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NYS Health Foundation Supporting Model Justice Reform Program

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04/04/2016

Albany launched its innovative Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion (LEAD) program, a harm-reduction oriented program to reduce low-level arrests and recidivism.

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New York Health Foundation

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Justice Reform

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Despite Legacy Connections, Rockefeller Family Fund Sets Trend by Changing its Fossil Fuel Investments

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04/04/2016

The Rockefeller Family Fund has long campaigned for green energy and against carbon emissions, so its fossil fuel investments certainly did not make sense ethically, but financially. Other organizations and investors are also questioning fossil fuel...

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Marianna Islam Joins the Schott Foundation as Director of Programs and Advocacy

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04/01/2016

Marianna Islam has joined the Schott Foundation as the Director of Programs and Advocacy. Marianna will work with program staff to develop and implement the foundation’s resource delivery strategy, including the provision of grantmaking,...

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Five Questions for Pamela Shifman, Executive Director, NoVo Foundation

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04/01/2016

Philanthropy News Digest interviews Pamela Shifman of the NoVo Foundation, a private foundation created in 2006 by Jennifer and Peter Buffett that has long worked in the U.S. and Global South. Last week, it announced a $90 million commitment to...

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Four Projects Supported by NY Community Trust Making Real Estate Cheaper for Artists To Live & Work in NYC

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04/01/2016

While finding affordable real estate can be doubly tricky for artists who need to find affordable space in NYC to live and work, four new projects — all of which won grants recently from the New York Community Trust — aim to make it easier for...

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Arts, Culture, & Media

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USDA, Surdna and Other Foundations Join to Strengthen Local Food Supply Chains

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04/01/2016

U.S. Department of Agriculture officials joined 15 national and regional philanthropic partners to announce a new initiative to bolster the supply chain for local food systems around 10 key U.S. cities. The project, dubbed 'Food LINC', will connect...

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Food Systems

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Citi Foundation Among Funders of National Effort to Diversify College Faculty

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03/31/2016

Noting the growing number of "go-it-alone" diversity efforts by universities to attract minority faculty, The PhD Project – a national organization to diversify business school faculty – is calling for for a coordinated, nationwide approach to the...

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For Foundations, Succession Planning Should Be a High Priority

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03/31/2016

Diana Davenport, Vice President of Administration for The Commonwealth Fund says you should have an emergency succession plan in place for every senior position in your organization.

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MetLife Foundation and Verb Announce Global Competition to Improve Financial Services for the Underserved

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03/31/2016

MetLife Foundation and Verb launched “Inclusion Plus,” a global competition for entrepreneurs, non-profits and companies focused on addressing the financial health needs of low to moderate income households.

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Economic Security

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Ford, Visa Fund Incubator Program for Financially Fragile Populations

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03/31/2016

More than $1.6 million in additional grants from the Ford Foundation and Visa will ensure that the Filene Research Institute’s Incubator continues to develop solutions that serve financially fragile populations.

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Economic Security

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Numerous PNY Members Investing in New $31M Living Cities SIB Fund

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03/31/2016

Living Cities launched the Blended Catalyst Fund, a $31 million impact investing debt fund that will test innovative approaches to solving urban problems. The Blended Catalyst Fund combines philanthropic and commercial debt under the premise that...

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Helmsley Trustee Becoming Known as ‘Israel’s Santa Claus

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03/30/2016

Renowned New York attorney Sandor “Sandy” Frankel serves as one of four trustees of the Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust, earning him the nickname “Israel’s Santa Claus.”

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Jewish Communities

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Carnegie and MacArthur Give $25 Million for Nuclear-Security Work

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03/30/2016

The Carnegie Corporation of New York and the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation have prepared a $25-million "gift basket" to welcome foreign officials who will begin streaming into Washington for high-level nuclear-security talks.

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Public Policy

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Marsh & McLennan, Tow Foundation Honored Alongside Lin-Manuel Miranda

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03/30/2016

Peter J. Beshar, Vice President and General Counsel of Marsh & McLennan and member of the John Jay College Foundation's Board of Trustees, will be honored for his service to the college, along with the Tow Foundation for its work on juvenile and...

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Open Society Foundations' 6-Month Paid Paternity Leave Leads Generous-Parental-Leave Club

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03/30/2016

Open Society Foundations, one of the largest nonprofit organizations in the world, are leaders in the recent paternity-leave movement gaining momentum at corporations large and small, giving 6-month paid paternal leaves for employees.

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Weinberg Foundation Announces Grants as Part of $3M Summer Funding Collaborative

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03/30/2016

The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation announced $770,000 in grants to 29 Baltimore nonprofits as part of the $3 million Baltimore Summer Funding Collaborative.

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Bloomberg, Others Give Hopkins $125M for Cancer Research that Helped Jimmy Carter

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03/30/2016

Research into immunotherapy, which cancer experts are calling the most promising approach in decades, got a boost Tuesday when Michael Bloomberg and other philanthropists announced $125 million in donations to Johns Hopkins University for a new...

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21 Apr 2016

Documenting Impact featuring “Girl Rising” (OVEE screening, featuring clips and live chat)

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12:00pm to 1:00pm

Join us for an online OVEE screening featuring clips and conversation from Girl Rising, one of the five powerful films selected for the 2015 Media Impact Festival.

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Rockefeller's 100 Resilient Cities: Analysis Method Using Data-Driven Mapping

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03/29/2016

A new study from Sandia National Laboratories assesses how much the city of Norfolk, its region and the nation would suffer in damages to national assets and lost economic activity if it does nothing to address rising sea levels.

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