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NYS Health President Speaks Out for Free Lunch for NYC Children

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05/23/2017

... President Speaks Out for Free Lunch for NYC Children As a candidate, Mayor de Blasio promised to enact universal free school lunch in New York City public schools. The Mayor has aggressively ... important...

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How Nathan Cummings and the Rockefeller Brothers Fund Are Shifting Grantmaking in the Trump Era

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05/26/2017

... and the Rockefeller Brothers Fund Are Shifting Grantmaking in the Trump Era For the Nathan Cummings Foundation, Trump 039 ;s election has induced a deeper rethinking. One lesson they’re...

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Calls for Nominations for 2018 Casey Excellence for Children Awards

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06/08/2017

... themselves to improving outcomes for children and families in the foster care system. Please nominate a hero — a foster care alumnus, birth parent, foster or ... a copy of...

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Agnes Gund Sells a Lichtenstein to Start Criminal Justice Fund; Ford Foundation to Manage Fund

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06/12/2017

Agnes Gund Sells a Lichtenstein to Start Criminal Justice Fund; Ford Foundation to Manage Fund In January, rumors swirled that the art collector and patron ... emerita — will start with $100 million of the...

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Our Democracy, Philanthropy and What’s Next

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06/21/2017

... communities rely on. Relatively few funders have a specific funding area dedicated to democracy building and ... engagement work that deepens democratic participation in those issues. Today, we are putting out...

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Afua Atta-Mensah, Executive Director of Community Voices Heard, Says "Basebuilding is a Contact Sport"

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06/22/2017

... Director of Community Voices Heard, Says "Basebuilding is a Contact Sport" Atta-Mensah, a former public defender, recalls how she first got involved ... sit across the breakfast table and text the...

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Markle Foundation-Backed Online Tools Seek to Help Close the Employment Skills Gap

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07/10/2017

... and available jobs as one place where billion-dollar bets from philanthropy could have major impact. It’s not hard to ... Brad Smith puts it, “There are 7.3 million fewer jobs in the United States today for...

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Simons Collaboration on the Origins of Life Seeks Proposals for Investigator Awards

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07/10/2017

... life at one or more laboratories or research institutions in any country. SCOL is committed to engaging the ideas and ... and provide the most fruitful mechanism for bringing a growing origins-of-life...

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‘Bro’ Adams Joins Andrew W. Mellon Foundation as Senior Fellow

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07/11/2017

... Humanities, is joining the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation as a senior fellow. Adams, who lives in Falmouth, will begin his new job Aug. 1. When he resigned ... assisting the foundation with projects that might...

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NY Women’s Foundation: $2.4 Million in Grants to Address Needs of Women & Families in New York City

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07/24/2017

NY Women’s Foundation: $2.4 Million in Grants to Address Needs of Women & Families in New York ... New York Women’s Foundation (The Foundation) announced a total of $2,400,000 in...

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Rockefeller Supports Food Tank’s Sold-Out NYC Summit on Food Waste

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07/25/2017

... Food Tank’s Sold-Out NYC Summit on Food Waste Food Tank, in partnership with Rethink Food Waste Through Economics and Data (ReFED) and with support from The Rockefeller Foundation and The Fink Family...

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Doris Duke Foundation Awards 17 Physician Scientists DDCF’s 2017 Clinical Scientist Development Awards

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07/27/2017

... Awards of $495,000 each over three years. Selected from a highly competitive pool of 196 applicants by a panel of experts in medical research, these scientists distinguished...

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NY State Health Foundation: Kids Could Start a Ceasefire in Health Care Wars

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08/14/2017

NY State Health Foundation: Kids Could Start a Ceasefire in Health Care Wars Following last month’s ... set to expire on September 30, 2017—just about six weeks from now. Today, 8.9 million...

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Burke Foundation’s Catalyst Program Seeking Applications

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08/23/2017

... Catalyst Program Seeking Applications For those working in the early childhood development sector, the Burke ... with Robin Hood’s Blue Ridge Labs, which is a Brooklyn-based social impact incubator that...

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Mayor de Blasio Signs Sweeping Legislation to Curb Smoking, Tobacco Usage

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08/29/2017

... Smoking, Tobacco Usage Mayor Bill de Blasio today signed a series of bills to help reduce the number of smokers in New York City by 160,000 by 2020. While smoking rates in New York City have...

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In the Eye of the Storm: How Federal Funding Rescues Arts and Culture in Times of Disaster

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09/07/2017

In the Eye of the Storm: How Federal Funding Rescues Arts and ... Western Louisiana, surpassing records for total rainfall from a single hurricane in the continental US, and...

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Better Understanding Business Models in the Nonprofit Sector

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09/08/2017

Better Understanding Business Models in the Nonprofit Sector In talking with the leaders of nonprofit organizations across the sector, there is a single truism that undergirds all of our...

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Down to the Wire: Indecision on ACA Cost-Sharing Reduction Payments Creates Confusion for States

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09/08/2017

... has offered states only uncertainty about what to expect in 2018, which has made it difficult to set premium rates. ... This projection is consistent with similar estimates from the Kaiser Family Foundation...

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Inside Game: A Foundation Supports LGBTQ Leaders in the Halls of Power

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09/11/2017

Inside Game: A Foundation Supports LGBTQ Leaders in the Halls of Power ... funders have been continuing the fight in places away from the capital. In fact,...

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