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Research to Prevent Blindness

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Measuring the State of Disaster Philanthropy 2015

Publication date:

11/2015

Measuring the State of Disaster Philanthropy 2015 is the second report from the Foundation Center's Center for Disaster Philanthropy.

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Report

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Disaster Relief

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Foundation Center

Tech Companies Lead the Way on Paid Family Leave, and the Rest of the Country Should Catch Up - Century Foundation Study

Release Date:

11/13/2015

When it comes to paid family leave, the United States has a dismal record. But one industry is leading the way on family leave policies: the technology sector.

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Children, Youth and Families

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Gender Justice

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The Century Foundation

Ms. & New York Women’s Foundation Join Others in $100M Pledge to Support Economic Security of Women & Families

Release Date:

11/13/2015

NYWF is a leading partner with 27 public U.S. women’s foundations in Prosperity Together. With 18 million women in poverty nationwide, and with women at the financial helm of two-thirds of U.S. families, supporting women’s economic security is more...

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The New York Women's Foundation

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Economic Security

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Ms. Foundation for Women

In Chronicle OpEd, JM Kaplan’s Leaders Discuss Innovation Prize

Release Date:

11/12/2015

As a family foundation, the J.M. Kaplan Fund has supported early-stage innovation for 70 years. This year, they offered prizes for social innovation. The results were amazing.

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Johnson & Johnson to Provide Scholarships for Rutgers Students in Health-related Fields

Release Date:

11/12/2015

Marking the 250th anniversary of Rutgers University, Johnson & Johnson made a pledge of up to $50,000 for student scholarships in health-care related fields.

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Education

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ASPCA Grants More than $250,000 to Help More Than 100 Organizations Launch ‘Adoption Ambassadors’ Programs

Release Date:

11/12/2015

People who foster animals will become adoption counselors on behalf of their local shelters through local Adoption Ambassadors programs.

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Appointments & Transitions

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Animal Welfare

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ASPCA

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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The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation

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Communities in Schools: Putting Quality Considerations First (Wallace Foundation, EMCF)

Release Date:

11/12/2015

At Communities In Schools, we went through a decade-long effort to emphasize quality over scale, writes Dan Cardinali, CIS president.

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Blue Meridian Partners, Inc.

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Education

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Carnegie Corporation of New York Joins Others in Backing New High School Models

Release Date:

11/11/2015

Carnegie Corporation of New York has pledged $25 million to back innovative school models "that reimagine the use of time, money, people, and technology, and through catalytic work across the education sector."

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

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Education

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14 Dec 2015

Unpacking Youth Development: The Evolution of a 25 Year Journey

Monday, December 14, 2015 -

2:45pm to 5:00pm

Over the years, the field of youth services has adopted youth development principles as a philosophy, approach, knowledge base and set of practices and outcomes to create a framework for working effectively with young people.

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Panel

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All Funders

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Human Services

Children, Youth and Families

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.

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Community Development

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Three Exceptional New York Nonprofits Win 2015 Nonprofit Excellence Awards (New York Community Trust)

Release Date:

11/11/2015

America Needs You, BRC and New York Common Pantry win 2015 Nonprofit Excellence Awards for exemplary management practices.

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The New York Community Trust

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The Clark Foundation

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To Bolster Support for the Arts, Move Hearts and Minds

Release Date:

11/10/2015

Salem Tsegaye, Program Associate for the New York City Cultural Agenda Fund at The New York Community Trust, says that we should have a strong, consistent narrative to tell the story of crises not as momentary threats to an individual organization’s...

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Insights

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Arts

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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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Children, Youth and Families

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06 Apr 2016

Know What They Owe – Ensuring that New York’s Students Graduate College with Manageable Debt

Wednesday, April 6, 2016 -

9:00am to 11:00am

Much of the conversation within the college success field around addressing college affordability has focused on the FAFSA form. Yet, this form is just one step in the long process of preparing students to graduate college successfully with...

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Community Development

United Hospital Fund Report: Children's Behavioral Health Reform Depends on Solving Implementation Challenges

Release Date:

11/10/2015

A new report that highlights four implementation challenges that must be solved as part of a successful redesign of behavioral health services for children in New York’s Medicaid program.

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United Hospital Fund

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.

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The Rockefeller Foundation

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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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With Support from Bloomberg Philanthropies, Glacier Ice Art Installation Aims to Encourage Public Action Against Climate Change

Release Date:

11/10/2015

Visual artist Olafur Eliasson, in collaboration with geologist Minik Rosing, will launch of a major public artwork on display during the UN Climate Summit in Paris. Supported by Bloomberg Philanthropies and realized in partnership with Julie's...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Arts