TODAY’S BUZZ
Urban Resource Institute announced a $65,000 grant from the Banfield Foundation to support the construction of an outdoor pet park to be enjoyed by domestic violence survivors and their pets, who can cohabitate as they escape abuse. The Banfield Foundation Pet Park will be built at URI’s newest family shelter, Brighter Days, in Queens, New York City.
On March 28th, City Harvest is kicking off their annual citywide Passover Food Drive to collect kosher items for Passover food to help feed Jewish families across New York City who are celebrating the holiday.
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GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS
Housing Preservation and Development: The agency awarded $589,245 to Alba Services for immediate emergency demolition.
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TOP NEWS
Amazon Web Services, Inc., an Amazon.com company, has launched the 2022 IMAGINE Grant Program, a grant opportunity open to registered 501(c) nonprofits in the U.S. Submissions are due by June 1, 2022 (Nonprofit Times) … COVID-19 case counts have more than doubled in New York City schools since last month (Chalkbeat New York) … The family of a Rikers Island detainee who was ignored for nearly an hour before he died in custody from a brain hemorrhage agreed to settle a lawsuit against New York City for $2.1 million (The City) … $12 billion to 1,257 groups: MacKenzie Scott’s donations so far (New York Times)
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ANALYSIS
The nonprofit sector has a long, complex relationship with compensation (Nonprofit Quarterly) … The Rockefeller Foundation has announced the launch of a three-year, $105 million initiative to increase access to healthy and sustainable food for 40 million underserved people around the world (Philanthropy News Digest)
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OPINION
“We are sleepwalking to climate catastrophe” (New York Times)
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