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Ford’s Walker Says ‘Unusual Coalition’ Won’t Be Last of its Kind

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02/20/2015

... the official launch and announcement of the Coalition for Public Safety. As our colleagues and I survey America’s ... often at cross purposes. It is called the Coalition for Public Safety, and it is made up of...

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Justice Reform

Social Justice

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Ford Foundation

Frontier Thinking: Staten Island as Innovation Lab

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05/12/2015

... 500,000 residents have access to comparatively fewer public services, yet experience greater public health needs. Despite having the highest all-cause ... Island is the only borough in New York City without a...

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Children, Youth and Families

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The Staten Island Foundation

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Design and Health: Back Together Again?

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06/21/2017

... In fact, the fields of planning and design came out of public health as a way to prevent infectious disease and ... individuals that has training in both urban planning and public health. I spend the majority...

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What DAFs are Learning from the Community Development Sector

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08/05/2019

... Act), have figured out how to collaborate with the public sector and braid different flavors of capital ... risk-return-impact considerations, and they advance a public mission, filling gaps and extending the...

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Heckscher Foundation for Children Funded New York's First 'To and Through' Data Tool That Shines a Light on College Readiness Gap

Release Date:

10/14/2019

... data that offer a window into how well New York State’s public high schools are preparing many of their students who ... who are estimated to have graduated from New York State public high schools in 2012 and...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Education

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The Heckscher Foundation for Children

Mellon Foundation Announces Imagining Freedom, An Arts & Humanities Initiative Supporting Creatives and Thinkers Reenvisioning the Criminal Legal System

Release Date:

02/15/2023

... Flashlights Project , which will create a public digital archive to make visible the experiences of ... and mass incarceration in Los Angeles. The New York Public Library , which is expanding reference-by-mail...

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Mellon Foundation

15 Jul 2025

Fostering Citizen Engagement and Trust, 21st-Century Style - A Webinar Hosted by Democracy Funders Network

Tuesday, July 15, 2025 -

3:00pm to 4:00pm

... can leverage citizen engagement and tech to give the public a greater voice in problem solving today and into the ... within government to deliver better for the American public and, ultimately, for our...

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Public Policy

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Civic Engagement

Hurricane Sandy Giving Stories

... By monitoring various economic development agencies and public authorities, GJNY will alert them to opportunities for public hearings or comment periods and begin assembling data ... will be included in GJNY’s...

Rauschenberg Foundation Appoints Risë Wilson First-Ever Director of Philanthropy

Release Date:

09/16/2013

... art programming in area laundromats and other de facto public spaces. Its programs are designed to amplify the ... Wilson will partner with Ballroom Marfa and the Public Concern Foundation to pilot a citywide...

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Arts

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Robert Rauschenberg Foundation

Bruce Trachtenberg Stepping Down from Communications Network

Release Date:

10/16/2013

... and direct mail marketing company. In his last position as Public Relations Director, Trachtenberg served on teams that took the company public after nearly 75 years of operations as a private ...

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Appointments & Transitions

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Blue Meridian Partners, Inc.

The Wallace Foundation

Young Professionals, Get On Board

Release Date:

10/07/2014

... events. Members of the New York Lawyers for the Public Interest ’s (NYLPI) junior board, The Pro Bono ... bono and by serving as sponsors for events that promote public interest work. The PBAC organizes a...

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United Way of New York City

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Toyota Named Among of World’s Best Companies on Addressing Water Concerns

Release Date:

10/22/2015

Toyota Motor Corporation was one of eight global corporations achieving an A rating for their efforts to improve water security, according to CDP's Global Water Report.

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Environment and Climate Change

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Unbound Philanthropy, Nathan Cummings Explore the Promise and Potential of Pop Culture for Social Change

Release Date:

05/04/2016

... “like an injection of hi-octane fuel into the engine of public discourse about institutional racism, gender identity, ... the conversation, pop culture is changing and influencing public opinion at a rate...

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The Nathan Cummings Foundation

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Gender Justice

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Unbound Philanthropy

30 Mar 2017

Artistic Activism: Connecting Social Activism and Artistic Practice

Thursday, March 30, 2017 -

9:00am to 12:30pm

... variety of marketing and communications efforts to attract public interest to their causes to varying degrees of ... Director of Media and Narratives, Open Society Public Health Program Panel 2 – The impact...

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United Hospital Fund Releases Toolkit to Assist Hospitals in Supporting Family Caregivers and Implementing New York State’s CARE Act

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02/17/2017

Toolkit helps hospital staff comply with requirements of CARE Act, implemented by New York and more than 30 other states, and improve hospital-to-home transitions .

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United Hospital Fund

On Cuomo’s Vital Brooklyn: Start With Existing Community Assets

Release Date:

03/16/2017

... in Brownsville, has been working for years on reimagining public space in Brownsville, in consultation with young ... to improved health outcomes. Funders, whether public or private, must give residents the...

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New York Health Foundation

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Violence Against Women Is Not Only a Local Issue

Release Date:

03/22/2017

... Sankareh, Learning Services Associate & Hunter College Public Service Scholar This past January, I had the chance to ... working website. Organizations like ASF don’t want to be public , so they must remain...

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