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Investment in Light Rail Program Helps Create Jobs, Stimulate Economy

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06/17/2014

A new light rail line that connects the downtowns of Saint Paul and Minneapolis for the first time in decades is being hailed by the Ford Foundation as an example of how strategic public investments in transit and transit-oriented development can...

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Community Development

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Funders Teaming Up to Strengthen Voices of LGBTQ People of Color

Release Date:

06/16/2014

The Ford Foundation is teaming with the Arcus Foundation and the Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice, along with an anonymous donor, to create the first LGBTQ Racial Justice Fund to support new voices and leaders in communities of color.

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LGBTQ

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Arcus Foundation

What Inequality Deniers Have In Common With Climate Change Skeptics

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06/16/2014

Ford Foundation President Darren Walker writes in an op-ed that recent attempts to discredit Thomas Piketty's research into income inequality remind him of earlier efforts to deny that climate change is a real threat.

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Ford Foundation's Darren Walker On His First Six Months

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06/09/2014

Six months into his job as president of the Ford Foundation, Darren Walker spoke to Alliance Magazine about philanthropy’s role in solving social problems, institution building and his vision for the future of the foundation.

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Group of 11 Leading Philanthropies Announce Steps to Expand Opportunities for Young Men of Color

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06/05/2014

[The Atlantic Philanthropies, Bloomberg Philanthropies, Ford Foundation, Nathan Cummings Foundation, Open Society Foundations] Eleven of the nation’s leading philanthropies have announced a bold plan of action to maximize the potential of the...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Education

The Atlantic Philanthropies

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Bloomberg Philanthropies

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11 Leading Philanthropies Respond to White House Report on Young Men of Color

Release Date:

05/30/2014

[Open Society Foundations, Atlantic Philanthropies, Bloomberg Philanthropies, Ford Foundation, Nathan Cummings Foundation] The White House’s My Brother’s Keeper Task Force today released a report on policies, regulations, and programs that have the...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Education

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The Nathan Cummings Foundation

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Ending Child Marriage in a Generation: What Research is Needed?

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05/13/2014

Each year, some 10 million girls are compelled to marry before they reach age 18—the age the world has agreed upon as the beginning of adulthood under the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.

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Strategic Philanthropy for a Complex World: A Response

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05/23/2014

[Ford Foundation] - President Darren Walker: Strategic philanthropy too often minimizes or ignores complexity because it is difficult to understand and predict.

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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

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Executive Leadership

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Governance

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Environment and Climate Change

25 Jun 2014

The Future of Finance: Shifting Power and Wealth from Wall Street to Main Street

Wednesday, June 25, 2014 -

2:45pm to 5:00pm

The financialization of our economy is a driving force behind growing inequality in our country, and precipitated the financial crash of 2007. The financial downturn led to the worst recession since the Great Depression, leaving working families...

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Community Development

05 Jun 2014

Cesar's Last Fast - Philanthropy New York's Documentary Film Series

Thursday, June 5, 2014 -

5:30pm to 8:30pm

Join us for a wine-and-cheese reception, followed by a screening of the documentary Cesar's Last Fast and a brief panel discussion.

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Issue-Based

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Food Systems

Health

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Workforce Development

Annual Meeting Program Booklet - "Full Participation" with Sec. Hillary Rodham Clinton

Publication date:

05/2014

Our Annual Meeting Program Booklet with the full program of events, including breakout sessions, speaker bios, etc.

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Program Presentation

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Philanthropy New York

Clinton, Roberts and Three Other Amazing Women Leaders at PNY’s Annual Meeting

Release Date:

05/21/2014

In conversation with Robin Roberts, Sec. Clinton discussed the No Ceilings initiative, #BringBackOurGirls, education, presidential politics and strategies to full equality. Philanthropy New York’s 35th Annual Meeting also featured Anu Bhagwati,...

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PNY News

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Philanthropy New York

Hillary Rodham Clinton to Address Philanthropists on Women and Girls Issues

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05/05/2014

In conversation with Robin Roberts, Sec. Clinton will discuss the No Ceilings initiative, gender and LGBT issues, international economic development and other topics. Philanthropy New York’s 35th Annual Meeting also features Anu Bhagwati, Farhana...

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PNY News

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

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Arcus Foundation

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Muslim Advocates

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The Pinkerton Foundation

21 May 2014

Building Assets Through the Tax Code: Proposals for Reform

Wednesday, May 21, 2014 -

2:00pm to 3:00pm

In the context of current national debates over the federal budget and deficit reduction, deliberations about ways to reform the tax code - including discussions about the cost and benefits of various tax expenditures - are underway in Congress...

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Webinar/Teleconference

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Public Policy

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Public Policy

Ford Foundation Announces Four Promotions

Release Date:

04/03/2014

The Ford Foundation has appointed four team members- Fred Frelow, Alex Irwan, Anna Wadia and Lourdes Rivera- to the role of senior program officer. 

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For Jobseekers: What is a foundation?

Publication date:

04/2014

Foundations are just one type of nonprofit organization that make up a portion of the total nonprofit "sector" (which is composed of an estimated 1.4 million organizations and entities with nonprofit status), but they do much to fund the work of other nonprofits providing services for the common good.

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Job Seekers

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Ford Foundation's Hilary Pennington Appointed to The Center for Effective Philanthropy's Board

Release Date:

03/16/2014

Hilary Pennington, Vice President of the Ford Foundation's Education, Creativity and Free Expression program has been appointed to The Center for Effective Philanthropy's Board.

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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

Best Practices in Disaster Grantmaking: Lessons from the Gulf Coast

Publication date:

04/2008

This comprehensive report shares the experiences of donors that provided funding following Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, and offers a blueprint for future philanthropic intervention following such disasters.

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Report

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Disaster Relief

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The Rockefeller Foundation

09 Apr 2014

Shaping the Nature of Work in the New Economy

Wednesday, April 9, 2014 - 2:45pm

Conversations about the new economy often revolve around negative trends, from the expansion of low-wage, low-quality, insecure jobs to the rise in contingent and temporary work for a diminishing middle class. Many are concerned that as...

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