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What Philanthropy’s Response to Changes in Washington Means for Civic Engagement

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06/15/2017

Philanthropy for Active Civic Engagement Executive Director Kristen Cambell says funders are responding to the current political climate by deploying funds in new ways.

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Legacy Foundations and Risk-Taking: Different Approaches to Empowered Philanthropy

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06/07/2017

Dara Major, philanthropic and social sector advisor, challenges funders to "embrace the power of philanthropic diversity, and work together toward more empowered philanthropy."

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

For Family Foundations, Family Ties and Good Governance Work Together

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05/30/2017

Surdna Foundation President Phil Henderson says recognizing the importance of non-family members is one of several important practices of effective family foundation boards.

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Center for Effective Philanthropy

ACHA Would Break Apart What Is Working in New York

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05/25/2017

United Hospital Fund President and PNY Health Working Group Co-Chair James Tallon says that, by any measure, the Affordable Care Act has been a success.

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Health

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United Hospital Fund

Autonomous Driving Will Transform Cities: Is Philanthropy Paying Attention?

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05/23/2017

Stacey Gillett of Bloomberg Philanthropies says the technology may dramatically alter the face of our neighborhoods, transform urban economies, and change the way cities respond to any number of complex challenges—from aging populations to economic...

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Community Development

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Bloomberg Philanthropies

Will The City’s Cultural Plan Walk The Talk Of Equity?

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05/19/2017

Michelle Coffey and Kerry McCarthy, co-chairs of the New York City Cultural Agenda Fund in The New York Community Trust, ask how will the Cultural Plan fulfill Mayor de Blasio’s pledge to make New York a more equitable city.

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Arts

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The New York Community Trust

Lambent Foundation

Our Demographic Destiny is Not Our Democratic Destiny

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05/16/2017

Sayu Bhojwani, Founder and President of The New American Leaders Project, challenges funders to "prove to yourself that demographics is indeed not destiny, not in democracy and not in access."

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Private Philanthropy Cannot Replace the NEH

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05/16/2017

Andrew W. Mellon Foundation President Earl Lewis on why the NEH remains unique in rallying private support, supporting rural and urban communities equitably, and bringing the humanities to the national forefront.