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Supported by Doris Duke, Conservation Group Maps Land Protection Strategy in Three States

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03/13/2017

A conservation group has created maps identifying key landscapes in the Pacific Northwest most likely to sustain native species amid climate change, and is distributing money to protect private lands through use-limiting easements or outright...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Doris Duke Foundation

William T. Grant Foundation Names Rosanna Aybar as Vice President, Finance And Administration

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03/13/2017

Ms. Aybar will oversee the external managers of the Foundation’s endowment. She will also have responsibility for the Foundation’s budget, accounting, audit, human resources, and information technology systems, as well as management of the...

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Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Supports SDG Philanthropy Platform

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03/13/2017

Foundations will contribute at least $364 billion to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals by 2030, according to the Foundation Center. But philanthropy alone cannot foot the $3.5 trillion bill.

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UJA-Federation of New York Named an Official Charity Partner of the 2017 TCS New York City Marathon

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03/13/2017

The UJA annual campaign remains the single largest philanthropic effort by any local community charity, raising $207.6 million in 2016.

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NY Community Trust Mentioned in City Lab Article About Advocacy Groups Assisting Refugees

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03/13/2017

“The goal is to provide rapid response even before we know exact changes to the safety net or immigration, environment or health care policies,” the Trust’s president, Lorie Slutsky, said in a statement.

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Immigration

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Rita Allen Teams Up With Knight Foundation to Combat Misinformation

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03/13/2017

Working alongside Democracy Fund and the Rita Allen Foundation, Knight seeks ideas on “topics ranging from, but not limited to, the role of algorithms in news consumption, methods for separating facts from fiction, building bridges across...

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Communications/Media

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Commonwealth Fund Explains Why the House Repeal Bill Is Unlikely to Stabilize Insurance Markets

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03/13/2017

The ACA repeal bill may not offer the stability insurers will demand to return or to stay in the market long term.

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Health

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JP Morgan Hosts International Women's Day of Advice from #LeadingVoices

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03/10/2017

Listen to sound bytes from women at the top: "Empowerment comes from within, if you want to be a champion for diversity, get involved, go forth an get uncomfortable..."

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Gender Justice

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Commonwealth Fund Research Cited in NYTimes Fact Check on White House OMB Claim

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03/10/2017

President Trump’s spokesman on Wednesday deflected concerns that a bill to repeal the Affordable Care Act had yet to be scored by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office by questioning the agency’s track record.

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Con Edison, Bank of America, Mertz Gilmore, Howard Gilman Support New Programming at Queens Theatre

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03/10/2017

Queens Theatre is launching its Winter/Spring 2017 Season with a diverse array of presentations, including the acclaimed Dance Company Flamenco Vivo Carlota Santana, Neil Simon's Last of the Red Hot Lovers and a new Queens Theatre production of the...