Weinberg Foundation Announces Former Ambassador as New Trustee
Release Date:
11/12/2015
The Weinberg Foundation announced that Ambassador Fay Hartog-Levin (Ret.) will succeed Judge Ellen M. Heller as the next Trustee of the Weinberg Foundation.
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Release Date:
11/12/2015
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Release Date:
11/11/2015
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Surdna-Funded Report Suggests Better Language, New Approaches to Community Wealth Building
Release Date:
11/11/2015
A new report, “Cities Building Community Wealth," defines and names a movement that has been brewing beneath the radar for at least 40 years: the community wealth-building movement.
Three Exceptional New York Nonprofits Win 2015 Nonprofit Excellence Awards (New York Community Trust)
Release Date:
11/11/2015
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To Bolster Support for the Arts, Move Hearts and Minds
Release Date:
11/10/2015
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Commonwealth Fund Offers Guidance on the Creation of a High-Performance Health System for the Sickest and Frailest
Release Date:
11/10/2015
New analysis from The Commonwealth Fund offers guidance on how to improve outcomes and lower costs for “high-need, high-cost” patients.
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Know What They Owe – Ensuring that New York’s Students Graduate College with Manageable Debt
Wednesday, April 6, 2016 -
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United Hospital Fund Report: Children's Behavioral Health Reform Depends on Solving Implementation Challenges
Release Date:
11/10/2015
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The Rockefeller Foundation, Moore Foundation Join Fund for Shared Insight
Release Date:
11/10/2015
The Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation and The Rockefeller Foundation have both signed on the Fund for Shared Insight to support its efforts to improve philanthropy.
American Express and the National Trust for Historic Preservation Award More Than $1 M to National Treasure Sites
Release Date:
11/10/2015
American Express and the National Trust for Historic Preservation will support the restoration and preservation of five national treasure sites, in or adjacent to national parks.
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Release Date:
11/10/2015
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Citi Foundation Announces $20 Million Community Progress Makers Fund to Accelerate Impact through Core Operating Support Grants
Release Date:
11/10/2015
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Release Date:
11/09/2015
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Ford Foundation Spells Out Cuts to Make Way for Its Shift in Focus to Inequality
Release Date:
11/09/2015
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Release Date:
11/09/2015
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Henry Luce Foundation Finances Archiving of Time, Inc. Trove
Release Date:
11/09/2015
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NYTimes Publishes OpEd by Tiffany & Co. Chairman on Environmental Sustainability
Release Date:
11/09/2015
Tiffany & Co. executive calls for brand owners and jewelry retailers to come together to establish a certification system that will assure responsible behavior when obtaining natural resources.
Dyson Foundation Names Jennifer Killian New Program Officer
Release Date:
11/09/2015
Jennifer Killian of the City of Poughkeepsie has been hired to serve as a program officer for the Millbrook-based Dyson Foundation.