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A Road Less Traveled….

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11/01/2011

... nonprofit organizations to do the work and show results in a timely manner. This summer, a group of foundations that make up the New York Juvenile Justice Initiative decided to step back, take a...

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BoardServeNYC: Responding to the Challenge of Strengthening Grantee Boards

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06/07/2010

... agencies, corporations, or individual donors, have a vested interest in the governance of the nonprofits they support. After all, a nonprofit board of directors’ composition, structure, ... times, the board is...

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Mellon Foundation Supported New York Historical Society Fellows Announced

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10/21/2015

... the city’s architectural and social history—are a testament to the reach and importance of New-York ... Professor of History at Purdue University. He received a BA in History from Duke University in 2006, an...

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Education

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Mellon Foundation

Learning What Worked to Support Women After the 2008 Recession

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06/23/2016

... and among specific groups whose experiences of a life in recession were not a new or time-bound phenomenon. Following the economic ... than solutions, as the path to economic security is a...

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The New York Women's Foundation

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Gender Justice

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Foundations Team Up to Fund Invisible Transgender Communities

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07/12/2016

... often viewed as being controversial, we agree to take on a certain degree of risk. But if not philanthropy – which ... – what other part of society is capable of supporting a risky venture that is initially...

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Gender Justice

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Arcus Foundation

On The Foundation Freeway: Entering And Exiting Priority Areas With Caution

Release Date:

08/02/2016

... of close to $300 million, we are usually considered a mid-size foundation. Yet, these dollars pale in comparison with the health and health care needs of a large and diverse state like New York. The state is...

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New York Health Foundation

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Health

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Despite Gridlock In Washington, Funders See Enormous Potential to Move the Needle on America’s Gun Crisis

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11/15/2016

... discussion of Newtown —the powerful documentary by Kim A . Snyder that explores the aftermath of the Sandy Hook ... perhaps because of it—victories are being won in a number of states, legislatively and by...

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New York City's Community Foundation Carries Out Charitable Legacies of Brooke Astor and Many Others

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06/07/2017

... DEPRESSION DIGITALLY: What if an app could sense if a person was depressed and alerted a doctor? Montefiore Medical Center will use our $152,000 to ... that allows patients to text their care team while...

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The New York Community Trust

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UHF Honors 63 Health Care Quality Improvement Leaders at Tribute to Excellence Today

Release Date:

07/15/2020

... received the Excellence in Health Care Award at a virtual online event, held in lieu of the traditional ... President and CEO of the National Quality Forum. And in a unique twist, each of the honorees...

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United Hospital Fund

Pooled Journalism Funds Could Help Save Local Newspapers

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03/24/2021

... This troubling development did come with one bright spot. A nonprofit supported by Maryland business executive and ... local newspaper in the country. Fortunately, there is a third option and one that...

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Charles H. Revson Foundation

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25 May 2021

Why the Time is Right for a Guaranteed Income with an Equity Lens - A Webinar Hosted by Asset Funders Network

Tuesday, May 25, 2021 -

1:00pm to 2:00pm

... and practitioners now believe the moment has arrived for a Guaranteed Income (GI) with an equity lens. Join us as we hear perspectives from a diverse group of thought leaders involved in GI initiatives .....

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Open Society Foundations Announce 2021 New Executives Fund Recipients

Release Date:

06/15/2021

... implement their organizational leadership visions during a time of unprecedented global change, the Open Society ... cultural, and professional contexts. Their work involves a range of efforts to advance open...

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Open Society Foundations

An Open Letter to Philanthropy, from People of Color-led, Movement-Accountable Public Foundations

Release Date:

10/21/2021

... address racial injustice. For philanthropy, this signals a tremendous and unprecedented opportunity to dismantle white ... equity is sharing resources and decision-making power in a way that fundamentally...

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Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice

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How We Can Advance Support for Racial Equity and Racial Justice Funding

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03/03/2022

... professionals are strategically positioned to influence a funder’s racial equity and racial justice funding. But in ... working in and with foundations, I have consistently seen a pattern where people serving...

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Trinity Church Wall Street Announces Spring 2022 Grants

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06/28/2022

... the serious issues we still face,” said the Rev. Phillip A . Jackson, Rector of Trinity Church Wall Street. “Our ... life-threatening illnesses will get even more help with a $150,000 grant going to Friends of...

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Trinity Church Wall Street

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Uprooting Racism to Advance Health Equity

Release Date:

01/04/2022

... more likely to die in pregnancy, childbirth, or within a year after giving birth; Indigenous women face that ... states and cities across the nation have declared racism a public health crisis . As we enter...

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