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Assemblyman Peter Lopez Picked as New EPA Regional Administrator

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09/29/2017

... top official in a region that reaches from the Adirondacks to the storm-wracked Caribbean. The Schoharie County ... was named Thursday morning as the new administrator of the EPA's Region 2, which covers...

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Environment and Climate Change

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East Harlem Rezoning Approved by Planning Commission, Moves to City Council

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10/03/2017

East Harlem Rezoning Approved by Planning Commission, Moves to City Council On Monday, the City Planning Commission ... the De Blasio administration’s proposed rezoning of East Harlem. There was one abstention and...

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Community Development

Immigration Agents Arrest Hundreds in Sweep of Sanctuary Cities

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10/03/2017

Immigration Agents Arrest Hundreds in Sweep of Sanctuary Cities Federal agents arrested 498 people from ... Immigration and Customs Enforcement said give sanctuary to undocumented immigrants who have committed...

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Immigration

Nonprofits Initiate Recall as Mayor Cuts Their Funding

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10/05/2017

... Initiate Recall as Mayor Cuts Their Funding A coalition of nonprofit leaders and community activists have launched a ... The mayor has proposed cutting city funding for several local nonprofits that serve the...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Forest, Forest Everywhere. But Not an Acre to Touch.

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10/10/2017

Forest, Forest Everywhere. But Not an Acre to Touch. Here in the heart of the Adirondacks, the slender Schroon River, meandering ... the river by car here can take up to 10 minutes more. ...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Bloomberg Supported Cities of Service Announces the Winners of Inaugural Engaged Cities Award

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05/17/2018

Bloomberg Supported Cities of Service Announces the Winners of Inaugural Engaged Cities ... three winners of the Engaged Cities Award, a new effort to elevate cities that are...

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

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Community Development

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Bloomberg Philanthropies

23 Jun 2022

Language Matters: The Power of Narrative Change in Advancing Criminal Legal Reform

Thursday, June 23, 2022 -

2:00pm to 3:00pm

... offenders and other derogatory terms, we are referred to as inmates, convicts, prisoners and felons—all terms devoid of humanness which identify us as “things” rather than as ... Reform Working Group The...

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Communications/Media

Justice Reform

Social Justice

A New Way to Sustain the Campaign — BMAFunders.org

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03/28/2013

... created its Campaign for Black Male Achievement to address the economic, political, social and educational exclusion of black men and boys from American society. We’re pleased ... web portal BMAfunders.org,...

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Movement Building and System Change

Release Date:

05/17/2012

... (co-sponsored by the North Star Fund, The New York Women's Foundation , The Daphne Foundation and the Rockefeller ... Fund) that focused on strategies that funders can pursue to help...

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Governance

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Community Development

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Albany Dysfunction: Is Change Possible?

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07/30/2010

... held a members briefing (sponsored by the Mertz Gilmore Foundation , The New York Community Trust, and The Clark ... in the New York State legislature, how it affects the work of the nonprofit sector, and how...

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The New York Community Trust

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Proactive Support Pays Off: The American Art Renewal Fund

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04/11/2012

... clear that the economic downturn was forcing many museums to concentrate on basic operations instead of new programs, the Henry Luce Foundation decided to temporarily shift...

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Arts

The Sky Really is Falling…Now What? A New Working Group for Funders

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04/03/2012

On the heels of a new Foundation Center report on the impact of the 2008 ... actions they can take—individually and collectively— to help secure support for social justice...

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The Cricket Island Foundation

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Social Justice

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Philanthropy New York

Try it, You’ll Like It: The Promise of Digital Media

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07/26/2012

We’re pleased to have David Morse, Senior Fellow with Encore.org (formerly ... Chief Communications Officer for the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Pew Charitable Trusts, provide a recap of...

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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

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Communications Staff

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Communicating for Impact: Strategies for Grantmakers

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11/2009

Foundation communications goes far beyond an annual report or ... about grantees. And it's no longer the exclusive domain of big foundations, communications staff, or consultants. Integrating communications is critical to advancing programmatic goals. See how grantmakers use a .....

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Report

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Grantees Report Back: Helpful Reporting and Evaluation Processes

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01/2011

... often use grantee reporting and evaluation processes to gauge the effectiveness of their work. At the same time, many funders seek to simplify reporting and evaluation processes for grantees ...

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Report

Building a More Resilient 21st Century Infrastructure

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01/10/2013

Rockefeller Foundation President Judith Rodin sits for a three-part ... for long-term recovery from Superstorm Sandy. Rockefeller Foundation president Judith Rodin joins The Brian Lehrer Show ...

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The Rockefeller Foundation

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Disaster Relief

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Initiative Launched to Improve Accountability of Climate Change Adaptation Finance

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12/12/2012

The Rockefeller Foundation has announced the launch of a new initiative led by Oxfam, the Overseas Development Institute and the World Resources Institute to increase the transparency and...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Critics of State’s Campaign Finance Laws Seek Philanthropists’ Help

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01/24/2013

Representatives from the Mertz Gilmore Foundation , the Rockefeller Brothers Fund and the Open ... Foundations attended a meeting organized by the Piper Fund to enlist support for changing New York’s campaign...

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Four charter schools will be launched under initiative started by Mayor Bloomberg

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03/05/2013

The state Education Department has received applications to open the schools as part of the mayor’s Young Men’s Initiative, which is funded by ... is backing — and also wants to bankroll — the...

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