion: AI is driving impact and equity at New York nonprofits
It’s time to look past the hype and embrace the technology
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Report: Nearly half of New York’s aging population has experienced food insecurity in the past year
Citymeals on Wheels released the analysis with the CUNY Urban Food Policy Institute
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Opinion: Exposing the flaws of CapGrants and what can be done about them
How this valuable funding program for nonprofits needs to change.
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Tackling New York City’s toughest challenges: Mental health and homelessness
Cal Hedigan, CEO of Community Access, discusses the organization’s work in an interview with New York Nonprofit Media.
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How a legacy nonprofit hopes to share its New York summers with migrant children
For nearly 150 years, the Fresh Air Fund has been a staple in providing nature-filled summers to underprivileged New York City youth.
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Opinion: Our government – and philanthropy – have failed to support the newest New Yorkers
Black and brown migrants are paying the highest price.
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Chinese-American Planning Council rallies for seventh city ‘Advocacy Day’
The nonprofit called for more funding towards programming that addresses the needs of Asian American, immigrant and low-income New Yorkers.
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Business consortium awards $100,000 in microgrants to hyperlocal nonprofits
The Westside Community Fund made the first of two annual distributions to organizations on Manhattan’s West Side.
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Women’s giving circle celebrates a decade of supporting nonprofits
Allinbklyn has given $2.5 million to 65 organizations since the organization was started in 2014.
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Using the stage to empower New York City’s young people
Nonprofit TADA! Youth Theater co-founder Janine Nina Trevens discusses the organization’s creative and free programming.
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Destigmatizing access to mental health services for youth
An interview with Jessica Greenawalt, co-founder and executive director of The Arthur Project.
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Iovino Family Foundation offers $1 million ‘Impact prize’ to three nonprofits for workforce development
Applications are now being accepted for funding that will help young persons, who are neither in school or employed, get vital job training.
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Report: Nail salon technicians have higher rate of reproductive health issues
The study comes as proposed legislation would create protections for these workers, typically Asian and Latin American immigrants already subject to poor working conditions.
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New York nonprofits have mixed reactions to Hochul’s $237 million state budget
Some organizations celebrated the spending plan, as others voiced frustration.
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Putting food on the table and a roof overhead for needy New Yorkers
An interview with Peter Endriss, executive director of Community Help in Park Slope
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Nonprofits awarded $9.9 million in grants from New York Community Trust
Funding went to help local organizations pay workers secure living wages, support young people with disabilities, as well as environmental preservation efforts and asylum seekers’ access to health care.
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