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Some Winning Ingredients in Movement Building Are the Spiciest of All

Release Date:

12/14/2015

Paul Di Donato, Interim President of the Proteus Fund says that one lesson of the marriage equality fight is that funders can and must play an active role in advocacy, and that co-ordination of long-term strategy is essential.

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Proteus Fund (NYC Office)

New York Community Trust Gives $5.1 million to 42 Nonprofits in the City, Nation

Release Date:

12/11/2015

The New York Community Trust funded a total of $5.1 million worth of projects to make life better for all New Yorkers. This includes programs to develop a bionic eye using flat-screen technology; improve the State’s career and technical education...

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Arts

Environment and Climate Change

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The New York Community Trust

NoVo Foundation Leaders Talk About Aversion to Measurement

Release Date:

12/10/2015

As the non-profit funding sector focuses increasingly on numbers, Jennifer and Peter Buffett, co-directors of the NoVo Foundation, seek to counter that trend. The hyper-focus on measurement ignores what truly motivates people to give away large...

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Taking Care of Business (in the Business of Taking Care)

Release Date:

12/09/2015

Chris Cardona, Program Officer for Philanthropy at the Ford Foundation, talks about his key takeaways from moderating the session on "The Theory of the Foundation."

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Episcopal Health Foundation

Bank of America Awards $1 Million to Nonprofits Tackling Poverty in Detroit

Release Date:

12/08/2015

Bank of America Charitable Foundation distributed nearly $1 million in community giving to 24 nonprofits focused on ensuring individuals and families in metropolitan Detroit have access to basic needs and services.

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Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation Selects Genaro Lopez-Rendon as Next President

Release Date:

12/08/2015

Genaro Lopez-Rendon, a 40-year-old community organizer and father from San Antonio, has been selected as president of the Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation.

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New York Community Trust President: Donors Can Make a Difference on Homelessness, Heroin, Incarceration and Education

Release Date:

12/07/2015

Well-targeted grants make a huge difference. It’s even more effective when a foundation like the New York Community Trust pools the gifts of generous neighbors, then joins other funders and government agencies to bring about change.

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Housing and Homelessness

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Health

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The New York Community Trust

Westchester Community Foundation Names Jennifer Hu Corriggio as Philanthropy Chief

Release Date:

12/07/2015

Westchester Community Foundation has named Jennifer Hu Corriggio of Scarsdale its director of philanthropy and donor relations.

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American Express Gives Federal Hall Grant For Restoration Work; Building Declared 'National Treasure'

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12/04/2015

American Express has made a grant of $300,000 to restore and repoint the deteriorating steps of the Federal Hall National Memorial, located on Wall Street.

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New Disclosures on Mozilla Foundation and its Supporters (Ford, Helmsley)

Release Date:

12/03/2015

The nonprofit Mozilla Foundation is a high-profile crusader for Internet freedom, and it shares the Firefox browser with the world.How does Mozilla spends its money? The answers — including a few surprises — have just arrived. Ten major foundations...